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   * System Preferences:   * System Preferences:
     * Trackpad -> Tap to Click (For not having to press hard for a click.)     * Trackpad -> Tap to Click (For not having to press hard for a click.)
-    * Tap-and-drag: Accessibility -> Mouse & Trackpad -> Trackpad Options and enable 'Dragging (with/without) Drag Lock' +    * Tap-and-drag: Accessibility -> Pointer Control -> Trackpad Options and enable 'Dragging (without) Drag Lock' 
-  * Open the Photos app, and drag a userpic to it. Then change your userpic in the System Preferences.+  * 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.)   * 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>   * [[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:   * System Preferences:
 +    * Set some of these [[https://medium.com/macoclock/macos-finder-sucks-4ab191e07c40|Finder preferences]]
     * Mouse      * Mouse 
       * Make tracking speed much faster!       * Make tracking speed much faster!
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       * Set Key Repeat to fastest, and Delay until Repeat to second shortest.       * 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>       * Some apps don't repeat anything because some keys have a character accent menu. To disable: <code>defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false</code>
-      * Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 doesn't have a current driver. That's OK.+      * 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.       * Swap the Option and Command keys.
     * Dock     * Dock
       * Position on Right       * Position on Right
       * Automatically show and hide dock       * Automatically show and hide dock
 +    * iTerm2
 +      * User Powerline Fonts per [[private:fonts]].
     * Outlook     * Outlook
       * Turn off auto underline-to-italic, dashes, smart quotes: Preferences -> AutoCorrect then click on the AutoFormat page       * Turn off auto underline-to-italic, dashes, smart quotes: Preferences -> AutoCorrect then click on the AutoFormat page
  
-**BSD grep**+===== Tools Installation =====
  
-OS X comes with BSD grep pre-installed, which doesn't use the Perl -P flag.+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.
  
-  - Go to http://brew.sh/ and run the ruby command. +==== BSD vs. Linux commands ====
-  - <nowiki>brew install homebrew/dupes/grep --with-default-names; brew install gnu-sed --with-default-names</nowiki> +
-  - Log out of that console window and log back in again.+
  
-** Python Packages **+macOS comes with BSD grep pre-installed, which doesn't use the Perl -P flag.
  
-If pip isn't installed yet (Python older than 2.7.9), then install it with easy_install, then install requests.+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]].)
  
-  sudo -H easy_install pip +After installation, it said:
-  sudo -H pip install requests+
  
 +  ==> 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 ===== ===== Tips =====
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 ===== Daemons, Agents, Cron, Launchd ===== ===== Daemons, Agents, Cron, Launchd =====
  
-The preferred way to set a repeating task is not to use a cronjob but 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 In your ~/bin directory, create a job to run, tag_ip_address.sh
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 <code bash tag_ip_address.sh> <code bash tag_ip_address.sh>
 #!/usr/bin/env bash #!/usr/bin/env bash
-curl --data "`hostname -s`=`ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -v "127.0.0.1" | \ +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/'`&auth=ahov" "http://kvs.dlma.com"+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> </code>
  
-cd into ~/Library/LaunchAgents and add a new plist file+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> <code xml com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist>
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     <key>Program</key>     <key>Program</key>
         <string>/Users/dblume/bin/tag_ip_address.sh</string>         <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>     <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
-    <dict> +        <dict> 
-        <key>Hour</key> +            <key>Hour</key> 
-        <integer>12</integer> +            <integer>12</integer> 
-        <key>Minute</key> +            <key>Minute</key> 
-        <integer>0</integer> +            <integer>0</integer> 
-    </dict>+        </dict>
 </dict> </dict>
 </plist> </plist>
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 <code bash> <code bash>
-$ launchctl load -w com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist+$ launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist
 </code> </code>
  
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 ===== Software to Get ===== ===== Software to Get =====
  
-  * [[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]] and install your [[http://git.dlma.com/dotfiles.git/|dotfiles]]. +  * [[https://ghostty.org/download|Ghostty]] and install your [[http://git.dlma.com/dotfiles.git/|dotfiles]]. 
-  * If you want [[http://ipython.org/|IPython]], you probably have to install [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/readline/6.2.4.1|readline]], too: ''sudo easy_install readline ipython'' +  * <del>[[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]]</del>. 
-  * [[http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html|Startup Sound]] (Make it quieter before Lion!) [[http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120513121111656|Adjusting Startup Chime]] after Lion. +    * Preferences -> Profiles -> Terminal -> uncheck "Save lines to scrollback in alternate screen mode" 
-  * [[http://foreword.com/2012/07/6869/vanilla_folders/|TotalFinder]] for some intuitive Finder features. +    * Install Powerline Fonts per [[private:fonts]].
-  * [[http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/|SteerMouse]] to change ScrollWheel rolling to constant 3x instead of accellerated +
-  * [[http://decimus.net/DTerm/|DTerm]] for quick one-off terminal commands +
-  * [[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]]. +
-  * [[http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html|Google Notifier]] ([[http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10960|Two-step Authentication instructions]]) +
-  * 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.   * [[http://www.delicious-monster.com/|Delicious Library]]: Keep track of my physical media.
   * Code Editing   * Code Editing
-    * [[http://www.sublimetext.com/3|Sublime Text 3]] and then [[http://config.dlma.com/#sublime|configure]] it.+    * [[https://code.visualstudio.com/|Visual Studio Code]]
     * [[http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/|XCode]]     * [[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   * Paint program
     * [[http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html|GIMP]] (Can I find something powerful, free **and** user-friendly?) X11 is frustrating.     * [[http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html|GIMP]] (Can I find something powerful, free **and** user-friendly?) X11 is frustrating.
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     * [[http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html|ArtRage]]     * [[http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html|ArtRage]]
  
-[[http://foreword.com/2011/05/6796/hack_os_x/|Danelope]] suggests these Image Editors:+[[http://foreword.com/2011/05/6796/hack_os_x/|Danelope]] suggests these Image Editors in 2011:
  
   * http://gimpshop.com/   * http://gimpshop.com/
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       * Command Key: Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys... -> swap Command and Control keys       * 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]].         * 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]].+      * [[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)
  
  
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   * [[wp>Sokoban|Sokoban]]   * [[wp>Sokoban|Sokoban]]
   * A [[http://build.last.fm/category/Scrobblers|Scrobbler]]   * A [[http://build.last.fm/category/Scrobblers|Scrobbler]]
-  * A [[http://www.plurk.com/API|new Plurk client]] 
  
 ==== Sokoban ==== ==== 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. What matters here is the ability to scrobble what I've played to last.fm directly from my iPhone/iPod.
- 
-==== Plurk ==== 
- 
-The existing official client could stand improvement. 
  
 ====== Prey ====== ====== Prey ======
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 [[https://panel.preyproject.com/]] for when the device goes missing. (Or is stolen by a thief.) [[https://panel.preyproject.com/]] for when the device goes missing. (Or is stolen by a thief.)
  
-====== NFS for OS X ======+====== 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: On the server side get your user ID and group ID (id -u; id -g), and update /etc/exports with something like:
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