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Desktop Setup

Preferences

  • Set up default File when opening finder
    • Finder > Preferences > General > New Finder windows show: <select folder>
  • Set up folders to sort by date modified
    • Finder > View > Show View Options > Sort By; Date Modified, (button) Use as Defaults.
  • Set up where to save screenshots. Enter the following in the terminal
    • command + space type screenshot. Options, change to Downloads.
  • Open Dock Preferences, turn off: Show recent applications in Dock
  • For using space for things like cancel, or replace, go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Select the box that says Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls
  • Reset the default wallpaper to Unsplash

Applications

  • Affinity Suite
    • Photo
    • Designer
    • Publisher
  • Amphetamine
  • App Cleaner
  • Backup and Sync
  • Bitwarden
  • Chrome
  • Figma
  • Firefox
  • GitHub Desktop
  • Handbrake
  • NVM
  • SiteSucker
  • Slack
  • VS Code
  • Zoom

Fonts

  • Roboto