I felt what you felt now in 2021 when I got my M1 Air, literally the best laptop at that time. Sooo many use cases where it just did the job brilliantly. Is still in daily use today and yes, still quick, does not overheat, NO fan and still around 16-17 hrs battery life in light tasks or consuming media.
i'm sorry how does it not overheat? are you using it for 2d apps? maybe do some sort of non graphical work on it? how do you see it at the "best" laptop at that time when a yoga7 was over it on every spec including having proper not noisy cooling
By not using unnecessary computing power. Apples chips are efficient. And they are tightly controlled in software. the perks of being a company controlling everything.
@@MultiNakirfor a start , apple silicon laptops don’t drop down too one third the performance as soon as you unplug them , battery life on the MacBooks is great , speakers are great , they have nice screens , very little to complain about with the Mac , if I get a phone call at home while my phone is another room it comes through on the Mac and I can just take the call on the Mac seamlessly. And this is coming from a pc and android user since for over a decade. They are not perfect and nothing is , but they do have a lot of good points.
Fun fact: The finder icon is not a smiley face. The right part is a human face and the left part is a computer screen. It doesn't look like that now but it was significant in the previous versions of the logo.
until the m1 MacBook Air, i never owned a Mac. now i own an m3 Max 16-inch macbook pro. because of this i switched to iphone and every other apple device. are there problems? yes. 100% i still have a pc for gaming
I swapped to M1 a year before you. My work Windows laptop constantly reminds me of what I don't miss about Windows machines so I don't see myself missing it anytime soon.
I LOVE the green button! Making an app fullscreen using the green button puts it into a new virtual desktop, and I can switch between virtual desktops with a three finger swipe to the left or right. I've been using MacBooks for 7 years, and the three finger swipe gesture feels as natural as walking, I don't have to think about it.
I see this issue around me all the time when people try MacOS. Windows windows style management (hehe) is so deep rooted in their head, everyone just refuses to try learning this.. it's not better or worse, but once you learn it, it is as efficent
@@sk8llYeah, but what do you do when you're not on a MacBook? The Mac Minis, Pro, Studio, and iMac still exist. The desktop experience really needs some improvement.
@@Spirrwell That segment I completely forgot, not going to lie... and it still feels like Apple would like users to use Trackpads even with those machines. I can probably imagine myself doing that, but I can see how that's a biiig stretch
this is incredible. You hit so many weird problem/quirks that annoy the hell out of me with mac os, like the scroll being backwards with mice. But you also hit on why I like macs at the same time. We must have the same thought process or something
@@djkid14567 Not a problem, just a preference. It's defaulted to work best with trackpad and the Magic Mouse, which makes sense. If you decide to use a 3rd party mouse, you just have to change the that setting.
It's the complete opposite nowadays but the memes will last forever, as long as you don't fall for the memes and install something like Arch or Gentoo, as long as you don't fall in the ricing rabbit hole and stick to the default experience of your distro, it will never get in your way and it'll "just work".
I do like Linux as an OS, but i cant run all my industry standard adobe and Affinity apps and the linux vector equivalent Inskape is shockingly 90's clunky in the UX. I'm glad it has Blender though... Just not enough support for an artist IMO.
@@JamesWilliam70 honestly yeah that’s completely understandable! Also you can’t beat the optimisation apple has done for media and content creation. Though from what I’ve seen, adobe seems to be moving more towards the cloud so soon you might be able to start doing some things in the web browser. Another option is to migrate alternatives like gimp/darkroom which might be similar? (Don’t hold me to that, I have very little experience with that kind of thing)
The things about apps not closing depends on the developers of the app, discord does this on windows too, you close the window, not the app. For me that isn’t a problem because I love shortcuts, even if the red cross closed the app properly I would still use them. Scrolling can be weird, but when you do it on your phone it feels natural, I became used to it in no time. I also didn’t like the thing where you can’t slide a window to the side and make it occupy half the screen, but I just have 3 Desktops, and it is so much better, the only thing that is worse is when you need to move a file from an app to another, but I can live with that. When I go back to windows I feel so constricted
Programs with that behavior on Windows generally have a checkbox for Minimize to Tray. It's far from the default behavior for most applications thought.
Mac OS has always made the distinction between closing and quitting. Even Office worked this way for the longest time even on Windows (because it began on the Mac). Adobe products are probably the most obvious ones that still work this way between both platforms. You can close all documents in Photoshop or InDesign or whatever but the app is still running until you quit.
im soo glad you brought up the mouse scrolling problem lol I wish they had separated the mouse and trackpad settings so you can adjust hem individually. the reason however why the scrolling is backwards is because apple wants you to use the Magic Mouse which doesn't have a scroll wheel. other thing worth mentioning is if you accidentally fullscreen the app or webpage easiest way to go back out of fullscreen mode is to hit the escape key. all the reasons why you switched are the same as mine but one of the reasons why I wouldn't switch back is because of workstations on MacBooks. the fact that you can have 16 workstations open at once makes it usable without a monitor and truly makes the MacBook usable while away from a large screen.
I just got used to natural scrolling on my mouse but it trips me up every time I use a mouse anywhere else It's insane they never added a separation of the two
To use multitasking at the Windows level, you can install "rectangle", which is very convenient and there are hotkeys for moving windows and resizing them.
I also switched. At first it was unusual, especially with window management, as the author of the video noted. I didn’t want to install unnecessary tweaks and programs, so I got used to it and accepted what the OS offers out of the box. To remove apps I use AppCleaner, because if you just drag and drop them into the trash, there will be a bunch of leftovers in the system folders.
For window management I mostly have each program full screened and use gestures to swap between desktops. You can swipe up with 3 fingers to rearrange them in any way you want by dragging them around. It works but it’s still frustrating
I am also a heavy Windows user and tried Mac a few months ago and I am amazed by the performance and silence of that device. I have right now a Mac Mini M2 with 8gb of unified memory and I am pushing this thing way to much and it is still usable, of course it has a little bit of a lag when pushed to far but it does not freeze. The only thing that I do not know I will ever get used to is the windows switching in Mac but the rest is ok for me. You are right, each OS is meant for something and one is better in some way and another is better in another way :)
The reason that installing and uninstalling the apps is like that because they are small container-like apps which keep all the files in the same place unlike in windows app where an app can install multiple files/configurations on multiple locations (appdata, registry etc etc.)
Unfortunately while that should be the case in reality mac apps also often spew random files into locations like ApplicafionSupport or other hidden locations.
Not just application support or preferences, try private/var/ and many, many other places macs hide files. Switched to Mac in 2005, I still miss my windows xp tower to this day 😭
I used Windows from 1993 to 2022. I switched to Mac because of the exceelent performance of the M1 with music applications. I actually just bought the Macbook pro to be used as a portable device, expecting to buy a higher specs Mac for desktop use. However, the Macbook worked so well that I regretted I didn’t get one with more RAM and harddisk. So now I consider getting an M3 Macbook with higher specs as my one and only for both studio and potability.
@@blackmamba6938 I plan on maxing out 128GB since I work with 3D files plus been working with more 4K content. I may work with 8K in the future, so it helps to future proof my laptop, along with extra storage since video and project files gets pretty big.
It's funny that these are pretty much my exact sentiments after using a Mac for my work and Windows for home for about three years now. I've always used a Windows desktop and I've had two Windows laptops (both of the gaming variety) and I finally got tired of lugging the heavy thing around, the weird battery mode performance and the noise, just like you said, and I switched to a Macbook Pro as my primary machine. Honestly, if you favor laptop formfactors, this is primarily a workstation and you don't have any software that is Windows proprietary, you're probably better off with a Mac. I love the experience, and I can only hope that one day Windows machines could become greater so we get even better design.
@@Suc-ChiiThere are developments in the space of running Windows games on Mac, such as Crossover and Whisky that utilise the Game Porting Toolkit codebase and combine it with Wine (a Windows compatibility layer and emulator) to run an ever-expanding number of games locally on Mac, as well as virtualisation from the likes of Parallels and VMware that have just recently implemented DirectX 11 hardware acceleration support, so that you can run most PC games (and also DirectX 12 non-Ultimate, since the base version is just DX11), and are working on DX12 Ultimate support. The M3 and up have new mesh-shading and ray-tracing accelerators in each core, so it can, in theory, finally play games like Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing enabled. And there are ports from established developers such as Capcom, Kojima and Ubisoft, as well as the number of mobile games and ports of popular PC games that you can run on ARM Macs. If you don’t game on a PC on a regular basis, I’d advise you to get one of these MacBooks.
Oh and you can't find pirated stuff for MacOS At least (until the m series) you could install windows through boot camp and now you can kind of get it to run ok using parallels desktop or whatever it was called (a VM, less than ideal)
After a few years on windows I swapped back to Mac about the same time you did and I can definitely relate to a lot of what you talk about in this video, especially as I swap between having my Macbook docked and mobile daily. While I don't have such an issue with window snapping and I do actually use the green button, having to change my scroll direction every day certainly drives me a bit nuts. I also had to install software that got rid of MacOS's mouse acceleration as I much prefer having none after gaming on windows for years. Mac is generally much nicer to use but its unfortunate that there are a few quirks that Apple refuses to fix that forces one to go out of their way and download third party software.
I don't believe a single word of that. I tried Linux and if you want to get anything done Windows. If you are old or mentally challenged Mac. If you want a laptop Mac at least for now.
8:02 If you right-click on the app icon in the doc, you'll see a list of your open documents for that app and then you can select the one you want, or open a new document. An alternative is from the top menu bar under "Window" for that app, there is an option where you can merge all the documents into one window with multiple tabs. You can also right click a tab on a multi-tabbed window and select an option to move that tab to a new window. In general, there are multiple ways of doing many things in the OS to achieve different things in different ways that many people are unaware of. The more you use it the more you'll discover them, and be pleasantly surprised. I see so many comments that say how bad the mac is a at doing different things because they think there is only one way of doing it on a mac. I agree, some things are done better on Windows, but there are also things that's done better on a mac. My personal and subjective preference is for macOS, but I agree with you, the best OS is what's best for the person using it for the tasks they have on hand at the time.
That is only if the developer of the app has implemented it, otherwise you will always get all the windows. To your second part - Obviously, people will discover more things as they use a product, that's how it is for everything, but the things Melon points out are accurately things that should be intuitive and natural and need no "Discovery". That's just pure bad design by Apple.
I think there is a heavy reliance of "Expose" or "Mission Control" in macOS. The use of compartmentalising workspaces with virtual desktops and using "Expose" to quickly switch between applications/windows. F3/Double tap mouse/four finger swipe up/Mission Control in dock is your friend. Old habits die hard for a lot of people and quickly run to the dock and use it like a windows taskbar. If you want a better visual way to switch around apps then "Expose"/"Mission Control" is the quickest way to do so.
@@Zeales Intuitiveness is subjective. Obviously some coming from Windows to macOS will find things unintuitive since they are used to a different way of accomplishing things. But that same argument can be applied to those coming from macOS to Windows, that Windows is unintuitive since they are used to a different way of doing things, and shouldn't need "Discovery" and is therefore just pure bad design by MS.
I went through the exact same process with the M1 macbook pro 16" for software development. Completely changed my view and I 100% prefer mac for everything besides gaming.
For software development? OS wise, you actually get the short stick everywhere, outside of development for Mac. No hyper-v, no wsl2/native linux, terrible window management, terrible looking fonts on
@@dubble ??? "No hyper-v, no WSL2/native Linux" WSL2 isn't native Linux, it's just Linux on a hypervisor "terrible window management" subjective "terrible looking fonts on
@@meta___ " terrible window management" subjective " Not subjective. Window management on MacOS is objectively horrible. You don't know how to work on a computer properly if you don't agree.
This video was very well made. One thing I would like to state is, for window management, a really good app that is free is Rectangle. You won't find it on the app store but instead their website. One other thing, that little green button is the full screen button. Allows you to have multiple apps on different "screens/desktops" which you can swipe between using 3 or 4 fingers in a "claw" shape. This will be a horrible experience if you use a mouse.
@@dipanggilmas3189 That's not really intuitive when trying to multitask. It would reduce productivity drastically. At that point, you may as well use a trackpad. When I refer to mouse, I am not referring to the Apple mouse as that thing is just, no.
@@CalebsRobots I think it depends on where you have your laptop. For me I often have my hand on the trackpad while using the mouse just for the gestures. I haven’t felt any slowdowns and I am an avid shortcut user.
