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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 =====
+  * System Preferences:
+    * 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'
+  * Open the Photos app, and drag a userpic to it. Then change your userpic in the System Preferences.
   * Get [[http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome.html?hl=en&platform=mac|Chrome]] (Login and sync.)
-  * [[http://www.mikesel.info/disable-os-x-dashboard/|Disable the dashboard]] with <code>defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; Killall Dock</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>
   * System Preferences:
-      * Tap-and-drag: System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad -> Trackpad Options and enable 'Dragging (with/without) Drag Lock' (the second checkbox) to restore the old behavior.
-    * Appearance
-      * Place scroll arrows: At top and bottom
     * Mouse
       * Make tracking speed much faster!
       * Enable Secondary click for the right mouse button
-      * 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]].
+      * 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>
+      * Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 doesn't have a current driver. That's OK.
+      * Swap the Option and Command keys.
     * Dock
       * Position on Right
-      * Automatically show and hide dock?
+      * Automatically show and hide dock
+    * Outlook
+      * Turn off auto underline-to-italic, dashes, smart quotes: Preferences -> AutoCorrect then click on the AutoFormat page
+**BSD grep**
+OS X comes with BSD grep pre-installed, which doesn't use the Perl -P flag.
+Go to http://brew.sh/ and run the ruby command.
+  brew install homebrew/dupes/grep --with-default-names
+  brew install gnu-sed --with-default-names
+  brew install findutils --with-default-names
+  brew install jq
+  brew install tree
+  brew install httpie
+  brew install inetutils  # If you need telnet (maybe nc is good enough?)
+  # Maybe also readline if you brew install python3
+  brew install bash
+  sudo echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /etc/shells
+  chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
+Log out of that console window and log back in again.
+** Python Packages **
+If pip isn't installed yet (Python older than 2.7.9), then install it with easy_install, then install requests.
+  sudo -H easy_install pip
+  sudo -H pip install requests
 ===== Tips =====
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-===== Versions and Codenames =====
-Current info at Wikipedia: [[wp>OS_X#Versions]]
+===== Daemons, Agents, Cron, Launchd =====
-^ Codename      ^ Version ^ Notes ^
+The preferred way to set a repeating task is not to use a cronjob but launchd.
-| Snow Leopard  | 10.6    | iMac  |
-| Lion          | 10.7    | MacBook Air (allows dragging on all window borders) |
+In your ~/bin directory, create a job to run, tag_ip_address.sh
-| Mountain Lion | 10.8    | Current |
+<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>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 com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist
+</code>
 ===== Software to Get =====
-  * [[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]]
+  * [[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]] 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''
   * [[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.
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   * http://gimpshop.com/
   * http://pixelmator.com/
 ===== Preferences I don't set anymore =====
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 [[https://panel.preyproject.com/]] for when the device goes missing. (Or is stolen by a thief.)
+====== NFS for OS X ======
+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,
+<code>
+$ sudo automount -vc
+</code>
 ====== Keywords ======
 aps, todo