Revision as of 03:12, 11 September 2021

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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

Configure Finder:
- Finder → Preferences → Sidebar: Add "ovidiu"
- Finder → Preferences → General: New Finder windows show: "ovidiu"
Power Settings: System Preferences → Battery → Power Adapter → Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off.
Install brew.
Install rsync with brew.
Install software manually:
- Microsoft Office. Make sure it sees Garamond.
- 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".
- Firefox (may be automated)
Install IntelliJ Ultimate and provide the license. Also see: IntelliJ Configuration.
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

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:
- Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 (newer version crash)
- Pixelmator Pro
- Kindle
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

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 ** Finder → Preferences → Sidebar: Add "ovidiu"
 ** Finder → Preferences → General: New Finder windows show: "ovidiu"
+* Power Settings: System Preferences → Battery → Power Adapter → Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off.
 * Install [[Brew Installation|brew]].
 * Install rsync with brew.