New Mac

Internal

• Mac

Procedure

• Install the latest O/S: Re-install the OS
• Set the computer name: Mac Hostname Configuration.
• Set mouse speed.
• Establish connection to iCloud and restore the iCloud Drive access. Check availability to:
  • iCloud Drive
  • Contacts
• Set the background to black and add four virtual desktops.
• Move the dock to the left of the screen.
• Add the SSH identity from storage as .ssh/id_rsa. Then:

chmod -R go-rwx ~/.ssh

• From a terminal, clone shell-tools. git may prompt for the installation of developer tools.

cd
git clone https://github.com/ovidiuf/shell-tools.git

• Install IntelliJ Ultimate and provide the license. Also see: IntelliJ Configuration.
• Check ~/shell-tools/mac-setup and continue the configuration from there:

cd shell-tools
./mac-setup

• Manual configuration for automatically installed software:
  • Thunderbird
    • Accounts maintained with Google or Yahoo are autoconfigurable.
    • Internal IMAP server - Last Known Good Configuration
    • Optionally can be configured to keep its "Local Folders" under /Users/<username>/Documents/Thunderbird Local Folders, and thus back the content up in iCloud. More details here.
  • Secure Pipes - Last Known Good Configuration
• Manually installed software:
  • VMware Fusion. After installation, before creating a VM from scratch, attempt opening the existing virtual machine from ~/VMware Fusion VMs/Windows 10 x64.vmwarevm by double-clicking it. VMware Fusion should offer to upgrade it. Specify that you "moved it".
  • Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 (newer version crash)
  • Firefox (may be automated)
  • Pixelmator Pro
  • Kindle
  • Microsoft Office
• Desktop Config
  • iCloud Personal link
  • TODO link
• Miscellaneous configuration:
  • Use Romanian Keyboard Layout on Mac
  • Mac Power Configuration
• Ensure the printer is visible, prints and scans. If the "Scan" tab is not visible, see HP OfficeJet Pro 8725 | NOMBP4 Installation