setup_macos_manual.md

Manual Setup Steps on macOS

Here be dragons... and settings that are not easy to automate through Ansible (and settings I've not had time to implement correctly yet).

Bootstrap

• Setup administrator account (Administrator/Admin/admin/a)
• Setup personal account (Göran Gustafsson/GLEG/gleg)
• Download and run Ansiblebot/bootstrap_macos.sh

Misc

• Open Dotfiles/Misc/SF-Mono-Regular.otf

Browser Extensions

• Install plugin 1Password/Bitwarden
• Install plugin Adblock Plus

Calendar

• Advanced - Show week numbers

Contacts

• General - Sort By: First Name

Dock

• Turn Hiding On
• Add and remove apps
• Assign apps to desktops

Finder

• Rename system disk (macOS Home/Work)
• Desktop - Sort By - Snap to Grid
• Tags - Disable all tags
• Sidebar - Enable almost all sidebar items
• Show View Options - Always open in column view
• Show View Options - Show Library folder

Mail

• Add Gmail account
• Fonts & Colours - Helvetica 13 and SF Mono 12
• Fonts & Colours - Use fixed-width font for plain text messages
• Rules - Disable: News From Apple

Menu Bar

• Enable and disable items
• Reorganize menu bar items

Messages

• General - Keep messages: 30 Days
• iMessage - Enable Messages in iCloud
• Shared with You - Turn Off...

Music

• General - Disable: Show Apple Music
• General - Disable: Show iTunes
• Advanced - Automatically Update Artwork for Imported Songs
• View Options - Album, Artist & Time

Notification Center

• Add and remove widgets

Safari

• View - Show Status Bar
• General - Safari opens with: All non-private windows from last session
• General - Disable: Open safe files after downloading
• AutoFill - Disable: Usernames and passwords
• Websites - Notifications - Disable: Allow websites to ask for ...
• Advanced - Show full website address
• Advanced - Disable: Show colour in compact tab bar
• Advanced - Show Develop menu in menu bar

Spaces

• Add up to 5 spaces on main display
• Add up to 4 spaces on secondary display

Terminal

• Open Dotfiles/Misc/Default.terminal
• Profiles - Set "Default" as default

System Preferences

Apple ID

• Disable unwanted services

Battery

• Battery - Turn display off after 10min
• Battery - Disable: Slightly dim the display while on battery power
• Power Adapter - Prevent your Mac from automatically sleeping

Control Centre

• Battery - Show Percentage

Displays

• More Space
• Disable: True Tone

General

• Click in the scrollbar to: Jump to the spot that's clicked
• Ask to keep changes when closing documents
• Disable: Close windows when quitting an app

Keyboard

• Modifier Keys - Caps Lock Key -> Control
• Text - Remove all replace words
• Text - Disable: Capitalise words automatically
• Text - Disable: Add full stop with double-space
• Shortcuts - Switch to Desktop X (Cmd-X)
• Shortcuts - Move focus to next window (Option-Tab)
• Shortcuts - Disable everything under Services
• Shortcuts - Safari.app - Show Start Page (Cmd-Shift-H)

Notifications & Focus

• Disable: Allow notifications: When the screen is locked

Security & Privacy

• General - Require password immediately
• FileVault - Turn On FileVault...
• Firewall - Turn On Firewall
• Firewall Options - Disable: Automatically allow downloaded signed software

Sound

• Sound Effects - Disable: Play sound on startup

Touch ID & Password

• Disable: Use Touch ID to unlock your Mac
• Disable: Use Touch ID for fast user switching

Trackpad

• Point & Click - Tracking speed 8/10
• Disable: Force Click and haptic feedback