Experience setting up a brand new Mac M1 Pro

So, I recently got a new M1 Pro for work. It is a workhorse packed with so much horsepower — 10 Cores, 32 GB of Memory, the latest M1 Pro chip, and 1 TB SSD. More specs to follow as I explore more and more of the box.

The reason I say a box is that it looks, feels, and weighs like a typical 90’s briefcase. It’s heavy too, for context the shipping box labeled the product as 5 kgs. Wow, that’s heavy coming from Apple.

Installing applications: Before we even get started installing applications, I like to set up my Bluetooth-enabled Logitech MX Master 3 mouse. Because it makes accessing the computer so much easier instead of relying on the trackpad.

Once I enabled my mouse to the box, the next step is preparing a list of software that I want to be installed in the box. Preparing the list is easy, all I have to do is look up the applications folder of my previous Mac and see all the non-OS software that I constantly use. Install all the software from this list.

Notable ones are Microsoft Office suite, Slack for work, IDE of choice, and homebrew to make all command-line tool installations easier.

Brew installation takes some time because it makes use of the XCode toolkit on Mac. The next step is installing git CLI for the mac.

Next stop — Installing python (it’s confusing even for experienced programmers and Pythonistas, so take it easy). I followed this easy to follow tutorial from here — https://opensource.com/article/19/5/python-3-default-mac