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--- apple [2011/05/04 21:11] – [Configuration] dblume
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 ====== Apple ======
-We got our first Macintosh.  Here are some things I'm considering doing.
+First time configuration of a new Macintosh. Updated for macOS Sierra 10.12
 ===== Configuration =====
-  * Get [[http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome.html?hl=en&platform=mac|Chrome]]
-    * Set up sync: Preferences -> Personal Stuff -> Sync
-  * Configure [[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81379|mail to use Gmail]].
-  * Cofigure [[http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358#ical|iCal to sync with Google Calendar]].
   * System Preferences:
-    * Keyboard: Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys... -> swap Command and Control keys
+    * Trackpad -> Tap to Click (For not having to press hard for a click.)
-    * Appearance
+    * Tap-and-drag: Accessibility -> Pointer Control -> Trackpad Options and enable 'Dragging (without) Drag Lock'
-      * Place scroll arrows: At top and bottom
+  * Open the Photos app, and drag [[https://dlma.com/avatars/|a userpic]] to it. Then change your userpic in the System Preferences.
+  * Set your [[http://gallery.dlma.com/index.php/miscellaneous/chinesemoon|desktop image to Chinese Moon]].
+  * Get [[http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome.html?hl=en&platform=mac|Chrome]] (Login and sync.)
+  * [[http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/show-path-finder-title-bar/|Show the full path in the finder]] with <code>defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true; killall Finder</code>
+  * Download and install [[https://ghostty.org/download|Ghostty]].
+  * Set bash as your default shell (seem [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77052638/changing-default-shell-from-zsh-to-bash-on-macos-catalina-and-beyond|to need to install via brew]]): ''chsh -s /bin/bash''
+  * System Preferences:
+    * Set some of these [[https://medium.com/macoclock/macos-finder-sucks-4ab191e07c40|Finder preferences]]
     * Mouse
       * Make tracking speed much faster!
       * Enable Secondary click for the right mouse button
+      * 2017-01-15 (still needed): Consider [[http://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/|Scroll Reverser]] to have [[http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/116617/how-to-separate-mouse-and-trackpad-settings|natural scrolling for trackpad, but reversed for the mouse]].
+      * Disable [[http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/159180/yosemite-disabling-inertia-scrolling-using-scroll-wheel-for-the-mouse|inertia mousewheel scrolling]] with:<code>defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.scrollwheel.scaling -1</code>
       * Get SteerMouse (linked below) to stop wheel acceleration (Or [[http://www.logitech.com/en-us/428/146?section=downloads&bit=&osid=9|Logitech V200 LCC]])
+    * Keyboard
+      * Set Key Repeat to fastest, and Delay until Repeat to second shortest.
+      * Some apps don't repeat anything because some keys have a character accent menu. To disable: <code>defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false</code>
+      * 2024 Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard needs [[https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/|Karabiner Elements]] to make the following two swaps:
+        * left_option -> left_command
+        * application -> left_option
+      * Swap the Option and Command keys.
     * Dock
       * Position on Right
-      * Maybe automatically show and hide dock?
+      * Automatically show and hide dock
+    * iTerm2
+      * User Powerline Fonts per [[private:fonts]].
+    * Outlook
+      * Turn off auto underline-to-italic, dashes, smart quotes: Preferences -> AutoCorrect then click on the AutoFormat page
+===== Tools Installation =====
+The old way of installing Command Line Tools from the Terminal doesn't work anymore. But now it can be done from [[https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools|the Developer download site]], not from the Terminal.
+==== BSD vs. Linux commands ====
+macOS comes with BSD grep pre-installed, which doesn't use the Perl -P flag.
+Go to http://brew.sh/ and run the installation command. (See [[https://git.dlma.com/dotfiles.git/commit/fc19c7b34f522f3f22a32418c9da55df6b9b5f0e|this .bash_profile change for how we use default names for GNU ctags, find, grep and sed]].)
