This weekend I'm going to set up a new Macbook Pro 13' for work. 💻 Here are my current preferences for setting up a MacBook Pro.

 > System Preferences :

• Keyboard

  • Input sources - English - set to ABC instead of a specific country.
  • Key repeat set to the fastest and delayed until repeat to the shortest.
  • Shortcuts - Mission Control - overwrite command + Q to the Do Not Disturb on/off

• Desktop & Screen Saver

  • Screen Saver - Hot Corner - Set lock screen or sleep

• Trackpad

  • Point & Click - change the speed to the fastest

• Disable Ask Siri

• Dock

  • Remove everything unnecessary application but leave some important like Finder and Trash
  • Show recent applications in Dock
  • Turn automatically hiding on

• Finder - show path bar

• Accessibility

  • Pointer Control - Trackpad Options - Enable dragging - three-finger drag
  • Double click speed to the fastest
  • Scrolling speed to the fastest

• Security and Privacy

  • Allow apps downloaded from App Store and identified developers
  • Turn the Firewall on

Cherry-pick some good stuff here you think will suit you.

Applications :

• Brave browser and set it to default.

• Chrome extensions:

  • checker-plus-for-gmail
  • uBlock Origin
  • JSON Formatter
  • ColorZilla
  • New Tab Studio
  • LastPass
  • OneTab
  • CodeCopy
  • OctoLinker

• The Unarchiver

• Zoom

• Slack

• Notion

• Krisp

IDE :

I'm using VSCode with JetBrains Mono and following extensions:

• Prettier
• GitLens
• ESLint
• Bracket Pair Colorizer
• Code Spell Checker
• Emmet
• Live Share

Terminal environments :

I'm using iTerm2 + Zsh + Spaceship theme with following setup:

• autosuggestions
• syntax highlighting
• homebrew
• git
• node.js
• SSH

See also Ali Spittel's My Terminal Setup: iTerm2 + Zsh 🔥 and Lukas Gabsi's 2020 🍀 macOS Terminal Setup (zsh + 🚀 + iTerm)

Thanks for reading my mac setup article. I really hope this could help speed up your process or gave you some ideas for the next macOS setup. 🚀

I am always looking for ways to improve my efficiency, so if you use any tool that you find useful, feel free to comment on this post.🙂