Setting up new M2 Mac Mini for software development

Here I go through setting up a new M2 Mac Mini for software development, the way I usually set things up for my own tasks.

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Chapters
00:00 Initial cleanup and Finder setup
05:13 Utilities
09:14 Software dev tools and Homebrew
12:07 VSCode setup
13:58 VSCode extensions
18:43 Command Line Tools checkup
19:50 Node, nvm, and JavaScript ecosystem
22:53 Android studio setup
23:29 Android config
25:46 Cross platform tools Android additional setup
27:17 Python section intro
27:41 Python environments with Conda
31:08 Profile config files
31:47 Docker
33:20 Http debugging with Postman
34:15 Git config
34:29 GitHub desktop
35:17 ssh keys
37:41 Git workflow
39:59 Windows on Mac
41:25 Parallels toolbox and Window management

[hanes]

Pro-tip: If you call a folder "Developer" in your Home directory, it will become a special folder. In list view, it will now show "version" as a column and if you place the "Developer" folder in the sidebar, it will get a hammer icon. Very neat. I like it.

[LordVodka]

THANK YOU!! I just got a new MBP 14 M2 and your NVM management part was really a lifesaver! As i'm working on projects with different versions of node needed, You saved a lot of time!

[Daniel-jrjt]

Hello Alex 🖐🏻. I am windows user and today bought my first MacBook . I have struggle to setting it up for Development . Your great video helped me alot! Keep the good work!! I am happy that i found your channel!

Greetings,
Daniel

[ashishsonihere]

I'm learning software development and machine learning by myself. I know some of the stuff he talks about, but everything else just goes over my head 🙃 but still, I love his content!

[princebansal_]

Was setting up my new MBP watching your old 31 min video and now got the new video, Nice !!
Thanks for the amazing videos with so much learning with funny bits too !🙌🏼

[Hobbitstomper]

I only used the developer tools of Chrome for years, until 3 years ago when I realized that Firefox's developer tools are more advanced in the CSS area. Firefox gives a lot better feedback and insightful comments on why something doesn't work. Firefox is my CSS debugger.

[satysin]

I love me a nice long form setup video 😁Always fun to see how others have their machines setup and some reasons behind it.

[ScottLahteine]

Homebrew seems to be quite popular, but I've been using MacPorts for ages so that's what I stick with. I'd love to see a video where you try out both and report your experiences. I'm sure a lot of developers are in a similar boat, using one or the other and curious about how things are on the other side of the fence.

[PiyushAggarwal-hzes]

Just bought a mac mini m2 pro on 24 months EMI. Nice video. Helped a lot in setup.

[enphour]

Brilliant tutorial on comprehensive development environment setup using a Mac. I’ve been out of sync on software development tools for a Mac, and learned a lot from this video to get started again. Thank you!

[FaridAdamgrino]

I got my M2 mac mini yesterday and this video was helpful!!! I'm slowly transitioning into the apple ecosystem. Thanks Alex.

[DaveChurchill]

Really love these videos Alex, thank you so much. I am a Windows developer and am looking for a new laptop, and not really impressed with any of the Windows laptop options available. Through your videos like this and the ones on parallels I've learned that I can get pretty much everything I need on a mac now so I think I'll try it out

[akin]

The Mac Mini is great for those that do not want to bring a laptop outside the apartment/house. Just get a decent 27-inch 4k LG monitor, Apple keyboard, and a magic mouse. This includes 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage.

- M2 Mac Mini $1, 300
- Apple Keyboard $30
- Apple magic mouse $99
- 27-inch 4k LG monitor $300
Total = $1, 729.

FYI...The M2 MacBook Air costs $1, 600 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage.

[MarkCollinstechyMarkbo]

Great video! Just got my first Mac and this video was a great watch. Learned how to fix a few things that were bothering me coming from Windows. Love your work.

[martinsoppa]

Finally a great video from a Mac Pro-USER :D Thanks Alex for the many tips and tricks

[carltone]

Thanyou for sharing your knowledge. Just purchased a mini pro. This will help shorten my learning curve. Excellent instructional video

[nyambe]

2 more things. 1.Volar (not Vetur) is the current official plugin since Vue 3. 2. Natural Mouse movement all the way (up to go up... down to go down! yeah)

[BrendenBishop]

Have you explored having a mac mini desktop AND a macbook for travel purposes? I'm curious about this setup, but worried about proper/seamless syncing between the two?

[amygdalios]

4:50 I'm not a mac user but if I'm not mistaken if you have copied the picture you can just select the icon under properties and press cmd+v to change it

[omiggs]

Awesome tips. I didn't want to manually install the programs, so I just created a brew "recipe" with all the programs I need that's available in brew, so I don't need to do anything but run a big block of brew install commands at once and wait for them to finish.