OSX Setup

Install from web:

• Chrome
• http://justgetflux.com/
• Sublime Text 3 (with license)
  • from web (cask can only install Sublime Text 2)
• Path Finder [update: not using this]
  • add "popen" for opening in Path Finder from Terminal
  • I'm trying out Path Finder. Will probably like it and buy.

Install from App store:

• Xcode (App Store)

Install brew: http://brew.sh/ Install cask: https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask

$ brew cask install alfred

• Alfred isn't finding applications installed by cask, so I may give up on using it at all. I spent awhile trying to fix this on my last machine, so I won't bother now. Probably I'm doing something stupid, though. Oh well.

Install Dropbox

• spend a frustrating hour trying to rename “Dropbox (Kaggle Core Team”) to just Dropbox
• Eventually removed everything and installed old Dropbox version 2.4.11.

$ echo "source ~/Dropbox/.bash_profile" >> ~/.bash_profile

• (I keep my .bash_profile in Dropbox)

$brew cask install iterm2

• 3-finger swipe between screens isn't working for me when iterm2 is full screen. Haven't solved that. Frustrated.

$brew cask install bettertouchtool

• (and set up some BTT shortcuts)

• System's notification center: set notifications to "Do Not Disturb" for almost all hours. I don't like notifications from the OS bothering me. This may come back to bite me if I miss something important, but I really really don't want "Find out what's new in..." notifications.

$brew tap homebrew/science

[UPDATE: Don't do the following. Installing R with brew is a big mistake. Everything breaks. Get the binaries.]

$brew install R

$brew install R

$brew cask install rstudio

Chrome extensions are automatically installed when I sign in to Chrome. Important ones:

• LastPass
• gleeBox
• Lazarus
• HTTPS Everywhere
• StayFocusd