mac_setup.md

Apps

• BetterTouchTool – gesture and shortcut automation.
• BetterDisplay – external display scaling tweaks.
• Aerospace – tiling window manager with keyboard controls.
• Rectangle – keyboard window snapping (backup).
• Raycast – quick launcher and workflow hub.
• AutoRaise - Center Cursor on active window when switching.
• Karabiner Elements – keyboard customization (Caps Lock → Hyper modifier).
• Ghostty – primary terminal (TokyoNight theme, 20pt font).
• TinkerTool – extra macOS UI/system toggles.

Non-App Configs

• JankyBorders – Homebrew borders; config at ~/.config/borders/bordersrc.
• SketchyBar – custom macOS menu bar; config at ~/.config/sketchybar/.
• LazyVim/Neovim – ~/.config/nvim/ (lazy.nvim bootstrap, Treesitter setup).
• Shell – ~/.config/zsh/ (ZDOTDIR), ~/.config/starship.toml, ~/.oh-my-zsh/ (prompt, plugins, aliases; rotate stored secrets).
• btop – ~/.config/btop/btop.conf (resource monitor layout/theme).
• neofetch – ~/.config/neofetch/config.conf (system info display order).
• htop – ~/.config/htop/ (process monitor overrides).
• Chai - Keep mac awake
• Homebrew tools – reinstall borders, btop, htop, neofetch, screenresolution, fzf, ripgrep, codex, cava, cmatrix, etc.

Other Apps

• Bitwarden – Password manager
• Brave Browser – daily browser plus apps bundle.
• ChatGPT, – AI assistant
• Dark Reader for Safari – Dark mode for safari
• Discord – communication software
• GIMP – image editor.
• Obsidian – Notes
• ProtonVPN / WireGuard – VPN clients.
• RustDesk – Remote desktop software.
• Visual Studio Code – editor
• VMware Fusion – Virtual machine software