Unlocking Peak Productivity: My 2024 MacBook Setup for Software Engineers

A guide to getting your MacBook ready for development

My Neovim landing page (Screenshot by Author)

No need for introduction, software engineers are (mostly) nerds who love dark mode because it makes us more productive. Now, strap in, it’s going to be a long one.

A good chunk of this article will reference my previous article I wrote in 2022, and so I’ll link it below here.

How I Set Up My MacBook Pro As A ML Engineer in 2022

Table of Contents

• Command Line Tools
• MacOS System Preferences
• Neovim
• 3rd Party Apps
• Accessories
• Chrome Extensions

Command Line Tools

For the most part, everything remains the same as my 2022 article alongside some additions and optimizations. Here’s a quick rundown:

Homebrew

MacOS’ package manager. You basically can’t live without it.