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---
title: How I like my macOS
date: 2020-08-27
---
{% extends 'templates/base.html' %}
{% block body %}
	<nav>
		<a href='/'>&gt; index</a>
	</nav>
	<header>
		<h1>{{ title }}</h1>
	</header>
	<article>
	{% markdown %}
A list of stuff I want in a fresh macOS install.

[TOC]

## 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_.
- Show URLs on hover in Safari:
    - View, enable _Show Status Bar_.

## Homebrew

```sh
$ brew install \
    entr \
    jq \
    moreutils \
    pre-commit \
    ripgrep \
    rlwrap \
    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".

## Misc / other

- [Resetting the SMC](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295) can apparently help if e.g. the GPU is being screwy.

### How to print double-sided / duplex

1. In the print dialog, click _Show Details_, then _Paper Handling_.
2. Set the _Pages to Print_ to _Odds Only_.
3. Print.
4. Take the paper direct from the out-tray to the in-tray.
5. In the print dialog, click _Show Details_, then _Paper Handling_.
6. Set the _Pages to Print_ to _Odds Only_.
7. Set the _Page Order_ to _Reverse_.
8. Print.
	{% endmarkdown %}
	</article>
{% endblock %}