Updated March 2025. This is the latest version of my dev env set-up guide, perfect for use after getting a new machine or carrying out a fresh install of macOS. You can use this guide for similar web development set-ups too, since the version manager we’ll be using (asdf) is perfect for a large number […]
Updated March 2025. I’ve always been a fan of doing a clean OS install and it’s something I do for every major version (or every couple major versions) of macOS – because you are left with a pristine system that helps you get your machine as close as possible to how it felt the first
Posting mainly for my own reference… Drag the folder you want to zip onto your desktop Open terminal and navigate to your desktop Type in zip -er file_name.zip file_or_folder_you_want_to_compress (hit the tab key to help you auto-fill the name of the file or folder you want to compress) Then enter a password, twice Done 😀
Edit: Please note there is a newer version of this guide here: https://astonj.com/how-to-set-up-a-ruby-and-elixir-dev-environment-on-macos-2021/ Having recently started afresh on macOS, I thought I’d make some notes on setting up a new dev environment. In this post we’ll set up a fresh dev environment for Ruby and Elixir – but you can use this guide for any similar web
Edit: Please note there is a newer version of this guide here:Â https://astonj.com/clean-macos-install-the-easy-way/ Migration Assistant recently failed to work when I was trying to migrate data from an existing Catalina based Time Machine backup to a new Catalina install (both 10.5.1). I tried 4 times and each time I experienced the dreaded missing emails bug! Since
Please note all posts below are very old! Many will contain outdated information!
Having recently reformatted my Mac, I thought I’d jot some notes down on setting up a Ruby dev environment too. In this post we’ll set up our fresh dev enviroment for Ruby, and cover installing and setting up the following…
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Or are you getting ‘connection failed’? If you’ve been pulling your hair out (like I have!) despite following advice on the Apple forums (like turning off SMB, but keeping AFP sharing on) to no avail, then this might be of help!
As many of you might know, I LOVE Railscasts – and like many of you, I miss Ryan heaps. He has a knack of being able to make things look super easy; his screen casts enable you to learn a great deal in just a few minutes. I don’t know about you, but my Rails
