macos working like a charm

hosts/darwin/cen-it-07/configuration.nix

@@ -23,17 +23,6 @@
   };
  
 
-  # since darwin needs root now (will be removed in future)
-  system.primaryUser = "bhelderman";
-  
-  power = {
-    sleep = {
-      computer = 30;
-      display = 5;
-      allowSleepByPowerButton = true;
-    };
-  };
-
   # import home grown host specific home-manager modules
   home-manager.users.bhelderman.imports = [
     ../../../users/blake/hosts/cen-it-07.nix
@@ -61,14 +50,18 @@
   nix-homebrew = {
     enable = true;  # install homebrew
     enableRosetta = true;   # install homebrew for rosetta as well
-    autoMigrate = true;
+#    autoMigrate = true;
     user = "bhelderman";  # user owning homebrew prefix
   };
 
   homebrew = {
     enable = true;
     # removes anything in homebrew not explicitly specified
-    #onActivation.cleanup = "uninstall";
+    onActivation = {
+      cleanup = "uninstall";
+      autoUpdate = true;
+      upgrade = false;
+    };
 
     brews = [
       "mas"
@@ -87,7 +80,31 @@
       "testflight" = 899247664;
     };
   };
+  # for mas to not throw rebuild fit
+  system.activationScripts.masFix.text = ''
+    if command -v mas >/dev/null; then
+      for app in ${toString (map (id: builtins.toString id) (builtins.attrValues config.homebrew.masApps))}; do
+        if mas list | grep -q "$app"; then
+          echo "mas app $app already installed, skipping"
+        else
+          mas install "$app"
+        fi
+      done
+    fi
+  '';
+
+  # since darwin needs root now (will be removed in future)
+  system.primaryUser = "bhelderman";
+
+  power = {
+    sleep = {
+      computer = 30;
+      display = 5;
+      allowSleepByPowerButton = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+
 
-  system.stateVersion = 6;
 
 }

hosts/darwin/default.nix

@@ -9,18 +9,65 @@
 /*
 instructions for first time setup for macos here
 1. install the nix package manager with: `sh <(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)`
-2. xfer or git clone flake to ~/.nix
-3. sign into icloud and by extension app store for mas 
-4. rename some shell rc files with `sudo mv /etc/bashrc /etc/bashrc.before-nix-darwin && sudo mv /etc/zshrc /etc/zshrc.before-nix-darwin`
-5. install nix-darwin with: `nix run --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/.nix#host`
-6. nh should be installed now so enjoy and use `nh darwin switch`
+2. install xcode tools with `xcode-select --install`
+3. allow full disk access to terminal
+4. xfer or git clone flake to ~/.nix
+5. sign into icloud and by extension app store for mas 
+6. rename some shell rc files with `sudo mv /etc/bashrc /etc/bashrc.before-nix-darwin && sudo mv /etc/zshrc /etc/zshrc.before-nix-darwin`
+7. install nix-darwin with: `nix run --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/.nix#host`
+8. nh should be installed now so enjoy and use `nh darwin switch`
 */
 
   imports = [
   ];
 
   # general macos system settings
+  # base system package install list
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    wget
+    curl
+    rsync
+    git
+    age
+    fzf
+    usbutils
+    pciutils
+    python3
+    vim
+    lf
+    btop
+    rectangle
+    pinentry_mac
+  ];
+
+  users.users.bhelderman = {
+    home = "/Users/bhelderman";
+    # optional extras, e.g. shell, uid, etc.
+  };
+
+  # define home-manager user
+  home-manager = {
+    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+    backupFileExtension = "bak";
+    useUserPackages = true;
+    useGlobalPkgs = false;
+    users = {
+      "bhelderman" = import ../../users/blake/home_darwin.nix;
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  # set timezone
+  time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
+
+  # allow proprietary packages
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+
+  # enable flakes
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
+
   system = {
+    stateVersion = 6;
     defaults = {
       trackpad = {
         Clicking = true; 
@@ -95,48 +142,5 @@ instructions for first time setup for macos here
     };
   };
 
-  # base system package install list
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    wget
-    curl
-    rsync
-    git
-    age
-    fzf
-    usbutils
-    pciutils
-    python3
-    vim
-    lf
-    btop
-    rectangle
-    pinentry_mac
-  ];
-
-  users.users.bhelderman = {
-    home = "/Users/bhelderman";
-    # optional extras, e.g. shell, uid, etc.
-  };
-
-  # define home-manager user
-  home-manager = {
-    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
-    backupFileExtension = "bak";
-    useUserPackages = true;
-    useGlobalPkgs = false;
-    users = {
-      "bhelderman" = import ../../users/blake/home_darwin.nix;
-    };
-  };
-
-
-  # set timezone
-  time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
-
-  # allow proprietary packages
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
-
-  # enable flakes
-  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
 
 }