New M2 Macbook Air.

• Spec: M2, 2022
• 16gb RAM
• Model Number: Z1600019XX/A

Setup notes

• Create new user account

• Set name: Preferences -> Sharing

• Get on the wifi
• Setup JP input
  • Use capslock to switch language
• 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
    • New Finder windows show: Downloads
  • Sidebar
    • TBC
    • Move Dropbox and Downloads to the top of the list
    • Stick Photos and Welrod Commissions to the list
  • Advanced
    • 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: View menu options
  • Show Path bar
  • Show Status bar
• Setting: Dock and Menu Bar
  • ENABLE: Automatically hide and show the dock
  • Use 24-hour clock
  • Spotlight: Don't show in menu bar
• 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
• Pragmata Pro font for terminal
• 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

• Wireguard