A while backI wrote about reinstalling OS X. This is another one of those posts.
I like to reinstall OS X, a lot. So much so, you'd think I'd find some way to automate the process. There must be something soothing about it, though, because I keep doing it.
I'm writing this post now because since my last post, I've begun storing a snippets on gist.github.com to help automate the process. This way, I get "the best of both worlds":
- Automation of the tedious parts &
- Interaction with the fun parts.
Specifically, with El Capitan I've settled on these 4 snippets:
Preferences
Homebrew
Python
Misc
Next, I perform various additional steps manually either because I've not figured out how to automate them or the automation prospects are not attractive:
- Security & Privacy → Allow apps downloaded from Anywhere
- Drag /opt to Finder Favorites for easy access to Homebrew Casks, then:
- Users & Groups → Login items → Jumpcut
- Keyboard → Shortcuts → Mission Control → Move left a space → ⌘ ←
- Keyboard → Shortcuts → Mission Control → Move right a space → ⌘ →
- Dock → Terminal → Keep in Dock
- Dock → Firefox → Keep in Dock
Still, I'd trade all these steps for full automation if I could find an approach that's not more tedious than cut & pasting the above.
Lastly, I hope this helps someone. Please add a comment below if you have a better approach.