@@oh-noe Each to their own I guess. If it works for you and you find it best, then that's how it is. I personally find macOS highly orientated around a trackpad. Without a trackpad, the OS just loses that gesture focused design and is hard to navigate. I've attempted mouse and trackpad but going between both of them to navigate I found to be slow and annoying. I'm interested in how you've done the switch between the two for navigation, sounds interested.
@@CalebsRobots I’m not going between them, I’m using both at the same time. Mouse for clicking and moving trackpad for gestures. If I’m not navigating the os and I’m focusing on something, my other hand rests on the keyboard for easy shortcuts
One thing, with some years being exceptions, Mac laptops are built really well and software updates support up to 7-8 year old machines. My current personal laptop is 6 years old, hinges are still stiff, screen is bright and colors are true, trackpad clicks like new, runs without obvious lag, on latest software, is running 10 hours a day next to my workstation. Battery has gotten rough, but can still get 2 hours out of it. Overall the ROI is very good.
I recently replaced my 13 year old MacBook Pro, mostly because it's slow as shit these days and the battery decided to expand its horizons (and the case lol). It's otherwise still in pristine condition after very heavy use almost daily for much of its life. It was replaced with an M3 MacBook Pro. I also have a 27" iMac which I wish they'd make a true 1 to 1 replacement for, and a custom gaming PC. I think I'll just buy a mini and a nice 4K display (or spend silly money on the Studio Display lol) and replace the iMac with those as my new primary Mac desktop set up. I've never, ever owned any of my PC's nearly half as long as I have any of my Macs. They're just useful for longer in my experience. That's probably biased by my use of PC's as purely a gaming platform though so the performance deficiencies become more obvious more quickly.
As a Linux user, I bought an old MacBook Pro just to try macOS, but I got sick of all those little inconveniences you pointed out, and more, so I decided to go back to Linux and buy a ThinkPad. I don't regret, at least now I know that macOS is just not for me. From my experience, Linux gets out of my way, but gives me the whole control, while on macOS, to make it fit me, I'd have to spend a lot of money on third-party apps, many of which are subscription-based.
@@eckee I did, and it wasn't a good experience because of an unreliable WiFi driver. Also, it was, well, an old MacBook, which means it was heavy, slow, and lasted only about an hour on battery.
Many Linux applications work on Mac, there are many free and open source applications to customize Mac OS. I use Windows and Linux on a Mac M1 laptop with awesome battery life. I still have a windows machine for when windows x86 is absolutely necessary and an old 09 iMac with Linux Debian for VMs, Linux disks and SD cards file system.
@@RolandoMarreroPR I'm glad it works for you, but I don't want to spend several days trying to find apps to customize macOS just the way I want it. Also I just prefer the layout and workflow of Gnome desktop, which I use on Linux. Aaand I don't really want to spend more then a thousand euros on a laptop, a 2019 ThinkPad for ~450€ works great for me, and I don't have any issues with drivers. Aaalso it has 2 USB type A ports, which modern MacBooks lack. And the keyboard is the best I've ever experienced, with long key travel and nice tactile bump.
Can I like this video a million and one times. Absolutely love the animations and the creative spin in this video. I agree with the quirks on macOS, I just recently made a switch from windows myself. Great job with the video mate. you just got a new subscriber
If you're not a fan of the Apple window management I can strongly suggest Stage Manager, its a little weird to get used to at first but when you're constantly in and out of applications its a massive game changer to how you work. Whilst I did need to configure my dock a little bit because the default settings are pretty bad in my opinion, with these config changes stage manager compliments it incredibly.
I use Magnet. It's miles better than stage manager. Why you wouldn't use the full screen real estate for the current task is beyond me. I also use command + tab to switch apps. Fast workflow with non of the fluff
yeah, i use both windows 11 and macos sonoma and what i hate the most from macos are you can’t maximize a window with just a single click, the green dots are useless, i can’t use alt+tab and see the preview of it and instead i need to install a third party app literally named alt+tab, and it doesn’t have clipboard like windows 11 with win+v shortcut. anyway what the most i love is a well integrated apple ecosystem like sidecar with ipad, how seamless to switch using airpods, and of course the airdrop that i can just send images from iphone to my document in macbook with 2 clicks
just like you I was always windows, but when I got my first macbook I could never go back a windows laptop. I still use windows for gaming every now and then but I could never look at it's screen without crying
this video was so good holy shit its such a breath of fresh air compared to the average tech reviewer bombing you with a fancy ass B Roll every 30 seconds
For people watching, to uninstall a "full" program on mac is not as easy as this video shows / files will be left behind. Using an app like appcleaner will glob search for files related to the software publisher key string in your mac and delete those files too (on your confirmation). Lots of apps leave behind traces of themselves on mac.
Although you have "uninstall" option in Windows, it leaves lots of trash files, registry keys etc in your system. Using MacOS third party uninstaller actually removes the app. I didn't find good working alternatives on Windows
@@RzariRzari there are PLENTY of options for Windows, both paid and free. That said, the files Windows leaves behind are so that if you ever re-install the app, you can "most of the time" pick up where you left off. The files left behind are generally small in size and only serve to backup your settings.
Mac is the way! Also, the green button is actually very useful for working in fullscreen apps. Finder is a bad example. It's more intended to be used with apps that require focus, such as Final Cut Pro and Safari.
Green button is perfect on the laptop mode, it really takes advantage off the excellent trackpad gestures but absolutely falls apart for me when using a mouse + keyboard and with an external monitor
@@Yeezus2K I know this is an older comment but you can do the same thing with that setup using something like "Mac Mouse Fix" to give your mouse gestures like a trackpad. Literally works with any mouse. Or Logi Options+ if it's a Logitech mouse.
@@UrbanPlanner-t6k used xps 13 for 5 years, moved to m1 macbook pro. never in 3 years i heard the fan even one time and its so cold to touch. xps always stay hot even in basic tasks sometimes and the fan turns on a lot. Best decision I made moving to macbook. i might get arm based windows 12 touch device but no to any kind of windows laptop.
@hajjdawood lol then watch some videos it beats MacBook pros processing power.... and os?? No thanks I prefer the flexibility of windows. It's not a big deal to have a smooth os when u can do nothing on it
@@UrbanPlanner-t6k macOS in most areas of the OS has far greater flexibility then Windows. Hell the whole OS is run on a UNIX core. Also "do nothing on it" lol it's the favorite OS of engineers all over the world. I am a software engineer and do all of my work on macOS.
I purchased my Mac in 2021 and I am so glad I did. I grew up with Windows computers and it was all I knew but I've been an iPhone fan user since 2013 so it was quite natural for me to lean to get a Mac.
I've been getting a MacBook from my company for about 2 months. Switching from Windows to macOS was a little less intuitive than expected. Too intuitive in some places, like uninstalling. As a software developer, I had to look up where certain keys like [ ] or { } were. Or I didn't really know what HomeBrew or pip were. And the scrolling thing got me too. But overall, it was just small things for what I got. It is a really nice experience after 10+ years of Windows.
My first MacBook is almost 3 years old now, and it still runs as fast and smooth as the first day I started using it. If it was a Windows computer I would have had to format it once or twice already to have that "new machine performance" again. macOS has it flaws of course but the longterm overall is experience has been way better for me since switching from Windows Mac.
@@ThePacmandevil Wrong. I've had multiple computers at a time for a while now, I've gone through multiple versions of Windows, MacOS and Linux distros alike, and even Windows computers that I use occasionally for checking email and accessing certain stuff end up slowing down just from the regular use and Windows updates even though they're literally just vanilla windows with ms office 365 installed.
@@yerielzamora You're probably fucking it up, then. I've been running the same windows box for a decade to run my friendgroup's MC server and the performance is identical to the day I got it
@@ThePacmandevil Nah you'vr just convinced yourself about it. I'm a software engineer and I know what I'm doing with the multiple computers I own and have owned. Windows is garbage that slows itself from its own updates.
just got a macbook air myself after using windows since i was six. macos is a perfect mix of windows and ios for me. It has the ios level of polish and ease of use and the work potential of windows. really considering returning it and getting a pro version
Great video! I was the same, and I am now starting to use my MacBook Air, which was lying around forever. I have to say, it's not as bad as I thought! But the points you mentioned are definitely terrible. One thing freaked me out which you didn't mention: Using Alt + Tab only works with open but not minimized windows. This was giving me such a headache because Alt + Tab is probably my favorite shortcut while doing stuff on my laptop or PC. I can recommend 'Contexts' as a third-party solution, which allows you to personalize the Alt + Tab experience. It's super fast and opens minimized windows if you want but you can also disable if if you want.
I started using Windows when I was about to graduate in College in 2009. I needed a Personal Computer because I could not afford to stay in the computer shop for long period of time where I could actually get viruses. As of the moment, I still use my Desktop PC for various purposes but I have just switched on MacBook Air because it really gives me the performance I need for working for a long period of time even on Battery. I do not need to worry charging it most of the time. Well, of course, if you are a Windows user for a very long time, and when you started using a MacOS, you would actually feel that you are in an unfamiliar universe but then again, as a techy guy and a fast learner techy guy - it did not take long for me to be so familiar in using MacOS. Great video!
all the mac downsides I 100% agree with. I have multiple different small programs to fix the user experience. Also love how I left the mac on my dresser for a week unplugged and opened it and it turned on instantly.
You made the video that describes my exact same computing journey. I’m a lifelong windows user (20+ yrs). Every Windows laptop I’ve ever bought had to be chained to a power supply because the battery never lasted more than a few hours. Performance always sucked compared to a desktop too, no matter how expensive I configured the CPU and RAM. When I found out that Intel CPUs always throttle their power in laptops, I was so mad. All the money I wasted over the years on faster and faster cpus, not knowing that throttling was happening 🤬 I bought the 13” M1 MacBook Pro after watching the amazing reviews on UA-cam. I initially only bought it for mobile use. But it was so awesome that I use it 90% of the time and my desktop PC just sits there powered off. After I finish migrating the last few bits and pieces from my desktop to Mac, I’m going to disassemble my AMD Ryzen tower that I built in 2020 and sell all of the parts on eBay. I’m not going back because Apple Notes, Mail, Reminders etc all fit perfectly into my life, and Office365 works great too.
A tip on the green button. That is the full screen button. You can quickly swap between your full screen windows by holding the control button and the arrow keys: you can also do this by swiping right or left with 4 fingers (could be 3 tho) on the trackpad. You can also create virtual desktops. You can toggle through all of these the same way. It allows for many apps and desktops to be open at the same time allowing for a lot of flexibility. I love it, and use this feature on windows as well (they came to implement this feature in windows 10).
Happy to say Once I upgraded my m2 to the latest MacOS native window snapping was enabled out of the box. It's made college productivity so much easier. Being able to use my iPad as a second monitor in the library is such a life saver too.
I’ve been on Mac for about 4 years. The Unix environment is the biggest plus as I can manage programs with homebrew and use vim for quick file edits. There’s tons of other workflows that are possible in the terminal too but that’s what I use
7:06 this is because it IS similar. On MacOS applications (.app) _are_ folders! You can actually right click and navigate inside of them. Most Mac apps include all of their dependencies and resources and files, so deleting literally is as simple as deleting the app (eg folder). Yes there are some apps that have extra things they install, but most are self contained inside of the app folder thing.
Adobe stuff is the more obnoxious example of using an installer. Their files end up polluting your entire goddamn file system. You basically have to do a complete OS reinstall to make sure you get rid of that crap if you want to uninstall it all. They even have a separate uninstall cleaner utility on their website for once you've uninstalled it with the built in tool, which is kind of nuts when you think about it.
Great video and very good points! For the closing the window but the application is still running issue, I hit cmd + q and it'll close all windows and the application 😊 took me a while to figure out but has been a game changer ever since
Love your video and your story. My primary phone has always been an iPhone since the iPhone 4, I recently got an iPad mini 6 for school, and now I'm waiting to receive my first-ever MacBook Air M3. I own ROG and Asus Vivobook and still love Windows for gaming purposes, but I am sick of the lack of juice when I'm out for long meetings and whatnot. I can't wait to be more productive when I'm out.
I really like this video as a review and also kind of an advertisement, but one that isn’t gassing up its products. It hits all the right notes of genuine feedback while staying completely unbiased. Just fair, straight comparisons. Well done
Being a CS student and bonafide computer nerd, the software troubleshooting of Windows/Linux has (more of less) always been something more interesting than it was frustrating, and the amount of little added features people add for free use on github repos (lively, powertoys, themes and mods) are very nice things. It's also nice to know that there's 100 different segments marketed to with Windows laptops from gaming to light travel partners(steam deck/Acer Swift) that can rival/beat apple silicon in different ways. This kinda gets me off getting a mac (less the software and more the money and apple-ness, could honestly do a multi boot with win, Mac and Linux in one) due to the obvious limitations of getting no more than apple lets you. Sorry for the rambling, i get that this is an uncommon opinion from someone spending more time and effort on tech than your average person, but i feel it's good to at least have it out there.
honestly, the more I try to code with windows the more I get annoyed by it. My problem with Mac is that the system is so locked down. I currently use WSL2 for work because I cant get a Linux PC from my company. I'll switch to kubuntu at home most for of my stuff and just dual boot to Windows for gaming.
