This repository serves as a quick-start setup for new Mac users at Clair. It takes the effort out of installing everything manually. These scripts are run when your machine is first provisioned, but can be re-run if you want a fresh macOS install.
First, go through the checklist below to make sure you didn't forget anything before you wipe your hard drive.
- Did you commit and push any changes/branches to your git repositories?
- Did you remember to save all important documents from non-iCloud directories?
- Did you save all of your work from apps which aren't synced through iCloud?
- Did you remember to export important data from your local database?
- Did you update mackup to the latest version and ran
mackup backup?
After going through our checklist above and making sure you backed everything up, we're going to cleanly install macOS with the latest release. Follow this article to cleanly install the latest macOS version.
If you did all of the above you may now follow these install instructions to setup a new Mac.
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Update macOS to the latest version with the App Store
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Generate a new public and private SSH key by running:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/driesvints/dotfiles/HEAD/ssh.sh | sh -s "<your-email-address>"
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Clone this repo to
~/.dotfileswith:git clone [email protected]:driesvints/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
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Run the installation with:
~/.dotfiles/fresh.sh -
After mackup is synced with your cloud storage, restore preferences by running
mackup restore -
Restart your computer to finalize the process
Your Mac is now ready to use!
💡 You can use a different location than
~/.dotfilesif you want. Make sure you also update the reference in the.zshrcfile.
You can tweak the shell theme, the Oh My Zsh settings and much more. Go through the files in this repo and tweak everything to your liking.
Enjoy your own Dotfiles!