My MacBook’s battery capacity is significantly reduced and it has many weird issues so I decide to do a clean installation of macOS Big Sur. This article is a reference for my own reference in case I need to do it again.
I prefer using Vim in a terminal. I can switch to the shell with Ctrl-Z and back with fg. However it is hard to integrate a terminal command with other GUI tools, such as editing a file in Vim from Finder.
I have written many scripts to automate the work in macOS. This one is the most frequently used one. The script can capture the current selection in frontend most app in OmniFocus, and I can jump back to the app using URL.
It is a headache to find an available keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X. I used Option + Letter and Shift + Option + Letter before, since they are preserved for inputting special characters. It has some problems: Emacs and terminal require a modifier for Meta. I chose Command. It means if I want to use application shortcut with Command in these applications, such as Command+Q to quit the application, I have to use the right one. I always forget the shortcuts. Although I have listed them in a sheet, it is a pain to keep it synchronized with the shortcuts defined every where. I switched to a new solution using keystroke sequence shortcuts recently. All my global shortcuts start with Command+M (⌘M). A menu is displayed when I typed prefix. If I forget the shortcut, I just need to glance through the menu.
I prefer using external keyboard with my MacBook. When no external monitors are used, a typical setup is placing the keyboard above the internal one, so I can still use the internal touchpad. But sometimes the external keyboard may press some keys of the internal keyboard. There is a solution to disable the internal keyboard, but it is tedious to run the command manually. # Disable, ignore the warning sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/ # Enable sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/ Fortunately, Keyboard Maestro supports executing scripts when a USB device is attached or detached.