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   * System Preferences:
     * Trackpad -> Tap to Click (For not having to press hard for a click.)
     * Tap-and-drag: Accessibility -> Mouse & Trackpad Pointer Control -> Trackpad Options and enable 'Dragging (with/without) Drag Lock'
   * Open the Photos app, and drag a userpic to it. Then change your userpic in the System Preferences.
   * Get [[http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome.html?hl=en&platform=mac|Chrome]] (Login and sync.)
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       * Position on Right
       * Automatically show and hide dock
     * iTerm2
       * User Powerline Fonts per [[private:fonts]].
     * Outlook
       * Turn off auto underline-to-italic, dashes, smart quotes: Preferences -> AutoCorrect then click on the AutoFormat page
 
 **BSD grep**===== Tools Installation =====
 
 OS X comes with BSD grep pre-installed, which The old way of installing Command Line Tools from the Terminal doesn't use work anymore. But now it can be done from [[https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools|the Developer download site]], not from the Perl -P flagTerminal.
 
   - Go to http://brew.sh/ and run the ruby command. 
   - <nowiki>brew install homebrew/dupes/grep --with-default-names; brew install gnu-sed --with-default-names</nowiki> 
   - Log out of that console window and log back in again==== BSD vs. Linux commands ====
 
 ** Python Packages **macOS comes with BSD grep pre-installed, which doesn't use the Perl -P flag.
 
 If pip isn't installed yet Go to http://brew.sh/ and run the ruby command. (Python older than 2See [[https://git.7dlma.9)com/dotfiles.git/commit/fc19c7b34f522f3f22a32418c9da55df6b9b5f0e|this .bash_profile change for how we use default names for GNU ctags, then install it with easy_installfind, then install requestsgrep and sed]].)
 
   brew install grep 
   brew install gnu-sed 
   brew install findutils 
   brew install ctags 
   brew install gawk 
   brew install jq 
   brew install tree 
   brew install httpie 
   brew install inetutils  # If you need telnet (maybe nc is good enough?) 
   brew install telnet 
   brew install gnuplot 
   brew install pv 
   brew install gnupg 
   brew install socat 
   brew install wget 
   brew install nmap 
   brew install tmux 
   brew install saulpw/vd/visidata 
   brew install ripgrep 
   brew install moreutils 
   brew install bash-completion. " See .bash_profile 
   brew install gitui 
   # Maybe also readline if you brew install python3 
    
   brew install bash 
   # Note where it was installed. Then something like... 
   sudo ln -H easy_install pips /opt/homebrew/Cellar/bash/5.2.15/bin/bash /usr/local/bin/bash 
   sudo echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /etc/shells 
   chsh -H pip install requestss /usr/local/bin/bash 
  
 Log out of that console window and log back in again.
 
 
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 ===== Daemons, Agents, Cron, Launchd =====
 
 The preferred way to set a repeating task is not to use a cronjob but launchd. :!: Note that there's a breaking change in macOS Catalina. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/dffpzj/launchd_agent_no_longer_functions_after_catalina/|Launchd agent no longer functions after Catalina upgrade]].
 
 In your ~/bin directory, create a job to run, tag_ip_address.sh
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 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 curl --data "`hostname -s`=`ifconfig | /usr/local/bin/grep "inet " | grep -v "127.0.0.1" | \
 sed -E 's/.*inet (([0-9]+.){3}[0-9]+).*/\1/' | perl -p -e 'chomp if eof' | \ 
 tr ";s/\n" "/,"/'`&auth=[your secret auth]" "https://kvs.dlma.com" 
  
 sleep 11  # if launched as a daemon, live for 11s to not be detected as buggy.
 </code>
 
 That "sleep 11" is to mitigate the buggy daemon detection mentioned [[https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingLaunchdJobs.html|here]].
 
