macOS Backup & Setup

Main Feature

• Backup your Mac's App List (Mac App Store & Brew & Brew Cask) to iCloud
• Set up a new Mac automatically from an old one.

Requirement

For Backup

• No particular requirement.

For Setup

1. Internet connection
2. Another Mac which is already configured and connected to the same LAN as your new Mac does.

Usage

For Backup

• Tutorial:

  • Just run the Script, and it will back up App list automatically.

• Reference:

  • Backup Dir: /User/[Username]/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/AppList/All_AppList/

  • Backup Reference:

    • All_AppList: All the Apps in /Applications
    • MAS_AppList: Installed by Mac App Store
    • Brew_AppList: Installed by Homebrew (by brew install)
    • BrewCask_AppList: Installed by Homebrew Cask (by brew cask install)
    • MAS_AppList_Brief: MAS_AppList's Name-Only list version
    • nonMAS_AppList: All_AppList subtract MAS_AppList

For Setup

About The Item with * indicates: It's not certainly usable.

About Mac App Store App Installation: If you once use multiple Apple ID accounts in Mac App Store, it will only back up one particular account's downloads.

• Tutorial:

  1. Enter the Source Username: Displayed: Input the [source_username] of the old Mac.
  2. Enter the Source source_IP_address: Displayed: Input the [source_IP_address] of the old Mac which should have connected to the same LAN as your new Mac does.
  3. Confirmed Displayed: The script will finish the rest tasks automatically.

• Reference:

  • App Install: Mac App Store, Homebrew, Homebrew Cask
  • Bash: ~/.bash_profile
  • Zsh: ~/.zshrc
  • Vim: ~/.vimrc
  • Tumx*: ~/tmux.conf, Plug-Ins (Need additional manual OPs: Prefix + I)
  • Pyenv*: Pyenv Applist Install
  • SSH: ~/.ssh/
  • Touch ID * : /etc/pam.d/sudo modification (Only suitable for Macs with Touch ID)
  • System Preference: sudo spctl --master-disable to Allow Apps Downloaded from Anywhere
  • Preview Plug-In:
    • qlcolorcode
    • qlstephen
    • qlmarkdown
    • quicklook-json
    • qlimagesize
    • webpquicklook
    • suspicious-package
    • quicklookase
    • qlvideo
  • Aria2: ~/.aria2/aria2.conf
  • Shadowsocks Usage in Command Line*

Attention

• The script is mainly for personal usage, and some usage may be not completely usable.