Tweak how history is maintained in terminal because whether you are setting up you local 'nix machine or your remote one, having the terminal history configured properly is a great boon and best practice.
Quickie:
export HISTCONTROL=erasedups
export HISTFILESIZE=1000000
export HISTSIZE=10000
export HISTIGNORE="&:[ ]*:exit:clear:lspwd"
A more thorough script for those so inclined.
Remove touchpad gestures to avoid accidentally navigating backward/forward within Chrome
One Variation - Open terminal and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
If that doesn’t work then another Variation - Open terminal and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
Credit for this solution goes to OSXDaily
Show hidden files in Finder (macos, mojave, version 10.14.2):
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
killall Finder
Setup nvm instead of installing node directly
Out of all the methods listed here, I preferred the one that uses npm-cache:
$ nvm use 9
Now using node v9.11.2 (npm v5.6.0)
$ npm install -g npm-cache
$ cd /path/to/yourProject
$ npm-cache install
[npm-cache] [INFO]
using /Users/<username>/.package_cache
as cache directory
##
# You can also switch nodejs version
# the npm-cache will become specific
# to that version, as it should
##
$ nvm use 11
Now using node v11.8.0 (npm v6.5.0)
$ npm install -g npm-cache
$ cd /path/to/yourProject
$ npm-cache install
[npm-cache] [INFO]
using /Users/<username>/.package_cache
as cache directory
There may be some room for improvement by changing cache directory from /Users/<username>/.package_cache to the relevant nodejs version’s directory:
```bash
$ ls ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.8.0/lib/node_modules/
ionic
npm
.package_cache # hypothetical, I haven’t done it yet
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pwd"
A more thorough script for those so inclined.
Remove touchpad gestures to avoid accidentally navigating backward/forward within Chrome
One Variation - Open terminal and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
If that doesn’t work then another Variation - Open terminal and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome.plist AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
Credit for this solution goes to OSXDaily
Show hidden files in Finder (macos, mojave, version 10.14.2):
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
killall Finder
Setup nvm instead of installing node directly
Out of all the methods listed here, I preferred the one that uses npm-cache:
$ nvm use 9
Now using node v9.11.2 (npm v5.6.0)
$ npm install -g npm-cache
$ cd /path/to/yourProject
$ npm-cache install
[npm-cache] [INFO]
using /Users/<username>/.package_cache
as cache directory
##
# You can also switch nodejs version
# the npm-cache will become specific
# to that version, as it should
##
$ nvm use 11
Now using node v11.8.0 (npm v6.5.0)
$ npm install -g npm-cache
$ cd /path/to/yourProject
$ npm-cache install
[npm-cache] [INFO]
using /Users/<username>/.package_cache
as cache directory
There may be some room for improvement by changing cache directory from /Users/<username>/.package_cache to the relevant nodejs version’s directory:
```bash
$ ls ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.8.0/lib/node_modules/
ionic
npm
.package_cache # hypothetical, I haven’t done it yet