macOS

General

• macOS Tips & Tricks • Saurabh 📖

  A collection of 150+ nifty tips and tricks for macOS, for both system features like the Dock, Spotlight, and Mission Control and built-in apps like Safari, Mail, and Photos.

Dotfiles

• 📺 ~/.dotfiles in 100 Seconds • 14 minute video by Fireship showing how to set up a dotfiles repo and what to include in it
• 🎓 Dotfiles from Start to Finish-ish • 4 hour Udemy course about using dotfiles to automatically set up a new Mac with your preferred apps and settings

Scripting

• 📺 macOS: Run a script on login • 13 minute video by Kent C. Dodds
• 📺 Writing Shell Scripts with Modern JavaScript • 90 minute video by John Lindquist and Jason Lengstorf showing how to set up a Mac to write all shell scripts using node. They ran into environment configuration hiccups in the video that should be fixed in John’s dotfiles repo
• Managing background processes with homebrew in MacOS Ventura and beyond • Updates to the package manager makes launch agents even easier! Here’s how.
• Advanced macOS Commands • Saurabh 📖

  A comprehensive reference for advanced command-line utilities that provide unique macOS functionality.

• 50 macOS Tips and Tricks Using Terminal (the last one is CRAZY!) - YouTube • NetworkChuck 📺
• pmset:
  • Battery status API in macOS? • Stack Overflow 👨‍💻
  • pmset Man Page - macOS - SS64.com • SS64 📚
  • pmset - Manipulate power management settings on macOS • DssW 📖

Empty trash from the command line

• osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to empty'
• How can I empty the trash from the Terminal? • Ask Different 👨‍💻

Settings

• 📺 7 Mac Settings You Need To Turn Off Now • 6 minute video by Payette Forward
• Getting Apple’s SF Mono Font in macOS • Shashikant Jagtap 📖

Keyboard Workflow

• Native macOS keyboard shortcuts
• Hyperkey app
• Superkey app
• Karabiner Elements
  • See John Lindquist’s posts and dotfiles
  • See Max Stoiber’s video and dotfiles
• skhd
• Hammerspoon
• macOS “must haves” · wincent.com • Wincent Colaiuta’s list of apps and settings
• Hammerspoon: A Better, Better Hyper Key • Evan Travers’ post about using Hammerspoon to create a Hyper key that works in all apps
• TanakritBenz/keyboard: Hammerspoon + Karabiner • Tanakrit Benz’s Hammerspoon and Karabiner config
• Mac productivity tips for developers • Mike Solomon’s post about using Hammerspoon and Karabiner to create a Hyper key
• Getting Started • Hammerspoon docs
• Sample Configurations · Hammerspoon/hammerspoon Wiki • Hammerspoon docs

Mapping Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held

• When doing this with Karabiner Elements, how do I avoid taps from registering as multiple keypresses?
• jasonrudolph/ControlEscape.spoon: ⌨ Supercharge your Control key: Tap it for Escape. Hold it for Control. • Jason Rudolph’s Hammerspoon config for mapping Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held
• How to map CapsLock to Control and Escape on Mac OS X | by Max Pechyonkin | Medium • Max Pechyonkin’s post about mapping Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held

Window Management

• Rectangle app
• Amethyst app
• yabai
  • deprecates chunkwm

Inbox

• Raycast:
  • 📚 Raycast Manual
  • Creating Custom Raycast Extensions with React - Space Jelly • Learn how to create your own Raycast extension and find unique ways to extend your launcher, from Cloudinary uploads to easily searching for creatures and items using the Hyrule Compendium API
• Dotbot:
  • anishathalye/dotbot: A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
    • Plugins · anishathalye/dotbot Wiki
      • fundor333/crontab-dotbot: Crontab plugin for DotBot
      • DrDynamic/dotbot-git
  • Managing Your Dotfiles
  • Replacing GNU Stow with Dotbot | Siddhant Goel
  • The battle over your dotfiles. Once upon a time in a parallel… | by Paul Becker | Medium
• GNU stow:
  • Managing dotfiles with GNU stow
  • I’m Too Lazy To Use GNU Stow // 25 Days of Linux - YouTube
  • Dotfiles! Here’s how I organize them. - YouTube
  • dotfile, how to manage and sync with Git + GNU Stow | by Satyasheel | Medium
  • Managing dotfiles with stow - Apiumhub
  • Manage dotfiles with GNU Stow | Deepak Ramani
  • Give Your Dotfiles a Home with GNU Stow - YouTube
    • Using GNU Stow to Manage Symbolic Links for Your Dotfiles - System Crafters
  • Manage your dotfiles across multiple machines with GNU Stow and Git - YouTube
  • Sync your .dotfiles with git and GNU #Stow like a pro! - YouTube
  • Managing dotfiles with GNU Stow | Bastian Venthur’s Blog
  • Personal Linux Setup with Git Repos and Stow - ratfactor
  • Brandon Invergo - Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles
  • Manage Your Dotfiles Like a Superhero
  • Unstowing and Common Stowing Issues - Developer Productivity | Frontend Masters
• duti:
  • moretension/duti: A command-line tool to select default applications for document types and URL schemes on Mac OS X
• macOS automation tips series?
• Keyboard only:
  • kindaVim • Vim Mode for macOS 🛠️
  • Wooshy • search and click 🛠️
  • Scrolla • Scroll with Vim motions on macOS 🛠️