New M2 Macbook Air.
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
- General
- 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
- Redirector
- Setup Time Machine to NAS
afp://iowa.thighhighs.top/brig
- Backup while on battery
- Exclude items
- ~/Dropbox
To do
- Backblaze
- Wireguard
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Pragmata Pro font for terminal