I recommend the Mac apps and tips video from snazzy labs. Also macOS has quite a few hidden features or controls that require the use of terminals, and some functionalities are indeed customizable.
Good for you! I too was a life-long windows user. I liked building my own PC, and had lots of time to deal with the "accepted" issues the windows environment have. Got so used to it that I treated it as part of daily computing. 20 years of that! That is all until I used a Mac 4 years ago. Had the same issues as you, e.g. the "backwards" scroll (but later I realized that it's not backwards, windows was the backwards, and the natural scrolling is... natural, direction-wise - it's just that we got used to windows. muscle memory.) But the benefits greatly outweighs the things I didn't like. Also, the moment I stopped trying to make it work like windows, like completely forgetting all the windows customs, was the time I realized the Mac is an enabler. All the things that made it different made sense. Now, I can actually focus on things that matter more. Like you said, I felt like the barrier between me and creative work disappeared.
Macs do lack one thing, that's repairability, apple isn't too keen on keeping older machines around either, that was up to the community to update older machines themselves, with the new arm chips, everything is soldered, and the ssds DO have a death date of about 5 years out of original first boot, and they cannot be replaced that easily unless you pay apple
@@Sykxezn Strange. That death date is non-sense. The company where I work, they use exclusively Macs. Never heard of that death date. The macbook I used at work is an early 2013 macbook pro 15 inch model. Used it since 2019 (not brand new) and never it had any issue, as well as the other laptops of the same model. Any link you can provide about the SSDs dying? Is it different from the already debunked claim?
8:44 Apple doesn't want MacOS to be windows like and Microsoft doesn't want windows to remind people of MacOS. These little differences will always exist to pull or push users either toward or way from an OS. MacOS is great and Apple makes a solid piece of hardware to go along with it, but Windows runs on a lot of hardware and can be actually affordable for people.
I actually just did the exact same thing here at work, I have been on Windows my entire life. I imaged a 2019 Intel 16 inch i7 with 32GB of RAM. It feels really good, and the more I learn, the better it gets. My favorite part, is using a iPad for a separate screen! I keep either my Outlook or Teams open on a 12.9 inch iPad pro under my ultra wide monitor. It's actually really slick!
February 21 I needed a new laptop. Wanted to try something new and got the M1 air. To this day I’m still amazed how premium this feels, how snappy it runs, how long the battery lasts. My wife bought her windows laptop (a Lenovo something) around the same time and she’s getting issues here and there, MacBook still running like the first day. Within a year I switched my entire ecosystem to Apple and never regretted it. My windows pc is mostly off these days, when i actually play it’s on the steam deck.
Also M1 air for me as my first Mac. I switched for the performance but in hindsight, the build quality (speakers, trackpad, keyboard, microphone) etc were the much better upgrade. All while being ultra light weight. I never had a desk PC, always windows laptops but didn’t really move them around a lot because they were heavy and have bad battery. Now i work on the couch, in the train, living room… wherever i want. I don’t need chargers and mouse anymore and it’s super light and portable. Didn’t expect so much more quality of life from this…
Honestly, thank you for this video! I am currently considering switching to a macbook air as a lifelong windows user. I like gaming on my gaming laptop but as a writer I find it to be too heavy to carry around and the battery life is simply terrible. I am not even going to talk about the fan noise as if I am flying an airplane. So glad someone else had the same experience and wanted to switch, it really helps me understand the difference much better.
Just to clarify a thing, there is seperate options for trackpad and the mouse for scrolling direction, so you can change it for the mouse and not for the trackpad and vice versa.
not working for me. if i change the direction for the trackpad, it changes for the mouse the same way. only with logi options it can overrule the mac setting so that my MX Masters scrolls standard and my trackpad naturally
that's not what he's complaining about. Changing the setting changes it for external mice with scroll wheels, and not in a good way. the fix is software like UnnaturalScrollWheels, which only reverses it for external mice with scroll wheels.
@@depression_isnt_real i do not want to hear the device but macOS - since all the macOS versions i have use will change trackpad and external REAL MOUSE WITH SCROLLSHEEL direction with the same toggle - name might be different if there is scroll wheel mouse connected but the toggle is linked
Linux is rather the worst OS than even windows the UI the, basically everything you have to buy terminal just almost no easily accessible way to customize anything and not good support for many apps and just have to do a hella lot of troubleshooting
This is incredible, I've been through exactly the same journey! Didn't like Apple, got a Razer Blade 15", loved it at first, grew to be very displeased with it, sold my Windows PCs, and got an M1 MacBook Pro and I LOVE it. When you spend a third of your life on a computer, this is absolutely life-changing. Ah, the quietness, smoothness, and lack of burnt fingers are incredible. Great video!
This is a great video. I love the animations and inserts to strengthen the point and some are just fun to look at ❤. I have the same exact issues you’ve mentioned, and also like the Pro side of a Mac, the look and feel, better battery performance. I think Mac can be more user friendly in 3 major improvements: 1. A shortcut to minimize ALL windows; 2. The plus button next to minimize button needs to have a solid purpose, currently have no use; 3. Show All open documents/windows when hovering over Dock Icons (replacing current right click and need to read document name). Very agreeable with all that you’ve mentioned too, so does many in here. Please make more videos! ❤
Drag and drop in Mac is what I think the most convenient thing about Mac. U can drag from email to web browser, from finder to email, plus without having to worry about worms, constant antivirus update reminders and less troubleshooting needed (like blue screen, etc).
@@MultiNakir The only Mac virus I've ever personally seen in the last 16 years was an MS Word macro virus. So not even really a "Mac" virus, per se. Not saying the don't exist, but it's just not something Mac users really need to worry much about.
As for window management, it takes a while to get used to. I’d recommend to try stage manager, to put a lot of windows in full screen (you can three finger swipe between them) and to buy a magic trackpad instead of a mouse. It’s what the entire os is built around it seems like
yeah it drives me nuts when everyone always complains about window management but doesn't actually try to use it as intended. I got my MacBook Air in 2021 and the built-in window management works like a dream. Though, I'm very much a trackpad person. I think I've plugged in a mouse like 5 times over 2 years.
@@patemathic Full screen windows are so stupid when you can tile them next to one another. Instead of constantly switching, just have them both at the same time on your screen bruh.
Linux and open source software in general actually improved a lot in recent years, so I think people will eventually switch to it. PS: For the love of God distributions don't matter, they are just OS assembly. Chose DE first!
The whole thing about installing and uninstalling applications is actually pretty clever Your Apps folder is kinda like your Start menu (in the sense that it's a place where you can click your apps to execute them there), and your Program Files folder at the same time, in the sense that it's really where your programs are installed The trick is that each application icon in Apps is really _an install folder,_ and upon double-clicking it, instead of navigating into the folder, you run some executable file for your app which is _inside_ that install folder; you can actually navigate into that folder and see what's inside by other means, but with the "thing you execute" being a folder, if you want to uninstall the application, you can safely delete the little application icon (which is, again, effectively _an install folder)_ The reason it feels wrong is because Windows keeps track of what programs are installed via the Windows registry, which is a messy old database thing that hails back from the early days and is kept around because one of Windows' top priorities is to keep backwards compatibility with old existing software (which is a blessing for PC gaming, to the extent that things don't _really_ break after 20, 30 years); when you just delete a program shortcut in Windows, you're not deleting anything; if you delete the program folder, your Windows registry still has data in it as if you had that program installed, and all the shortcuts originally created will be kept pointing to nowhere. On macOS, application installation is a bit more self-contained, and there's the trick I mentioned above, so it's safe and clean to just delete your apps from the Apps folder.
I am considering the opposite. My 2013 MacBookPro is still running and I still use it for all the creative work, including video editing (which can be heavy nowadays). On the other hand my current job got me into windows with a typical company Lenovo working laptop - I am in operations and my sister is in legal and we have the same laptop. I must say it is quite good for what it is. The battery lasts almost a full day of work without having to plug it in, it is capable of basic Photoshop and Illustrator (although sometimes it freezes), the keyboard is great, the trackpad very precise and it is a working mule for Excel sheets. At the end of the day, in my humble opinion, the best option would be to buy a last generation Mac with an Intel processor so you can dual boot.
If you've ever used a last generation Intel MacBook, and a first generation Apple Silicon Mac, there is no way you'd say that. Virtualising Windows 11 in Parallels even on 8GB ram is way faster on Apple Silicon, it's crazy - except for games. And if you want games, a desktop gaming PC is better, or get a PS5 instead for the exclusives. You'll even get to play GTA6 long before the PC gets it. For a laptop, you want efficiency. That's what Apple Silicon has. The last Intel ones run hot if you use external monitors, if you use Chrome, etc etc. Even a base M1 Air is better than the 16-inch i9 flagship for everything except 3D performance, and even then it's like 60% of the way there. In a 2020 model fanless MacBook Air. It's just nuts.
I switched to Mac in 2006. After this many years the one thing that STILL drives me nuts is the finder. The file explorer in Windows is SO much better. Other than that, I am good - I do my HTML/CSS/JS/Php development on a mac with Apache, MySQL and Php and all of that works really nicely. What are you using to edit your videos? Premiere?
Prior to the Arm chips, the dells and razors etc were much closer to the mac in terms of performance, battery etc. But that M1 pro and the successors really changed the game. My work M1 pro 14" machines are insane and id never want to go back for a laptop. For dev work, even the M2 and 3 seem redundant, its going to be a long time before an upgrade will feel necesary, and i bet these hold great value. Im not a huge fan of MacOS still, but i've learned to cope. I hate the window management particularly.
Macs have always had better battery life even before they moved to Apple Silicon. Mac OS is just better that resource and power management than Windows is. I know this because I've run Windows natively in Boot Camp on multiple Intel Macs and see how on the exact same hardware one performs consistently better than the other. Even to the point where you actually notice the tiny Bluetooth lag of your keyboard and mouse when in Windows compared to Mac OS because Windows to this very day still has a shitty ass non-full stack implementation of the standard. This is why many wireless mice and keyboards still come with their own goddamn dongle which uses that manufacturers own specific take on the thing.
Another thing to point out is that since the m1 macs the UEFI bios is inside the soldered SSD chips, so if anything happens to the SSD you are left with an unbootable device - whereas you could've booted from usb/SATA before. It is from what I've heard so far impossible (probably is possible but a lot of work) to recover the data from it and there's another huge hardware design flaw which permits high voltage from a shorted SSD to the CPU, bricking the entire system. These devices are anything but green, you cannot repair anything on them. So if you edit and render a lot, consider your SSD wear and it's average lifetime (there are figures on the internet, the lower the capacity, the lower amount of years of wear it can resist so you must be extra careful with 500GB and below SSDs). Backup your data, don't believe what Apple PR says, they've never addressed blatant issues and always tried to skip responsibility for their KNOWN design flaws.
Honestly that applies to most other brands they all have weaknesses. I have owned a lot of different laptops. They all have their own issues. Looking at you dell and Lenovo
Ahh, a fellow rossman fan In short, these issues are more bothersome on paper, and only if you care about these specifics. Macbooks these days are really solid. I’ve used windows since win95 and macs are just better computers. Win is okay when u gotta do certain workflows.
One tip to see all the open windows of an application is to press the control + down arrow. You can also control + click the icon in the dock and choose the 'show all windows' option.
I have tried to move to mac for my desktop (got a Mac Mini 1&GB RAM 1TB) but I can get used to MacOS. In addition to the issues you mentioned, the scaling for external monitors is much messier on MacOS than on Windows, also multitasking is definitely not as good. And I don't hate Windows, I am perfectly fine with it. The only reason was to avoid any fan noise. But what I did is moved my desktop to the other end of the room and run cables (bought something to hide them) so that I don't hear it any more (was not very noisy to beging with but I want total silence).
Agree with everything in this video pretty much. Only tip I have is that if you have a Logitech MX master 3 or 3s, you can fix the inverted scroll wheel on there so that it doesn't mess with your track pad. Huge help for me because the opposite scrolling DROVE ME CRAZY on the mac. And only thing you didn't mention is that there is literally no laptop on the planet that can compete with how great and convenient the touchpad is on mac. No windows laptop comes close to the smoothness and responsiveness + the gestures make it sooooo damn convenient and nice to use.