+After installation, it said:
+  ==> Next steps:
+  - Run these commands in your terminal to add Homebrew to your PATH:
+      echo >> /Users/dblume/.zprofile
+      echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/dblume/.zprofile
+      eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
+  - Run brew help to get started
+  - Further documentation:
+      https://docs.brew.sh
+  brew install grep gnu-sed findutils universal-ctags
+  brew install gawk jq tree httpie inetutils pv
+  brew install gnupg socat wget nmap tmux  # but not saulpw/vd/visidata
+  brew install ripgrep moreutils neovim
+  brew install bash-completion  # See .bash_profile
+I noticed that [[https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/issues/2756#issuecomment-2913385616|brew's visidata had color problems, but the pip-installed one did not]].
+To install gnuplot 6.0 with "block" display for Braille chars, see [[gnuplot#instructions-for-macos]]
+Log out of that console window and log back in again.
+==== tmux and "tmux-256color" ====
+We set tmux to set $TERM to "tmux" so that neovim's highlight can include italics. And we bump it to "tmux-256color" so that VisiData can make use of all its colors. (Dot plot AirPassengers.csv but don't set the month column to any format.)
+VisiData will complain it "could not find terminfo database". So we [[https://gist.github.com/nicm/ea9cf3c93f22e0246ec858122d9abea1?permalink_comment_id=4206886#gistcomment-4206886|manually use the one provided by a tmux developer]]...
+  curl -O "https://gist.github.com/nicm/ea9cf3c93f22e0246ec858122d9abea1/raw/37ae29fc86e88b48dbc8a674478ad3e7a009f357/tmux-256color"
+  sudo tic -x tmux-256color
+That should install the database into /usr/share/terminfo
 ===== Tips =====
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 | Command+Opt+Esc     | Force Quit the application                                |
 | Shift+Opt+Command+V | Paste without formatting                                  |
+===== Daemons, Agents, Cron, Launchd =====
+The preferred way to set a repeating task is not to use a cronjob but launchd. :!: Note that there's a breaking change in macOS Catalina. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/dffpzj/launchd_agent_no_longer_functions_after_catalina/|Launchd agent no longer functions after Catalina upgrade]].
+In your ~/bin directory, create a job to run, tag_ip_address.sh
+<code bash tag_ip_address.sh>
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+curl --data "`hostname -s`=`ifconfig | /usr/local/bin/grep "inet " | grep -v "127.0.0.1" | \
+sed -E 's/.*inet (([0-9]+.){3}[0-9]+).*/\1/' | perl -p -e 'chomp if eof;s/\n/,/'`&auth=[your secret auth]" "https://kvs.dlma.com"
+sleep 11  # if launched as a daemon, live for 11s to not be detected as buggy.
+</code>
+That "sleep 11" is to mitigate the buggy daemon detection mentioned [[https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingLaunchdJobs.html|here]].
+Note that we had to specify the path to the homebrew grep, because LaunchAgent would use the default one instead.
+cd into ~/Library/LaunchAgents or (/Library/LaunchDaemons if it can really be a daemon) and add a new plist file
+<code xml com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
+  "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+    <key>Label</key>
+        <string>com.dlma.tag_ip_address</string>
+    <key>Program</key>
+        <string>/Users/dblume/bin/tag_ip_address.sh</string>
+    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
+        <string>/tmp/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist.out.txt</string>
+    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
+        <string>/tmp/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist.err.txt</string>
+    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
+        <dict>
+            <key>Hour</key>
+            <integer>12</integer>
+            <key>Minute</key>
+            <integer>0</integer>
+        </dict>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+</code>
+Finally, [[http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/217453/configure-launchd|you need to explicitly load it]].
+<code bash>
+$ launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist
+</code>
 ===== Software to Get =====
-  * [[http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html|Startup Sound]] (Make it quieter!)
+  * [[https://ghostty.org/download|Ghostty]] and install your [[http://git.dlma.com/dotfiles.git/|dotfiles]].
-  * [[http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/|SteerMouse]] to change ScrollWheel rolling to constant 3x instead of accellerated
+  * <del>[[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]]</del>.
-  * [[http://decimus.net/DTerm/|DTerm]] for quick one-off terminal commands
+    * Preferences -> Profiles -> Terminal -> uncheck "Save lines to scrollback in alternate screen mode"
-  * [[http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/plisteditpro.html|Property List Editor]] for giving [[http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2006/08/18/increasing-the-heap-size-of-freemind-on-macos-x/|Minecraft more memory]].
+    * Install Powerline Fonts per [[private:fonts]].
