Step 1: General macOS Settings

Turn on Firewall

• System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Firewall > Turn On Firewall

Turn on FileVault

• System Preferences > Security and Privacy > FileVault > Turn On FileVault

Show hidden files in Finder

• Open “Finder”
• Press the Command + Shift + . (period) keys at the same time

Sort folders first in Finder

• Open "Terminal"
• Run defaults write com.apple.finder _FXSortFoldersFirst -bool true; killall Finder

Show Path in Finder

• Open "Terminal"
• Run defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool true; killall Finder

Show user in Finder sidebar

• Finder > Preferences > Sidebar > (Check) <user> on the sidebar

Set the new finder window show

• Finder > Preferences > General > (Select) user folder from dropdown

Disable autocorrect spelling

• System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > (Uncheck) Disable “Correct spelling automatically”

Enable fast keystrokes and key repeats

• System Preferences > Keyboard
• Set “Key Repeat” to “Fast”
• Set Delay Until Repeat” to “Short”

Fix trackpad direction

• System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom > Turn Off Natural Scrolling

Turn off the dictionary look up

• System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click > Turn Off Look up & data detectors

Enable Key Repeat

• Open "Terminal"
• Run defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Step 2: Developer Environment Setup

Install Rosetta 2

• Open "Terminal"
• Run /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

Create the "Developer" folder

• Open "Finder" (it should navigate to user folder automatically)
• Create a new folder named "Developer"

Change the computer name

• sudo scutil --set ComputerName "newname"
• sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "newname"
• sudo scutil --set HostName "newname"

Install Xcode command line tools

• Open "Terminal"
• Run xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew

• Open "Terminal"
• Run /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
• Run brew update; brew upgrade; brew cleanup; brew doctor to make sure it is up-to-date and healthy

Install Homebrew Packages

brew install node typescript yarn pnpm tmux btop eza fzf gh jq lazygit tree yazi bat circumflex cloudflared cocoapods exiftool ffmpeg figlet fx git go hcloud jdtls maven mosh neovim pinentry-mac pipx playwright-cli python@3.11 shellcheck tailscale testssl typescript-language-server vips

Custom Taps

brew install anomalyco/tap/opencode
brew install mhrsntrk/portflix/portflix
brew install mhrsntrk/venaqui/venaqui

Casks (GUI Applications)

brew install --cask balenaetcher bifrost blip brave-browser claude-code cursor discord ghostty github helium-browser lm-studio orbstack postman protonvpn raycast setapp tailscale-app vcmi vlc zed zen zen-browser zoom

Configure git

• brew install git
• git config --global user.name "<username>"
• git config --global user.email "<email>"
• git config --global color.ui auto

Generate an SSH Key

• Run ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

Step 3: Ghostty Setup

• Open "Ghostty" app
• Press Command + , to open app preferences
• Paste the below configuration

shell-integration = zsh

# Font settings
font-family = Berkeley Mono
font-size = 16

# Cursor settings
mouse-hide-while-typing = true
cursor-style-blink = false
cursor-style = block
adjust-cursor-thickness = 300%

# Don't ask when closing
confirm-close-surface = false

# Always save the state of window when quitting
window-save-state = always

• Restart Ghostty app

Step 4: Oh-My-Zsh Setup

• Run sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" to install Oh-My-Zsh
• Replace the .zshrc file in this repo
• Install zsh-autosuggestions by using git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
• Install spaceship theme by using npm install -g spaceship-zsh-theme

Step 5: tmux Configuration

• Run git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
• Copy the .tmux.conf file in this repo
• Run source-file ~/.tmux.conf to load
• On tmux press [prefix] + ⇧ Shift + i to install plugins

Step 6: nvim Configuration

• Run git clone https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad ~/.config/nvim --depth 1 && nvim
• Open nvim
• Type N to install example config
• Press Space+t+h to open theme switcher, and set it to One Dark
• Copy the content of the lua folder in this repo into $HOME/.config/nvim/lua
• Restart nvim