 My Macos Setup

General Apps

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• Floorp Browser
  • Install Bypass Paywalls
• Google Drive Client
• Obsidian - Note Taking App
• StrongBox - Password Manager
• Tutanota - Email Client
• Notion - Note Taking App
• List of Wonderful Apps Waiting to Be Explored!

Optional:

• Dropbox
• Brave
• SurfShark VPN
• WeChat

Basic Terminal - Must Have

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• Brew - Package Manager

• Install ZSH

  
  

• Install FiraCode Nerd Font

• Termius - Terminal GUI

  • Modify Default Shell
  • Your Termius configuration page should look something like the following picture
    

• Install ohmyzsh

• Install zsh plugins, all plugins are install under the path that is stored in $ZSH_CUSTOM

# Install zsh-autosuggestions plugin
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
# Install zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
 
 
# Replace the .zshrc plugins config
plugins = (
	git
	zsh-autosuggestions
	zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

• Powerlevel10k theme for ohmyzsh

brew install romkatv/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k
echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme" >>~/.zshrc  
 
zsh # Refresh shell to confiure powerlevel10k
p10k configure # Run this to reconfigure

Terminal Productivity Tools

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• zoxide, fzf
• pipx
• bat
• exa
• ranger-fm
• watch

#!/bin/bash
brew install zoxide
brew install fzf
# Append to .zshrc
# eval "$(zoxide init zsh --hook prompt)" 
# alias cd='z'
 
brew install pipx && pipx ensurepath
 
brew install bat && echo "alias cat='bat'" >>~/.zshrc
 
brew install exa
echo "alias ls='exa --icons'" >>~/.zshrc
echo "alias ll='ls -lhig --git --icons'" >>~/.zshrc
echo "alias tree='exa --tree --icons'" >>~/.zshrc
 
# Using pipx
pipx install ranger-fm
# Alias to have Ranger to exit in the current directory it is in
alias ranger='ranger --choosedir=$HOME/.rangerdir; LASTDIR=`cat $HOME/.rangerdir`; cd "$LASTDIR"'
 
brew install watch

• Atuin
• Custom bash commands (to be added to .zshrc)

# cht.sh shortcut
h() {
	curl cht.sh/$1
}

Programming Language Setup

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• Python Toolset

• JS Toolset

• Rust Toolset

• typescript, make sure you have Install NVM

#!/bin/bash
npm i -g typescript

• Java JDK

System Tools 🌟

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• neofetch
• bpytop, htop

brew install neofetch
echo neofetch >> ~/.zshrc
 
brew install bpytop
brew install htop

Software Engineering Tools

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• Code Editor Setup
• GitKraken - Git GUI Tool
• Postman - API Testing Tool
• MySQL Workbench
• jq
• ngrok
• gh
• qemu (for RISCV Kernel Deep Dive)
• socat
• hyperfine

#!/bin/bash
 
brew install ngrok/ngrok/ngrok
 
brew install gh
gh auth login # Painless Github CLi Auth
 
brew install qemu
 
brew install socat
 
brew install hyperfine # A command-line benchmarking tool

OS Config

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• Add Geist Font
  • Drag and drop the installed font to built-in app Font Book
• Add Chinese Input
• Change Hostname

#!/bin/bash
sudo scutil --set HostName mac
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName mac

• Change the VSC Terminal font size to 16 in the setting page

Virtualisation Tools

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Docker

brew install orbstack

App that can be ran in Docker:

• AWS Nuke

VM with Vagrant

• Install VirtualBox
• Install Vagrant - a tool to manage VMs with ease

brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/hashicorp-vagrant
vagrant plugin install vagrant-share

DevOps Tools

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• aws
• terraform
• az
• infracost
• terraform-docs

#!/bin/bash
brew install awscli
echo >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# AWS Cli Env Variables" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "export AWS_PROFILE=<DEFAULT_PROFILE_NAME>" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "export AWS_REGION=ap-southeast-1" >> ~/.zshrc
echo >> ~/.zshrc
aws configure # Auth CLi
 
brew install terraform
 
brew install azure-cli
 
brew install infracost
 
brew install terraform-docs

• Obtain a ssh shell into ECS on local machine
• Update parameters in AWS Parameter Store in a semi automated way

Install using pipx

• checkov
• ddtrace

#!/bin/bash
pipx install checkov
 
pipx install ddtrace

MISC

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• wireguard
• ipython
• logisim-evolution
• telnet
• parallel

#!/bin/bash
brew install wireguard-tools# Place conf in /usr/local/etc/wireguard/ 
sudo wg-quick up wg0 # Connect Wireguard
 
brew install ipython
 
# Open logisim, get denined, open Privacy, enable
brew install --cask logisim-evolution
 
brew install telnet
 
brew install parallel

Cheatsheet

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• Command used to give unverified app permissions to execute - xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine/Applications/<APP_NAME>.app
• Terminal Cli Navigation Shortcut
• Remove an app from system entirely