-  * [[http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html|Google Notifier]] (especially for GMail)
-  * GTD: [[http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/taskpaper|Taskpaper]] or [[http://culturedcode.com/things/|Things]] or [[http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/|Omnifocus]]
-  * [[http://magicprefs.com/|MagicPrefs]] for finer tuning of the Magic Mouse
   * [[http://www.delicious-monster.com/|Delicious Library]]: Keep track of my physical media.
   * Code Editing
+    * [[https://code.visualstudio.com/|Visual Studio Code]]
     * [[http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/|XCode]]
-    * [[http://macromates.com/|TextMate]]
-    * [[http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/|BBEdit]] (or [[http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html|TextWrangler]])
-    * [[http://www.editrocket.com/|EditRocket]] (Eventually read [[http://regebro.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/is-there-a-better-python-ide/|the comparison of Python IDEs]])
-  * [[http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac|Quicksilver]]: Reach any program with a few keystrokes. (Eg., Control+space, M for Mail)
   * Paint program
     * [[http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html|GIMP]] (Can I find something powerful, free **and** user-friendly?) X11 is frustrating.
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     * <del>[[http://www.rdsisemore.com/paintds|PaintDS]]</del> No layers.
     * [[http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html|ArtRage]]
+[[http://foreword.com/2011/05/6796/hack_os_x/|Danelope]] suggests these Image Editors in 2011:
+  * http://gimpshop.com/
+  * http://pixelmator.com/
+===== Preferences I don't set anymore =====
+  * [[http://www.mikesel.info/show-hidden-files-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/|Show hidden files]] with <code>defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder</code>
+  * Configure [[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81379|mail to use Gmail]].
+  * Cofigure [[http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358#ical|iCal to sync with Google Calendar]].
+  * System Preferences:
+    * Keyboard
+      * Command Key: Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys... -> swap Command and Control keys
+        * Except that [[https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2793826?threadID=2793826&tstart=90|it doesn't persist past logging out]].
+      * [[http://lifehacker.com/5826055/make-your-keyboard-keys-repeat-properly-when-held-down-in-mac-os-x-lion|Make Your Keyboard Keys Repeat Properly When Held Down in Mac OS X Lion (macOS)]].
+  * [[http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac|Quicksilver]]: Reach any program with a few keystrokes. (Eg., Control+space, M for Mail)
 ===== iOS Apps =====
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   * [[wp>Sokoban|Sokoban]]
   * A [[http://build.last.fm/category/Scrobblers|Scrobbler]]
-  * A [[http://www.plurk.com/API|new Plurk client]]
 ==== Sokoban ====
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 What matters here is the ability to scrobble what I've played to last.fm directly from my iPhone/iPod.
-==== Plurk ====
+====== Prey ======
+[[https://panel.preyproject.com/]] for when the device goes missing. (Or is stolen by a thief.)
+====== NFS for macOS ======
+On the server side get your user ID and group ID (id -u; id -g), and update /etc/exports with something like:
+<code>
+/path/to/share 10.?.?.?(rw,sync,insecure,all_squash_anonuid=<uid>,anongid=<gid>)
+</code>
+.?.?.? would be the IP of the Macintosh. (That'll have to be updated every time it changes.)  For a Macintosh to connect, "insecure" was said to be needed. And "all_squash" was needed for the uid and gid to be set.  Restart and check the NFS server with "sudo systemctl restart nfs-server.service; systemctl status nfs-server.service".
+Get the "hostname" for the server for the next bit on the client side. Call it jdoe-t3610.
+On the client side, you could manually mount the NFS volume with something like, "<nowiki>nfs://jdoe-t3610/path/to/share</nowiki>"
+Or better, configure automounter by adding a line to <nowiki>/etc/auto_master</nowiki>:
+<code>
+/-			auto_sandbox	-rw
+</code>
+And then make the file /etc/auto_sandbox
+<code>
+/sandbox	nfs://jdoe-t3610/path/to/share
+</code>
+For the purpose of P4 client compatibility with the dev system, I use a symbolic link at root.
+<code>
+$ sudo ln -s /sandbox/sandbox/stb/ /link_to_p4_root
+</code>
+If you want your changes to take effect immediately,
-The existing official client could stand improvement.
+<code>
+$ sudo automount -vc
+</code>
 ====== Keywords ======
 aps, todo