Essential tools for a new Mac install (tested with MacOS Sierra)

Posted 8 years ago - updated 8 years ago mac

Software

Virtualisation

• VirtualBox
• Vagrant

Linux tools

• HomeBrew

  /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

This will also install Mac Command line tools

Brew utilities

brew install wget
brew install nmap
brew install imagemagick
brew install ncdu
brew install homebrew/php/php70

• Ansible

  brew install ansible

Git/FTP Development

• Tower
• Transmit FTP

Mac Power utiltiies

• Moom: Window resizer
• PathFinder
• Alfred - Spotlight replacement
• Escher Screensaver
• Iterm - terminal replacement
• Paparazzi
• VLC
• [VoodooPad]()
• [LittleSnitch]()
• [HideMyAss VPN]()
• [ScreenFlow]()
• [nvALT]()
• [MailPlane]()
• [Adium]()

Editors

• PHPStorm - Mou
• SublimeText

• Sublime Text commandline:

  ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/sublime

Database

• SequelPro
• MysqlWorkbench

Browsers and extensions

• Google Chrome
• JsonView
• 1Password
• chrome extension
• Postman

Communications

• Skype
• WhatsApp - Slack
• Telegram

Photography

• Lyn Photo Browser

Music

Spotify

You may also want to turn off auto-boot in Preferences->Settings->Advanced Settings.

Productivity

• OmniGraffle

• Microsoft Office

• Sketch

• SanFrancisco Font

Dev Setup

SSH keys

• Create an ssh key (for git,bitbucket etc)

  ssh-keygen

Vue-CLI

npm install -g vue-cli

Composer

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/

Install PHP7

brew install homebrew/php/php70

• Add line to ~/.bash_profile

  export PATH="$(brew --prefix homebrew/php/php70)/bin:$PATH"

Install Node and NPM

brew install node

Vue Dev Tools

Phalcon

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Config

Iterm windows

• Turn off iTerm beep sound

  Preferences -> Profiles -> Terminal tab -> Check "Silence bell"

• In Preferences->Keys, configure hide/show window with the ± key: