Local setup

This is a repo for myself every time I setup a new local computer.

MacOS

Disable desktop swoosh

Stop MacOS from annoyingly automatically changing desktops on Cmd+Tab.

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool FALSE
killall Dock

Source: https://superuser.com/a/1802693

Re-open Chrome/Brave windows across spaces

defaults write com.google.Chrome NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch -bool YES
defaults write org.chromium.Chromium NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch -bool YES
defaults write com.google.Chrome.canary NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch -bool YES
defaults write com.brave.Browser NSWindowRestoresWorkspaceAtLaunch -bool YES

Source:

• https://superuser.com/a/1490087/866211
• brave/brave-browser#7270

Basic Tooling:

brew install --cask monitorcontrol
brew install --cask sourcetree
brew install --cask todoist
brew install --cask dash
brew install --cask spotify
brew install --cask notion
brew install --cask vlc
brew install --cask pulsar
brew install --cask imageoptim
brew install git
brew install netcat
brew install ffmpeg
brew install bat
brew install ripgrep
brew install the_silver_searcher
brew install httpie
brew install openssl@1.1 # check version
brew install openssl@3 # check version

Optional:

brew install circleci
brew install awscli
brew install gh
brew install colima