

You never know when you’ll need to get back into your machine from elsewhere.Ĭhange your hostname to something less crazy.

I will be using a different screenshot tool and would like to use this shortcut within that app.ĭisable the Guest user under User & Groups.Įnable Remote Login (SSH). I will be installing Alfred later on which I want to map to the same keyboard shortcut.Įnable tab to move between All Controls rather than just text boxes.Ĭhange the default screenshot shorts from Shift+Cmd+F4 to Shift+Cmd+F5.

Whack the key repeat rate and delay until repeat values to fastest and slowest respectively.ĭisable the Spotlight search keyboard shortcut. Input Device Configurationĭisable natural scrolling on the trackpad and/or mouse. All of these are carried out in System Preferences. Once OS X is booted, there are a few things I like to configure within OS X itself before I install anything. It makes it easier when you need to open your home directory at /Users/adam or when you want to login using SSH. There’s not much to do during the initial OS X setup wizard however I do make sure I set my account name to something simple like adam rather than my full name. I thought a quick post about how I configure everything I need to do my work. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my trusty Macbook Pro from Mavericks to Yosemite and taken the opportunity to give the machine a bit of a cleanup.
