https://github.com/khuedoan/macos-setup
Automated macOS setup (you'll probably need to fork it)
https://github.com/khuedoan/macos-setup
Last synced: 5 months ago
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Automated macOS setup (you'll probably need to fork it)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/khuedoan/macos-setup
- Owner: khuedoan
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2020-08-24T00:43:07.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-29T02:24:15.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-29T03:38:19.992Z (5 months ago)
- Language: Nix
- Homepage:
- Size: 165 KB
- Stars: 12
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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# Automated macOS workstation set up
## Features
- Install [Nix](https://nixos.org/download.html#nix-install-macos), [nix-darwin](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin), [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager) and [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)
- Install CLI and GUI apps
- Change system settings
- Install [my dotfiles](https://github.com/khuedoan/dotfiles)
## Usage
- Change the hostname and username in `./flake.nix` and `./hosts/*.nix`
- Go to **Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access** and allow the Terminal app
```sh
git clone https://github.com/khuedoan/macos-setup macos-setup
cd macos-setup
make
```
Then reboot.
## Testing
1. Install [UTM](https://getutm.app)
2. Download [macOS IPSW recovery file](https://ipsw.me/product/Mac)
3. Create a macOS VM in UTM using the downloaded IPSW file
4. Run `xcode-select --install` in the new VM
5. (Optional) Clone the VM to a new one for easy rollback ([UTM doesn't support snapshot yet](https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/2688))
6. Run [the above commands](#usage)
## Acknowledgements
- [Setup nix, nix-darwin and home-manager from scratch on an M1 Macbook Pro](https://gist.github.com/jmatsushita/5c50ef14b4b96cb24ae5268dab613050)