Install Nvm Mac Catalina

Seems like I’m setting up a new MacBook Pro a couple of times a year (between work and personal). This guide is to help remember all those things you need to get a good development (test) environment set up! Automating the good things.

  • NVM configuration. The article bellow depends of your shell installation / configuration. From the MacOS Catalina, ZSH is used by default. Click here for more information. Execute the following commands according your shell: nano /.bashprofile # If you use bach nano /.zprofile # If you use ZSH. Add the following lines in file.
  • Hello Mates, I need some help with my Mac Pro 3.1 with (Catalina OS). I bought a graphics card (Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5) and installed it on my Mac but can’t get it to display 3 monitors, although am using all the direct outputs (Mac) to the corresponding inputs (monitors).
  • NVM is a shell script that allows you to easily install & manage NodeJS. In this article, we will look at how to install NVM on Mac with Homebrew utility. If you have not installed Homebrew on your Mac, you can easily do so by opening the terminal and running the following command.

How to install Node on Mac using NVM and Homebrew Published: February 07, 2018 - 2 min read Node Version Manager makes it easy to install multiple Node versions on a Mac. GUIDE to install yarn, nvm (node) on macOS. Last update: Dec 4, 2020. Assumptions: macOS = 10.14 (Mojave); tested with 10.15 (Catalina) homebrew properly installed; Prepare before setup (cleanup).

Getting Started

First things is to update macOS to get the latest security patches and updates.

Pre-requisities

  1. This is for macOS Big Sur
  2. Make a ~/Development folder
  3. Install Command Line Tools for Xcode

Homebrew

Install Homebrew package manager to install most apps from the command line.

Make sure everything is up to date

Catalina

Install my programs (note: I’m constantly adding to this list)

Shell

Catalina comes with zsh as the default. Let’s install Oh My Zsh because it’s better.

Node.js

Install Node Version Manager (nvm)

Restart terminal and install the latest version of Node

Run the final command to confirm node is installed

Git

Make and set git config

Pull the following repos from GitHub:

  1. dotfiles
  2. testing-guides
  3. testingconferences
  4. images-catalog

SSH

Make and set ssh config

iTerm

  • Copy .zshrc from dotfiles repo
  • Set theme to be Minimal

How Install Nvm On Mac

macOS Settings

  • Enable Battery Percentage. Dock & Menu Bar > Battery
  • Enable Put Display to sleep using Hot Corners. Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver > Hot Corners. Use the lower left to put display to sleep.

Visual Studio Code

  • Copy over settings from .vscode in dotfiles repo

Install Other Apps

  • EOS Webcam
  • Google Chrome Canary
  • MacPass
  • Spark Email
  • Xmind
  • Zoom
  • VirtualBox

Conclusion

This sums up nicely my settings for a MacBook Pro. Hopefully it helps speed you (and I) along on our journeys.

Install Nvm Mac Catalina

Inspired by (and taken with a lot of credit from) Tania Rascia. I’ve used her Guide a few times before deciding to make my own version.

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