Niks dotfiles

This is my personal dotfiles repository. It is managed with Nix and Nix-darwin. I use these dotfiles on macOS and on NixOS. But this guide is only for macOS.

Installation

• Install Nix
• Clone this repo to ~/dotfiles
• Run nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/dotfiles

Personal Setup Checklist

• Setup Dropbox
• Import GPG Key with gpg --import Secret.asc
• Import uBlock setting via the import features in browser
• Import TablePlus Connections
• Import Timemator History from ~/Application Support/com.catforce.timemator.macos

System software update

softwareupdate -ia

System cleanup

./cleanup.sh

SSH Setup

Generate new keyfile: ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "niklasravnsborg@gmail.com"
Change password: ssh-keygen -p -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
Add password to keychain: ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Connect with public network

• Deactivate NextDNS: nextdns deactivate
• Connect to network
• Clear DNS cache: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
• Reactivate NextDNS: nextdns activate