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Darwin setup

NOTE: this guide is for Oakhost Mac Mini M4.

Setup temporary ssh keys

ssh-copy-id $USER@$IP

Setup passwordless sudo for admin group

echo "%admin ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/admin-nopasswd

Enable ssh access for all users

sudo dscl . change /Groups/com.apple.access_ssh RecordName com.apple.access_ssh com.apple.access_ssh-disabled

Ensure that Xcode command line tools and/or application aren't installed

Also ensure there aren't multiple versions of Xcode.app in /Applications.

ls -la /Applications/
ls -la /Library/Developer/

If they are present, remove them and reset the developer directory path.

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Xcode.app
sudo xcode-select --reset

Disable Apple Intelligence

Should save about ~5GB of disk space.

System Settings -> Apple Intelligence & Siri -> Toggle Apple Intelligence off.

(Also need to check that it hasn't been re-enabled after each macOS update.)

Check and install updates for current macOS version

Updating beyond the currently installed macOS version may not be advisable.

> sw_vers -productVersion
12.1
> softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.2
        Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 13.2, Size: 577329KiB, Recommended: YES,
* Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.4
        Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 13.4, Size: 705462KiB, Recommended: YES,
* Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-14.2
        Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 14.2, Size: 687573KiB, Recommended: YES,
* Label: macOS Monterey 12.6.7-21G651
        Title: macOS Monterey 12.6.7, Version: 12.6.7, Size: 11395817K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,
* Label: macOS Ventura 13.4.1-22F82
        Title: macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Version: 13.4.1, Size: 11494827K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,
> sudo softwareupdate --install --restart 'macOS Monterey 12.6.7-21G651'

--restart will reboot the machine automatically.

Install nix

https://github.com/NixOS/nix-installer

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://artifacts.nixos.org/nix-installer | sh -s -- install --no-modify-profile

/nix/receipt.json has a record of all the changes done by the nix installer.

. '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh'

Install nix-darwin

sudo -H nix --extra-experimental-features 'flakes nix-command' --option accept-flake-config true \
  run 'github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin#darwin-rebuild' -- switch --option accept-flake-config true --flake 'github:nix-community/infra#$HOSTNAME'

Remove packages installed to the default profile.

sudo -H nix-env -q
sudo -H nix-env -e nix nss-cacert

Config check should show no warnings.

nix config check

Reboot.

shutdown -r now