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This seems like a better-documented, less-complete, and less user-friendly version of Secrets[1].<p>[1] <a href="http://secrets.blacktree.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;secrets.blacktree.com</a>

Cool stuff, lots of really good automation tricks that I haven&#x27;t seen. I have a similar routine of doing a clean wipe every once in a while and wrote a bunch of scripts to make the process less painful.<p>One of the more useful ones is a small shell wrapper around homebrew cask that batches installation packages based on category, and one that automates symbolically linking dotfiles using a configuration file.<p><a href="https://gist.github.com/jjangsangy/c226a9d199fdd9ecba1f" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;jjangsangy&#x2F;c226a9d199fdd9ecba1f</a><p><a href="https://gist.github.com/jjangsangy/2951a63fe45d2010bd8d" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;jjangsangy&#x2F;2951a63fe45d2010bd8d</a>

I use Karabiner to customize just two keys, does anyone know how can I make the enter key act as a control key when pressed simultaneously with another key and act as enter key when pressed alone? was thinking of a script that is called at startup.

A better way to handle these (in my opinion) is to use the Secrets.prefPane .. and the related website:<p><a href="http://secrets.blacktree.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;secrets.blacktree.com&#x2F;</a><p>A much more comprehensive collection of tweaks and tips for OSX administration.. though I did learn a few things from WhiskyKilo which were quite interesting - I have wondered how to do this from the command line for years and am glad to have finally learned: &quot;sudo softwareupdate -i -a&quot; .. fantastic!

Without delving much past the first page, it seems like Boxen would cover a lot of this territory? Boxen [1] is a puppet-based OS-X provisioning tool used by (among others) GitHub to set up new Macs in a hurry. It does take a little while to get configured and dialed in, but once it&#x27;s set up, (re)provisioning a new Mac is almost fun.<p>[1] <a href="https://boxen.github.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boxen.github.com&#x2F;</a>

&quot;This will download and install all updates available for your Mac: sudo softwareupdate -i -a&quot;<p>I&#x27;m assuming that it won&#x27;t install App Store software that is in your account but not installed on the current machine? Which if so is a shame that Apple haven&#x27;t exposed this via the command line (preferably specifying the name of the application to install).

Where&#x27;s the repository? I don&#x27;t see it.<p>Edit: I&#x27;m an idiot. I thought the title referred to a VCS repository.

So far there&#x27;s been a pull request and a few additional hacks merged in tonight! Thanks everybody!

&quot;Seriously, iTunes, does anyone still use you?&quot;<p>What do you use instead of itunes?