2023 Mac Setup for Web Development (Part 01)

MACBOOK PRO SPECIFICATIONS

• 16-inch
• Apple M1 Max Pro
• 16 GB RAM
• 1TB SSD
• macOS Ventura

TECHNICAL STACK

• Front-End ( JavaScript, React, Vue, Next, Nuxt, Astro)
• Back-End ( Python, NodeJS, GO)
• Database ( PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Neo4j)
• Cloud ( AWS, Azure, Netlifly, Firebase, Linode, Vercel)
• Other ( Docker, Pulumi, Figma)

First Step

• Browser: Download Firefox Developer Edition or Chrome, set to default.
  • Login to:
  • Github
  • Gmail
• Install Rosetta2

sudo softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

• Install Xcode command-line tools ( alternatively, manually download them from: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/)

xcode-select --install

• Install Homebrew

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

• After installing Homebrew:

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/user_name/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

• Update everything in Homebrew:

brew update

SYSTEM PREFERENCES

• General
  • Sharing
    • "Change computer name." Local hostname -> Edit
    • "Make sure all file sharing is disabled."
• Notifications
  • Off, except for Calendars and Reminders.
• Appearance
  • Show scroll bars -> "Always."
• Desktop Dock
  • Remove most applications from Dock
  • Size: Smaller Dock
  • Magnification: OFF
  • Automatic hide and show the Docke: ON
  • Show indicators for open applications: ON
  • Show recent applications in Dock: OFF
  • Automatically rearrange Space based on most recent use: OFF
  • Hot Conners: "disable all"
• Displays
  • Night Shift
• Control Center
  • Battery -> "Show in Menu Bar"
  • Battery -> "Show Percentage"
  • Menu Bar Only -> Spotlight: "Don't Show in Menu Bar"
  • Menu Bar Only -> Siri: "Don't Show in Menu Bar"
• Siri & Spotlight
  • Ask Siri: OFF
  • Disable Spotlight (Only if Alfred 5 will be instaled)
• Privacy & Scurity
  • Turn on FileVault
  • Add Browser to "Screen Recording"
• Keyboard
  • Text Input
  • Input Sources -> "Edit"
    • disable "Capitalise word automatically"
    • disable "Add period with double-space"
    • disable "Use smart quotes and dashes"
    • use " for double quotes
    • use ' for single quotes
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Spotlight -> "Show Spotlight search": OFF (Only if Alfred 5 will be instaled)
• Trackpad
  • Tap to Click
  • Look up & data detectors: OFF

Finder

• General
  • New Finder windows show -> "user name"
• Hide all Tags
• Sidebar
  • activate all Favorites
  • move Library to Favorites
  • Resent Tags: OFF
• Advanced
  • Show all Filename Extensions: ON
  • Remove items from Trash after 30 days: ON

### SYSTEM PREFERENCES (TERMINAL)

# take screenshots as jpg (usually smaller size) and not png
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

# do not open previous previewed files (e.g. PDFs) when opening a new one
defaults write com.apple.Preview ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES

# show Library folder
chflags nohidden ~/Library

# show hidden files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

# show path bar
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true

# show status bar
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

# decrease launchpad icons size
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 7
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 6;killall Dock

killall Finder;

Mac setup for web development inspired by ROBIN WIERUCH