Nix is my favorite package manager to use on macOS
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 Published On Oct 7, 2024

Homebrew is the most popular package manager on MacOS, and for good reason. However personally, I believe that Nix is more powerful.

Video Links:
Nix Website: https://nixos.org/
Nix Darwin: https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin
Nix Homebrew: https://github.com/zhaofengli/nix-hom...
Activation Script: https://gist.github.com/elliottminns/...
Videos final nix flake:

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:46 Overview
00:04:42 Installing nix
00:06:07 Nix-darwin
00:07:51 Flake Nix
00:11:19 Get It installed
00:13:15 Managing Packages
00:13:49 Installing package
00:15:15 Searching for packages
00:16:29 Install a gui app
00:17:42 Install a font
00:18:24 Fixing Spotlight
00:19:03 Unfree apps
00:19:48 Homebrew
00:22:07 Mac App Store apps
00:23:51 Upgrading packages
00:24:57 Updating Homebrew packages
00:25:26 Configure system settings

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