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• MacOS

I keep [[My Stuff in the Cloud]] so don't really do traditional backups of my desktop.

For this new Sequoia install¹, I bought a LaCie USB-C 1TB hard drive and did move some files off.

• Downloads is in iCloud, as is Desktop/Screenshots
• Backed up both to the external hard drive
• Trimmed to the last 2 months (so: deleted from iCloud)
• Had Rogue Trader and No Man's Sky as large installs in Steam, so backed up their game files
• Copied across the entire Photos Library, which synchs with iCloud anyway, but won't have to pull down ~100GB of photos
• Copied across the entire Music folder. Will probably go direct from that external drive to [[Ampache TinyHome Install]]

I did the Erase All Content and Settings because I wanted to do a fresh install. Turns out this did get me back into Monterey, and then I had to download and install MacOS Sequoia.

OK, fresh Sequoia install, where do we go from here!

Setup [[Apple Intelligence]]. Hmmm. Not sure what if anything this does.

1Password, as it gates pretty much everything.

I also got new headphones, [[Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless]], so let's get [[Amperfy]] installed from the App Store so we can listen to music while doing setup.

Used Safari for a bit, then got Chrome setup. I sync Bookmarks (pretty much just visible ones in the browser bar, not like a collection or anything), Extensions, and Saved tab groups. Installed [[Squoosh]] as a PWA while I'm at it.

I want to be taking these notes in [[Obsidian]], so need to grab that. Oh right, it's in git, which triggers the Xcode CLI tools install.

Grabbing [[LogSeq]] too. I use it for all my private notes, sync via iCloud. Which barely works to get stuff on mobile. Side quest of figuring out what I can lean into with LogSeq. logseq-calendars-plugin (grab meetings from your calendar and enter as notes), Journals calendar plugin, Todo List.

Not diving into this quite yet, but going to try [[Orbstack]] for local VMs / containers. It has a download...but also a brew install. In the same category, [[UTM]] I paid for in the app store to support their development. Downloaded.

[[Signal]] desktop installed.

Grabbed [[Nextcloud]] files desktop app. Also accessible over WebDAV.

Re-activated Internet Accounts. Nextcloud, Google.

Things to Figure Out#

I still need to figure out [[Email Clients]]. [[Spark Mail]] has been a total fail for me. Either back to a new, personal [[Missive]], or I try [[Superhuman]]. Or...I try the Apple Mail app for a while? With Spark Mail not working for me, I've just been using Gmail in browser on desktop.