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Setup

How my Mac is setup.

Hierarchy​

There are mainly three artifacts:

Applications / CLIs​

GUI Applications and Command line tools.

Install method ordered by preference:

  • Homebrew
  • Mac App Store: Manually login to the Mac App Store and batch install all the apps with mas CLI.
  • Setapp: Manually install all necessary apps.
  • DMG: Download and install the app mounted from the .dmg file.
  • PKG Installer: Download and execute the .pkg installer. Be careful when password is prompted.
Install Homebrew on multi-user machine
sudo dseditgroup -o create brew
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a tomy0000000 -t user brew
sudo chgrp -R brew $(brew --prefix)/*
sudo chmod -R g+w $(brew --prefix)/*

Data​

Files, Documents, and other user data.

Handled by Dropbox.

Preferences / Configurations​

System Preferences, Application Preferences, and Configuration files.

Managed by:

note

Some preferences and configurations are stored in the Dropbox folder.

List of Preferences​

  • Keyboard Shortcuts

Dependency Graph​