Note: only modified settings are documented. Otherwise the default is used.

Row 1

General

Appearance	Auto
Show scroll bars	When scrolling
Click in the scroll bar to	Jump to the spot that’s clicked
Ask to keep changes when closing documents

Desktop & screensaver

Desktop	Dynamic desktop (cliffside)
Screensaver	Never

Dock

Size	About 70% of screen width (depends on app count)
Magnification	Off
Position on screen	Bottom
Minimize windows using	Genie
Double-click a window’s title bar to zoom
Minimize windows into application icon
Animate opening applications
Automatically hide and show the Dock
Show indicator lights for open applications
Show recent applications in Dock

Mission Control

Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use
When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application
Group windows by application
Displays have separate Spaces
Dashboard	Off
Hot Corners
Top Left	Mission Control
Top Right	Mission Control
Bottom Left	Desktop
Bottom Right	Desktop

Row 2

Users & Groups

Tab: Login Items

• aText
• Harvest

Accessibility

Pointer control

Mouse & trackpad

Click “Trackpad Options…”

Enable dragging (three finger drag)

Security & Privacy

Enable FileVault for disk encryption.

Row 3

Software Updates

Check for updates

Download new updates when available

Install macOS updates

Install app updates from the App Store

Install system data files and security updates

Network

1. Go to Advanced > DNS.
2. Remove existing DNS entries.
3. Add 8.8.8.8 server.

Reference

• Workspace > Hardware > Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Enabled for mouse and keyboard.

Sound

Sound Effects
Play feedback when volume is changed

Keyboard

Tab: Keyboard

Key Repeat	|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-X
Delay Until Repeat	|-|-|-|-|-|-|-X-|

Tab: Shortcuts: Services

Services appear in the right-click context menu. Greedy applications think they’re important and clutter the menu.

Uncheck the following:

Files and Folders
New iTerm 2 Tab Here
New iTerm 2 Window Here
Text
Add to Evernote
Open
Show Info in Finder

Tab: Shortcuts: App Shortcuts

Bury the MacOS “Minimize All” shortcut (OPTION + COMMAND + M) from interfering with Harvest menu-bar app.

Add a new custom shortcut:

Application	All Applications
Menu Title	Minimize All
Keyboard Shortcut	SHIFT + CONTROL + OPTION + COMMAND + M

Tab: Input Sources

Show input menu in menu bar

Trackpad

Point & Click
Look up & data detectors (force click with one finger)
Secondary click (click or tap with two fingers)
Tap to click (tap with one finger)
Click	Medium
Tracking speed	|-|-|-|-|-X-|-|-|-|
Scroll & Zoom
Scroll direction (natural)
Zoom in or out
Smart zoom
Rotate
More Gestures
Swipe between pages
Swipe between full-screen apps
Notification Center
Mission Control
App Expose
Launchpad
Show Desktop

Mouse

Also see Workspace: Hardware: Mouse

Scroll direction natural
Tracking Speed	|-|-|-|-X-|-|-|-|-|-|
Scrolling Speed	|-|-|-|-|-|-|-X-|
Double-Click Speed	|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-X-|-|

Row 4

Displays

Tab: Display

Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available

Tab: Display (MBP Built-In Retina)

Resolution	Scaled (center option, 1536 × 960)

When did Apple start using a non-Retina resolution as the default resolution on their laptops? Rendering 1px of UI in 3.428571px instead of 4px is extremely unsettling to me 😅

The selected resolution here is the "right" one for Retina, the "Default" one is a fuzzy mess 🤮 pic.twitter.com/lkx5uGH32u

— Adam Wathan (@adamwathan) December 20, 2019

I’m on the fence with this. The 16” MBP display has 3072 × 1920 physical pixels. Scaled @2x the resolution should be 1536 × 960 — so 1px lines are drawn with exactly 2px.

Apple made the default scaled resolution 1792 × 1120 — which means 1px lines are 1.7142855px. It’s fuzzy if you look closely, but most people won’t notice and downscaling provides 14% more screen space. That can be useful at times, but designers have to scratch this itch.

Most of the time, my MBP is docked as a secondary screen to my Pro Display XDR and sits in the far corner of my scale. Sharper lines don’t really matter, but lesser scaling is a benefit because it’s easier to read far from my lap.

Without a large external display, I would probably use the default scaling (1792 × 1120) for more screen space. But you couldn’t pay me to use a laptop display full-time. It’s horrible.

Tab: Display (Pro Display XDR)

Resolution	Default for display

Tab: Night Shift

Schedule	Sunset to sunrise

Battery

Tab: Battery

Turn off display after	5 minutes

Tab: Power Adapter

Turn off display after	1 hour
Prevent your Mac from automatically sleeping when the display is off
Wake for network access
Enable Power Nap while plugged into a power adapter

Date & Time

Tab: Clock

Show AM/PM

Show the day of the week

Show date

Sharing

Computer Name: Aragorn (always named from LOTR)

Disable all sharing.

Time Machine

Exlude these items from backups:

~/work/library/magento/filesystem-community
~/work/library/magento/filesystem-enterprise