If I get a macbook pro to dev on, what else do I n...
# water-coolerm
Mark Takata (Adobe)
05/04/2023, 5:44 PMIf I get a macbook pro to dev on, what else do I need other than my jaunty mustache and latte cup?
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zackster
05/04/2023, 6:04 PMcoming from windows?
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Patrick
05/04/2023, 6:05 PMCommandbox and VSCode?
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aliaspooryorik
05/04/2023, 6:15 PM
learning where
#aliaspooryorik
05/04/2023, 6:17 PM
I really missed the shortcuts to snap a window left and right that you have in Windows, but now I use
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zackster
05/04/2023, 6:19 PMhttps://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ is quite nice
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aliaspooryorik
05/04/2023, 6:33 PM
not seen that - will give it a go - thanks!
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zackster
05/04/2023, 6:34 PMalt-~zackster
05/04/2023, 6:36 PMi do love the tiling options in windows 11
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Patrick
05/04/2023, 6:46 PMSwitching focus to any window is just built into Mac
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Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 6:47 PMIf you are going to get a macbook, you will need an Iphone... and an ipad... and an apple watch... and some air pods... and a magic mouse.... and a homepod... and an appletv... and apple one subscription.. and apple tv+ subscription... an apple music subscription.... I'm sure there's a few things I forgot, but those are the essentials
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Mark Takata (Adobe)
05/04/2023, 6:50 PMapple tattoo?
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Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 6:51 PMYou will need all of these apps
Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 6:51 PMSteam and Civ V being the most important obviously
Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 6:56 PMMake sure you put the apple tattoo on your lower back... that is the ideal spot
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Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 6:58 PMyou will need to sell a kidney or something though... because every couple years you will need to replace it when the apple OS subroutine for draining the life out of your battery kicks in
Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 6:59 PMbut hey.. I still work on a mac, mostly because it is closer to the linux O/S that most of my production sites are on
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rstewart
05/04/2023, 7:04 PMI recommend looking at either iTerm2 or Warp for a better terminal, and Raycast for a much-more capable way to start apps than Spotlight (it also has window management capabilities and metric ton of other capabilities).
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Mark Takata (Adobe)
05/04/2023, 7:12 PMWell luckily I ain't payin for it lol. This will be an Apple work machine.
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Dave Merrill
05/04/2023, 7:18 PMI live most of my life in some browsers and remote desktop.
On my remote machine, browsers, IntelliJ, SSMS, AccuRev, Beyond Compare, Notepad++, command line.
Seems I'm missing all kinds of fun.
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zackster
05/04/2023, 7:22 PMOne thing I miss is native RDP, VNC is horrendous
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Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 7:23 PMScott Bennett
05/04/2023, 7:24 PMworks great
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rstewart
05/04/2023, 7:24 PMI have also used Royal TSX for RDP, and it’s decent, in addition to the above.
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zackster
05/04/2023, 7:26 PMI mean to access my Mac
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Patrick
05/04/2023, 7:31 PMJust enjoy your environment operating seamlessly and being able to focus on your dev tools and work in front of you 🙂 Oh and time machine backing up hourly in case you need to roll back even for just 1 file you lost heh.
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Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 7:32 PMah, for that I use apple screen sharing
Scott Bennett
05/04/2023, 7:32 PM(but I don't control my mac from windows)
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Tomy Saman
05/04/2023, 10:59 PM• Homebrew
• Stats
• Rectangle
• iTerm2
• Fig
• Raycast
• Monitor Control
• Karabiner-Elements
• OpenEmu
But I feel the biggest differences (in terms of dev) is the command line tools available to you in Mac
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aliaspooryorik
05/05/2023, 7:43 AM
Some interesting things on that list I've not seen before.