New machine checklist

• Create a workspace:

mydir ~/Workspace
cd ~/Workspace

• Install brew, pull down this repo (obviously), and load default set of software:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

brew install git
git clone [email protected]:amcnamara/new-machine.git ~/Workspace/new-machine

cd ~/Workspace/new-machine
xargs brew install < brew-all.txt

• Start Ollama daemon, this also registers a system-startup initializer:

brew services start ollama

• Pull down local models for Ellama:

ollama pull llama3.1:8b-instruct-q8_0
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:3b
ollama pull qwen2.5:3b

• Install OMZ

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• Copy dotfiles to home:

cd ~/Workspace/new-machine
cp .emacs ~
cp .zshrc ~
cp .gitconfig ~

• Install consolas font:

open ~/Workspace/new-machine/Consolas.ttf

• Set tracking speed, key repeat (fastest), and key delay (shortest)
• Copy OSX App Shortcuts (requires restart):

cd ~/Workspace/new-machine
cp ./GlobalPreferences.plist ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
sudo shutdown -r now

• Install iTerm2, and additionally set:
  • Load iTerm_default.json profile settings
  • Keys > Remap Modifiers > Left Command ⌘ to Left Control ⌃
  • Keys > Remap Modifiers > Right Command ⌘ to Left Option ⌥
  • General > Selection > Applications in terminal may access clipboard
• Install and use the most recent LTS version of Node:

nvm install --lts
nvm use --lts

• Install a recent stable version of Python via pyenv:

pyenv install 3.10.12
pyenv global 3.10.12

• Setup a GitHub SSH key, and GPG signing key:

gpg --full-generate-key
gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long

gpg --armor --export <key-id>

git config --global user.signingkey <key-id>

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
touch ~/.ssh/config
cat >> ~/.ssh/config<< EOF
Host github.com
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
EOF
ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

cat .ssh/id_ed25519.pub

• Clean up this repo and check for system software updates:

rm -rf ~/Workspace/new-machine
cd ~
softwareupdate -l