Day 1
Applications
- I installed AlDente Pro via this page
- It is too late, but I am not sure if I should have paid
- UPDATE: I installed Setapp and realised I unnecessarily spent money for this application :(
- I installed the following and linked them to the existing user account:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
Amazon Prime- I decided to use Safari
- Slack
- I installed the following:
- Microsoft Remote Desktop
- VS Code and its extensions
- JetBrains Mono
- Authy
- Setapp
- Path Finder via Setapp
- CleanShot X via Setapp
- CleanMyMac X via Setapp
- Bartender via Setapp
- WiFi Explorer via Setapp
- Magic Window Air via Setapp
- App Tamer via Setapp
- iTerm2
- Rectangle
- Location Changer
- Spotify
- M1 Version is available
- Homebrew
- AutoRaise via Homebrew
- To enable myself to activate a desktop on hovering the mouse cursor
- I ended up hacking this program to avoid processing while I keep pressing down the command key so that I can select the icon in Bartender's hidden menu bar
- Karabiner-Elements
- To have the CTRL key on the right side with the Option key
Simple modifications > From "right_option" To "right_control"- I have created my own Rule to live with CTRL key-based life (e.g.
Ctrl + Cinstead ofCommand + Cetc). Maccy- To enable myself to use the clipboard history
- I decided to use Paste instead
- AltTab via Homebrew
- To avoid having to switch the application from all the monitors
Robo 3T via Homebrew](https://robomongo.org/)- I installed Studio 3T Free instead
- DBeaver via Homebrew
- Wireguard
- Node.js via Homebrew
- Go via Homebrew
- Google Remote Desktop
- Added a Key Mapping
MetaRighttoControlRight. - Sonos Desktop Controller
- I changed the hostname and fixed the IP Address
sudo hostname xxxx
- I Updated MacOS to version
12.3.1
Things I discovered but did not use or stopped using
Thoughts
I did not remember what it was like to type with the low-profile keyboard! I wish
Page Up/Downwere placed above the cursor keys.Safari let me watch HDR content from Netflix, which is a plus as the sound sometimes lags on X1E2. When compared to the X1E2, the sound from the MBP is far superior, but I must make my MBP more than just an expensive media device.