Setting Up a New macOS Installation

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  1. CleanShot X
    1. Application – install
    2. License – enter, (re)activate [on new system]
    3. Keyboard shortcuts remapping, to use CleanShot X *instead* of macOS’ built-ins
  2. Alfred*
    *) Install and get operational a.s.a.p. as is what is configured for Command-Space as search front, instead of Spotlight.
  3. ###

 

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1.1 CleanShot X Screenshots
1.2 Alfred
Start Special Key Handler-…
2 Dropbox Folder Action no 2024-12; v4.2
check-change-js.sh script CLI script
chmod util, for unzipped zip archives etc CLI script
cloudfilestatus-js.sh scripts CLI script 2026-06; v1.0
convert_mp4_to_m4a.sh script CLI script 2025-04; v1.0
Copy Path as Text J Service, Quick Action 2025-11; v1.0
Count Apps & Windows CAW! (R&D) Application 2024-11; v2.2
create disk image Service
daytime-js.py script CLI script
Dropbox-Mover-J.workflow (Folder Action) Folder Action 2026-04; v1.0
Email Archive2FS, Email-related Automator-Services Emails! set of tools 2026-04; v4.3
Email Low-level Msg Info (originally ‘Low-level Email Msg Info’) workflow ###
Email Stats J Service, Quick Action
eml to html script eml! html!
emlx-to-eml-by-j emlx! eml! Quick Action
File System Tests, J
Finance Tagger by J
find-apps-js.sh script
Finder Windows Utility
Folder Actions! info, scripts
Folder Organizer J Folder Organizer! MISC … Folder Action
Get Info – Quick Action (2021-10) Get Info!
Get Info by J, Info by J
Go Finder n! Desktop. Downloads, Documents, Dropbox … Open Finder …
GPS Utility by J! gpsutil-js.sh!
GPX! gpxparser! alias
Hash It by J
hellow-j.sh bash script
iCloud-Drive-Mover-J.workflow (Folder Action) Folder Action
Image manipulations
JImage scripts services -rotate images, shrinking
macosperf.sh!
Make Alias! scripts
Make Image from Folder J – macOS Service (make-dmg-j.sh WIP)
mdfind-js.sh script
mediafilenamefix-js.sh and MediaFilenameFix-JS SH!
MediaInfo! Media Info! MediaStats! by MLabs
MediaProcJ
MediaTranscode J (Service) mediatranscode-js.sh (CL)
mime-tool-by-j mime!
mlabschecker.sh script
mlabstexts.sh script
Move Items to Downloads Folder Action
MS-Ergo4000-…
Music-related; Find Missing J (Apple app); music-util-by-j.sh bash
Navionics-exports-processing! Folder Action bash-script
New Disk Image with Selection – OLD
New Folder – Service
New Note in TextEdit J (Quick Action, Services)
New Text File – Service
Open Hazel.app – tell application “Hazel” to activate
Open in Terminal
Open URL in …
Paths-related things (file systems, …)
Pushover! Pushover- Simple Notifications for Android, iOS, and Desktop alias
RWTS-PDFwriter File Mover Folder Action Folder Action
Save PowerPoint as PDF
Save Web Page as mhtml J Quite powerful, but also complex and a bit sensitive, thingy…
Screenshot! Screenshots! Screen shot – filename-Cleanup – services Folder Action (bash script, from 2018, but inside FA) 2026-04, v26 v26 gen 2026-04-09 (w Quick Action AND bash-script inside).
Apr 15  2018 ./Screenshot-Filename-Cleaning-FolderAction.workflow/screenshotscleanfilename.sh
Set Icon by J SetIcon!
Special Key Handler … (MS Ergo 4000 kbd)
Spotlight Search shortcut
Tag Finder Items Folder Action 2026-05; UT (UT: Under Test)
Time Difference J
Toggle Play user interface sound effects
videodownloader-js! ( yt-dlp-js! CLI yt-dlp! )
WindowArrange-Archive J Service, Quick Action v1.3 2026-01-09 number of smaller tweaks
WindowReopen by J (WRbJ!) WR! Application with a companion  Service v1.3.1 2025-10-08
WindowReopen by J (WRbJ!) WR! Service, Quick Action with a companion  Application v2.2 2026-03-30 Brave Browser, some cleanups, performance improvements
xdone.sh! script
yt-dlp-js .. see videodownloader-js! ( yt-dlp-js! CLI yt-dlp! ) alias
Zoom+, Zoom-, Forward and Backward keystrokes handlers alias

EoP

 

Applications – Tools for Setting up A New Mac and macOS

Setup Assistant

Migration Assistant

 

Areas to Configure / Customize

Basic User Interface Tweaks

  1. Display(s)
  2. Keyboards
  3. Mouse ###

Localization

  1. Date and Time format

 

Email Applications