Hey! As part of the onboarding process at my new job I booted a Mac for the first time in my life. Everything feels strange and I was looking for tips to make it feel like gnome (pun intended).
I have been using Linux for the past 15+ years, I am a software engineer, so any development specific would be really appreciated.
One important issue I am facing is installing xcode without creating an apple account or generally doing anything without one. I really don’t want to give my personal information to apple if I can avoid it…
I’ve been using Linux for maybe 8 years before getting a Mac and found it to be great to use pretty much immediately. So there’s not really much I can tell you here. Except maybe to install the GNU coreutils from homebrew (and that itself if you don’t have it yet), the ones it comes with suck.
I don’t think there is a way to download Xcode without an Apple ID. The App Store also needs one though you could get by without that. You could just make the account only for downloading Xcode and only sign in in the browser for it, I suppose.
Edit: Oh yeah, get Mac Mouse Fix if you plan on using it with a normal mouse. The standard scrolling behavior is abysmal.