Things to Do After Installing Mac OS X

Overview

Manual Way to Install Software

Install HomeBrew

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install ssh-copy-id command

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew install ssh-copy-id

Install wget command

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew install wget

Install watch command

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew install watch

Install Google Chrome

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install google-chrome
[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install 1password

Install Firefox

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install firefox

Install VLC

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install vlc

Install Flycut

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install flycut

Install Skitch

  • See something that sparks an idea? Use Skitch to snap it, mark it up, and send it on in an instant.
  • Your bold ideas stand out even brighter with Skitch.
[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install skitch

Install Caffeine

  • Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar.
  • Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers.
  • Click it again to go back.
  • Right-click (or ⌘-click) the icon to show the menu.
[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install caffeine

Install Calendar

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install itsycal

Install Atom

  • A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.
  • Atom is a text editor that’s modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file.
[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install atom

Install Vagrant

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install vagrant

Install Virtualbox

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ brew cask install virtualbox

Install Oh-My-ZSH

[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ curl -L https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh | sh

# Change your default shell
[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ chsh -s /bin/zsh

Automate Above Install Steps

  • All above install steps can be automate in following shell scripts.
[mitesh@Matrix ~]$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MiteshShah/admin/master/Mac/macosx.sh | bash

The installation may take a little time, so grab a cup of coffee and relax.



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