New Apple computer set up

I'm setting up a new work machine and thought I would note down what my steps are, what apps I deem worthy and any other notes.

As a preface - this is a new work Mac, so some apps might be different

1. Update the OS - Before I do anything I check for OS updates. Nothing worse than getting your machine set up and ready to go only to find a 2 hour update is needed
2. Uninstall apps - One of the first apps I download is AppCleaner. I then wipe anything I won't need - iMovie, Garageband etc
3. Clear the task bar - I remove all the icons from the task bar so I can start fresh
4. Preference changes - There are a few preferences I change for the desktop & Task bar
   • Change the minimise effect to scale
   • Remove recent applications from the dock
   • Under Desktop and Screen Saver I set up a hot corner (bottom left, if you must know) to show the desktop
5. Install Apps
   • Utilities
     • 1Password - I make this the first one as it means I can get into everything else
     • TickTick - My to-do list
     • Paste - the best clipboard manager I've found
     • Rectangle - Excellent window management app with shortcuts
     • Hyperkey - Adds a complete new realm of keyboard shortcut possibilities
   • Development
     • Chrome - Yes, i'm one of those people
     • Firefox
     • iTerm2 - a much better terminal than the built in OSX one, this is my day to day
     • Hyper - have this installed as my "screen sharing" terminal
   • Other
     • Airmail - I started using this when "Mail" was awful and I've not looked back
     • Reeder - Great looking and easy-using RSS reader
     • Spotify
     • Slack - of course...
6. Add space to Dock - I like to separate my app types with spaces in the dock. Running the following adds a "spacer" app that can be dragged around and "Kept in dock" - defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock