Spice up your MacOS Terminal

Here are some steps to juice up the boring MacOS terminal using iterm2.

Step 1: Install Homebrew

Run: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 2: Install iTerm2

Run: brew install --cask iterm2

Step 3: Install git

Run: brew install git

Step 4: Install oh-my-zsh

Run: sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Step 5: Install fonts

Download & Install: https://github.com/Falkor/dotfiles/blob/master/fonts/SourceCodePro%2BPowerline%2BAwesome%2BRegular.ttf

Step 6: Install theme

Run: git clone https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k

Set theme on .zshrc: ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Step 7: Install custom Iterm2 colors

Copy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/utsavized/iterm2/develop/utsavized.itermcolors

Paste contents in a new file somewhere and name it filename.itermcolors

Step 8: Update iterm2 preferences

Create new profile, make it default, delete default profile

Set colors to newly created itermcolors files

Set font to SourceCode+PowerLine+AwesomeRegular

Step 9: Configure Power Level 10K

Re-launch iterm2 and follow prompts

Step 10: Enable suggestions

Clone: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Add plugin to .zshrc file: plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)

Step 11: Configure Vs Code

Update terminal.integrated.fontFamily setting to 'SourceCodePro+PowerLine+AwesomeRegular'

Step 12: Enable quake-style terminal

Open iterm2 preferences > keys, then configure hotkey to Ctrl + ~ to Show/Hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey

Open iterm2 preferences > profile > window, set space to all spaces and check hide after opening

Open system preferences > users & groups > login items, then add iterm. Check hide.