• macOS 10.15 Catalina ¹⁾

• Run from a Linux Live USB/SD environment

sudo blkdiscard --verbose '/dev/sda'

systemctl suspend

sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* && sudo blkdiscard --verbose '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sda' && sync

• Steam won't install nor run on case-sensitive APFS
• SIP needs disabled for SwitchResX and purge-wrangler

• App Store
• If there's any future system updates, the entire OS needs re-downloaded in order to have an updated installer

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
• Expects a Volume named Install macOS Catalina already; change as-needed

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Catalina

• https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/
• Using Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling

• TODO: Automate updating HOSTS file somehow?

sudo curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' -o '/private/etc/hosts' && sync && sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

cat '/private/etc/hosts' | grep 'Date:'

sudo nano '/private/etc/hosts'

• https://github.com/mayankk2308/purge-wrangler
• https://egpu.io/forums/mac-setup/script-enable-egpu-on-tb1-2-macs-on-macos-10-13-4/

• The script requires running with bash from the script's current directory instead of the usual direct-executing ²⁾
• It's been warned not to be using the script from master ³⁾

curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mayankk2308/purge-wrangler/master/purge-wrangler.sh' -o ~/'Downloads/purge-wrangler.sh' && sync && cd ~/'Downloads' && bash 'purge-wrangler.sh'

• https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/

• TODO

• https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next
• Make sure not to download the legacy version

• https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next/issues/488#issuecomment-544247560

sudo curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ckb-next/ckb-next/master/macos/org.ckb-next.plist' -o '/Library/LaunchAgents/org.ckb-next.plist' && sync

• https://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=182942

• Check the forums for the latest version, doesn't seem like the main post contains an updated URL
• macOS reports that iCUE uses significant energy even in the background

• http://downloads.corsair.com/Files/CUE/iCUE-3.21.88-release.dmg

• https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1

• https://www.gimp.org/downloads

• https://keepassxc.org/download/#mac

• https://keybase.io/docs/the_app/install_macos

• https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=osx&lang=en-US

• Firefox needs started normally at least once in order to avoid Gatekeeper's wrath ⁴⁾

rm -Rfv '/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/browser/features'

• Change espionage724 as-needed
• TODO: See if sed can be figured out on macOS in order to remove the hard-coded path
• Change Name=default to Name=default-nightly for Nightly

rm -fv '/tmp/profiles.ini' && nano '/tmp/profiles.ini'

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/espionage724
Default=1

• Last updated: 2019/09/09
• IPv6 is disabled in order to prevent WebRTC from grabbing an IPv6 address even though NetworkManager has it disabled…
• media.peerconnection.enabled disables WebRTC

rm -fv '/tmp/user.js' && nano '/tmp/user.js'

/***********
 * General *
 ***********/

user_pref("extensions.screenshots.disabled", true);
user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false);

user_pref("media.mediasource.experimental.enabled", true);
user_pref("media.mediasource.ignore_codecs", true);
user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);

user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false);
user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount", 40);
user_pref("browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar", true);

/*******
 * U2F *
 *******/

user_pref("security.webauth.u2f", true);

/*******
 * END *
 *******/

• Add if using a VPN

/***********
 * Privacy *
 ***********/

user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);

• Firefox needs to be running before running this
• Path should report the current user's username, and the text Custom Stuff should be visible
• If Firefox doesn't open automatically, firefox -p default must be ran the first time Firefox is started after this command
• Change Firefox.app to Firefox.app for Nightly

ls '/tmp/profiles.ini' '/tmp/user.js' && pkill 'firefox' && rm -Rfv ~/'Library/Application Support/Firefox' && sync && mkdir -p ~/'Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/'$USER && mv '/tmp/profiles.ini' ~/'Library/Application Support/Firefox/profiles.ini' && mv '/tmp/user.js' ~/'Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/'$USER'/user.js' && sync && cat ~/'Library/Application Support/Firefox/profiles.ini' | grep $USER && cat ~/'Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/'$USER'/user.js' | grep 'Custom Stuff' && sleep '1' && sync || '/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox' -p 'default'

• Decentraleyes
• HTTPS Everywhere
• Privacy Possum
• Cookie AutoDelete
• uBlock Origin

open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/versions' && open 'https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere' && open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-possum/versions' && open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/versions' && open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions'

• [x] Enable Automatic Cleaning? Delay Before Cleaning
• [x] Enable Cleanup on Domain Change
• [ ] Enable Cleanup Log and Counter
• [ ] Show Notification After Cookie Cleanup
• [x] Clean Cookies from Open Tabs on Startup
• [x] Localstorage Cleanup (Firefox 58+)

• [x] Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses

• [ ] Ads → EasyList ⁵⁾
• [ ] Privacy → EasyPrivacy ⁶⁾

• Multipurpose → [x] Dan Pollock's hosts file
• Multipurpose → [x] hpHost's Ad and tracking servers
• Multipurpose → [x] MVPS HOSTS

• Custom → [x] Import

• Last updated: 2018/11/23

https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifacebook.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifonts.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/master/popads-domains-list.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/master/fake-news.txt

• https://www.youtube.com/html5
• https://ipx.ac
• https://decentraleyes.org/test/
• https://panopticlick.eff.org/
• https://browserleaks.com/
• https://speedof.me/

• https://www.madrau.com/srx_download/download.html

• https://transmissionbt.com/download/

http://john.bitsurge.net/public/biglist.p2p.gz

curl -sI http://john.bitsurge.net/public/biglist.p2p.gz | grep Last-Modified

• https://get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/

• https://www.wireguard.com/install/
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wireguard/id1451685025?ls=1&mt=12

• https://vpn.ac/knowledgebase/124/WireGuard-on-macOS.html
• https://vpn.ac/wgmanager

• https://www.geekbench.com/download/mac/

• http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_OSX_x64_0.7.0.zip

• HDTV
• Runs for 10 seconds

~/'Downloads/GpuTest_OSX_x64_0/GpuTest.app/Contents/MacOS/GpuTest' /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720' /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='10000'

• FHD
• Runs for 10 seconds

~/'Downloads/GpuTest_OSX_x64_0/GpuTest.app/Contents/MacOS/GpuTest' /test='fur' /width='1920' /height='1080' /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='10000'

• UHDTV1
• Runs for 10 seconds

~/'Downloads/GpuTest_OSX_x64_0/GpuTest.app/Contents/MacOS/GpuTest' /test='fur' /width='3840' /height='2160' /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='10000'

/benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

/fullscreen

• https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven

• https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/download?platform=macos

• This covers all Battle.net games, or notably Warcraft III, Diablo II ⁷⁾, and World of Warcraft

• https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/mac/download/

~/Library/Application Support/FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE/Bottles/published_Final_Fantasy/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn

• https://account.arena.net/content/download/gw2/osx/64

• https://www.runescape.com/oldschool/download

• https://www.java.com
• Oracle JDK 12 didn't work, but this needs to be investigated more thoroughly to figure out why

• http://www.openarena.ws/download.php

• https://www.runescape.com/download

• https://store.steampowered.com/about/

• https://www.xonotic.org/download/

• Firefox is to be used primarily since Safari no longer supports uBlock Origin

• Preferences → Advanced → Show Develop menu in menu bar
• Develop → Experimental Features → CSSOM View Scrolling API ⁸⁾

• Preferences → General → On startup, open: New window with profile: Pro