Fresh Mac Setup

This is everything I install and setup on a fresh Mac machine.

Things I Install

1. Little Snitch
2. SoundSource
3. TailScale
4. iStat Menus
5. Starship
6. Slack
7. Discord
8. Homebrew
9. Magnet
10. brew install sox (for the play command)
11. VS Code
12. GitHub CLI
13. Affinity Suite
14. nvm
15. Karabiner Elements
16. Daisy Disk
17. Docker
18. Autodesk Fusion
19. Bambu Studio
20. AWS CLI

Things I Setup

1. GitHub SSH key

   1. generate key

   2. Add to config:

      Host github.com
          HostName github.com
          User git
          AddKeysToAgent yes
          UseKeychain yes
          IdentitiesOnly yes
          IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_github

   3. Upload pub key to GitHub

2. Faster Dock:

   defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0
   defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.1

3. App Switcher on all screens: defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true

4. Copy all VS Code settings and extensions by copying the following folders (then run the Custom UI Style: Reload command):

   • ~/.vscode
   • ~/Library/Application Support/Code

5. Copy Affinity settings from:

   • ~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Designer 2
   • ~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Photo 2

6. Copy Fonts from ~/Library/Fonts

7. Copy Quick Actions from ~/Library/Services

   • Then enable them all in System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions > Finder (or other locations)

8. Install VS Code CLI with the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command in VS Code

9. Copy Terminal settings: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist

10. Copy Karabiner Elements settings: ~/.config/karabiner

11. Copy zshrc: ~/.zshrc

12. Copy ThreadKeeper Fusion plugin and saved threads: ~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Autodesk Fusion 360/API/AddIns/ThreadKeeper

13. Setup git.

    1. Setup user: git config --global --edit
    2. Fix push default: git config --global push.default current
    3. Fix branch order sort: git config --global branch.sort -committerdate
    4. Prevent auto branch tracking: git config --global branch.autoSetupMerge false

14. Setup commit key signing (https://electrovir.com/2025-09-08-commit-signing)

15. Disable key-hold accents: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

16. Disable automatic sleeping: sudo pmset -a sleep 0

17. Install the latest git: brew install git

18. Install the latest bash: brew install bash

19. Copy Bambu Studio configs: ~/Library/Application Support/BambuStudio

20. Globally disable npm install scripts: npm config set ignore-scripts true