New Mac Dev Box Software Checklist
When I get a new Mac, I go through the same steps every time. Yes I use a Mac as a dev box.
Software
Xcode Adium Launchbar iTerm - change defaults to black background. (edit bookmarks, default, background) Apache HTTP Server (source) MySQL (source) PHP (source) Eclipse PDT Omnigraffle Fluid BBEdit SubEthaEdit Git SVN Memcached
Tweaks
Remove everything from Dock.
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES killall Dock
/etc/bashrc tweaks
alias v=“ls -lahG” alias vi=“vim”
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