Personal Mac Dev Setup 💻

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Description

On many occasions, I had to change laptops, which meant I had to install everything again from scratch.

So I wrote this basic script to automate the process

Prerequisite

Install x-code which contains dev env for mac:

Apple Command Line Tools

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How to run the script

chmod 755 setup.sh
./setup.sh

Still TO DO

• Automate dot files
• Store secrets ie .aws, cers
• Hidden script to move/apply secrets
• Settings for vscode

Google Chrome: Ensure to sign in and turn on sync in Chrome to keep your browser customizations - bookmarks, extensions etc

Vs Code Sync: You can turn on Settings Sync using the Turn On Settings Sync... entry in the Manage gear menu at the bottom of the Activity Bar.

VS Code Settings Sync Documentation

To add in .zshrc

plugins=(z, zsh-autosuggestions)
eval "$(starship init zsh)"

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Github machine setup:

SSH:

To Generate an SSH key:

ssh-keygen
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy

GPG

If you are on version 2.1.17 or greater, paste the text below to generate a GPG key pair.

    gpg --full-generate-key

Use the gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long command to list the long form of the GPG keys

    gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long

Copy Id after the sec 4096R/

    gpg --armor --export **GPG key ID**

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DEV Links

Daily websites I use:

• Crontab Guru

• CIDR IP ADDRESS

• DevDocs

• ShellCheck

• JSONLint

• YAMLLint

• CyberChef

• HTTPie

• TLDR

• Diagrams.net

• Markdown