Mac software: 2022

In May I’ve set up three different Macs (don’t ask) starting from a clean macOS Monterey installation. Here’s what I install and in what order to feel at home:

1. Things
2. Spotify
3. SteerMouse
   • configure buttons
   • configure sensitivity
4. tweak macOS settings
   • remove everything from the Dock
   • download wallpaper from the pixel sorting post
   • configure dock and menu bar
     • dock
     • clock
     • spotlight
   • disable autocorrection
   • configure spaces
   • configure hot corners
   • configure Finder
   • configure Safari:
     • general
     • tabs
     • advanced
5. Fira Code
6. MacVim
7. iTerm
8. generate a new SSH key
9. dotfiles
   • configure iTerm
10. Karabiner
11. Hammerspoon
12. Visual Studio Code
    • ⇧⌘P sync settings using GitHub
13. VLC
14. Xcode
    • general
    • text editing
    • install One Dark theme
    • increase the font size to 20
    • change the background color to be the same as in MacVim and VS Code
    • remove the “Print…” key binding
    • remap “Open Quickly…” to ⌘P
    • remove “Move Paragraph Backward/Forward”
    • remap “Move Line Up/Down (Source Code)” to ⌥↑, ⌥↓
    • remove “Duplicate”
    • remap “Show Debug Area” to ⌘D
    • enable Vim mode: help › search › “vim”
    • disable minimap: help › search › “minimap”

This is not a complete list of everything I use or tweak, but it’s a solid starting point that gets me 80–90% of the way there.