New Mac Mini Checklist

Target: Mac mini M4 (16GB RAM / 256GB SSD)

Install Plan

1. Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/peciulevicius/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles

1. Run unified mac installer

./os/mac/install.sh --yes

1. Validate

scripts/dev-check.sh

Local AI Baseline

Install includes local AI (ollama, llama.cpp) unless you skip that prompt.

Start Ollama:

brew services start ollama

Pull starter models:

ollama pull llama3.1:8b
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b

Storage Advice (256GB SSD)

• Keep only 2-3 local models at a time
• Prefer 7B/8B quantized models
• Move model cache to external SSD if library grows

Optional Additions

• Wispr Flow (voice dictation): included via cask in core app prompt
• Open WebUI (for browser UI over Ollama)
• Docker Desktop (already included)

Final Manual Steps

• gh auth login
• ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
• Log in to VS Code / JetBrains / Bitwarden / Claude as needed