• System Preferences
  • Backup
  • Basics
• Development Environment
• Setup Hammerspoon (for shortcuts)
• Setup HiDPI for 2K monitor
• Other apps

This is an updated version for Sierra and El Capitan guide for three years. It is basically a cheatsheet for me to finish the setup after a clean re-installation. This guide is completely third-party and is only for reference because I know developers always have their own eccentricity based on the degree of their lazy.

System Preferences

Backup

Backup all important files and folders in ~ (music and photos if necessary)

Backup all setups and packages in Sublime text (need to do only once):

$ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/
$ mkdir ~/Dropbox/apps/Sublime
$ mv User ~/Dropbox/apps/Sublime/
$ ln -s ~/Dropbox/apps/Sublime/User

Backup ~/.ssh/id_rsa*: the reason is that you might want to have many SSH connections depending on this. Backup the id_rsa and id_rsa.pub by using the following command:

$ cp -r ~/.ssh <your/backup/path>;

Basics

• Setup Dock: this is completely personal.

  1. Automatically hide and show the Dock
  2. Enable magnification;
  3. Minimize windows into application icon (not a fan of really long dock);

• Add Chinese simplified Input method and check “Use Caps Lock to switch input method” option (No need for Karabiner-Elements any more).
• System Preferences > Trackpad > Tap to click.
• Enable three-finger drag: System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse Trackpad > Trackpad Options > Enable dragging (three fingers). This is a killer function when using Mac’s touchpad. Don’t know why Apple move this switch to this weird place.

• Finder > show all file extensions
• Make good uses of the screen corners: System Preferences > mission control > Hot corners

Development Environment

• Download iTerm2 (Profiles > General: working dir - reuse previous session’s dir; window: transparency/blur/full-width top of screen; In Profiles > Keys, add a new shortcut Option + left and set to Escape + b, Option + right to Escape + f, Option + Delete to Send Hex Code 0x1B 0x08, and Fn + Option + Delete to Escape + d)
• Download Xcode (Start it and agree with terms)

• Install Sublime Text 3

  1. Restore settings from Dropbox:

     • $ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/
     • $ rm -r User
     • $ rm -r Colorsublime-Themes
     • $ ln -s ~/Dropbox/apps/Sublime/User
     • $ ln -s ~/Dropbox/apps/Sublime/Colorsublime-Themes
  2. Install package control: cmd+shift+p -> install package control
  3. Theme: El-Capitan-Theme

• Install Atom

  1. Restore atom settings from Dropbox:

     $ ln -s ~/Dropbox/apps/Atom/.atom ~/.atom

• Install Chrome

Install Command Line Tools:

$ xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew:

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/masterinstall)"`
$ brew update

Install Node.js

$ brew install node

Install zsh and oh-my-zsh:

$ brew install zsh
$ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/mastertools/install.sh)"` `/usr/local/bin/zsh`

Install Postgres:

$ brew install postgresql

Install MySQL:

$ brew install mysql

Install Python:

$ brew install python
$ brew linkapps python

Install virtualenv:

$ pip install virtualenv

Install virtualenvwrapper:

$ pip install virtualenvwrapper
$ export WORKON_HOME=~/venvs
$ source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Install RVM:

$ \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Before run:

$ source /Users/hao/.rvm/scripts/rvm

Reload:

$ rvm reload

Put the cmds into ~/.zshrc:

source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin"

Install Ruby:

$ rvm install ruby

Set default:

$ rvm --default use 2.3.1

Install Jekyll:

$ gem install github-pages

Setup Hammerspoon (for shortcuts)

Download. Configuration files hosted on Github.

Clone it to ~/.hammerspoon.

Setup HiDPI for 2K monitor

Guide

Other apps

• Dropbox
• Things3
• 1Password
• Wechat
• Sip
• Sketch
• Skitch
• PDF Expert
• Caffeine
• PureVPN
• Slack
• AppCleaner
• Beamer
• IINA (Video player)