@@Komatik_ deadass, mac has some features that are so cool and i'm like damn they're smart & than the other end goes just as far negatively lmao. so dumb and makes zero sense
I bought a MacBook Air years ago, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use and how seamlessly it integrated with my iPhone. Despite not Being able to customize some things to the degree I’d like and feeling like there was less flexibility, I still enjoyed the experience and I could see the appeal. I haven’t bought an apple product since, not even another iPhone until this week where I’ve just bought an iPad and I’m once again reminded of how smooth the experience is on Apple products. I’m older now and have less time to tinker and play around, so I want stuff to just work, so I’m debating about getting back in to apple devices again. But I’m sure I’ll find some not so common things that I can’t do or will have to pay a high fee or expensive subscription to fix if I do. Also not being able to play my steam library on my laptop would suck.
While there are issus out there, I'm running my Macbook 14 on only free software which took almost no time to download or set up, and it's running smooth as butter. Get the following to be able to customize your Mac like a Windows: Linearmouse - Make your third party mouse have natural scrolling, or remove mouse acceleration Rectangle - To snap your windows efficiently And that's essentially all annoyances that comes with Mac being a experienced Windows fanatic. Games will come with time now that Apple has added support for game devs to use, but there are no great ones out there at the moment except for a few (which still puts out my gaming thirst on the weekend if I have any, like No Mans Sky, Hearthstone, CSGO, and a few other)
Its interesting because macOS in many cases is actually far more customizable then windows but in other cases I feel apple stubbornly dragged their heels (the natural scrolling issue is one)
I guess this is the tradeoff for a safer and better OS. I'm sure they have their reasons to why they haven't updated this yet, unfortunately.@@hajjdawood
As a user of all of the primary operating systems, I’ve noticed one thing all of these videos have in common and it’s one of the complaints that everybody has with the dock regarding maximising and minimising windows from the dock. If you have multiple open, go into the settings navigate to the dock. There’s a toggle switch that fixes the problem.
As a Developer who works onsite sometimes at Design Agencies with iMacs, coming back home to Windows after using iOS for a day is like getting back into your supercar after Toyota Corolla 🙂At times it feels Apple made features just to be 'different' not because they're more convenient to do, eg. Right mouse-click.
I switched over last year and I wholeheartedly agree with this video. I too was a diehard Apple hater but when the 14" M1 Pro MacBook was announced I decided to give it a go considering everyone was raving about it and my old windows laptop was struggling with Adobe programs. There were definitely some niggles in the beginning such as window management and the likes but the overall performance gains and battery life were insane and still are.
@@tom_4615 For me it's bit 50/50. Last year I decided to get my first iPhone and bought the 14 Pro Max and I switched back to Samsung after 4 months because I hated iOS that much. I don't mind it on the iPad though strangely enough but on a phone it's way too restrictive and obtuse.
The full screen green button is great. The Magic Touchpad gestures are totally needed with Mac. Swiping with 3 fingers lets you swipe between full-screen apps quickly. Finder isn't a good example to use it with. Windows 11 tried copying this whole feature with creating "multiple desktops". While you can't snap windows and that would be a good feature to add, you can just double click on the top bar of a window to auto-size it to the height of the screen. So you set the width of the window you want then just double click the top bar to expand it up/down to the corners. MacOS is just so clean and easy to use. Any tiny quirks you mention here are fixable just like you would fixing things on Windows by adding third party software or changing around settings. Ultimately MacOS is just way more polished and now that there is Apple silicon working in tandem with the software and we now have the trifecta of software, hardware, and CPU/GPU all working together and optimized by Apple it's an insane performance beast that is going to exponentially get better at an alarming rate each year. The M3 series chips are mindboggling..... M3 Ultra/Max is already competing with the latest Intel 13th Gen top of the line CPUs, and the GPU is catching up the RTX 4000 series all with an INTEGRATED GPU.... no dedicated GPU!
It's a productivity game-changer. With a laptop, to get any real work done you always have to be conscious about charging. So you're always in that "I'll do it when I get back to the office / home mode" For me I run various apps in Docker, VS Code, Outlook, MS Office all day long without plugging in. :) It's way worth the weird quirks & and Stage Manager has helped a lot..
As an ex windows that also switched to mac a few years back user I strongly recommend to start using the green button at the top left! Full screen applications and switching between them via 3 finger swipe to me is part of why macos is so great for productivity. You can also show two windows side by side in one fullscreen frame. And regarding the window snapping: I don't even miss it anymore, because I rarely use more than two windows side by side.
@jamesramsey2400 It's not about Windows, its about x64 vs ARM chips. The Snapdragon Elite X laptops (also running Windows) give Apple's M chips a run for their money and even lasts more on battery I've seen
@@Random131_Yh IK, but the windows laptops with arm chips have compatibility issues at the moment as they rush to compete, I use windows but I have to admit apple pulled of the switch to arm chips much better also apples displays are pretty much all much better as well @Random131_
All the stuff you miss from Windows are the exact same things I miss too. Thankfully, I use rectangle (free) for window snapping , smooth scroll (paid) for fixing external mouse scrolling, and sensiblesidebuttons (free) to make the side buttons on my mouse work. It's annoying that I had to search online for third party applications that would work for me to fix these issues, but now that it's fixed it is mostly much smoother than windows. My final gripe would be that finder changes views too much. I would much rather stick to one view every time I use Finder but I haven't gotten it to work consistently for me yet. EDIT: Wanted to add that I do like how I can keep my MacBook on just by going into terminal and typing in caffeinate -d while in windows I had to search for a long and ugly powershell command.
An SDE here(Working at one of the FAANG companies for the past 2 years). Most if not all of us devs use MACs here. They are simple, snappy, portable and very very powerful after the M1. I personally got an M1 Pro machine from my company(changed it from an Intel one as i had to run a react native server on it, which literally took more than 5 minutes on the old machine, and less than 1.5 minutes on the new one.) You said that the green maximize button is of no use, well try using it with a trackpad. Most of us devs use it because we want to have IDEs, Chrome and documentation open side by side and you dont always have an external monitor. The triple swipe to switch between desktops is a god send feature. Also you said about how the close button doesnt work, well true, but i happen to have multiple repositories open at once on one IDE. If i want to close only one of the repos, i click the cross and the others remain open fine. If i want to kill the entire IDE, I do the right click manouver. It definitely feels slightly un-intuitive at first especially if you have been a lifetime windows user like me, but it makes sense. Plus, the terminal on the MAC is so much better. Mac OS is not good for gaming, but apart from that i truly love it and wish everyone would give it a try before shitting on it
@@arround1 unfortunately I still have to keep a 12" powerbook and iMac G4 to run some of my favorite old VST instruments and iTunes visualizers that didn't transition over... damn I wish the QEMU/UTM team would hurry up in getting the PPC emulator up to speed
It took apple 22 years to add a gui option for disabling mouse acceleration, the edge of the laptop bites into your hands, and it's a pain to repair those, but the rest is fine. You probably picked the best time to switch: the abysmal keyboard form 2018 is gone, no touch-bar, mag-safe is back (though not compatible with your old mag-safe charger), and you need to buy less dongles.
App is installed on current MacOs in most cases when it is copied in the folder specified. On current hardware for most apps it is instant. Also thanks to how new filesystems work - they make copying of files virtually instant while in background they can still “move”. Some professional apps have installers with progress bars tho.
nice try, Tim
Almost.
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@@masfaizambamac is good tho
@@icsu6530oh no you have been infected
Good morning!
I felt what you felt now in 2021 when I got my M1 Air, literally the best laptop at that time. Sooo many use cases where it just did the job brilliantly. Is still in daily use today and yes, still quick, does not overheat, NO fan and still around 16-17 hrs battery life in light tasks or consuming media.
i'm sorry how does it not overheat? are you using it for 2d apps? maybe do some sort of non graphical work on it? how do you see it at the "best" laptop at that time when a yoga7 was over it on every spec including having proper not noisy cooling
By not using unnecessary computing power. Apples chips are efficient. And they are tightly controlled in software. the perks of being a company controlling everything.
@@MultiNakir The M1 chip is just insanely efficient. It doesn't even need to throttle when unplugged. Also the metal case is a good conductor of heat.
@@MultiNakirfor a start , apple silicon laptops don’t drop down too one third the performance as soon as you unplug them , battery life on the MacBooks is great , speakers are great , they have nice screens , very little to complain about with the Mac , if I get a phone call at home while my phone is another room it comes through on the Mac and I can just take the call on the Mac seamlessly.
And this is coming from a pc and android user since for over a decade.
They are not perfect and nothing is , but they do have a lot of good points.
@@mikldude9376 you can't really say the screens are great. they definitely are "great" on the pro models but certainly not on the m2 air and m1 air
Fun fact: The finder icon is not a smiley face. The right part is a human face and the left part is a computer screen. It doesn't look like that now but it was significant in the previous versions of the logo.
Sooooo… is this Schwarzenegger's Terminator?
HOLY SHIT I SEE IT NOW
@@xomnionProgrammingAndChessI don’t
um no its literally one face with the purpose to be an illusion, why would a screen have a random line and dot? what?
@@Xackory it just shows half of the smile the other half is covered by the human
until the m1 MacBook Air, i never owned a Mac. now i own an m3 Max 16-inch macbook pro. because of this i switched to iphone and every other apple device. are there problems? yes. 100%
i still have a pc for gaming
I swapped to M1 a year before you. My work Windows laptop constantly reminds me of what I don't miss about Windows machines so I don't see myself missing it anytime soon.
I LOVE the green button!
Making an app fullscreen using the green button puts it into a new virtual desktop, and I can switch between virtual desktops with a three finger swipe to the left or right. I've been using MacBooks for 7 years, and the three finger swipe gesture feels as natural as walking, I don't have to think about it.
Looking for this comment lol
I see this issue around me all the time when people try MacOS. Windows windows style management (hehe) is so deep rooted in their head, everyone just refuses to try learning this.. it's not better or worse, but once you learn it, it is as efficent
@@sk8llYeah, but what do you do when you're not on a MacBook? The Mac Minis, Pro, Studio, and iMac still exist. The desktop experience really needs some improvement.
@@Spirrwell That segment I completely forgot, not going to lie... and it still feels like Apple would like users to use Trackpads even with those machines. I can probably imagine myself doing that, but I can see how that's a biiig stretch
@@Spirrwell You swipe on your magic mouse. Its exactly the same as on the trackpad.
this is incredible. You hit so many weird problem/quirks that annoy the hell out of me with mac os, like the scroll being backwards with mice. But you also hit on why I like macs at the same time. We must have the same thought process or something
Settings > Mouse > Natural Scrolling. its about 8 seconds to fix
Corrects scrolling for your mouse but messes up scrolling for your trackpad. It is not a fix for the problem outlined. @@coldacre
@@djkid14567 Not a problem, just a preference. It's defaulted to work best with trackpad and the Magic Mouse, which makes sense. If you decide to use a 3rd party mouse, you just have to change the that setting.
That’s funny because as a macos user if I tried windows then the windows scrolling would be backwards for me lol
Scroll reverser, it's free and detects mouse vs trackpad
As a Linux user with too much time on my hands, I feel called out 😂
As another Linux user, I now have more time on my hands because of Linux. No more random Windows nonsense to deal with.
It's the complete opposite nowadays but the memes will last forever, as long as you don't fall for the memes and install something like Arch or Gentoo, as long as you don't fall in the ricing rabbit hole and stick to the default experience of your distro, it will never get in your way and it'll "just work".
I do like Linux as an OS, but i cant run all my industry standard adobe and Affinity apps and the linux vector equivalent Inskape is shockingly 90's clunky in the UX. I'm glad it has Blender though... Just not enough support for an artist IMO.
@@JamesWilliam70 honestly yeah that’s completely understandable! Also you can’t beat the optimisation apple has done for media and content creation.
Though from what I’ve seen, adobe seems to be moving more towards the cloud so soon you might be able to start doing some things in the web browser. Another option is to migrate alternatives like gimp/darkroom which might be similar? (Don’t hold me to that, I have very little experience with that kind of thing)
Im just gonna jump in here & agree with this lol
The things about apps not closing depends on the developers of the app, discord does this on windows too, you close the window, not the app. For me that isn’t a problem because I love shortcuts, even if the red cross closed the app properly I would still use them.
Scrolling can be weird, but when you do it on your phone it feels natural, I became used to it in no time.
