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This is a collection of tools I am using on my M1 Macbook Pro. Some of it is still a work in progress.
I am using the Yabai tiling window manager to replicate the setup i have on my Linux machines, Alacritty as my terminal emulator, Powerlever10k as zsh theme and more. Still, id first start with the changes i made in the system setting to remove most of the annoying and/or useless macOS features.
System settings
Desktop & Dock
- Set Click wallpaper to reveal desktop to Only in Stage Manager
- Uncheck Show items On Desktop
- Remove all apps from the dock
- Set dock size to as small as possible
- Check Automatically hide the Dock
- Uncheck Animate opening applications
- Uncheck Show suggested and recent apps in the Dock
- Disable Widget completely
Notifications
- Disable all notifications when the screen is on and unlocked
- Keep notifications when screen is on and locked
Control Center
- Remove everything except Clock, WiFi and Battery indicators
- More changes will be done during the Menu Bar setup
Siri & Spotlight
Completely disable Siri, leave Spotlight unchanged, won't be using it anyway once RayCast is installed
RayCast
I use RayCast as an app launcher, although it can do way more things than just launch your apps, and if you're interested you can check the enormous amount of community plugins available.
Download and install RayCast, follo the tutorial if necessary.
Disable Window Manager control
Homebrew
A package manager for MacOS. Does what it's supposed to do, and you basically have no alterative.
Can be installed as a RayCast plugin and used by opening RayCast and typing brew, but personally i find myself using it from the terminal almost always.
Download and install Homebrew
Hidden Bar
Install Hidden Bar using Brew, it's an app that allows you to decide which icons you want to see and which icons you want to hide in your menu bar.
You will want to start this app at login.