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dotfiles
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atomantic / dotfiles

dotfiles

🖥️ Automated Configuration, Preferences and Software Installation for macOS

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.4KGitHub stars
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What it is

🖥️ Automated Configuration, Preferences and Software Installation for macOS

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Observed mentions: 2019-06-06 12:13:47 UTC to 2019-06-06 12:32:07 UTC.

01232019-06-06 12:00:00 UTC to 2019-06-06 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 commentsJun 6, 12:00

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I know this isn't exactly what you're talking about but I've found it invaluable: https://github.com/atomantic/dotfiles It's a script that installs all kinds of useful stuff and sets some - in my opinion - nice options. I just recently started a new job and I had a brand new Macbook Pro up and running (as in: ready to start working) in less than 30 minutes. A good tip is to fork it and modify it to your liking. At a new computer you can then just pull down your version and install away. The only default that's missing is Sublime Text.
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