checklist.md

configure preferences

• update to the latest OSX patch
• turn on hard drive encryption
• update preferences
  • general
    • show scroll bars: always
  • dock & menu bar
    • check automatically hide and show the dock
    • uncheck show recent applications in dock
    • battery: show percentage
  • trackpad
    • secondary click: click in bottom right corner
    • check tap to click
    • increase tracking speed
  • keyboard
    • text
      • uncheck correct spelling automatically
      • uncheck capitalize words automatically
      • uncheck add period with double-space
    • shortcuts
      • check show spotlight search shortcut
      • check use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls
  • finder
    • set up sidebar
    • set up default view
      • sort by: name
      • date modified
      • size
      • kind
      • use relative dates
      • show icon preview
      • text size: 16
      • click use as defaults
      • show path bar
      • show status bar
      • add info and delete buttons to toolbar

applications

• remove unneeded applications
• chrome
• 1password
• alfred
• slack
• discord
• messenger
• zoom
• notion
• spotify
• iterm
• vscode
• slate
• dropbox

cli

• install xcode command line tools
• install homebrew
• install zsh
• configure zsh
  • https://gist.github.com/kevin-smets/8568070
  • load .zshrc
  • load .gitconfig contents into global ~/.gitconfig
  • load .gitignore_global
• configure iterm
  • sync preferences
  • install color theme

vscode

• enable code cli commands with vsce
• sync preferences
• install extensions & themes

github

• generate new ssh key

miscellaneous

• install fonts from backup fonts directory