This repository contains the nix-darwin + home-manager setup for my macOS machines.

• main: everyday machine
• server: old MacBook used as a mini-k8s server
• syntho: personal/workstation machine

1. Install Nix (Determinate Nix or official Nix installer).
2. Clone this repository to ~/.config/machines.
3. Run the first switch using the target machine name.
4. Bootstrap secrets (see docs/sops.md).
5. Run switch again.

Use <machine> as one of main, server, or syntho or leave it blank and the OS machine name will be used:

sudo nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' \
  run nix-darwin/master#darwin-rebuild -- \
  switch --flake ~/.config/machines

After darwin-rebuild is available, you can use:

sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/machines

• Explicit command (recommended):

  sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/machines

• Alias apply exists in zsh config.

Follow docs/sops.md for first bootstrapping and ongoing secret management.

The file common/.terminal.terminal is automatically imported during Home Manager activation.

• profile name: .JoeTerminal
• set as both startup and default Terminal profile
• the first activation may open Terminal.app briefly to register the profile

If you see this on a host, check whether that machine enables system.defaults.universalaccess. On syntho, this is intentionally disabled via config/syntho/system.nix because this domain can be blocked by macOS permissions.

Use the explicit machine command instead of apply:

sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/machines

Create a project from a template:

nix flake init -t ~/.config/machines#python

Start a shell from this flake:

nix develop ~/.config/machines#node -c $SHELL