junThis weekend I'm going to set up a new Macbook Pro 13' for work. 💻 Here are my current preferences for setting up a MacBook Pro.
> System Preferences :
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Keyboard
- Input sources - English - set to ABC instead of a specific country.
- Key repeat set to the fastest and delayed until repeat to the shortest.
- Shortcuts - Mission Control - overwrite
command + Qto the Do Not Disturb on/off
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Desktop & Screen Saver
- Screen Saver - Hot Corner - Set lock screen or sleep
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Trackpad
- Point & Click - change the speed to the fastest
Disable Ask Siri
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Dock
- Remove everything unnecessary application but leave some important like Finder and Trash
- Show recent applications in Dock
- Turn automatically hiding on
Finder - show path bar
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Accessibility
- Pointer Control - Trackpad Options - Enable dragging - three-finger drag
- Double click speed to the fastest
- Scrolling speed to the fastest
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Security and Privacy
- Allow apps downloaded from App Store and identified developers
- Turn the Firewall on
Cherry-pick some good stuff here you think will suit you.
Applications :
- Brave browser and set it to default.
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Chrome extensions:
IDE :
I'm using VSCode with JetBrains Mono and following extensions:
- Prettier
- GitLens
- ESLint
- Bracket Pair Colorizer
- Code Spell Checker
- Emmet
- Live Share
Terminal environments :
I'm using iTerm2 + Zsh + Spaceship theme with following setup:
- autosuggestions
- syntax highlighting
- homebrew
- git
- node.js
- SSH
See also Ali Spittel's My Terminal Setup: iTerm2 + Zsh 🔥 and Lukas Gabsi's 2020 🍀 macOS Terminal Setup (zsh + 🚀 + iTerm)
Thanks for reading my mac setup article. I really hope this could help speed up your process or gave you some ideas for the next macOS setup. 🚀
I am always looking for ways to improve my efficiency, so if you use any tool that you find useful, feel free to comment on this post.🙂
