Editing Setting Up A New Mac

Every now and then I set up a new Mac and I forget all the things I do. This is a list so that setup is fast.

== Initial Environment ==

# [https://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome]
# [https://brew.sh/ Homebrew]

=== Default Web Browser ===

[[File:Screenshot MacOS Default Web Browser.png|frame|center|Set it to Chrome instead]]

=== Screenshots Folder ===

Then set the Screenshots folder to <code>~/Pictures/Screenshots</code> by hitting <code>Cmd + Shift + 5</code>, then Options, then Other Location... and create and select the folder.

== Shell ==

# [https://ghostty.org/docs/install/binary Ghostty] since it's a super-fast terminal emulator
##[[Ghostty Configuration]]
# [https://ohmyz.sh/ oh-my-zsh] to make zsh enjoyable
# [https://github.com/junegunn/fzf fzf]
# [https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep ripgrep]
# [https://mise.jdx.dev/installing-mise.html mise] allows managing different versions of runtimes
# [https://neovim.io/ neovim]
## Set <code>EDITOR</code> to <code>nvim</code>

== Text Entry ==

[[File:Screenshot MacOS Keyboard Delay.png|frame|center|Now you can hold j to scroll down]]

=== Set up Caps Lock ===

First install [https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ Karabiner Elements]

[https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/help/how-to/disable-caps-lock-delay/ Disable Caps Lock Delay]

Then, map Caps Lock to Escape

[[File:Screenshot Karabiner Elements - Caps Lock to Escape.png|frame|center|You can map this in MacOS without Karabiner, but since KE makes it easy to disable Caps Lock Delay might as well do this here]]

== LLM Assistants ==

# Claude Code
# Codex
# Gemini

== Productivity Tools ==

# [https://slack.com/downloads/mac Slack]


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