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--- apple [2022/12/14 10:59] – [Configuration] dblume
+++ apple [2025/04/13 20:36] (current) – Add Finder preferences to set dblume
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   * 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'
+    * 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.)
   * [[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!
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       * 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.
+      * 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
       * 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
-**BSD vs. Linux commands**
+===== 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 ruby 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]].)
+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]].)
-  brew install grep
+After installation, it said:
-  brew install gnu-sed
-  brew install findutils
+  ==> Next steps:
-  brew install ctags
+  - Run these commands in your terminal to add Homebrew to your PATH:
-  brew install jq
+      echo >> /Users/dblume/.zprofile
-  brew install tree
+      echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/dblume/.zprofile
-  brew install httpie
+      eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
-  brew install inetutils  # If you need telnet (maybe nc is good enough?)
+  - Run brew help to get started
-  brew install telnet
+  - Further documentation:
-  brew install gnuplot
+      https://docs.brew.sh
-  brew install pv
-  brew install gnupg
+  brew install grep gnu-sed findutils universal-ctags
-  brew install socat
+  brew install gawk jq tree httpie inetutils pv
-  brew install wget
+  brew install gnupg socat wget nmap tmux saulpw/vd/visidata
-  brew install nmap
+  brew install ripgrep moreutils neovim
-  brew install tmux
+  brew install bash-completion  # See .bash_profile
-  brew install saulpw/vd/visidata
-  brew install ripgrep
+Ensure your prompt has git hints. See .bashrc for __git_ps1 (maybe download .git-prompt.sh).
-  brew install moreutils
-  brew install gitui
+To install gnuplot 6.0 with "block" display for Braille chars, see [[gnuplot#instructions-for-macos]]
-  # 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.
+==== 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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 ===== 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]].
+  * <del>[[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]]</del>.
     * Preferences -> Profiles -> Terminal -> uncheck "Save lines to scrollback in alternate screen mode"
-  * 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''
+    * Install Powerline Fonts per [[private:fonts]].
-  * [[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.
-  * [[http://foreword.com/2012/07/6869/vanilla_folders/|TotalFinder]] for some intuitive Finder features.
-  * [[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.
   * 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://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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     * [[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/
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         * 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)