I also didn’t like the thing where you can’t slide a window to the side and make it occupy half the screen, but I just have 3 Desktops, and it is so much better, the only thing that is worse is when you need to move a file from an app to another, but I can live with that. When I go back to windows I feel so constricted
Programs with that behavior on Windows generally have a checkbox for Minimize to Tray. It's far from the default behavior for most applications thought.
Mac OS has always made the distinction between closing and quitting. Even Office worked this way for the longest time even on Windows (because it began on the Mac). Adobe products are probably the most obvious ones that still work this way between both platforms. You can close all documents in Photoshop or InDesign or whatever but the app is still running until you quit.
really hate discord and other messaging app for that bs. I clicked close not minimize.
@@poggarzz Aren't messaging apps the most obvious things to just hide to the systray when you X off them?
@@TalesOfWar did take getting used to. still hate them for this behavior.
im soo glad you brought up the mouse scrolling problem lol I wish they had separated the mouse and trackpad settings so you can adjust hem individually. the reason however why the scrolling is backwards is because apple wants you to use the Magic Mouse which doesn't have a scroll wheel.
other thing worth mentioning is if you accidentally fullscreen the app or webpage easiest way to go back out of fullscreen mode is to hit the escape key.
all the reasons why you switched are the same as mine but one of the reasons why I wouldn't switch back is because of workstations on MacBooks. the fact that you can have 16 workstations open at once makes it usable without a monitor and truly makes the MacBook usable while away from a large screen.
I just got used to natural scrolling on my mouse but it trips me up every time I use a mouse anywhere else
It's insane they never added a separation of the two
To use multitasking at the Windows level, you can install "rectangle", which is very convenient and there are hotkeys for moving windows and resizing them.
yeah, its great and it barely affects anything else, just gives you the cool window snapping feature
Yeah I actually insralled it like a few days ago lol. Now my mac feels like better version of windows
oh yeah i love this
I use Magnet, which sounds like the same thing.
@@Jdb63Except Rectangle is free. 😉
1 week ago I ordered an M3 Pro 14' and about to switch after over 10 years of using windows, thank you for this video!
You didn't switch?
@@vimal-cliobconsulting I did, it just took a long time to arrive. Ordered on the 1
November and it came out on the 7 November and I got it.3’dsys ago
What do you think of it? How's it goin?
@@niannolanI’ve using it for one year and still don’t get used to it.
I also switched. At first it was unusual, especially with window management, as the author of the video noted.
I didn’t want to install unnecessary tweaks and programs, so I got used to it and accepted what the OS offers out of the box.
To remove apps I use AppCleaner, because if you just drag and drop them into the trash, there will be a bunch of leftovers in the system folders.
Exactly, so many leftovers all over the place, it is not even funny
For window management I mostly have each program full screened and use gestures to swap between desktops. You can swipe up with 3 fingers to rearrange them in any way you want by dragging them around. It works but it’s still frustrating
@@petrzurek5713tbf you have the same problem with windows. Sometimes config files are at the root or in one of the three appdata folders
@@coinbongo4694when I work it might be 10-20 different windows open, I got anxiety even thinking about swiping through them all to find what I need
Why would you go look at leftovers? They really don’t matter. At all. You never see them.
I am also a heavy Windows user and tried Mac a few months ago and I am amazed by the performance and silence of that device. I have right now a Mac Mini M2 with 8gb of unified memory and I am pushing this thing way to much and it is still usable, of course it has a little bit of a lag when pushed to far but it does not freeze. The only thing that I do not know I will ever get used to is the windows switching in Mac but the rest is ok for me. You are right, each OS is meant for something and one is better in some way and another is better in another way :)
I’m editing 6K raw videos on the same machine. Pushing this thing wayyy to hard lol
8gb is fucking crazy how do you live like that
Storage and ram upgrades on Mac is crazy
1:17 “i just wish somebody had told me that before” i feel u bro.
The reason that installing and uninstalling the apps is like that because they are small container-like apps which keep all the files in the same place unlike in windows app where an app can install multiple files/configurations on multiple locations (appdata, registry etc etc.)
Nah. Mac apps keep files everywhere too. You need a cöean uninstall tool too
This is exactly why uninstalling is a pain on Windows. Find all the bull crap everywhere on your system.
I’ve never really noticed this since I’m mainly on Windows, but this is a very good point. Windows is downright sloppy in some ways.
Unfortunately while that should be the case in reality mac apps also often spew random files into locations like ApplicafionSupport or other hidden locations.
Not just application support or preferences, try private/var/ and many, many other places macs hide files. Switched to Mac in 2005, I still miss my windows xp tower to this day 😭
I used Windows from 1993 to 2022. I switched to Mac because of the exceelent performance of the M1 with music applications. I actually just bought the Macbook pro to be used as a portable device, expecting to buy a higher specs Mac for desktop use. However, the Macbook worked so well that I regretted I didn’t get one with more RAM and harddisk. So now I consider getting an M3 Macbook with higher specs as my one and only for both studio and potability.
lmao exact same thing with me
I'll be saving up for my first Macbook Pro with M3 Max and I'll definitely max out the RAM, since I know RAM can't be upgraded.
@@paolaanimator Max out to 128GB?
@@blackmamba6938 I plan on maxing out 128GB since I work with 3D files plus been working with more 4K content. I may work with 8K in the future, so it helps to future proof my laptop, along with extra storage since video and project files gets pretty big.
@@paolaanimatorif you can afford it it’ll be good
It's funny that these are pretty much my exact sentiments after using a Mac for my work and Windows for home for about three years now. I've always used a Windows desktop and I've had two Windows laptops (both of the gaming variety) and I finally got tired of lugging the heavy thing around, the weird battery mode performance and the noise, just like you said, and I switched to a Macbook Pro as my primary machine.
Honestly, if you favor laptop formfactors, this is primarily a workstation and you don't have any software that is Windows proprietary, you're probably better off with a Mac. I love the experience, and I can only hope that one day Windows machines could become greater so we get even better design.
i love how light the thing is, but what pushes me away from that thing is that ir doesn’t support gaming that much😂
@@Suc-ChiiThere are developments in the space of running Windows games on Mac, such as Crossover and Whisky that utilise the Game Porting Toolkit codebase and combine it with Wine (a Windows compatibility layer and emulator) to run an ever-expanding number of games locally on Mac, as well as virtualisation from the likes of Parallels and VMware that have just recently implemented DirectX 11 hardware acceleration support, so that you can run most PC games (and also DirectX 12 non-Ultimate, since the base version is just DX11), and are working on DX12 Ultimate support.
The M3 and up have new mesh-shading and ray-tracing accelerators in each core, so it can, in theory, finally play games like Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing enabled.
And there are ports from established developers such as Capcom, Kojima and Ubisoft, as well as the number of mobile games and ports of popular PC games that you can run on ARM Macs.
If you don’t game on a PC on a regular basis, I’d advise you to get one of these MacBooks.
@@Suc-ChiiThing is, no one wants to reoptimize their games for not only a proprietary graphics api, but a whole proprietary arm CPU
Oh and you can't find pirated stuff for MacOS
At least (until the m series) you could install windows through boot camp and now you can kind of get it to run ok using parallels desktop or whatever it was called (a VM, less than ideal)
Same love windows on desktop. But windows laptops are just…bad. I have a Mac as my primary portable machine.
After a few years on windows I swapped back to Mac about the same time you did and I can definitely relate to a lot of what you talk about in this video, especially as I swap between having my Macbook docked and mobile daily. While I don't have such an issue with window snapping and I do actually use the green button, having to change my scroll direction every day certainly drives me a bit nuts. I also had to install software that got rid of MacOS's mouse acceleration as I much prefer having none after gaming on windows for years. Mac is generally much nicer to use but its unfortunate that there are a few quirks that Apple refuses to fix that forces one to go out of their way and download third party software.
You can remove the acceleration without an app. Its in Settings -> Mouse -> Advanced -> Turn the switch off
I switched from Mac to Linux and it was one of the best decision I ever made.
110 other people agree with you :D
how do you "switch"? are there dedicated pcs that come with linux
@@neon5729 you only need Google computers preloaded linux.
@@neon5729no u gotta install it urself but its free
I don't believe a single word of that. I tried Linux and if you want to get anything done Windows. If you are old or mentally challenged Mac. If you want a laptop Mac at least for now.
8:02 If you right-click on the app icon in the doc, you'll see a list of your open documents for that app and then you can select the one you want, or open a new document. An alternative is from the top menu bar under "Window" for that app, there is an option where you can merge all the documents into one window with multiple tabs. You can also right click a tab on a multi-tabbed window and select an option to move that tab to a new window.
In general, there are multiple ways of doing many things in the OS to achieve different things in different ways that many people are unaware of. The more you use it the more you'll discover them, and be pleasantly surprised. I see so many comments that say how bad the mac is a at doing different things because they think there is only one way of doing it on a mac. I agree, some things are done better on Windows, but there are also things that's done better on a mac. My personal and subjective preference is for macOS, but I agree with you, the best OS is what's best for the person using it for the tasks they have on hand at the time.
That is only if the developer of the app has implemented it, otherwise you will always get all the windows.
To your second part - Obviously, people will discover more things as they use a product, that's how it is for everything, but the things Melon points out are accurately things that should be intuitive and natural and need no "Discovery". That's just pure bad design by Apple.
I think there is a heavy reliance of "Expose" or "Mission Control" in macOS. The use of compartmentalising workspaces with virtual desktops and using "Expose" to quickly switch between applications/windows. F3/Double tap mouse/four finger swipe up/Mission Control in dock is your friend.
Old habits die hard for a lot of people and quickly run to the dock and use it like a windows taskbar. If you want a better visual way to switch around apps then "Expose"/"Mission Control" is the quickest way to do so.
Checked the comments for someone who shared this tidbit before I helped. Good on you mate. :)
@@Zeales Intuitiveness is subjective. Obviously some coming from Windows to macOS will find things unintuitive since they are used to a different way of accomplishing things.
But that same argument can be applied to those coming from macOS to Windows, that Windows is unintuitive since they are used to a different way of doing things, and shouldn't need "Discovery" and is therefore just pure bad design by MS.
I went through the exact same process with the M1 macbook pro 16" for software development. Completely changed my view and I 100% prefer mac for everything besides gaming.
For software development? OS wise, you actually get the short stick everywhere, outside of development for Mac. No hyper-v, no wsl2/native linux, terrible window management, terrible looking fonts on
@@dubble ??? "No hyper-v, no WSL2/native Linux" WSL2 isn't native Linux, it's just Linux on a hypervisor "terrible window management" subjective "terrible looking fonts on
It might change, apple is going more and more into gaming with every OS update
@@dubblewhat’re you even talking about? none of what you said is true, especially not the multitasking part
@@meta___ " terrible window management" subjective " Not subjective. Window management on MacOS is objectively horrible. You don't know how to work on a computer properly if you don't agree.
This video was very well made. One thing I would like to state is, for window management, a really good app that is free is Rectangle. You won't find it on the app store but instead their website. One other thing, that little green button is the full screen button. Allows you to have multiple apps on different "screens/desktops" which you can swipe between using 3 or 4 fingers in a "claw" shape. This will be a horrible experience if you use a mouse.
Cant you just use mouse and swipe claw when need?
@@dipanggilmas3189 That's not really intuitive when trying to multitask. It would reduce productivity drastically. At that point, you may as well use a trackpad. When I refer to mouse, I am not referring to the Apple mouse as that thing is just, no.
@@CalebsRobots I think it depends on where you have your laptop. For me I often have my hand on the trackpad while using the mouse just for the gestures. I haven’t felt any slowdowns and I am an avid shortcut user.
@@oh-noe Each to their own I guess. If it works for you and you find it best, then that's how it is. I personally find macOS highly orientated around a trackpad. Without a trackpad, the OS just loses that gesture focused design and is hard to navigate. I've attempted mouse and trackpad but going between both of them to navigate I found to be slow and annoying. I'm interested in how you've done the switch between the two for navigation, sounds interested.
@@CalebsRobots I’m not going between them, I’m using both at the same time. Mouse for clicking and moving trackpad for gestures. If I’m not navigating the os and I’m focusing on something, my other hand rests on the keyboard for easy shortcuts
One thing, with some years being exceptions, Mac laptops are built really well and software updates support up to 7-8 year old machines. My current personal laptop is 6 years old, hinges are still stiff, screen is bright and colors are true, trackpad clicks like new, runs without obvious lag, on latest software, is running 10 hours a day next to my workstation. Battery has gotten rough, but can still get 2 hours out of it. Overall the ROI is very good.
