Setup notes

First boot, get on wifi, get latest OS update
Create new local user account
Sign in to Apple account
Connect it to icloud etc, Settings -> Apple Account
Set hostname: Settings -> General -> Sharing
Enable content caching, in the Sharing settings seeing as we're already there
Get on the wifi
Setup JP input
- Settings -> Keyboard -> Add Japanese Romaji
- Use capslock to switch language
Keyboard settings
- Key repeat rate: Fastest
- Key repeat delay: the 2nd-shortest setting
- Enable Keyboard Navigation
- Globe key starts dictation
Fix trackpad direction and speed
Download Chrome and install
Enrol fingers to touch ID
Download and install 1Password
Download and install Dropbox
- Selective sync, don't sync the Apps/Google Save Your Data (240gb)
- Let it sync Desktop and Documents, I guess. Don't need to do Downloads
- New files default: available offline
- If you didn't have enough diskspace at install, make a bunch of stuff available offline:
  - cosplay portfolio
  - fonts
  - Photo editing tools
  - Photos
  - profile pics
  - reference pics
  - arista_scratchpad.txt
  - foo.txt
Set Finder Preferences
- General
  - Show these items on desktop: Hard disks
  - New Finder windows show: Downloads
  - Open folders in tabs: No
  - Suggest filenames: No
- Sidebar
  - TBC
  - Move Dropbox and Downloads to the top of the list
  - Stick Photos and Welrod Commissions to the list
- Advanced
  - Show all filename extensions
  - DISABLE: Show warning when changing extension
  - When performing a search: Search the current folder
  - Keep folders on top: In windows when sorting by name
Finder
- Open a window, switch to List view first
- Customise toolbar:
  - Remove Group By
  - Remove Add Tags
  - Remove Share
  - Remove Actions...
- Open the View menu Options
- Enable: Always open in list view
- Click "Use at defaults"
- View menu: Show Path bar
- View menu: Show Status bar
Settings: General -> Date and Time
- Enable 24hr time
Setting: Desktop and Dock
- ENABLE: Automatically hide and show the dock
- Put it on the Right side
Setting: Menu Bar
- Clock options: Display seconds
- Spotlight: Don't show in menu bar
Settings: General -> Autofill and Passwords
- Disable autofill from (Apple) Passwords
- Enable autofill from 1Password
- Setup codes in: 1Password
Settings: General -> Language and Region
- Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
Set Chrome as default browser
Chrome
- Set default zoom to 125%
Set a cool wallpaper
Hot corners: Lock screen in bottom-left
- Actually you don't even need this any more - mash the Touch ID button to lock the screen
Chrome extension settings
- Redirector
  - Enable cloud sync, then look away and back again, the rules will appear
- UBlock Origin
  - Enable cloud sync
  - Go to each tab and pull from cloud
- Tampermonkey
  - Set Config mode to beginner
  - Enable Userscript Sync
  - Browser Sync
  - Shake it a bit until the scripts sync
Setup Time Machine to NAS
- afp://iowa.thighhighs.top/brig
- Backup while on battery
- Exclude items
  - ~/Dropbox
Backblaze
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Get its icon out of the menu bar
- Don't launch at login
Pragmata Pro font for terminal
- Seems like it's already installed somehow!
Setup new SSH keys
- My philosophy here is a key per client, rather than one single key used on all your clients. If you lose a device or it's compromised, it makes the revocation simpler because you just nuke one, and don't need to regenerate a new one everywhere.
- Distribute the pubkey everywhere it needs to go
Vim config
- Going to go for a minimal one here, just a ~/.vim/vimrc file, with basic syntax highlighting enabled. Don't think I'll do much dev here, so no need to clog it up with all the fancy syntax highlighting and whatnot

To do

Replace recovery key at the end

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  Comment: new machine
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  Editor: furinkan
  Comment: make keyboard settings changes
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+ * Keyboard settings
  * Key repeat rate: Fastest
  * Key repeat delay: the 2nd-shortest setting
  * Enable Keyboard Navigation
  * Globe key starts dictation