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Macbot

Macbot is a shell script to automatically configure your Mac with sane and secure settings. It's free to use, Apache 2.0 licensed.

Usage

Review all the code in this repository. The code in here is kept simple and readable on purpose. It's just shell scripts.
Modify the install.sh. You'll probably want to tweak some of the performance settings, and install different applications.
Run install.sh using Terminal.app. sh ./install.sh
Automating everything is not always feasible, so fill out your own backup.md and install.md to document any extra manual steps, so you don't forget.

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Want more details? Check out the blog post I wrote about using this script. https://medium.com/@echohack/guide-to-make-your-mac-suck-less-2017-88a57563aac7#.iwo8hrmw6

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Errors running under zsh or tmux

I am just assuming this is an zsh vs bash issue; here is the error I've encountered (I am running Sierra)

Disable annoying UI error sounds.
\033[2m▹ defaults write com.apple.systemsound com.apple.sound.beep.volume -int 0 \033[0m
\033[2m▹ defaults write com.apple.sound.beep feedback -int 0 \033[0m
\033[2m▹ defaults write com.apple.systemsound com.apple.sound.uiaudio.enabled -int 0 \033[0m
\033[2m▹ osascript -e set volume alert volume 0 \033[0m
3:3: syntax error: Expected expression but found end of script. (-2741)

Additionally, you might want to add to your README that this won't work if run under tmux; I got a ton of errors :)