This playbook installs and configures most of the software I use on my Mac for web and software development.

1. Download install.sh from github-master (see below sh/curl-command)
2. The script does the following:
   • check/install for "Apple Command Line tools"
   • check/install "Homebrew"
   • check/install(via brew) "Ansible"
   • clone this git to local folder nammed /Users/<yourName>/.setup
3. Execute the ansible-playbook: ./main.yml. It includes the following tasks/roles:
   • DockUtil Remove/Add/Move Items releated to Dock-Bar

Depending on your setup requirments you need to change the following files:

If you'd like to start with my default list of tools and apps (see Included Apps/Config below), then simply install with;

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MNicks/mac-dev-playbook/master/install.sh)"

You can always customize the install after-the-fact (see below), and re-run the playbook. It will skip over any installed apps.

If you want to add/remove to the list of apps/utils installed, its pretty straightforward.

As above, download and bootstrap the script. But stop it before it starts ansible, and edit the playbook as desired, before re-running ansible.

1. Grab and start the bootstrap script. Let it install the prereqs and clone the full ~/.setup repo locally...

   sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MNicks/mac-dev-playbook/master/install.sh)"

2. Stop the script (Ctrl+C) when ansible asks for the a 'sudo' password.

    ```
    Changing to laptop repo dir ...
   
    Running ansible playbook ...
    SUDO password:  ^c
   
    ```
   

3. Change into the cloned repo dir

    `cd ~/.setup`
   

4. Edit ./vars/vars-homebrew.yml and add/remove the apps/utils you want.

    `vi ./vars/vars-homebrew.yml`
   

5. Kick off ansible manually

    `ansible-playbook main.yml -i hosts --ask-sudo-pass -vvvv`
   

You can do this as many times as you like and re-run the ansible-playbook command. Ansible is smart enough to skip installed apps, so subsequent runs are super fast.

It also installs a few useful system preferences/settings/tweaks with a toned-down version of Matt Mueller's OSX-for Hackers script.

It does some reasonably gnarly stuff e.g.

• hide spotlight icon
• disable app Gate Keeper
• change stand-by delay from 1hr to 12hrs.
• Set trackpad tracking rate.
• Set mouse tracking rate.
• and lots more...

so you need read it very carefully first. (see scripts/system_settings.sh)

TODO: more sick settings with https://github.com/ryanmaclean/OSX-Post-Install-Script

In addition it user specific preferences (dotfiles) will pulled from Github as well

1. Grabbing thoughttbot/dotfiles repo, saves it in ~/src_dotfiles/thoughtbot/dotfiles and symlinks it to ~/dotfiles.

2. Grabbing MNicks/dotfiles repo, saves it in ~/src_dotfiles/MNicks/dotfiles and symlinks it to ~/dotfiles-local

3. Running rcup to initialize your dotfiles.

You probably want to change the dotfile_repo_username variable in vars/main.ymlto match your github username and therefore you personal dotfiles :-)

Apps installed with Homebrew Cask:

• apptrap # remove associated prefs when uninstalling
• appzapper # uninstaller #- atom # sublime without annoying popup | https://atom.io/download/mac
• bettertouchtool # window snapping. (maybe Moom is more lightweight?)
• captur #ui wrapper for osx screenscraper
• cheatsheet # know your shortcuts
• cyberduck # ftp, s3, openstack
• dash # totally sick API browser
• diffmerge # free visual diq
• disk-inventory-x # reclaim space on your expensive-ass Apple SSD | http://www.derlien.com/
• dropbox # a worse Mega Sync
• eve # learn your shortcuts
• firefox
• firefoxdeveloperedition
• font-hack-nerd-font
• go2shell
• imageoptim # optimize images
• istumbler # network discovery GUI
• intellij-idea
• iterm2
• jumpcut # awesome clipboard
• karabiner # Keyboard customization
• keka # file archiving
• licecap # GIFs !
• mactracker # benchmarking
• monolingual # remove unneeded osx lang files
• nvalt # fast note taking
• onedrive
• onyx # system maintenance
• qlcolorcode # quick look syntax highlighting
• qlimagesize # quick look image dimensions
• qlmarkdown # quick look .md files
• qlstephen # quick look extension-less text files
• sequel-pro # FREE SQL GUI!
• shortcat # kill your mouse
• shuttle # ssh management
• sourcetree #- sts
• transmission # torrents
• tunnelblick
• visual-studio-code
• wifi-explorer
• java # Installs Java8

There are several more common cask apps listed in the ./vars/vars-homebrew.yml - simply uncomment them to include them in your install.

Things installed with Homebrew:

• ack
• autoconf
• autojump # quickly navigate from cmd line
• bash # Bash 4
• bash-completion
• battery
• bazel
• bfg
• brew-cask-completion
• cowsay # amazing
• coreutils # Install GNU core utilities (those that come with OS X are outdated)
• docker # | https://docs.docker.com/installation/mac/
• docker-clean
• docker-cloud
• docker-compose
• docker-gen
• docker-machine
• docker-swarm
• findutils # Install GNU find, locate, updatedb, and xargs, g-prefixed
• httpie
• git
• jq
• hub # github
• launchctl-completion
• libevent
• libffi
• libvterm
• libxml2
• libyaml
• macvim
• mas
• maven
• mcrypt
• md5sha1sum
• mobile-shell
• moreutils
• mtr # better traceroute
• node
• npm
• nvm
• openssl
• packer
• packer-completion
• pandoc
• parallel
• pip-completion
• postgresql
• pup
• pv
• ssh-copy-id
• readline
• rename # rename multiple files
• rsync
• the_silver_searcher # fast ack-grep
• tmux
• tree
• tmux
• vim
• wget
• zsh

There are several more utils listed in the /vars/vars-homebrew.yml - simply uncomment them to include them in your install.

Check out Ansible for DevOps, which will teach you how to do some other amazing things with Ansible.

Jeff Geerling for creating the amazing mac-dev-playbook.

Nauman Leghari for his mac-dev-playbook adaption which was used as basis for this repo