I recently replaced my 13 year old MacBook Pro, mostly because it's slow as shit these days and the battery decided to expand its horizons (and the case lol). It's otherwise still in pristine condition after very heavy use almost daily for much of its life. It was replaced with an M3 MacBook Pro. I also have a 27" iMac which I wish they'd make a true 1 to 1 replacement for, and a custom gaming PC. I think I'll just buy a mini and a nice 4K display (or spend silly money on the Studio Display lol) and replace the iMac with those as my new primary Mac desktop set up. I've never, ever owned any of my PC's nearly half as long as I have any of my Macs. They're just useful for longer in my experience. That's probably biased by my use of PC's as purely a gaming platform though so the performance deficiencies become more obvious more quickly.
Literally watching this on my new MacBook Pro m3, I already love it so much !!
As a Linux user, I bought an old MacBook Pro just to try macOS, but I got sick of all those little inconveniences you pointed out, and more, so I decided to go back to Linux and buy a ThinkPad. I don't regret, at least now I know that macOS is just not for me. From my experience, Linux gets out of my way, but gives me the whole control, while on macOS, to make it fit me, I'd have to spend a lot of money on third-party apps, many of which are subscription-based.
you could've installed linux on an old macbook
@@eckee I did, and it wasn't a good experience because of an unreliable WiFi driver. Also, it was, well, an old MacBook, which means it was heavy, slow, and lasted only about an hour on battery.
Ah my homies linux users nice
Many Linux applications work on Mac, there are many free and open source applications to customize Mac OS. I use Windows and Linux on a Mac M1 laptop with awesome battery life. I still have a windows machine for when windows x86 is absolutely necessary and an old 09 iMac with Linux Debian for VMs, Linux disks and SD cards file system.
@@RolandoMarreroPR I'm glad it works for you, but I don't want to spend several days trying to find apps to customize macOS just the way I want it. Also I just prefer the layout and workflow of Gnome desktop, which I use on Linux. Aaand I don't really want to spend more then a thousand euros on a laptop, a 2019 ThinkPad for ~450€ works great for me, and I don't have any issues with drivers. Aaalso it has 2 USB type A ports, which modern MacBooks lack. And the keyboard is the best I've ever experienced, with long key travel and nice tactile bump.
Can I like this video a million and one times. Absolutely love the animations and the creative spin in this video. I agree with the quirks on macOS, I just recently made a switch from windows myself. Great job with the video mate. you just got a new subscriber
If you're not a fan of the Apple window management I can strongly suggest Stage Manager, its a little weird to get used to at first but when you're constantly in and out of applications its a massive game changer to how you work. Whilst I did need to configure my dock a little bit because the default settings are pretty bad in my opinion, with these config changes stage manager compliments it incredibly.
I can confirm stage manager is awesome! I'm about 1yr into my switch and moved to stage manager last week. :-)
I use Magnet. It's miles better than stage manager. Why you wouldn't use the full screen real estate for the current task is beyond me. I also use command + tab to switch apps. Fast workflow with non of the fluff
I use HammerSpoon… if you are using more keyboards and less mouse, I personally find hammerspoon to be amazing.
@@rorykoehler9018 magnet is cool but there's a free option that is basically the same it's called "rectangle".
I tried Stage Manager for a few months, but it feels weird
yeah, i use both windows 11 and macos sonoma and what i hate the most from macos are you can’t maximize a window with just a single click, the green dots are useless, i can’t use alt+tab and see the preview of it and instead i need to install a third party app literally named alt+tab, and it doesn’t have clipboard like windows 11 with win+v shortcut. anyway what the most i love is a well integrated apple ecosystem like sidecar with ipad, how seamless to switch using airpods, and of course the airdrop that i can just send images from iphone to my document in macbook with 2 clicks
1:40 min in, subscribed. didnt even get to the main video yet lmao.
just like you I was always windows, but when I got my first macbook I could never go back a windows laptop. I still use windows for gaming every now and then but I could never look at it's screen without crying
this video was so good holy shit
its such a breath of fresh air compared to the average tech reviewer bombing you with a fancy ass B Roll every 30 seconds
For people watching, to uninstall a "full" program on mac is not as easy as this video shows / files will be left behind. Using an app like appcleaner will glob search for files related to the software publisher key string in your mac and delete those files too (on your confirmation). Lots of apps leave behind traces of themselves on mac.
To be fair so does it in Windows in your registry and the hidden AppData
Although you have "uninstall" option in Windows, it leaves lots of trash files, registry keys etc in your system. Using MacOS third party uninstaller actually removes the app. I didn't find good working alternatives on Windows
@@RzariRzaricrystalIDA uninstaller removes traces/registry entries without any issue, not free though.
It makes it easy to update my pirated copy of Final Cut Pro😂
@@RzariRzari there are PLENTY of options for Windows, both paid and free. That said, the files Windows leaves behind are so that if you ever re-install the app, you can "most of the time" pick up where you left off. The files left behind are generally small in size and only serve to backup your settings.
Same. Macbook Air M1 won me over. The sexiest laptop on the planet for the 3rd consecutive year? Yes it is.
0:57 bro became Private from Penguins of Madagascar
😂
is that what all this blurred out stuff is/was? copyright strike and had to blur?
Mac is the way! Also, the green button is actually very useful for working in fullscreen apps. Finder is a bad example. It's more intended to be used with apps that require focus, such as Final Cut Pro and Safari.
Green button is perfect on the laptop mode, it really takes advantage off the excellent trackpad gestures but absolutely falls apart for me when using a mouse + keyboard and with an external monitor
@@Yeezus2K I know this is an older comment but you can do the same thing with that setup using something like "Mac Mouse Fix" to give your mouse gestures like a trackpad. Literally works with any mouse. Or Logi Options+ if it's a Logitech mouse.
I can't believe you articulated my exact thoughts better than I am on switching to Mac hahah.
I've just switched too. The portability to power ratio the macbooks have is unmatched. I now charge it every 2-3 days and I use it a ton.
No regrets!
Have u tried dell xps 13 plus ?!
@@UrbanPlanner-t6k used xps 13 for 5 years, moved to m1 macbook pro. never in 3 years i heard the fan even one time and its so cold to touch. xps always stay hot even in basic tasks sometimes and the fan turns on a lot. Best decision I made moving to macbook. i might get arm based windows 12 touch device but no to any kind of windows laptop.
Have you tried a MacBook Air? No fans, all metal design that feels sturdy but light, and much better OS.
@hajjdawood lol then watch some videos it beats MacBook pros processing power.... and os?? No thanks I prefer the flexibility of windows. It's not a big deal to have a smooth os when u can do nothing on it
@@UrbanPlanner-t6k macOS in most areas of the OS has far greater flexibility then Windows. Hell the whole OS is run on a UNIX core. Also "do nothing on it" lol it's the favorite OS of engineers all over the world. I am a software engineer and do all of my work on macOS.
I purchased my Mac in 2021 and I am so glad I did. I grew up with Windows computers and it was all I knew but I've been an iPhone fan user since 2013 so it was quite natural for me to lean to get a Mac.
In the new sequoia, there's snapping.
Also, the green button is to fullscreen try three-finger swiping, it helps me multitask.
I've been getting a MacBook from my company for about 2 months. Switching from Windows to macOS was a little less intuitive than expected. Too intuitive in some places, like uninstalling. As a software developer, I had to look up where certain keys like [ ] or { } were. Or I didn't really know what HomeBrew or pip were. And the scrolling thing got me too. But overall, it was just small things for what I got. It is a really nice experience after 10+ years of Windows.
You're a software dev and you didn't know about `pip`?
My first MacBook is almost 3 years old now, and it still runs as fast and smooth as the first day I started using it. If it was a Windows computer I would have had to format it once or twice already to have that "new machine performance" again. macOS has it flaws of course but the longterm overall is experience has been way better for me since switching from Windows Mac.
Because it's more locked down so you install less bloatware. if you quit installing dumb shit for windows it'd run the same after a decade.
@@ThePacmandevil Wrong. I've had multiple computers at a time for a while now, I've gone through multiple versions of Windows, MacOS and Linux distros alike, and even Windows computers that I use occasionally for checking email and accessing certain stuff end up slowing down just from the regular use and Windows updates even though they're literally just vanilla windows with ms office 365 installed.
@@yerielzamora You're probably fucking it up, then. I've been running the same windows box for a decade to run my friendgroup's MC server and the performance is identical to the day I got it
@@ThePacmandevil Nah you'vr just convinced yourself about it. I'm a software engineer and I know what I'm doing with the multiple computers I own and have owned. Windows is garbage that slows itself from its own updates.
My 2012 MacBook pro ran almost perfect for a decade.
just got a macbook air myself after using windows since i was six. macos is a perfect mix of windows and ios for me. It has the ios level of polish and ease of use and the work potential of windows. really considering returning it and getting a pro version
Return it while you still can !
Only return it and upgrade if you know what your workload is, don't waste money
Great video! I was the same, and I am now starting to use my MacBook Air, which was lying around forever. I have to say, it's not as bad as I thought! But the points you mentioned are definitely terrible. One thing freaked me out which you didn't mention: Using Alt + Tab only works with open but not minimized windows. This was giving me such a headache because Alt + Tab is probably my favorite shortcut while doing stuff on my laptop or PC. I can recommend 'Contexts' as a third-party solution, which allows you to personalize the Alt + Tab experience. It's super fast and opens minimized windows if you want but you can also disable if if you want.
I started using Windows when I was about to graduate in College in 2009. I needed a Personal Computer because I could not afford to stay in the computer shop for long period of time where I could actually get viruses.
As of the moment, I still use my Desktop PC for various purposes but I have just switched on MacBook Air because it really gives me the performance I need for working for a long period of time even on Battery. I do not need to worry charging it most of the time.
Well, of course, if you are a Windows user for a very long time, and when you started using a MacOS, you would actually feel that you are in an unfamiliar universe but then again, as a techy guy and a fast learner techy guy - it did not take long for me to be so familiar in using MacOS.
Great video!
God your content is so underrated... I loved your iPod video. Keep posting vids so youtube starts to recommend them!
Thanks alot my guy, appreciate you for watching and commenting ❤
all the mac downsides I 100% agree with. I have multiple different small programs to fix the user experience. Also love how I left the mac on my dresser for a week unplugged and opened it and it turned on instantly.
You made the video that describes my exact same computing journey. I’m a lifelong windows user (20+ yrs). Every Windows laptop I’ve ever bought had to be chained to a power supply because the battery never lasted more than a few hours. Performance always sucked compared to a desktop too, no matter how expensive I configured the CPU and RAM. When I found out that Intel CPUs always throttle their power in laptops, I was so mad. All the money I wasted over the years on faster and faster cpus, not knowing that throttling was happening 🤬
I bought the 13” M1 MacBook Pro after watching the amazing reviews on UA-cam. I initially only bought it for mobile use. But it was so awesome that I use it 90% of the time and my desktop PC just sits there powered off. After I finish migrating the last few bits and pieces from my desktop to Mac, I’m going to disassemble my AMD Ryzen tower that I built in 2020 and sell all of the parts on eBay. I’m not going back because Apple Notes, Mail, Reminders etc all fit perfectly into my life, and Office365 works great too.
A tip on the green button. That is the full screen button. You can quickly swap between your full screen windows by holding the control button and the arrow keys: you can also do this by swiping right or left with 4 fingers (could be 3 tho) on the trackpad. You can also create virtual desktops. You can toggle through all of these the same way. It allows for many apps and desktops to be open at the same time allowing for a lot of flexibility. I love it, and use this feature on windows as well (they came to implement this feature in windows 10).
Happy to say Once I upgraded my m2 to the latest MacOS native window snapping was enabled out of the box. It's made college productivity so much easier. Being able to use my iPad as a second monitor in the library is such a life saver too.
I’ve been on Mac for about 4 years. The Unix environment is the biggest plus as I can manage programs with homebrew and use vim for quick file edits. There’s tons of other workflows that are possible in the terminal too but that’s what I use
using vim is based.
7:06 this is because it IS similar. On MacOS applications (.app) _are_ folders! You can actually right click and navigate inside of them. Most Mac apps include all of their dependencies and resources and files, so deleting literally is as simple as deleting the app (eg folder). Yes there are some apps that have extra things they install, but most are self contained inside of the app folder thing.
Adobe stuff is the more obnoxious example of using an installer. Their files end up polluting your entire goddamn file system. You basically have to do a complete OS reinstall to make sure you get rid of that crap if you want to uninstall it all. They even have a separate uninstall cleaner utility on their website for once you've uninstalled it with the built in tool, which is kind of nuts when you think about it.
