macOS

I recently got an M1 mac, and I’ll be cataloging my experience with using it for scientific software development. I’ll be returning to update this page periodically, and will eventually have a focused recommendation for Apple Silicon setup, similar to my Intel setup.

Here is a list of my favorite things to do to properly setup macOS for scientific work. I periodically update it; feel free to leave a comment if something breaks. This should work on macOS 11 on Intel; see my post on Apple Silicon to track progress on a similar setup.

Include-what-you-use is a promising little tool for cleaning up a codebase. It didn’t end up working for the use I had for it, but it still could be useful. Here is a quick guideline on installing it on macOS.