setup-mac.md

Setup for macOS

Shell scripts are bash

Misc

Finder

Show hidden files:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Hold the 'Option/alt' key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch

Homebrew

Install Homebrew:

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

wget, curl

brew install wget curl

bash 5

brew install bash

git

brew install git

Development Tools

Xcode

Install Command Line Tools (CLT) for Xcode:

xcode-select --install

Visual Studio Code

Download and install from Visual Studio Code site.

Open Visual Studio Code and press Cmd + Shift + p. Select Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.

pyenv

Install Python version manager pyenv

brew install pyenv