Great video and very good points! For the closing the window but the application is still running issue, I hit cmd + q and it'll close all windows and the application 😊 took me a while to figure out but has been a game changer ever since
Another way to close a window you can do:
cmd + w
If you want to close all windows but not necessarily quit it you do:
cmd + w + shift
@@jaerg91 No way!! I was looking for cmd + w + shift so long ... thanks
You use cmd + option + w to close all windows at once.
Love your video and your story. My primary phone has always been an iPhone since the iPhone 4, I recently got an iPad mini 6 for school, and now I'm waiting to receive my first-ever MacBook Air M3. I own ROG and Asus Vivobook and still love Windows for gaming purposes, but I am sick of the lack of juice when I'm out for long meetings and whatnot. I can't wait to be more productive when I'm out.
I really like this video as a review and also kind of an advertisement, but one that isn’t gassing up its products. It hits all the right notes of genuine feedback while staying completely unbiased. Just fair, straight comparisons. Well done
Appreciate that dude
Being a CS student and bonafide computer nerd, the software troubleshooting of Windows/Linux has (more of less) always been something more interesting than it was frustrating, and the amount of little added features people add for free use on github repos (lively, powertoys, themes and mods) are very nice things.
It's also nice to know that there's 100 different segments marketed to with Windows laptops from gaming to light travel partners(steam deck/Acer Swift) that can rival/beat apple silicon in different ways.
This kinda gets me off getting a mac (less the software and more the money and apple-ness, could honestly do a multi boot with win, Mac and Linux in one) due to the obvious limitations of getting no more than apple lets you.
Sorry for the rambling, i get that this is an uncommon opinion from someone spending more time and effort on tech than your average person, but i feel it's good to at least have it out there.
honestly, the more I try to code with windows the more I get annoyed by it. My problem with Mac is that the system is so locked down. I currently use WSL2 for work because I cant get a Linux PC from my company. I'll switch to kubuntu at home most for of my stuff and just dual boot to Windows for gaming.
I recommend the Mac apps and tips video from snazzy labs. Also macOS has quite a few hidden features or controls that require the use of terminals, and some functionalities are indeed customizable.
The background music had me actively enjoying the video. Really fun and laid back energy to your content.
Keep it up.
Good for you! I too was a life-long windows user. I liked building my own PC, and had lots of time to deal with the "accepted" issues the windows environment have. Got so used to it that I treated it as part of daily computing. 20 years of that! That is all until I used a Mac 4 years ago. Had the same issues as you, e.g. the "backwards" scroll (but later I realized that it's not backwards, windows was the backwards, and the natural scrolling is... natural, direction-wise - it's just that we got used to windows. muscle memory.) But the benefits greatly outweighs the things I didn't like. Also, the moment I stopped trying to make it work like windows, like completely forgetting all the windows customs, was the time I realized the Mac is an enabler. All the things that made it different made sense. Now, I can actually focus on things that matter more. Like you said, I felt like the barrier between me and creative work disappeared.
Macs do lack one thing, that's repairability, apple isn't too keen on keeping older machines around either, that was up to the community to update older machines themselves, with the new arm chips, everything is soldered, and the ssds DO have a death date of about 5 years out of original first boot, and they cannot be replaced that easily unless you pay apple
@@Sykxezn Strange. That death date is non-sense. The company where I work, they use exclusively Macs. Never heard of that death date. The macbook I used at work is an early 2013 macbook pro 15 inch model. Used it since 2019 (not brand new) and never it had any issue, as well as the other laptops of the same model. Any link you can provide about the SSDs dying? Is it different from the already debunked claim?
I use my iPad with sidecar as a second display and it is truly a gamechanger for working anywhere
8:44 Apple doesn't want MacOS to be windows like and Microsoft doesn't want windows to remind people of MacOS. These little differences will always exist to pull or push users either toward or way from an OS. MacOS is great and Apple makes a solid piece of hardware to go along with it, but Windows runs on a lot of hardware and can be actually affordable for people.
Idk man windows feels a bit overpriced with all the damn telemetry and bloat Microsoft puts on there
I actually just did the exact same thing here at work, I have been on Windows my entire life. I imaged a 2019 Intel 16 inch i7 with 32GB of RAM. It feels really good, and the more I learn, the better it gets. My favorite part, is using a iPad for a separate screen! I keep either my Outlook or Teams open on a 12.9 inch iPad pro under my ultra wide monitor. It's actually really slick!
February 21 I needed a new laptop. Wanted to try something new and got the M1 air. To this day I’m still amazed how premium this feels, how snappy it runs, how long the battery lasts. My wife bought her windows laptop (a Lenovo something) around the same time and she’s getting issues here and there, MacBook still running like the first day. Within a year I switched my entire ecosystem to Apple and never regretted it. My windows pc is mostly off these days, when i actually play it’s on the steam deck.
Also M1 air for me as my first Mac. I switched for the performance but in hindsight, the build quality (speakers, trackpad, keyboard, microphone) etc were the much better upgrade. All while being ultra light weight. I never had a desk PC, always windows laptops but didn’t really move them around a lot because they were heavy and have bad battery. Now i work on the couch, in the train, living room… wherever i want. I don’t need chargers and mouse anymore and it’s super light and portable. Didn’t expect so much more quality of life from this…
Honestly, thank you for this video! I am currently considering switching to a macbook air as a lifelong windows user. I like gaming on my gaming laptop but as a writer I find it to be too heavy to carry around and the battery life is simply terrible. I am not even going to talk about the fan noise as if I am flying an airplane. So glad someone else had the same experience and wanted to switch, it really helps me understand the difference much better.
- “It might be a start to a beautiful journey.”
- *Gets stuck in the Apple Ecosystem forever and after.*
Just to clarify a thing, there is seperate options for trackpad and the mouse for scrolling direction, so you can change it for the mouse and not for the trackpad and vice versa.
not working for me. if i change the direction for the trackpad, it changes for the mouse the same way. only with logi options it can overrule the mac setting so that my MX Masters scrolls standard and my trackpad naturally
What macOS and where...
that's not what he's complaining about. Changing the setting changes it for external mice with scroll wheels, and not in a good way. the fix is software like UnnaturalScrollWheels, which only reverses it for external mice with scroll wheels.
@@depression_isnt_real i do not want to hear the device but macOS - since all the macOS versions i have use will change trackpad and external REAL MOUSE WITH SCROLLSHEEL direction with the same toggle - name might be different if there is scroll wheel mouse connected but the toggle is linked
@@snowe.. Yeah, synced toggles in unrelated settings should never be done. Leave it to Apple.
Your final destination is Linux.
Ex-actly.
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The best thing is that there are no bad videos about problems that occur because usually no one seems to have the same problem as you
Wish there still supported distros to run on my 2004 PPC iBook 😅 it just sits around but won't die and not supported anymore by Apple
Linux is rather the worst OS than even windows the UI the, basically everything you have to buy terminal just almost no easily accessible way to customize anything and not good support for many apps and just have to do a hella lot of troubleshooting
This is incredible, I've been through exactly the same journey! Didn't like Apple, got a Razer Blade 15", loved it at first, grew to be very displeased with it, sold my Windows PCs, and got an M1 MacBook Pro and I LOVE it.
When you spend a third of your life on a computer, this is absolutely life-changing. Ah, the quietness, smoothness, and lack of burnt fingers are incredible.
Great video!
The sound track actually left me extremely relaxed after the video. Keep it up😊
This is a great video. I love the animations and inserts to strengthen the point and some are just fun to look at ❤. I have the same exact issues you’ve mentioned, and also like the Pro side of a Mac, the look and feel, better battery performance. I think Mac can be more user friendly in 3 major improvements: 1. A shortcut to minimize ALL windows; 2. The plus button next to minimize button needs to have a solid purpose, currently have no use; 3. Show All open documents/windows when hovering over Dock Icons (replacing current right click and need to read document name).
Very agreeable with all that you’ve mentioned too, so does many in here. Please make more videos! ❤
Drag and drop in Mac is what I think the most convenient thing about Mac. U can drag from email to web browser, from finder to email, plus without having to worry about worms, constant antivirus update reminders and less troubleshooting needed (like blue screen, etc).
you should worry, there are mac viruses you know, this ain't 2001 anymore :) you still have to not click weird shit
@@MultiNakir The only Mac virus I've ever personally seen in the last 16 years was an MS Word macro virus. So not even really a "Mac" virus, per se. Not saying the don't exist, but it's just not something Mac users really need to worry much about.
What’s worms bro? I fr don’t know
Mac viruses? LOL. they dont exist. name one@@MultiNakir
Worms? You shouldn't compare the latest MacOS to windows 95.
As for window management, it takes a while to get used to. I’d recommend to try stage manager, to put a lot of windows in full screen (you can three finger swipe between them) and to buy a magic trackpad instead of a mouse. It’s what the entire os is built around it seems like
Multiple apps in full screen and change them with the 3 finger is a game changer
@@ilcultodelcoccoacubetti6835 I call it "whoosh mode" fly around between different full screen apps or desktops
yeah it drives me nuts when everyone always complains about window management but doesn't actually try to use it as intended. I got my MacBook Air in 2021 and the built-in window management works like a dream. Though, I'm very much a trackpad person. I think I've plugged in a mouse like 5 times over 2 years.
A mouse is objectively superior to a trackpad, this is ridiculous.
@@patemathic Full screen windows are so stupid when you can tile them next to one another. Instead of constantly switching, just have them both at the same time on your screen bruh.
Linux users watching this waiting for people to use their goofy ah distro
Linux and open source software in general actually improved a lot in recent years, so I think people will eventually switch to it.
PS: For the love of God distributions don't matter, they are just OS assembly. Chose DE first!
You already found one lol!
Treating operating systems like your favourite sports team is incredibly dumb.
If you've ever used an android phone, or an atm or most websites, you're already using Linux.
You are consumers of tech, not computer scientists and that's painfully obvious. Best stick with something easy designed for consumers
The whole thing about installing and uninstalling applications is actually pretty clever
Your Apps folder is kinda like your Start menu (in the sense that it's a place where you can click your apps to execute them there), and your Program Files folder at the same time, in the sense that it's really where your programs are installed
The trick is that each application icon in Apps is really _an install folder,_ and upon double-clicking it, instead of navigating into the folder, you run some executable file for your app which is _inside_ that install folder; you can actually navigate into that folder and see what's inside by other means, but with the "thing you execute" being a folder, if you want to uninstall the application, you can safely delete the little application icon (which is, again, effectively _an install folder)_
The reason it feels wrong is because Windows keeps track of what programs are installed via the Windows registry, which is a messy old database thing that hails back from the early days and is kept around because one of Windows' top priorities is to keep backwards compatibility with old existing software (which is a blessing for PC gaming, to the extent that things don't _really_ break after 20, 30 years); when you just delete a program shortcut in Windows, you're not deleting anything; if you delete the program folder, your Windows registry still has data in it as if you had that program installed, and all the shortcuts originally created will be kept pointing to nowhere.
On macOS, application installation is a bit more self-contained, and there's the trick I mentioned above, so it's safe and clean to just delete your apps from the Apps folder.
I am considering the opposite. My 2013 MacBookPro is still running and I still use it for all the creative work, including video editing (which can be heavy nowadays). On the other hand my current job got me into windows with a typical company Lenovo working laptop - I am in operations and my sister is in legal and we have the same laptop. I must say it is quite good for what it is. The battery lasts almost a full day of work without having to plug it in, it is capable of basic Photoshop and Illustrator (although sometimes it freezes), the keyboard is great, the trackpad very precise and it is a working mule for Excel sheets. At the end of the day, in my humble opinion, the best option would be to buy a last generation Mac with an Intel processor so you can dual boot.
If you've ever used a last generation Intel MacBook, and a first generation Apple Silicon Mac, there is no way you'd say that. Virtualising Windows 11 in Parallels even on 8GB ram is way faster on Apple Silicon, it's crazy - except for games. And if you want games, a desktop gaming PC is better, or get a PS5 instead for the exclusives. You'll even get to play GTA6 long before the PC gets it. For a laptop, you want efficiency. That's what Apple Silicon has. The last Intel ones run hot if you use external monitors, if you use Chrome, etc etc. Even a base M1 Air is better than the 16-inch i9 flagship for everything except 3D performance, and even then it's like 60% of the way there. In a 2020 model fanless MacBook Air. It's just nuts.
@@darwiniandude Thank you for your reply, I will keep it in consideration.
