There are also apps on my current machine that I actually don’t want to move over. Why BrewfileĬloning: Using the excellent Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my old HD to the new one would theoretically be the quickest way to get going, but after 6 years, I imagine there’s more than a little cruft in my system files, and recent changes to Apple’s hardware make this option even less attractive. What’s more, a Brewfile can be generated automatically so you’d rarely need to write the lines above one-by-one. This is already faster than doing any of these steps manually. All apps are installed in the Applications folder by default, but the ability to differentiate between App Store and non App Store applications is significant in my case. If I were to “run” this Brewfile, it would install the Python and SQLite packages, then 1Password, Pages, and Drafts from the Mac App Store, and finally Carbon Copy Cloner, Dropbox, and VLC from Homebrew’s repository (which usually pulls them from their respective websites). Mas "-OSX", id: 1435957248 # Drafts # install the apps below from Homebrew's repository Here’s a short snippet: # Brewfile snippet # install Python and SQLiteīrew "sqlite" # install 1Password, Pages, and Drafts from the Mac App Store Brewfile in a nutshellĪ Brewfile contains instructions on which packages, command-line utilities, and applications to install on a macOS system.
It’s written from a beginner’s perspective as up until recently I wasn’t too familiar with the concept myself. If you’re already versed in the world of Homebrew and Homebrew Bundle, you might find it overly verbose. This post is about using a Brewfile to migrate macOS packages and applications. At least for the applications part, I recently found a good solution (that’s apparently been around for a while).
As my MacBook Pro is about to turn six, I had been looking for a way to automate this process.
Perhaps the most-dreaded aspect of setting-up a new machine is the time spent on reinstalling apps and reapplying all of the customizations from the previous one.
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