New Mac Setup - A quick checklist for setting up a new MacBook

I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's what I did immediately:

Download Chrome, set to default

Settings

• Big cursor
• Disable Ask Siri
• Turn on Airdrop
• Disable Spotlight Suggestions

Finder

• show filename extensions
• show dotfiles (just hold Cmd + Shift + . (dot) in a Finder window)
• show path bar
• show tab bar
• show status bar

Dock

Terminal environments

• Oh My Zsh: More information
• brew install git
  • copy .gitconfig

VSCode: Code editor

Use Settings Sync to sync across machines

• Font: JetBrains Mono

A monospaced fonts with cool coding ligatures.

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono",
  "editor.fontSize": 13,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true
}

• prettier
• auto-close-tags
• auto-rename-tag
• rainbow-brackets

More information

GitHub Desktop

Docker

Chrome

Slack

Postman

Zoom

Adobe Creative Cloud

Docker