This is a update from how I setup OS X Mavericks years ago. Basically, it is more for my own reference, but that post seemed to be helpful to some others.

These are the steps I took to setup a new OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite) machine for development. I have heard on twitter that each time you setup a new machine you get 1% better and at this rate you can become good at it in a few hundred years! Ha while that seems to be true I am getting happier with the process and I am now at least trying to document it. This post won’t serve as a rich tutorial on the configuration process, but should give some ideas on good ways to setup your own machine or ideas on how to fix some common gotchas I ran into with my setup.

I know this is a very opinionated approach without much explanation, so if you are new to development I recommend finding richer tutorial as a this is largely intended for my own documentation.

new instructions

same xcode-select –install
install brew manually from http://brew.sh/
brew install gpg
keys slightly different gpg -o key.tar.gz --decrypt latest_keys.tar.gz.gpg
brew install zsh
same verify zsh
got your keys working clone your dotfiles so your terminal is better: git clone [email protected]:danmayer/dotfiles.git
install rbenv git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
install postgres http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/ or http://postgresapp.com/

Initial setup steps

verify full disk encryption
update password on account / machine (if one was previously configured)
install all OS X updates
install X code (this and the updates can be slow get this started as soon as you can)
- cmd line xcode-select --install

While Xcode installs

install chrome
setup chome sync so it will pull your plugins like lastpass
while X code installs install size up, or your prefered window manager
install dropbox, get sync started
get your old ssh keys (or you can make new ones and upload them to services like github)
- tar czf key.tar.gz .ssh/
- gpg -c key.tar.gz
- scp it over from other machines or encypted file sync via Dropbox
- gpg -o key.tar.gz --decrypt latest_keys.tar.gz.gpg
- tar xvzf key.tar.gz
download and install virtualbox
download and install aquamacs (or your favorite editor)
download and install flux for light filtering

After Xcode, install brew

fix various SSL errors like Faraday::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=unknown state: certificate verify failed
- you need to run brew install openssl
- and brew link openssl --force
- re-install your rubies! Don’t forget to rbenv rehash
install iterm2
install zsh brew install zsh
- change default shell to zsh chsh -s /bin/zsh
- verify your running zsh after opening new terminal ps -o comm $$
install Pygments sudo easy_install Pygments #my dotfiles use Pygments
git clone dotfiles, or however you sync your environment
- sync your non git dot files encypted via scp or pgp dropbox sync (I keep .env_extras that contains some sensative keys so it is not stored on github)
configure VPN (if needed)
install Mou (markdown editor)
install campfire client (Propane)
install IM client, Adium
- configure Adium for gchat
brew install qt
- at the time required HEAD brew update; brew install qt --HEAD
gem install thrift -v '0.9.0' -- --with-cppflags='-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0'

brew install Mysql55

initialize mysql:

mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="/opt/boxen/homebrew/Cellar/mysql55/5.5.30/" --datadir=/opt/boxen/homebrew/var/mysql55 --tmpdir=/tmp

gem install mysql2 -v '0.2.18' -- --with-mysql-dir=/opt/boxen/homebrew/opt/mysql55/
brew install imagemagick

Get your code

begin to git clone all the things you love
start to rbenv install all the Ruby versions you need
bundle install all the things
verify tests are passing or apps start

Updates Since installed

rbenv to get latest ruby 1.9.3-p484 thanks @obfuscurity

cd /opt/boxen/rbenv/plugins/ruby-build

  git pull; cd
  rbenv install 1.9.3-p484
  rbenv global 1.9.3-p484
  gem install bundler

configure default global node.js nodenv global v0.10.21

Possible Improvements

Should I install emacs starter kit or start over? I need to fix my emacs setup
Automated way to reset all the OS X default apps to open file types?
Automate some of the app downloads and installs
Automate some of the common ruby version installs

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