Things I do when setting up a new Mac

2023-09-26

MacOS

• Enable tap to click
• Enable two-finger right click
• Enable three-finger drag (under Accessibility)
• Remap:
  • CapsLock to Control
  • Globe to Control
  • Control to Globe
• Keyboard shortcuts
  • "Move Window to Left Side of Screen" to Ctrl-Cmd-Left Arrow
  • "Move Window to Right Side of Screen" to Ctrl-Cmd-Right Arrow
• Enable firewall
• Turn off True Tone

Safari

• Uncheck "Open "safe" files after downloading"
• Set Autoplay to never

Software

General

• brew
• Signal
• News Explorer
• Wipr
• Firefox
• Chrome

Development

• Go
• DotNet
• Rust
• Xcode
• Visual Studio Code

#computing #mac #technology