Ultimate Guide: Setting up M2 Mac Mini for Software Development

🖥️ The video is about setting up a new M2 Mac Mini for software development.

💾 An external enclosure can be used to extend storage and increase data transfer speeds on the Mac Mini.

🔧 The speaker shares tips for cleaning up the desktop, configuring Finder, and customizing folders.

🌐 Chrome is recommended for its excellent developer tools, and Activity Monitor can be used to monitor system performance.

🔧 Setting up new M2 Mac Mini for software development

🖥️ Installing and organizing essential applications

👨‍💻 Installing Homebrew for managing software on a Mac

🔧 Brew allows easy installation of software, such as Visual Studio code, from the command line.

💻 Visual Studio code can be opened and configured with various extensions for different programming needs.

📦 Extensions like Angular, Docker, GitHub co-pilot, and Python enable enhanced functionality and collaboration in Visual Studio code.

🔧 Setting up a new M2 Mac Mini for software development using GitHub for settings synchronization.

⚙️ Installing Xcode and ensuring proper installation of command line tools.

🔮 Installing Node.js using NVM for easy version management and installing global packages for each version of Node.js.

📱 Installing Android Studio and the Android toolchain for mobile app development.

📱 Install Android 12 and Android 11 on the Mac Mini for software development.

☕️ The latest version of Android Studio includes OpenJDK for Java development.

📝 Export the Android home environmental variable to point to the Android SDK for cross-platform development tools.

🐍 Mac OS already comes with Python, but you can also install Anaconda for managing Python environments.

📦 Install a smaller version of conda called mini conda if you don't need all the features of Anaconda.

🖥 Create and activate separate conda environments for different Python versions.

🔧 Setting up a new M2 Mac Mini for software development involves installing Python 3.10 and configuring it inside a conda environment.

🐳 Docker can be installed either by downloading the installer from Docker's website or using Homebrew, and it allows for running containers and managing resources.

📮 Postman is a tool used for HTTP debugging and can be downloaded from postman.com, allowing for testing APIs and making requests.

📦 GitHub provides multiple ways to manage repositories, including GitHub Desktop and using SSH keys for cloning and publishing repositories.

💡 Setting up SSH keys for accessing GitHub repositories.

🔑 Cloning and making changes to a repository using the command line.

💻 Configuring VS Code for committing and pushing changes.

🔧 Installing Parallels and its toolbox for virtualization on Apple silicon.