Restore of Mac - Essentials

restore-essentials.md

Restore of Mac - Essentials

General

• Chrome (Extensions synced through account)
• Dropbox
• 1Password
• Spotify
• Spark

Utilities

• Spectacle App
• Bartender
• Amphetamine
• CleanMyMac
• iStat Menus
• iA Writer
• Carbon Copy Cloner
• Frank DeLoupe
• The Unarchiver

Work

• Creative Cloud
• Harvest
• Fantastical 2
• Basecamp
• Google Drive
• Screaming Frog
• Unifi

Development

• VS Code (+ settings: https://gist.github.com/matiasvad/d28d4fbcf2fb9b5ef12c4f6c7137e43e)
• Transmit
• ImageOptim
• Pastebot
• Sequel Pro
• MAMP
• Tower
• Parallels
• Operator font
• Hyper
• Postman

Global Development Setup

• Oh-my-zsh - https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
• Cobalt2-zsh theme: https://github.com/wesbos/Cobalt2-iterm
• Git - https://git-scm.com/download/mac
• Node - https://nodejs.org/en/
• Gulp - http://gulpjs.com/

Social

• Tweetbot
• Slack
• Skype

General Hacks:

• Open Dock faster: defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0 && killall Dock
• Blank spaces in dock:defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}' && killall Dock

Dock Preferences

• Hiding
• Minimize into Icon
• Scale

Finder

• View - Show View Options - Sort by Kind. Arrange by Name
• View - Show status bar.
• Preferences - Remove CD’s.
• Preferences - Changes New Finder window shows.
• Preferences - Sidebar. Remove unnecessary items.
• Preferences - Advanced. Remove from Trash after 30 days.

Sidebar

• Stocks
• Weather
• Calendar