nix-config #

Macos manual steps #

Prerequisites #

The user account / home map folder must be named ankarhem.

1. Install Rosetta 2 softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
2. Install nix using determinate systems. ❗NOT the determinate distribution
3. Install git xcode-select --install
4. Add access token to ~/.config/nix/nix.conf. mkdir -p ~/.config/nix && echo "access-tokens = github.com=ghp_*****" > ~/.config/nix/nix.conf
5. Bootstrap darwin build nix run --extra-experimental-features flakes --extra-experimental-features nix-command nix-darwin -- switch --flake .#mbp
6. Replace default colemak System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources (the layout is installed by the flake, log out and back in for it to show up)
7. Change shell with chsh -s /run/current-system/sw/bin/fish

Important #

• Open vicinae and grant accessibility permission via System Preferences > Privacy & Security > Accessibility, required for the global shortcut, paste and snippets
• Make firefox default browser System Preferences > General > Default Web Browser
• Fix yubikey
  1. Add ssh-keys manually from 1password
  2. Fix permission on private key chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk
  3. Connect key and run gpg-connect-agent "scd serialno" "learn --force" /bye

Not super important #

• Open maccy and enable autostart
• Open mos settings and enable autostart
• Add accounts System Preferences > Internet Accounts
  • Rename email acccounts in Mail app: Settings > Accounts
  • Filter accounts / calendar with focus modes
• Open firefox and login to sync
• Open slack and login using jakob.ankarhem@norce.io, select workspaces
• Add home folder to finder sidebar in settings
• Login to Github gh auth login
• Clone all norce repos mkdir -p ~/repos && cd ~/repos && clone_org NorceTech

Finding custom settings #

• https://macos-defaults.com/
• https://daiderd.com/nix-darwin/manual/index.html

Accept tailscale subnet routing #

• sudo tailscale set --accept-routes

Diffing to find settings #

1. Generate starting point defaults read > before
2. Make changes
3. Generate current defaults read > after
4. Diff them to find settings diff before after