#Mackup mac install

Homebrew comes with a really useful tool for setting up new machines called Homebrew Bundle.

#Mackup mac install

… and then install using mas install: mas install 1482454543 Homebrew Bundle You can search for software using mas search in order to return the matching identifier for the software you want to install: $ mas search twitter 1482454543 Twitter (8.62) Using mas list will show all of your currently installed applications and their product identifiers: $ mas list 441258766 Magnet (2.5.0) 969418666 ColorSnapper2 (1.5.1) 465965038 Markdown Pro (1.0.9) 429449079 Patterns (1.2) If you have software located in the Mac App Store that you would like to automate or install via the command line - then you will need to install a tool called mas-cli: brew install masĮach application in the Mac App Store has a product identifier which is also used for mas-cli commands. This will come in handy when we combine this with Homebrew Bundle (below) to automate the installation of all of our installed software. That’s it! Now the Spotify app is installed and ready to use. Since we are trying to install the Spotify app, we just need to brew install it: brew install spotify In this example, you will see that our search returned 2 Formulae for Spotify related CLI tools and 3 Casks for apps that can be installed. You can search for software by using the brew search command: $ brew search spotify => Formulae spotify-tui spotifyd => Casks mutespotifyads spotify spotify-now-playing

Let’s say you wanted to install the Spotify app on your system using Homebrew.

Homebrew is great for installing essential command line tools and terminal software - but it can also be used to install most Mac apps as well! Using Homebrew to install your most used Mac apps can be a great way to quickly reinstall (and keep up to date) the apps running on your system.