Effective Procedures to Setup new Mac Monterey For JSer/Rubyist

Install Awesome Apps

For development

Docker For Mac

iTerm

JetBrains Toolbox

Source Tree

Visual Studio Code

For productivity

CleanShot X

DeepL

Dropbox

Figma

Just Focus

Magnet

MeetingBar

Spotify

Tripmode

Zoom

Homebrew

You can execute the following command to install

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

If you are asked about Xcode Command line tool while installing with Homebrew, please install it.

Oh-my-zsh

If you want to use a coftable Zsh customized by the community, let's install

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Git

You should install Git command line tool:

brew install git
git config --global user.name "USER_NAME"
git config --global user.email email@example.com
git config --global tag.sort version:refname
git config --global alias.co checkout

After installing Git, we recommend to set global .gitignore:

# install generator for .gitignore
brew install gibo

# Set some unnecessary files of JetBrains and Mac to .gitignore
gibo dump JetBrains macOS Ruby Rails Node > ~/.gitignore

# Set the .gitignore to set git global setting
git config --global --add core.excludesfile "$HOME/.gitignore"

In addition, please add a alias git push-f to vi ~/.gitconfig

[alias]
  push-f = push --force-with-lease

autojump

If you want to fill a path more quickly,

brew install autojump

After installing, set the following setting by vi ~/.zshrc

# autojump
[ -f /opt/homebrew/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh ] && . /opt/homebrew/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh

After the setting, execute the following command to reflect the setting:

source ~/.zshrc

fzf

brew install fzf

After installing, set the following setting by vi ~/.zshrc

# fzf
br() {
  git checkout $(git branch --format '%(refname:short)' | fzf --layout=reverse)

}

After the setting, execute the following command to reflect the setting:

source ~/.zshrc

Font HackGen

Ricty is a fonts for programming, if you want to try it, please set the following command:

# Installing HackGen
brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
brew install --cask font-hackgen

# Setting about anti-alias
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

rbenv

To avoid installing unnecessary documents, add the following setting vim ~/.gemrc:

install: --no-document
update: --no-document

After the above setting, let's install the following rbenv and Ruby-build:

# installing rbenv / ruby-build
brew install rbenv ruby-build

# Setting to installing gems when introducing new version
git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv-default-gems.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/rbenv-default-gems

# Setting default install gems
echo 'bundler\nrails\npg\npry' > ~/.rbenv/default-gems

Edit the following setting by vi ~/.zshrc:

# rbenv
[[ -d ~/.rbenv  ]] && \
  export PATH=${HOME}/.rbenv/bin:${PATH} && \
  eval "$(rbenv init -)"

The setting is reflected by the following command:

source ~/.zshrc

Install Ruby by rbenv:

# show list of ruby versions which is able to install
rbenv install -l

# Install latest ruby version(e.g. 2.6.6)
rbenv install 2.6.6
rbenv global 2.6.6

Node Version Manager

Please refer to

Install Yarn

brew install yarn

Install libvips

I sometimes get an error when installing libraries such as sharp in the npm library.

brew info vips
brew reinstall vips

Install v8

There are many libraries that depend on v8, so it is good to install them.

brew install v8

Optional

PostgreSQL

Install PostgreSQL:

brew install postgresql
brew services start postgresql

Docker

Please set alias to vi ~/.zshrc:

# Docker
alias d='docker'
alias dc='docker-compose'
alias dm='docker-machine'

After setting, reflect the upper settings:

source ~/.zshrc

Chromedriver

If you use Chromedriver for selenium test or etc, please execute the follows:

brew tap homebrew/cask
brew install --cask chromedriver

IntelliJ

Please refer to the following articles and configure it.

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Python

brew install python

Please set alias to vi ~/.zshrc:

# Python
export PATH=$(brew --prefix python)/libexec/bin:$PATH

After setting, reflect the upper settings:

source ~/.zshrc

Shortcut for Ruby dev

Please write the bellow code in vi ~/.zshrc:

# nodebrew(Node.js)
export PATH=$HOME/.nodebrew/current/bin:$PATH

# Rails
alias rspec="bundle exec rspec"
alias rake="bundle exec rake"
alias rubocop="bundle exec rubocop"

Java

Download JDK from

After install JDK, you should install Maven & gradle too.

brew install maven32 gradle

After that, please write the bellow code in .zshrc:

# Java
export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 10.0.2`

Shortcut for Source Tree

sudo ln -s /Applications/SourceTree.app/Contents/Resources/stree /usr/local/bin/

Change computer name

Application > System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name

Change cursor speed

Application > System Preferences > Mouse > Tracking Speed

Improve Sound Quality

sudo defaults write bluetoothaudiod "Enable AptX codec" -bool true
sudo defaults write bluetoothaudiod "Enable AAC codec" -bool true

Keytype speed

defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 2
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 12

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