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title: How I like my macOS
date: 2020-08-27
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A list of stuff I want in a fresh macOS install.
## System Preferences
- Text to Speech (in Accessibility):
- ⌥ ⎋ shortcut.
- High WPM.
- Download Samantha voice.
- Keyboard:
- Layout is Colemak.
- Enable Emoji viewer.
- Caps is Escape.
- Disable spelling corrections.
- Trackpad:
- Click to drag.
- 3-finger drag (in Accessibility).
- Hot corners:
- Lower left: _Show Desktop_.
- Lower right: _Notification Center_.
- Upper right: _Mission Control_.
## Misc stuff
- Week numbers in Calendar:
- Preferences, Advanced, _Show week numbers_.
- Plain text in TextEdit:
- Preferences, switch from _Rich text_ to _Plain text_.
## Homebrew
```sh
$ brew install \
entr \
jq \
pre-commit \
ripgrep \
tmux
```
## Custom sound effects
1. Move e.g. `Honk.aiff` to `/Library/Audio/Sounds/Alerts/`.
2. Open _System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects_.
3. Select "Honk".
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