 Note that we had to specify the path to the homebrew grep, because LaunchAgent would use the default one instead.
 
 cd into ~/Library/LaunchAgents or (/Library/LaunchDaemons if it can really be a daemon) and add a new plist file
 
 <code xml com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist>
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     <key>Program</key>
         <string>/Users/dblume/bin/tag_ip_address.sh</string>
     <key>StandardOutPath</key>
         <string>/tmp/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist.out.txt</string>
     <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
         <string>/tmp/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist.err.txt</string>
     <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
             <dict> 
                    <key>Hour</key> 
                    <integer>12</integer> 
                    <key>Minute</key> 
                    <integer>0</integer> 
            </dict>
 </dict>
 </plist>
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 <code bash>
 $ launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dlma.tag_ip_address.plist
 </code>
 
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   * [[http://iterm2.com/|iTerm2]] and install your [[http://git.dlma.com/dotfiles.git/|dotfiles]].
       * If you want [[http://ipython.org/|IPython]], you probably have to install [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/readline/6.2.4.1|readline]], too: ''sudo easy_install readline ipython'' 
   * [[http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html|Startup Sound]] (Make it quieter before Lion!) [[http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120513121111656|Adjusting Startup Chime]] after Lion. 
   * [[http://foreword.com/2012/07/6869/vanilla_folders/|TotalFinder]] for some intuitive Finder features. 
   * [[http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/|SteerMouse]] to change ScrollWheel rolling to constant 3x instead of accellerated 
   * [[http://decimus.net/DTerm/|DTerm]] for quick onePreferences -off terminal commands 
   * [[http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/plisteditpro.html|Property List Editor]] for giving [[http://bura> Profiles -bura.com/blog/archives/2006/08/18/increasing> Terminal -the-heap-size-of-freemind-on-macos-x/|Minecraft more memory]].> uncheck "Save lines to scrollback in alternate screen mode" 
      * Install Powerline Fonts per [[httpprivate://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html|Google Notifierfonts]]([[http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10960|Two-step Authentication instructions]]) 
   * GTD: [[http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/taskpaper|Taskpaper]] or [[http://culturedcode.com/things/|Things]] or [[http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/|Omnifocus]] 
   * [[http://magicprefs.com/|MagicPrefs]] for finer tuning of the Magic Mouse
   * [[http://www.delicious-monster.com/|Delicious Library]]: Keep track of my physical media.
   * Code Editing
     * [[httphttps://wwwcode.sublimetextvisualstudio.com/3|Sublime Text 3Visual Studio Code]]and then [[http://config.dlma.com/#sublime|configure]] it.
     * [[http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/|XCode]]
     * [[http://macromates.com/|TextMate]]
     * [[http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/|BBEdit]] (or [[http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html|TextWrangler]])
     * [[http://www.editrocket.com/|EditRocket]] (Eventually read [[http://regebro.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/is-there-a-better-python-ide/|the comparison of Python IDEs]])
   * [[http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac|Quicksilver]]: Reach any program with a few keystrokes. (Eg., Control+space, M for Mail)
   * Paint program
     * [[http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html|GIMP]] (Can I find something powerful, free **and** user-friendly?) X11 is frustrating.
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     * [[http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html|ArtRage]]
 
 [[http://foreword.com/2011/05/6796/hack_os_x/|Danelope]] suggests these Image Editors in 2011:
 
   * http://gimpshop.com/
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       * Command Key: Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys... -> swap Command and Control keys
         * Except that [[https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2793826?threadID=2793826&tstart=90|it doesn't persist past logging out]].
       * [[http://lifehacker.com/5826055/make-your-keyboard-keys-repeat-properly-when-held-down-in-mac-os-x-lion|Make Your Keyboard Keys Repeat Properly When Held Down in Mac OS X Lion (macOS)]]. 
   * [[http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac|Quicksilver]]: Reach any program with a few keystrokes. (Eg., Control+space, M for Mail)
 
 
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   * [[wp>Sokoban|Sokoban]]
   * A [[http://build.last.fm/category/Scrobblers|Scrobbler]]
   * A [[http://www.plurk.com/API|new Plurk client]]
 
 ==== Sokoban ====
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 What matters here is the ability to scrobble what I've played to last.fm directly from my iPhone/iPod.
 
 ==== Plurk ====
 
 The existing official client could stand improvement.
 
 ====== Prey ======
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 [[https://panel.preyproject.com/]] for when the device goes missing. (Or is stolen by a thief.)
 
 ====== NFS for OS X macOS ======
 
 On the server side get your user ID and group ID (id -u; id -g), and update /etc/exports with something like:
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