Installing, Configuring, and... a Fingerprint Reader!
I'm gradually migrating over to the new work laptop I received yesterday evening. The substance of this migration isn't migrating the data. That's actually a minimal effort as most of my data- most of the presentations, systems, and notes I've created, and all my email- are in the cloud anyway. The time consuming part is installing all the apps I need and configuring them to work the way I want.
For example, yesterday the first thing I did was open the web browser. Apple Safari? Haha, not for long. I downloaded and installed Chrome. Bookmarks were synced in the cloud so moving them over was as simple as clicking "Yes" to a question. But configuring some things such as default font size (why is that hidden??) and gestures took a while.
This morning I installed Slack and Zoom. Again, a lot of the settings are in my accounts in the cloud. But Zoom and its permissions requests, oh dear! "Allow Zoom to access microphone?" Ok. "Allow Zoom to access camera?" Duh! "Allow Zoom to access Downloads folder (to place files you download)?" Sure. "Allow Zoom to access email?" Why? "Allow Zoom to access your whole keychain, including credit cards?" Wait, what?!
And I've still got a lot of way more finicky tools to install, like command line tools kubectl and eksctl and the many, many prerequisites that are required even to install them.
Like, just installing git I got this hilarious little number:
One nice thing I've discovered along the way is the convenience of the fingerprint scanner on my new MacBook Pro. With all these installs and configs I've been challenged for my password frequently. Not to mention the computer came with the default security configuration of, "For your safety, the screen locks by default after every 5 seconds of inactivity!" Tapping my finger on the scanner is way more convenient than typing a strong password every few minutes.
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For example, yesterday the first thing I did was open the web browser. Apple Safari? Haha, not for long. I downloaded and installed Chrome. Bookmarks were synced in the cloud so moving them over was as simple as clicking "Yes" to a question. But configuring some things such as default font size (why is that hidden??) and gestures took a while.
This morning I installed Slack and Zoom. Again, a lot of the settings are in my accounts in the cloud. But Zoom and its permissions requests, oh dear! "Allow Zoom to access microphone?" Ok. "Allow Zoom to access camera?" Duh! "Allow Zoom to access Downloads folder (to place files you download)?" Sure. "Allow Zoom to access email?" Why? "Allow Zoom to access your whole keychain, including credit cards?" Wait, what?!
And I've still got a lot of way more finicky tools to install, like command line tools kubectl and eksctl and the many, many prerequisites that are required even to install them.
Like, just installing git I got this hilarious little number:
One nice thing I've discovered along the way is the convenience of the fingerprint scanner on my new MacBook Pro. With all these installs and configs I've been challenged for my password frequently. Not to mention the computer came with the default security configuration of, "For your safety, the screen locks by default after every 5 seconds of inactivity!" Tapping my finger on the scanner is way more convenient than typing a strong password every few minutes.
[This entry was cross-posted from https://canyonwalker.dreamwidth.org/153627.html. Please comment there using OpenID. That's where most of the action is!]