Mac Initialization Settings

Feb-27, 2025 · 10min

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Comprehensive guide to setting up a Mac development environment, including Homebrew installation, Oh My Zsh configuration, Powerlevel10k theme settings, VSCode configuration, Git and SSH settings, and more.

Install HomeBrew

Ensure a good network environment

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

After installation, you will need to execute several commands to set environment variables, as prompted

Install Oh My Zsh

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh

Copy the template file

cp ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc

Reload the configuration

source ~/.zshrc

Install Powerlevel10k

Clone the repository

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git "${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k"

Add to .zshrc

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Reload the configuration

source ~/.zshrc

Install the font file that supports icons

Terminal settings use font

Custom configuration

p10k configure

Configure the data to be displayed

Configure the node version and package.json version to be displayed

vim ~/.p10k.zsh

Install zsh plugins

zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

zsh-syntax-highlighting

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Add to .zshrc

.zshrc
plugins=(
  git
  sudo
  z
  zsh-autosuggestions
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

Complete file .zshrc, the file name is .zshrc

Git settings

Generate ssh keys

ssh-keygen -m PEM -t ed25519 -C "your.email@example.com"

View ssh public key

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Global user name email

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "email@example.com"

Current repository user name email

git config --local user.name "Your Name"
git config --local user.email "email@example.com"

Configure quotepath option

Avoid Chinese path乱码

git config --global core.quotepath false

Do not ignore case

git config --global core.ignorecase false

Complete configuration .gitconfig

.gitconfig
[user]
  name = "Your Name"
  email = "email@example.com"

[core]
  quotepath = false
  ignorecase = false

SSH configuration for Git multi-user

Generate multiple ssh keys

ssh-keygen -m PEM -t ed25519 -C "your.email@example.com" -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
ssh-keygen -m PEM -t ed25519 -C "your.email@example.com" -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_gitlab

Configure ssh configuration file

vim ~/.ssh/config

Complete configuration .ssh/config

.ssh/config
# Personal account, - the default config
Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
  ProxyCommand nc -v -x 127.0.0.1:7890 %h %p

# Work account-1
Host gitlab.com
  HostName gitlab.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_gitlab

IdentityFile is the ssh key configured for the current Host

ProxyCommand is the proxy configured for the GitHub repository, using the nc command, 127.0.0.1:7890 is the local proxy port

Mac settings

Only when the desktop wallpaper is displayed when the front is scheduled

Adjust the size of the mouse pointer

Disable automatic capitalization

VSCode settings

vim settings keyboard repeat

Global open keyboard long press continuous input

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
> cd ..

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