edmund-io/edmunds-macbook-setup — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Get ideas for useful Mac apps like Raycast, Lazygit, or Ghostty.
Copy terminal commands to disable macOS animations for a snappier feel.
Set up Yabai and skhd for faster switching between desktop spaces.
| edmund-io/edmunds-macbook-setup | alibaba/omnidoc-tokenbench | answerdotai/minai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| Language | — | Python | Jupyter Notebook |
| Last pushed | — | — | 2025-02-01 |
| Maintenance | — | — | Stale |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Audience | general | researcher | researcher |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
This is a manual reference list, not an automated installer, so applying it takes some copy-pasting.
This repository is a personal list of one person's MacBook setup, sharing what apps and settings they use on their own machine. It is not a program you run, it is a curated reference page other people can copy from if they like the same tools. The list is split into a few categories. General apps include Better Display for managing external monitors, Raycast as a quick launcher and command tool, and Superhuman as a fast email client. Development apps include Codex, Cursor, and Ghostty, which are AI-assisted coding tools and a terminal app. Terminal tools include Lazygit for working with git repositories, yazi as a file manager, btop for watching system resources, and zsh as the shell itself. There are also three browser extensions listed: Vim for keyboard-based browsing, Unhook for removing YouTube recommendations, and Freedom for blocking distracting websites. The README also includes a block of macOS settings commands that turn off many of the operating system's built in animations, such as window resizing, scroll bouncing, and Dock effects, aimed at making the Mac feel snappier to use. These are typed into the Terminal using the built in defaults command. Finally, there is a section on Yabai and skhd, two tools that let you switch between virtual desktop spaces faster than the default macOS shortcuts allow. It includes a workaround for a known Yabai injection failure, a way to let Yabai run a certain command without asking for a password each time, and a snippet to make that command run automatically whenever the Dock restarts. Overall, this is a reference list rather than an installable tool, useful mainly as inspiration for someone setting up or customizing their own Mac.
A personal list of one developer's favorite Mac apps, browser extensions, and terminal tweaks to speed up and customize a MacBook.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
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