My Mac sets up itself—with Ansible!

Treat your Mac like cattle, not a pet!

#Mac #Apple #Ansible

Contents:

00:00 - I have a problem...
01:05 - The Mac Dev Playbook
02:04 - 3-2-1 Backup Plan
03:05 - Running the playbook
04:27 - Aftermath
05:18 - Nothing is perfect
05:58 - Advantage of automation
06:41 - What about Linux and Windows?
07:08 - Outtakes

[auto]

I hope when alien archeologists visit and judge humanity, they heavily weight Jeff's wholesome backup archive.

[davidmiedema]

I love that automation xkcd comic. "The word automate comes from two root words, "AUTO" meaning self, and "MATE" meaning to screw..."

[NicMG]

Are you okay Jeff, do you need a hug ?

[BlurryBit]

I hope the box was empty. Otherwise, Louis Rossman gets another customer, and I don't think he has the circuit diagram for those m1 macs yet 😭

[HNedel]

"I just bought two"... "I just bought one new mac" would have been the perfect tribute to "History of the World Pt. 1", the scene where Moses drops 5 of the 15 commandments always cracks me up :D

[m]

I've been doing this on my Linux laptops for the past 7 or 8 years or so and it's been really great. It does take some discipline to update the playbooks and roles when installing or removing software, which I don't always have.

[growtopiajaw]

Please don’t drop things like Linus!! 😂😂

[thimayapanda]

"Your Laptop is cattle not a pet " - Blue shirt Jeff

[romayojr]

first time seeing this video in 2024 since i’ve been setting up ansible in my homelab and you look so much younger and slimmer too. no hate just an observation 😅

[craigpearson]

I had no idea you had a YouTube channel!!! This is so crazy seeing you in the flesh, your playbooks are awesome - I'd missed the one where you setup your local mac. In your video you mention that you backup to Amazon Glacier - it'd be great to see a video in detail of how you do that, and generally your backup setup

[epiren]

Dude at the Apple Store: Would you like me to schedule you an appointment to help you set up your new mac?
Me: LOL. No.

[hexrays]

Ansible is amazing. I have done a lot with Ansible and Windows recently. Even Windows automation works great.

[ponnurangamh]

Again a big thing from you. You started my journey with Ansible and one day I will post something bigger like you. Thanks for your hardwork and support towards open community 🙏

[DoublesC]

Wow, that was super interesting!
I will probably set something similar on my Ubuntu desktop.
But I will still treat my MacBook pro like my pet, he is gonna have his 10th birthday next week :D

[lopany]

I don't use macs but thanks for the tip. the versatility of PC suits me better. Gonna look into ansible though

[pbartkus]

My current iMac is at least the third generation iMac I've owned. Each new machine has been the result of a "helpful" Migration Assistant port. We're talking about an accumulation of at least 11 years of files, drivers, trial software, etc, etc, etc [aka junk].
I'm ready to do a clean install of macOS Monterey and reinstall just what I'm using presently.
I've created a VirtualBox of Monterey and got the mac-dev-playbook running in it.
I cloned the fresh install and am getting ready to build my own playbook.
This is a great resource. Thanks for posting it!

[skf]

So far I've only got to the bit with the drawings. Geniunely the best laugh I've had in a very long time. Reminds me SO much of me! Thank you - brilliant.

[MichaelStrautz]

Jeff, windows 10 1809+ is getting a package manager "WinGet" in the next major update cycle. You should look into it for the playbook.

[patricioa]

That was a really good video. I have a MBP I received when a previous job upgraded their hardware. I hadn't considered the clean install vs constant upgrading cycle as a possible cause of slowdowns. Thanks!

[MarioPalomera]

Very cool! I think that maybe the next step in the evolution of a setup like yours would be using containers only. (At least for terminal/Unix stuff you can easily achieve that with docker )