macOS Settings

Here are the macOS settings that we commonly use at sinProject.

System Settings

Appearance

Appearance: Dark

Language & Region

Add English to the beginning of your preferred language

Displays

Select More Space to increase the amount of information displayed

Trackpad

• Tap to click: ON

Trackpad Options

• Use trackpad for dragging: ON
• Dragging style: Three Finger Drag

Keyboard

• Key repeat rate: Fast
• Delay until repeat: Short

Function Keys

• Use F1, F2, etc: ON

Customize modifier keys

• Caps Lock key: Command

Control Center

• Bluetooth: Show in Menu Bar

Desktop & Dock

• Dock: Automatically hide and show the Dock: ON

Dock

Right click all apps and turn off Options > Keep in Dock

Finder

• Menu - View: Show Path Bar
• Menu - Settings - Sidebar - <Account Name>: Checked
• Menu - Settings - Advanced - Show all filename extensions: Checked

Show hidden files in Finder with Command + Shift + .

Apps

• Homebrew
• Google Japanese Input
  • Preferences: General - Space input style: Halfwidth
  • Open Keyboard Settings: Remove everything except ABC, Alphanumeric (Google), Hiragana (Google).
• Alfred
  • Appearance: Alfred Modern Dark
  • Advanced - Force Keyboard: Alphanumeric (Google)
• Google Chrome
• VSCode
• Slack
• LINE