macOS Setup Guide

Installation

Based on James Jingyi's setup

1 - Install apps

1.1 - Install Homebrew

Install Homebrew using the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh>)"

1.2 - Install packages

1.2.1 - Brewfile placement

Place the Brewfile (which you downloaded from here, or created yourself) in your /usr/ directory — you can get here in Finder by selecting Go > Go to Folder... (or pressing ⌘ + ⇧ + G) and typing ~/. Terminal should launch here by default.

1.2.2 - Installation

Open Terminal and run the following command:

brew bundle install

(If you have your Brewfile in a different location, you can specify this by running brew bundle install /path/to/Brewfile)

2 - Settings

2.1 - System Preferences

Reduce the animation speed of the dock:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.15; killall Dock

2.2 - Preinstalled Apps

todo

2.3 - Replacing default macOS functions

2.3.1 - Raycast

Use the rayconfig file to setup aliases and extensions.

2.3.2 - Shottr

I use Shottr instead of macOS’s built in screenshot utility.

Since I want it to replace the default screenshots in macOS, I set it up to:

• Fullscreen screenshot: shift + command + 3
• Area screenshot: shift + command + 4
• Instant Text/QR Recognition: shift + command + 2