2022 M1 Mac -Quick Setup

#beginners #tutorial #productivity #codenewbie

Did anyone else get a new laptop this holiday season? 👀
Here are the steps I follow to get setup quickly!

1. Show hidden folders

chflags nohidden ~/Library defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true

2. Install brew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Check your path and make sure path includes your brew location.
- Check path: echo $PATH | tr ":" "\n"\n
- Brew location: which brew
- (Probably something like /opt/homebrew/bin)
- If the location is missing, then add it to your ~/.zshrc, like this: export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH

3. iTerm & OhMyZsh & Starship

iTerm: brew install --cask iterm2
OhMyZsh: $ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Starship: brew install starship
- echo 'eval "$(starship init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
- (Install font & then change font in iTerm settings)
- brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
- brew install --cask font-hack-nerd-font

4. Node & AWS CLI (for AWS development)

brew install node@16
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"
sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /
aws configure (assuming you already have credentials)
npm install -g aws-cdk
To enable auto-complete, add these to ~/.zshrc
- autoload bashcompinit && bashcompinit
- autoload -Uz compinit && compinit
- complete -C '/usr/local/bin/aws_completer' aws