display

System Settings > Accessibility > Display > Turn On Reduce Motion

modifier key

• ⌘ change to ^
• caps lock change to ⌘

finder

# show hidden files
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

# show path bar
defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true

killall Finder;

brew

install brew

Quick Look plugins

brew install --cask \
    qlcolorcode \
    qlstephen \
    qlmarkdown \
    quicklook-json \
    qlprettypatch \
    quicklook-csv \
    betterzip \
    webpquicklook \
    suspicious-package

applications

brew install --cask \
    appcleaner \
    google-chrome \
    iterm2 \    
    raycast \
    visual-studio-code

command line tools

# [Nerd Font](https://www.nerdfonts.com/)
brew install --cask font-fira-code-nerd-font

brew install \
    bat \
    fish \
    git \
    git-delta \
    go \
    hugo \
    jq \
    neofetch \
    orbstack \
    ripgrep \
    starship \
    tree \
    wget

git

git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.ss status

git-delta

~/.gitconfig

[core]
    pager = delta

[interactive]
    diffFilter = delta --color-only

[delta]
    navigate = true    # use n and N to move between diff sections
    light = false      # set to true if you're in a terminal w/ a light background color (e.g. the default macOS terminal)

[merge]
    conflictstyle = diff3

[diff]
    colorMoved = default

fish shell

starship preset nerd-font-symbols -o ~/.config/starship.toml

add to ~/.config/fish/config.fish

# Add HomeBrew's bin directory to path so you can use HomeBrew's binaries like `starship`
# Fish uses `fish_add_path` instead of `export PATH` modify $PATH.
fish_add_path "/opt/homebrew/bin/"
# Enable Starship prompt
starship init fish | source

Package manager

fisher

plugin:

• z

abbreviation

add to ~/.config/fish/config.fish

source ~/.config/fish/abbreviation.fish

create abbreviation.fish

abbr proxyall "set --export http_proxy http://127.0.0.1:7890; set --export https_proxy http://127.0.0.1:7890"

custom function

it’s very easy to add a custom function in fish shell, an example

Visual Studio Code

Settings

Side Bar:Location change to right

extensions

• Auto Hide
• AutoTrim
• Emacs Friendly Keymap
• Indenticator
• Sort lines
• vscode-icons

Python

use pyenv to manage Python environments, don’t reply on the python installed by brew, because it might update Python version upexpecetdly when performs brew update.

brew install readline xz pyenv
# otpinal: setup pyenv with fish shell
alias brew="env PATH=(string replace (pyenv root)/shims '' \"\$PATH\") brew"
exec "$SHELL"

pyenv install 3.11.6
pyenv global 3.11.6

Reference

• https://opensource.com/article/19/5/python-3-default-mac

Terminal emulator

iTerm2

Keyboard setting

Use fn to Change Input Source

Keyboard Shortcuts -> Uncheck all Input Sources Spotlight

Apple Internal Keyboard

Keyboard Shortcuts -> Modifier Keys

• Caps Lock Key -> Command
• Command -> Control

External Keyboard

Keyboard Shortcuts -> keep Modifier Keys unchanged

Karabiner-Elements

• left_command -> left_control
• left_control -> left_command
• right_command -> right_control
• right_option -> fn

Make Caps Lock → Hyper Key (⌃⌥⇧⌘) (Caps Lock if alone) import

Tiling Windows Manager

• yabai (no need to disable System Integrity Protection)
• skhd

yabai installation and configuration reference:

• System Settings
• brew install
• typical config

skhd config

cmd + ctrl + shift + alt is the Hyper Key configurated using Karabiner-Elements

# change focus between external displays (left and right)
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - p : yabai -m display --focus west
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - n : yabai -m display --focus east

# fullscreen window
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - m : yabai -m window --toggle zoom-fullscreen

# cycle focus between windows
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - o : yabai -m window --focus prev || yabai -m window --focus last
# cycle swap window to the main window
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - j : /bin/bash ~/bin/cycle_clockwise.sh; yabai -m window --focus prev || yabai -m window --focus last

# rotate layout clockwise
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - r : yabai -m space --rotate 270
# flip along y-axis
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - y : yabai -m space --mirror y-axis
# flip along x-axis cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - x : yabai -m space --mirror x-axis
# toggle window float
cmd + ctrl + shift + alt - f : yabai -m window --toggle float --grid 4:4:1:1:2:2

cycle_clockwise.sh:

#!/bin/bash

win=$(yabai -m query --windows --window last | jq '.id')

while : ; do
    yabai -m window $win --swap prev &> /dev/null
    if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then
        break
    fi
done