Friday, October 28, 2011

Tweaking a new MacOS X Install

Here is the basic configuration I do when I get a new Mac. Sorry for not giving a lot of detail, I am assuming these instructions are mostly for me, but possibly others can learn something from them as well.
  1. Download Chrome, setup Google sync.
  2. Default terminal font is ugly, use Bitstream Vera Mono, 12 pt, configure terminal to close if shell exits cleanly, save a nice default window group.
  3. Preferences: fix dock size, auto hide, setup spaces, keyboard - faster repeat rate, sharing - turn on ssh and fix machine name, remove time machine and blue tooth from menu bar, modify the sleep time.
  4. Download menumeters, setup.
  5. Setup bash: git clone git://github.com/nathanbullock/bin.git; ln -s bin/bashrc.ln .bashrc; ln -s bin/bashrc.ln .bash_profile; ln -s bin/vimrc.ln .vimrc

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