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Mac setup and configuration via Ansible.

21 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 7 stories, 14 comments · first 2014-03-11 · latest 2025-05-30

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  1. ▲ 11
    Ask HN: How do you set up a new dev machine? (2025 edition)
    story by daryllxd · 2025-05-30 · 9 comments
  2. ▲ 2
    Mac Development Ansible Playbook
    story by lsferreira42 · 2025-04-25 · 0 comments
  3. Jeff Geerling has a phenomenal ansible playbook to setup his macs: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by sandreas · 2025-04-25 · in How I set up new MacBooks
  4. …is the subject of the OP. macOS 13/14/15 have progressively added more little bugs I track in my https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook project; anything from little networking bugs to weird preferences that can't be automated, or…
    comment by geerlingguy · 2025-03-27 · in Apple needs a Snow Sequoia
  5. …Sets up out of box Mac in about 15 minutes and I can keep my two Mac's configs in perfect sync: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by geerlingguy · 2022-11-01 · in A configuration management system for computers that are pets, not cattle
  6. …I have an Ansible playbook I run every now and then (configures apps, dock item order, etc): https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by geerlingguy · 2022-05-26 · in Ask HN: How do you sync your computer’s development configurations/environment?
  7. https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook a well loved and maintained ansible playbook for macs. Just FYI
    comment by thatguydidit · 2021-12-13 · in Show HN: We open sourced our new Mac developer setup script
  8. https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by mhio · 2021-12-13 · in Show HN: We open sourced our new Mac developer setup script
  9. …few tricks from there. for the mac setup, I have been using this for years and works well for me. https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by meabed · 2021-12-13 · in Show HN: We open sourced our new Mac developer setup script
  10. ▲ 1
    Ask HN: How do you sync apps and settings across multiple machines
    story by anubhavcodes · 2020-07-16 · 0 comments
  11. …so that should make the process a lot faster. I started from this and customized it to my needs: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by emilecantin · 2020-04-17 · in Customizing Your Shell
  12. …and it pulls in everything I need, including my dotfiles, which are managed in a separate repo: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by geerlingguy · 2019-08-11 · in Ask HN: Configuration Management for Personal Computer?
  13. I posted [mac-dev-playbook]( https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook ) (an Ansible-based solution) a few weeks back, and this shell-script approach is in some ways a foil to a more heavyweight setup like the one I'm currently…
    comment by geerlingguy · 2017-03-03 · in Show HN: Automated macOS dev setup
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    Mac-dev-playbook – Mac setup and configuration via Ansible
    story by geerlingguy · 2017-02-18 · 40 comments
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    Mac Development Ansible Playbook
    story by clessg · 2016-12-02 · 0 comments
  16. Here's one example: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook Makes it a lot simpler to do a clean OS install every upgrade, and to make sure all three of my Macs are perfectly in sync!
    comment by geerlingguy · 2016-11-07 · in Homebrew 1.1.0
  17. ▲ 2
    Mac Development Ansible Playbook (Automate Your Environment)
    story by geerlingguy · 2016-09-23 · 0 comments
  18. …your editor? Automate your entire workstation so every last config is identical across computers: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by geerlingguy · 2016-07-11 · in 3D Printer Comparison: $200,000 vs. $2500
  19. ▲ 1
    Mac Development Ansible Playbook
    story by geerlingguy · 2016-06-22 · 0 comments
  20. …hour (with all my apps and settings in place for development) with a good internet connection. See: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook Once you start using VMs and/or containers for your development, you'll stop worrying about…
    comment by geerlingguy · 2015-02-14 · in Ask HN: Best practices for OS X dev environments
  21. …approachable for both newer admins and veterans. [1] https://leanpub.com/ansible-for-devops [2] https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
    comment by geerlingguy · 2014-03-11 · in Why Puppet, Chef, Ansible aren't good enough