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Spice up your MacOS Terminal

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Here are some steps to juice up the boring MacOS terminal using iTerm2.

Step 1: Install Homebrew

Run:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 2: Install iTerm2

Run:

brew install --cask iterm2

Step 3: Install git

Run:

brew install git

Step 4: Install oh-my-zsh

Run:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Step 5: Install fonts

Download & install:

https://github.com/Falkor/dotfiles/blob/master/fonts/SourceCodePro%2BPowerline%2BAwesome%2BRegular.ttf

Step 6: Install theme

Run:

git clone https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k

Set theme on .zshrc: ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Step 7: Install custom iTerm2 colors

Copy:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/utsavized/iterm2/develop/utsavized.itermcolors

Paste contents in a new file somewhere and name it filename.itermcolors

Step 8: Update iTerm2 preferences

  • Create new profile, make it default, delete default profile
  • Set colors to the newly created itermcolors file
  • Set font to SourceCode+PowerLine+AwesomeRegular

Step 9: Configure Powerlevel10k

Re-launch iTerm2 and follow the prompts

Step 10: Enable suggestions

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Add plugin to .zshrc file: plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)

Step 11: Configure VS Code

Update terminal.integrated.fontFamily setting to 'SourceCodePro+PowerLine+AwesomeRegular'

Step 12: Enable quake-style terminal

  • Open iTerm2 preferences > keys, then configure hotkey to Ctrl + ~ to Show/Hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey
  • Open iTerm2 preferences > profile > window, set space to all spaces and check hide after opening
  • Open system preferences > users & groups > login items, then add iTerm. Check hide.

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