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;
 
 }