macOS Oh-my-zsh installation guide

Setup oh-my-zsh for macOS to improve your terminal experience

Install Homebrew

1. Run this command in terminal

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

1. It will ask you to install macOS developer tools. Accept the terms and proceed.
2. It will take a while to finish installing homebrew.
3. Make sure you Homebrew installation succeeded by running following command

brew --version

Install oh-my-zsh

1. Install iterm2 to replace standard terminal

brew install iterm

1. Install custom font to enhance your terminal experience Few font recommendations
2. Go to iterm2 preferences -> Profiles -> Text to select your new font.
3. Install ‘oh-my-zsh’.
   • Update your zsh to latest version from Homebrew

     brew install zsh
     

   • Change you default shell to zsh

     chsh /bin/zsh
     

   • Install “oh-my-zsh” Follow instructions
   • Install pure theme

     cd  ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom  &&  \
     git clone  https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure && \
     ln  -s  pure/pure.zsh-theme  .  &&  \
     ln  -s  pure/async.zsh  .
     

   • Set pure theme to launch on startup

     vim ~/.zshrc
     # Set ZSH_THEME to ZSH_THEME=refined
     

4. Install optional zsh packages using ‘brew install package-name’

zsh-autosuggestions           zsh-lovers
zsh-completions               zsh-navigation-tools
zsh-git-prompt                zsh-syntax-highlighting
zsh-history-substring-search

This is how my setup looks

1. iTerm2
2. Color scheme iterm2-Snazzy
3. Hermit Font