Homebrew Tips¶

Setup autoupdate¶

brew tap domt4/autoupdate
brew autoupdate start
brew autoupdate status
brew autoupdate delete
brew autoupdate --start 43200 --upgrade --cleanup

Useful formulas & Casks¶

Must Have¶

brew install meetingbar
brew install --cask 1password
brew install --cask platypus
brew install tree
brew install wget
brew install mas
brew install maccy
brew install --cask the-unarchiver
brew install rsync
brew install htop

Docker/Container Management¶

Recommend using colima as a simple command line replacement for docker:

brew install colima     
brew install docker     
brew install docker-compose     
brew install docker-buildx
brew install docker-clean

Claude¶

brew install claude
brew install claude-code or curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
brew install claude-devtools

Development¶

brew install uv
brew install asdf
brew install gh
brew install node
brew install oven-sh/bun/bun or curl -fsSL https://bun.com/install | bash

Terraform¶

brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform

Security¶

brew install nmap
brew install ffuf
brew install gobuster
brew install hashcat
brew install masscan
brew install netcat
brew install nikto
brew install theharvester

Additional Apps¶

brew install --cask anylist 
brew install --cask backblaze
brew install --cask balenaetcher
brew install --cask cyberduck
brew install --cask discord
brew install --cask grandperspective
brew install --cask hush
brew install --cask jetbrains-toolbox
brew install --cask postman
brew install --cask setapp
brew install --cask signal
brew install --cask slack
brew install obsidian

Apps can be installed from the App Store using MAS¶

FriendlyStreaming - mas install 553245401
SiteSucker - mas install 442168834
TheCamelizer - mas install 1532579087

Kubernetes¶

brew install kubecm
brew install kubernetes-cli
brew install minikube
brew install helm
brew install kubectl

Special use case¶

brew install big-mean-folder-machine
brew install handbrake-app
brew install osxphotos <-- May not be working  
brew install ffmpeg
brew install openvpn

Set up tailscale¶

brew install tailscale

To start tailscale now and restart at login:

brew services start tailscale

Note: You may have to run this command as root depending on your setup

Login to the tailscale network:

tailscale login

Get homebrew to work with zscalar¶

ls /opt/homebrew/etc/openssl@3/certs
cp ~/Documents/Zscaler\ Root\ CA.cer /opt/homebrew/etc/openssl@3/certs