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title: "My Minimal MacBook Pro Setup Guide"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-minimal-macbook-pro-setup-guide-0t02td1lf
source_url: https://eugeneyan.com/writing/mac-setup
type: article
source: "Eugene Yan"
published: 2026-05-31T07:40:36.976Z
updated: 2026-05-31T08:22:11.269Z
tags: ["mac"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# My Minimal MacBook Pro Setup Guide

**[Eugene Yan](https://daily.dev/sources/eugeneyan)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A personal MacBook Pro setup guide covering a clean-slate migration from a 2019 Intel to an M4 Mac. Walks through macOS system tweaks, Homebrew installation, terminal setup with Warp and Fish shell, SSH key configuration, Git setup, and installation of developer tools including Cursor, PostgreSQL, uv for Python, Node.js, Docker, and Ollama for local LLMs. Also covers productivity apps like Raycast, Rectangle, Obsidian, and Zotero.

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