Zshrc and Aliases Configs

Open a terminal and run nano .zshrc to edit the file. Save with Ctrl X.

Installations

App Name App Link
AnyDesk Remote Desktop https://anydesk.com/en/downloads/mac-os
Apple Container https://github.com/apple/container/releases
Bruno Postman https://www.usebruno.com/
DeepL Translator https://www.deepl.com/en/macos-app
CyberDuck FTP https://cyberduck.io/download/
Dbeaver Database https://dbeaver.io/download/
FileZilla https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=macos-arm64
Hermes Agent https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/
IINA Media Player https://iina.io/download/
Lightshot Screenshot https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightshot-screenshot/id526298438?mt=12
Localsend https://apps.apple.com/us/app/localsend/id1661733229
Notion https://www.notion.so/desktop
PDFgear https://www.pdfgear.com/download/
Office with Activator https://massgrave.dev/office_for_mac
Orbstack Docker https://orbstack.dev/download
QBitTorrent https://www.qbittorrent.org/download
Signal https://signal.org/download/
Spotify https://www.spotify.com/de-en/download/mac/
Sublime Text https://www.sublimetext.com/download_thanks?target=mac
Tailscale https://tailscale.com/download/mac
VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com/download#
Wireguard https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wireguard/id1451685025?mt=12

macOS Tweaks and Customization Apps

Utility App Link
Dock Multiple Window Management + Minimize on Click to Dock + Alttab Previews https://dockdoor.net/#download
Move and resize windows using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas https://rectangleapp.com/
Red button quits, green button maximizes https://github.com/sglbl/CornerLights
Create a New File (txt, markdown, office) from context menu https://github.com/GarfieldFluffJr/MacNewFile
Different Scrolling on Mouse and Trackpad https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/
Mouse Scroll to Zoom in PDFs https://github.com/alphaArgon/ScrollToZoom
Minimize Apps on Startup https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1fpxbew/solution_macos_minimize_all_apps_on_startup_using/
Set Shortcut for Apple Translator https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ab79ad92a7c146a59459be6adb010924

Terminal Installations

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### CURL INSTALLS

# HomeBrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh>)"

# Bun
curl -fsSL <https://bun.com/install> | bash

# Pnpm
curl -fsSL <https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh> | sh -

# Claude
curl -fsSL <https://claude.ai/install.sh> | bash

# Uv Python Package and Version Manager
curl -LsSf <https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh> | sh 

# Brew installs
brew install pv
brew install fzf
brew install tree
brew install tlrc
brew install [email protected]
brew install composer
brew install postgresql
brew install fastfetch # neofetch
brew install --cask maccy # clipboard
brew install --cask temurin@17 # java
brew install --cask the-unarchiver # winrar
brew install supabase/tap/supabase # database
brew pin [email protected]

# fzf-tab interactive auto-completion menu
[ -f ~/.zsh/fzf-tab/fzf-tab.plugin.zsh ] && source ~/.zsh/fzf-tab/fzf-tab.plugin.zsh

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Configuration Commands

Open Terminal from Spotlight and then apply:

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# Open PDFs in new tab
defaults write com.apple.Preview AppleWindowTabbingMode -string always

# Import certificate
security import "GOLBOL_SULEYMAN___NIE.p12" \
  -k ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db \
  -P "ENTER_PASSWORD" \
  -A
)

# Activate remote login
sudo systemsetup -setremotelogin on
sudo systemsetup -getremotelogin

Helpful Commands

# Start an application
open -a CornerLights
# read plist file
plutil -p ~/Library/Preferences/com.soleoffice.paintxoom.plist
# or if its not binary
# defaults read com.soleoffice.paintxoom

# If a file gives "damaged and can’t be opened, move it to the Trash Error"
sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine FILE_PATH

System Settings

Shortcuts ⌘, ⌃, ⌥, ⇧