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📝 improve manual osx guidance
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ianhomer committed Dec 17, 2023
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## Finder

- Preferences
- Show hidden files, by clicking `commannd+shift+.`

- Settings
- Keep folders on top when sorting by name
- Remove AirDrop
- Set explicit tags, e.g. "admin", "projects", "personal"
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- path
- view
- (remove search, since never use finder search)
- Click on Macintosh HD - `cmd-J` select always open in list view
- Services - Services Preferences, just
- new Kitty Window
- Click on Macintosh HD, change view to list - click `cmd-J` and select always
open in list view
- Services - Services Settings, just
- Files and Folders -> new Kitty Window
- Folder Actions set up
- Show preview

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### Dock & Menu Bar Configuration - MacOS

- Clock - Show Date - Always
- Show Date - Always
- Now Playing - Untick Show in Menu Bar
- Click wallpaper to reveal desktop - Only in stage manager

### Trackpad Configuration - MacOS

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System preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts ->

- Disable Mission Control Ctrl-arrow short cuts
- Disable Ctrl-space and Shift-Ctrl-space for selecting input source
- For mission control disable remove all keyboard and mouse shortcuts
- For input source disable Ctrl-space and Shift-Ctrl-space
- Disable any other shortcuts that would never get used
- Change Press **fn** key to "Show Emoji and Symbols"

-> Mission Control - remove all keyboard and mouse shortcuts

For a Microsoft keyboard :

- Option Key -> Command
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And then use [keyboard shortcuts](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6594) -
see [cheat sheet](./docs/cheats/) for my favourites.

If 1Password installed, open settings and remove keyboard shortcuts.

#### Keyboard - MacOS default

-> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys -> For each keyboard :
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