I switched to Mac in 2006. After this many years the one thing that STILL drives me nuts is the finder. The file explorer in Windows is SO much better. Other than that, I am good - I do my HTML/CSS/JS/Php development on a mac with Apache, MySQL and Php and all of that works really nicely. What are you using to edit your videos? Premiere?
Prior to the Arm chips, the dells and razors etc were much closer to the mac in terms of performance, battery etc. But that M1 pro and the successors really changed the game. My work M1 pro 14" machines are insane and id never want to go back for a laptop. For dev work, even the M2 and 3 seem redundant, its going to be a long time before an upgrade will feel necesary, and i bet these hold great value. Im not a huge fan of MacOS still, but i've learned to cope. I hate the window management particularly.
Macs have always had better battery life even before they moved to Apple Silicon. Mac OS is just better that resource and power management than Windows is. I know this because I've run Windows natively in Boot Camp on multiple Intel Macs and see how on the exact same hardware one performs consistently better than the other. Even to the point where you actually notice the tiny Bluetooth lag of your keyboard and mouse when in Windows compared to Mac OS because Windows to this very day still has a shitty ass non-full stack implementation of the standard. This is why many wireless mice and keyboards still come with their own goddamn dongle which uses that manufacturers own specific take on the thing.
Another thing to point out is that since the m1 macs the UEFI bios is inside the soldered SSD chips, so if anything happens to the SSD you are left with an unbootable device - whereas you could've booted from usb/SATA before.
It is from what I've heard so far impossible (probably is possible but a lot of work) to recover the data from it and there's another huge hardware design flaw which permits high voltage from a shorted SSD to the CPU, bricking the entire system. These devices are anything but green, you cannot repair anything on them.
So if you edit and render a lot, consider your SSD wear and it's average lifetime (there are figures on the internet, the lower the capacity, the lower amount of years of wear it can resist so you must be extra careful with 500GB and below SSDs). Backup your data, don't believe what Apple PR says, they've never addressed blatant issues and always tried to skip responsibility for their KNOWN design flaws.
Honestly that applies to most other brands they all have weaknesses. I have owned a lot of different laptops. They all have their own issues. Looking at you dell and Lenovo
fried SSD is a thing that happened to me on a Lenovo Thinkpad, no recovery possible, but that's more of a SSD design problem, as I was told.
Ahh, a fellow rossman fan
In short, these issues are more bothersome on paper, and only if you care about these specifics.
Macbooks these days are really solid. I’ve used windows since win95 and macs are just better computers. Win is okay when u gotta do certain workflows.
who cares if all my data is on the cloud and backed up externally, y want the fastest experience
Haven't had issues with it yet. I usually change devices for other reasons way before the SSD lifetime is up.
Linux with vanilla Gnome laughing in the corner
One tip to see all the open windows of an application is to press the control + down arrow. You can also control + click the icon in the dock and choose the 'show all windows' option.
I have tried to move to mac for my desktop (got a Mac Mini 1&GB RAM 1TB) but I can get used to MacOS. In addition to the issues you mentioned, the scaling for external monitors is much messier on MacOS than on Windows, also multitasking is definitely not as good. And I don't hate Windows, I am perfectly fine with it. The only reason was to avoid any fan noise. But what I did is moved my desktop to the other end of the room and run cables (bought something to hide them) so that I don't hear it any more (was not very noisy to beging with but I want total silence).
Agree with everything in this video pretty much. Only tip I have is that if you have a Logitech MX master 3 or 3s, you can fix the inverted scroll wheel on there so that it doesn't mess with your track pad. Huge help for me because the opposite scrolling DROVE ME CRAZY on the mac.
And only thing you didn't mention is that there is literally no laptop on the planet that can compete with how great and convenient the touchpad is on mac. No windows laptop comes close to the smoothness and responsiveness + the gestures make it sooooo damn convenient and nice to use.
It's pure comedy that macOS can't do it natively.
@@Komatik_ deadass, mac has some features that are so cool and i'm like damn they're smart & than the other end goes just as far negatively lmao. so dumb and makes zero sense
I bought a MacBook Air years ago, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use and how seamlessly it integrated with my iPhone. Despite not Being able to customize some things to the degree I’d like and feeling like there was less flexibility, I still enjoyed the experience and I could see the appeal. I haven’t bought an apple product since, not even another iPhone until this week where I’ve just bought an iPad and I’m once again reminded of how smooth the experience is on Apple products. I’m older now and have less time to tinker and play around, so I want stuff to just work, so I’m debating about getting back in to apple devices again. But I’m sure I’ll find some not so common things that I can’t do or will have to pay a high fee or expensive subscription to fix if I do. Also not being able to play my steam library on my laptop would suck.
While there are issus out there, I'm running my Macbook 14 on only free software which took almost no time to download or set up, and it's running smooth as butter.
Get the following to be able to customize your Mac like a Windows:
Linearmouse - Make your third party mouse have natural scrolling, or remove mouse acceleration
Rectangle - To snap your windows efficiently
And that's essentially all annoyances that comes with Mac being a experienced Windows fanatic.
Games will come with time now that Apple has added support for game devs to use, but there are no great ones out there at the moment except for a few (which still puts out my gaming thirst on the weekend if I have any, like No Mans Sky, Hearthstone, CSGO, and a few other)
Its interesting because macOS in many cases is actually far more customizable then windows but in other cases I feel apple stubbornly dragged their heels (the natural scrolling issue is one)
I guess this is the tradeoff for a safer and better OS. I'm sure they have their reasons to why they haven't updated this yet, unfortunately.@@hajjdawood
As a user of all of the primary operating systems, I’ve noticed one thing all of these videos have in common and it’s one of the complaints that everybody has with the dock regarding maximising and minimising windows from the dock. If you have multiple open, go into the settings navigate to the dock. There’s a toggle switch that fixes the problem.
As a Developer who works onsite sometimes at Design Agencies with iMacs, coming back home to Windows after using iOS for a day is like getting back into your supercar after Toyota Corolla 🙂At times it feels Apple made features just to be 'different' not because they're more convenient to do, eg. Right mouse-click.
I switched over last year and I wholeheartedly agree with this video. I too was a diehard Apple hater but when the 14" M1 Pro MacBook was announced I decided to give it a go considering everyone was raving about it and my old windows laptop was struggling with Adobe programs.
There were definitely some niggles in the beginning such as window management and the likes but the overall performance gains and battery life were insane and still are.
I feel like everyone’s an Apple hater until they use their products and then they go damn this is actually good
@@tom_4615 For me it's bit 50/50. Last year I decided to get my first iPhone and bought the 14 Pro Max and I switched back to Samsung after 4 months because I hated iOS that much. I don't mind it on the iPad though strangely enough but on a phone it's way too restrictive and obtuse.
The full screen green button is great. The Magic Touchpad gestures are totally needed with Mac. Swiping with 3 fingers lets you swipe between full-screen apps quickly. Finder isn't a good example to use it with. Windows 11 tried copying this whole feature with creating "multiple desktops". While you can't snap windows and that would be a good feature to add, you can just double click on the top bar of a window to auto-size it to the height of the screen. So you set the width of the window you want then just double click the top bar to expand it up/down to the corners.
MacOS is just so clean and easy to use. Any tiny quirks you mention here are fixable just like you would fixing things on Windows by adding third party software or changing around settings. Ultimately MacOS is just way more polished and now that there is Apple silicon working in tandem with the software and we now have the trifecta of software, hardware, and CPU/GPU all working together and optimized by Apple it's an insane performance beast that is going to exponentially get better at an alarming rate each year. The M3 series chips are mindboggling..... M3 Ultra/Max is already competing with the latest Intel 13th Gen top of the line CPUs, and the GPU is catching up the RTX 4000 series all with an INTEGRATED GPU.... no dedicated GPU!
It's a productivity game-changer. With a laptop, to get any real work done you always have to be conscious about charging. So you're always in that "I'll do it when I get back to the office / home mode"
For me I run various apps in Docker, VS Code, Outlook, MS Office all day long without plugging in. :) It's way worth the weird quirks & and Stage Manager has helped a lot..
Who the hell uses VsCode AND MsOffice as apps
Mac is good but be very careful with it. Apple repair shop's prices are outright extortion. I have a special travel bag with my Mac.
As an ex windows that also switched to mac a few years back user I strongly recommend to start using the green button at the top left! Full screen applications and switching between them via 3 finger swipe to me is part of why macos is so great for productivity. You can also show two windows side by side in one fullscreen frame. And regarding the window snapping: I don't even miss it anymore, because I rarely use more than two windows side by side.
Was forced to use Mac for 3 years of software development, I hope I never go back.
It wasn’t Windows, you bought a gaming laptop but didn’t need the gaming….
Ngl windows laptops just don’t compete in efficiency at the moment tbh
@jamesramsey2400 It's not about Windows, its about x64 vs ARM chips.
The Snapdragon Elite X laptops (also running Windows) give Apple's M chips a run for their money and even lasts more on battery I've seen
@@Random131_Yh IK, but the windows laptops with arm chips have compatibility issues at the moment as they rush to compete, I use windows but I have to admit apple pulled of the switch to arm chips much better also apples displays are pretty much all much better as well @Random131_
yh but windows on arm is just much less usable companies are not really suporting it yet
He's doing creative tasks so he directly benefitted from a GPU and thicker chassis...........
All the stuff you miss from Windows are the exact same things I miss too. Thankfully, I use rectangle (free) for window snapping , smooth scroll (paid) for fixing external mouse scrolling, and sensiblesidebuttons (free) to make the side buttons on my mouse work. It's annoying that I had to search online for third party applications that would work for me to fix these issues, but now that it's fixed it is mostly much smoother than windows.
My final gripe would be that finder changes views too much. I would much rather stick to one view every time I use Finder but I haven't gotten it to work consistently for me yet.
EDIT: Wanted to add that I do like how I can keep my MacBook on just by going into terminal and typing in caffeinate -d while in windows I had to search for a long and ugly powershell command.
For fixing the mouse, there’s a free alternative and it’s called DOS. it works like a dream. Hope this helps for anyone looking 😄
For fixing the mouse, there’s a free alternative and it’s called DOS. it works like a dream. Hope this helps for anyone looking 😄
are those windows apps or mac apps? because i don’t have any of those features on windows 10
@@imstupidbut why would you need that on windows?
@@Memecube window snapping doesn’t work for me, and my scroll wheel is extremely glitchy
10 minutes and 15 seconds later and i'm still a stubborn windows user
@@k-c girl what??
Man, you forget about press for previewing files.
It's one neat and powerful feature on Mac
An SDE here(Working at one of the FAANG companies for the past 2 years). Most if not all of us devs use MACs here. They are simple, snappy, portable and very very powerful after the M1. I personally got an M1 Pro machine from my company(changed it from an Intel one as i had to run a react native server on it, which literally took more than 5 minutes on the old machine, and less than 1.5 minutes on the new one.)
You said that the green maximize button is of no use, well try using it with a trackpad. Most of us devs use it because we want to have IDEs, Chrome and documentation open side by side and you dont always have an external monitor. The triple swipe to switch between desktops is a god send feature.
Also you said about how the close button doesnt work, well true, but i happen to have multiple repositories open at once on one IDE. If i want to close only one of the repos, i click the cross and the others remain open fine. If i want to kill the entire IDE, I do the right click manouver.
It definitely feels slightly un-intuitive at first especially if you have been a lifetime windows user like me, but it makes sense.
Plus, the terminal on the MAC is so much better. Mac OS is not good for gaming, but apart from that i truly love it and wish everyone would give it a try before shitting on it
I used to be an egotistical windows user. Then I started using Linux and realized that maybe I’m the stupid one.
I moved over to Mac back in 2002... I never looked back and quite literally lived happily ever after
the end
The transition from PowerPC to x86 must have been epic?
@@arround1 unfortunately I still have to keep a 12" powerbook and iMac G4 to run some of my favorite old VST instruments and iTunes visualizers that didn't transition over... damn I wish the QEMU/UTM team would hurry up in getting the PPC emulator up to speed
It took apple 22 years to add a gui option for disabling mouse acceleration, the edge of the laptop bites into your hands, and it's a pain to repair those, but the rest is fine. You probably picked the best time to switch: the abysmal keyboard form 2018 is gone, no touch-bar, mag-safe is back (though not compatible with your old mag-safe charger), and you need to buy less dongles.
App is installed on current MacOs in most cases when it is copied in the folder specified. On current hardware for most apps it is instant. Also thanks to how new filesystems work - they make copying of files virtually instant while in background they can still “move”. Some professional apps have installers with progress bars tho.