In the past I have used the migration assistant tool to copy my files from Mac to Mac whenever I would get a new one. After almost 20 years of doing this I wanted to setup my new screaming M2 from scratch.

Automating App Installs

There are a couple command line tools that help this and I have created a bash script in github to run on the computer. Be sure to customize for your own situation.

Once this script is run on the Mac half the work will be done. The next steps below are for setting up the data.

The script and explanations below should only install M1/M2 compatible apps. Nothing on Intel.

1Password Data Setup

1. Setup 1Password coud Sync
2. Enable Local vaults
3. Setup iCloud vault sync
   

Keychain

1. Copy keychain file from original Mac
   

BBEdit

1. Enable Sandbox Access

Spark

1. Login to gmail account
2. Don’t allow notifications
   

Hazel

1. Register License from 1password file
2. Give Full disk access
3. Add back Hazel folders, sync rules with each folder and enable rules on other computers.
4. Activate Hazel Notifications
5. Enable App Sweep and Delete files from trash after 1 week
6. Turn off Notifications for Files events and trash events

Bartender

1. Register Bartender
2. Setup bartender to hid everything but Fantastical and DayOne.
   

Dash App

In Dash preferences choose the Sync folder on iCloud Drive/Dash and everything is setup.

Timing

1. Launch and setup
2. Copy data from old computer
   

Freedom

Log into Freedom and make sure it is setup name device.

Fantastical

1. Need to create new app password for iCloud calendar.
2. Add accounts iCloud, Google, Meetup.com
3. Set default calendar and default reminder list
   

Omnifocus

1. Install Omnifocus Beta from TestFlight
2. Copy over Omnifocus Archive to new computer
3. Check that ctr-option-space is global shortcut
   

WeChat

1. Copy chat backup to new computer.
   

Install What’s App Beta

1. Download M1 WhatsApp beta.
   

Slack

1. Sign into Slack Channels.
   

ChronoSync

1. Setup backup
   

Safari

1. Enable Extensions in Safari

Time Machine

1. Setup backup to Synology
2. Setup backup to external drives
   

Anki

1. Sign In to sync
   

Discord

1. Login
   

Xcode

1. Launch and accept dialog boxes.

Visual Studio Code

1. Enable Syncing using GitHub account
   

OBS

1. Setup for Highest recording
2. Create source for Elgato
3. Create Source for Insta360 Link
4. Create Source for Screen Recording
   

Apple Music

1. Check Download Dolby Atmos

2. Deauthorize previous computer or you might reach the limit
3. Check older authorizations to free up
   

Finder

1. Set finder settings to open to home directory and show external disks

Home Folder

Copy over select Home folder contents

System Settings

Trackpad speed

Increase trackpad to max speed.

Configure Shortcuts

Disable unused sharing utilities and shortcuts

Keyboard

1. Enable Dictation

Spelling

1. Enable Show Input Menu in Menu Bar
   

Extensions

Disable/enable extensions

Storage

The storage control panel lets you delete the GarageBand music creation libraries.

Notifications

Configure notifications including:

1. Turn off notifications from calendar because I use fantastical
2. Turn off notifications for mail
3. Turn off sound notifications WhatsApp
   

Unlock with Apple Watch

• Turn on Unlock with Apple Watch
  

Brave Browser

• Setup Syncing
• Verify Brave Rewards
  

Clay

• Sign into Clay with Apple ID
  

Git

Set .gitconfig file to contain your commit information.

`git config --global user.email "[email protected]"`
`git config --global user.name "My Name"`

– Create new GIT ssh key and associate it with account

Generate SSH Key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

Setup ssh to reference Keychain.

touch ~/.ssh/config
open ~/.ssh/config

Add the following to the above file:

Host github.com
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Add SSH Key to Keychain

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
gh auth login
gh auth refresh -h github.com -s admin:public_key
gh ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Reference Articles

• New MacBook Pro Setup
• A Guide to Setting up a New Mac Developer Machine
• Find Paths of Files
• Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account
• Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent