First 7 Things I Do to Setup a MacBook: Apps, Settings & Tips
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
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0:00 Introduction
0:07 Add extra fingerprints
0:53 Display settings
1:36 Trackpad tweaks
2:21 Turn off notifications
2:54 Setapp
4:21 Automate your backups
5:10 Dynamic wallpapers
6:17 Dark Mode
7:11 Clean up your menu bar
8:00 iCloud and Handoff - Наука та технологія
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Three-finger drag wasn’t buried this deep years ago in older Mac OS versions. It used to be right there on the trackpad gesture option screen.
I think that’s why many of us are so familiar with it.
I use it all the time and it's something I missed when It got buried I thought they got rid of the function.When I learned it was back I was so happy.
Three finger drag. Always.
four give better sensation
@@inconnuxtd Five, just to use more fingers.
@@teasay3135 six fingers gives you the real experience.
@@ciri151 nah I be using my toes and fingers, 20 is the way to go
I find face dragging gives a more full-on experience
First thing i did was enable 3 finger drag, change default browser and added hot corners on flip clock wallpaper
3 finger drag is so underrated 👌🏻
Omg. the flip clock yes ! Same mate
@@crimsonred7980 so macOS has this feature where you move your cursor to one of the four corners and four of them have four different functions (based on your settings). flip clock wallpaper is a screensaver of choice and after a fixed period of time, your mac goes to sleep mode and the screensaver shows up. you can set one hot corner to show up screensaver immediately.
Where can I get the flip clock?
Free Mac Apps/Utilities
- Vanilla: free version for Bartender
- Rectangle: free window snapping
- Displaperture: add rounded corners to your screen
- Alfred: way better spotlight alternative
- Amphetamine: use macbook while lid is closed
- Maccy: macbook clipboard
- Scroll Reverser: appropriate scrolling in trackpad and your external mouse
- Loom: screen record but the camera is on
- QuickNote: for... quick notes
U don't actually need the scroll reverser app since there's a setting in trackpad I think
@@pogandswagchamp69 yes but it would also change the scroll wheel on mouse, you cannot change them individually
@@WesleyDechavez that is true
thank you
thank u so much
I’ve been using three finger drag since I got my first Macbook Pro back in 2013 and it’s an absolute must to this day, really simple feature that, once you get used to it, really improves your workflow.
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also most the apps in setapp are garbage. very few apps i really would consider buying are even on the platform. its a pretty terrible service
Me, who don’t have and never use a MacBook once in my life: okay noted :)
same here
Same here 🥲
Do why did you watch? 🤷🏼♂️😂
@@BSHokke for the future
@@zangyboo5844 Love that outlook😁
I just bought a an M1 MacBook Air today and your video was recommended for me. Perfect timing! Thank you for the recommendation. I love this thing. It's the first MacBook I have ever bought.
Three finger drag is perfect. I believe it is that which allows you to slide four fingers up to get to app switcher. I could be wrong. Another thing is changing settings to allow command + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 to switch between desktops. I have a couple different apps on each desktop, so I can either just swipe with four fingers left or right to switch desktops OR the Command + # method. So quick multitasking. Much wow.
I would love to see this kind of video for other things you use like Lightroom or capture one. Even something like "here are the settings I always change on my 5d IV or c200" would be awesome! Those tips and tricks from working pros are so valuable.
That's a great idea, I could talk about creative apps for hours
Yes! Please talk more in depth about Capture One. I would like to switch to this program and I’d love a video on it from you!
Oh sure - three finger drag is the most important setting I always enable first..
Thanks for these interesting ideas - because it always helps to see other Mac users Workflows✌️
“You just got a brand new Mac”
Me who literally just got mine today: 👁👄👁
Well Congratulations
My M1 pro comes in 2 days. I’m so excited for it
@@isaiahmartinez5620 legit same, 1 day to go!!!!
Mine came in today and I’m soooo confused lmao
@@jewel9458 hold up, are you the same guy?????
Thanks for this. Just bought my first ever MacBook 2 days ago and being a Windows user my whole life, I was lost!
Oh dude thank you for showing how to get three finger drag back. I used to looove that feature in Snow Leopard and I thought they just took out the feature. So excited to re-enable that now haha
I subscribed last week after seeing that other set-up video! This is great information and presented so nice!
Thank you for telling us about Bartender! My menu bar is way less cluttered!
So if I sign up today at setapp I can download bartender and then end my subscription? And still have bartender up and running? Or do I need to use money for using bartender over time?
@@maya195 try Vanilla for free.
I'm glad that I found here the three finger drag. I've been looking that in the trackpad settings but can't find it. I also disabled the true tone. Thanks for these suggestions.
Thank you for this well made, informative and entertaining video. Helps me to use my Mac more efficient.
If you want you can enable True Tone and make a shortcut (after macos Monterrey is released) so when you open your app for photos/Lightroom/Final Cut the True Tone is disabled automatically
The 3 finger drag was really useful, as well as the tip to turn off notifications. Thanks!
Amazing video, Tyler! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this! The new company I'm working for sent me a Macbook Pro, it's my first time to use one. This video is of great help!
I'll be getting my M1 any time now, thanks for the info
Thanks for recommendation. I am getting my new M1 Macbook air to replace my old macbook pro 2010. Watching your video is really helpful. Gives me some new idea. :D
3 finger drag is always the first thing that I enable. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
For time machine if you’re router has a USB port and you’re mainly at home, worth plugging your hard drive in there and your Mac will back up every hour over the local network, that way you don’t forget and don’t have to plug it into the Mac manually each time. All ASUS routers in the past 10 years have time machine built into them so the Mac treats it like the old school Apple time capsules
Thank you for this! I just changed over from Netgear Orbi to ASUS XT8 routers. I’ll get this set up!
Just got my MBA, by the way, my first Macbook ever! Thank you for the tips
Oh man I LOVE the three-finger drag. Thanks so much for this video!
Very nicely made video with the colors, edits and information!
I use different fingers for different profiles. allows you to switch profiles just by using a different finger.
I haven't seen anyone recommend rectangle! It's the best free option for window snapping.
Hot Corners!!! I can't live without it. My setup on each of my 3 Macs is Top Left Corner = Desktop Top Right Corner = Mission Control Bottom Left Corner = Lock Screen and Bottom Right Corner = Application Windows.
OMG THANK U SM
my trackpad on my macbook air hasn't been working for over a year so i have to use the tap to click function and therefore i can't click and drag something and always have to use an external mouse for that. i never knew about the "3 fingers to drag" option and i have even googled for that with no success.
Three finger drag is kinda cool. I almost freaked out because I didn't know what happened to mission control but I got it now.
Thanks!
this will be so helpful for my new mac thats coming very soon! tysm!
I can't understand how people can live without the three-finger drag 🙌🏻 great video!
i watch all the video even i'm not a mac user but the quality is wo🔥🔥
About to buy one thx for the tips 👍
switched to Mac a couple of years ago, after being a windows guy for 20 years.. I had no idea about adding more fingerprints! haha! thank you! 🙏🏽
three-finger drag is my favourite customization...
So many awesome YT channels for the PC world..not many for Apple ecosystem..you & Quinn from Snazzy labs are my favourite!
How was that? Me myself thinking to buy MacBook for work. Just worried if i feel uncomfortable because stuck with windows about 10years. Ehehe
@@saidatulliyanazamhuri3645 It's not like windows so..its an adjustment...if you use alot of windows programs you should just get a windows laptop imo. If you want to try something different go for it...
Thanks, very useful. (also not convinced about the 3-finger dragging but thanks for sharing suggestion)
It makes a trackpad an actual mouse replacement for daily use. Try to do your daily tasks from the default, then try three finger drag and memorize the gestures. It becomes a whole new machine.
BettrTouchTool App - to customize the Trackpad with a previously backed up settings file from my last Mac. -- Cant live without it!
I don't ever intend on using mac os but UA-cam algo got me hooked
I’ll be getting my M1 next week, so yay! Thanks for this vid
theres a new macbook pro literally coming out next next week, dont get an M1 lmao
@@sameergill5117 I don't live in a country with Apple Stores, it was now or never.
@@AthinaLohmann well idc about what you do but pls just wait for the new one. The M1 is decent but not close to the new ones
@@sameergill5117 already bought it. Better than nothing
@@sameergill5117 "Decent" as if the M1 is just another CPU. There is always going to be something on the horizon. A lot of the world lives solely because of FOMO, and "but wait for the next release" is simply an illusion. Almost no choice we ever make is worth this much deliberation, and likewise, the majority of choices anyone makes are totally inconsequential to the end. If you fool yourself with illusions of looking to the horizon instead of looking at what the current situation is, you'll always be chasing a carrot.
If it were a situation of upgrading from a 2018 macbook to a 2019, you'd have an argument, but going from no M1 to M1 is a completely different league.
Why is the pointer animation so cool. Want that too
Three finger drag is ELITE. do it every time
Thank you for the upload it was a great video !!!
I bet that by the time I get my Macbook later this year, I'll forget all these :D So you just got yourself a returning viewer :)
Thanks! This was super helpful. Haven't used a mac since OS X 10.4 :P
I prefer using trackpad over a mouse and "Three Finger Drag" is a must. I miss it every time I use other laptops.
wow this video is everything I wanted to see and more. thank you for this
Getting me excited for the possible WWDC macs this year
Thank you so much I just got my new 2020 MacBook Air today!
I really like Firefox on the new M1 MacBook Air. It's battery efficient although not as much as Safari and also provides all the extensions I need.
I uninstalled chrome. It eats a lot of ram
YESSSS on the updating your cables it's GAME CHANGER!
It’s so basic, I’m surprised how many people miss it
Three finger drag is life changing!
Great video quality! ❤❤❤
This prompted me to give my notifications a quick once-over. No more quad-weekly reminders that Creative Cloud has been updated!
My main flow on a new install/Mac seems to be: Move dock to the left side (where it belongs), max out the trackpad speed, turn on Dark Mode, turn off True Tone (for the exact reasons stated) add all my accounts so they can be accessed in Mail/Calendars/etc., set Finder to always calculate file/folder sizes and show the status and path bars, and then listen to my fans/warm my hands while iCloud/Google Drive/Dropbox downloads a few hundred gigs of stuff.
3 finger drag is one of the very first things I do for myself and my friends new Macs!! I CANNOT use a laptop without it and it's a nightmare to use a windows laptop once in a while ughhhh
I make the bottom left corner of the track pad my right click button. Since I’m typically using my right hand on the track pad, it just makes it easier to right click the bottom left corner with my thumb.
Excellent. Thanks for the video.
I definitely like the 3 finger drag!
Love your videos!
Just subscribed. Your video was very efficient and useful. I’m not super techy, but have had all Apple products since college. 🤓
The Three finger drag feature I used to use all the time back in 2013... Some time down the road it was gone. this as saved me now that I got a new M1 Mac. Thanks so much. Great video.
I have macbook air m1, i used your first video to setup, i was new to apple ecosystem and so far im loving it..my workflow has been easy.. although I've still not figured out call and iMessage on my macbook(i think you need an iphone in the first place) rest of it works fine and battery life is beast.
Congrats on your new Mac! By the way, you dont need an iphone for using facetime or iMessage.
@@yadukrishnan8235 my icloud is logged in only, I can't figure it out
@@soorajsaikumar What does it say when you try to open FaceTime/iMessage? Does it give any notifications/warnings?
@@yadukrishnan8235 it say it can't sent of not able to sent msg
Just knew that Chrome drain the battery! Thanks man!
Thank you for your video, Tyler. Could you please tell me how did you make this cursor 'effect' on your Mac? Your cursor moves unusual and it looks super cool. I also want to have this feature.
This is helpful. I’m getting my first ever MacBook Pro today and I need to set things up and be stressed free.
Thank you for your informative video. I’m new to MacBook. I’ve three questions for you. I’m aWindows user. What’s the best way to learn my newMacBook Pro? Is it possible to encrypted or password the external backup drive? Is it possible to encrypted or password protected individual worksheet on Numbers? Thanks in advance for your assistance.
oh my god, three finger drag is the best thing to happen in a while haha thanks you!
one alternative to Bartender its "dozer"
you helped me alot!! thanks!
What lens/se would you recommend for UA-cam content creation? I’ve been considering a 24-70 or a couple of fast primes.
What would you recommend and why? (Mostly interested in the why to better inform my own decision making).
Can you also do a video on the Macbook Pro 14"? I just got it but I moved from a Windows 11 so I am very unfamiliar with the OS. I would really appreciate if you could create such video.
Tyler, hi! I wonder how you've done so that your cursor movement is blurred when you move it. I suppose you did it with ScreenFlow application but which settings did you change to have this effect? I would appreciate if you answer. Thanks)
great video
Nice video!
The Three-Finger drag IS useful.
Just got a mac and used every setting
Pro tips thanks!
Everything about this guy is just perfect. He’s smart, he speaks well, he’s beautiful, nice glasses, and he looks like he smells lovey (lol). Thanks for the video!!!!!
Tack så jättemycket
I think mentioning browsers, I've found Brave has become a new favorite of mine. All that I like out of Chrome but significantly faster, a better ad blocking engine than any of the extensions for Chrome, and presumably less phoning home. It's become my daily on all my devices that support it, Windows and MacOS alike.
Great vid! Btw What wallpaper is that you’re using?
You're pretty much all in with Apple, like me, so I subscribed.
Did not know about adding additional Touch ID! Appreciate that tip 🙌🏾 big fan of moving the doc over to the right, resizing it and getting rid of everything with the exception of Safari, chrome and premiere and photoshop. Nice work 👍🏽
Thanks! How you are adding a motion blur into your records? Is it some screen recorder FX? Thanks again!
Brilliant video. You suggested some amazing things that never occurred to me. Something that I do, that I find extremely useful, is to open a Finder window and drag key folders / locations into the Favourites area. Things I commonly access a lot, that may be hard to get to, such as Audio Plugins (Components, VST etc.), FCP projects, Ableton Live projects etc. Cheers!
Great job on the thumbnail!
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this valuable information!!!! Now for the love of God PLEASE put a lens cap on that lens. LOL
Thank you.
Yay!!! I finally found Gordon Freeman's not mute twin!!!
three finger drag is a game changer
Thanks for the video. Is there a minimum or maximum amount of storage timemachine needs?
You love that gold (yellow) iMac!
Chrome has actually published an ARM64 version for the M1 and you can run galore of tabs with no issues even with 8Gb ram.
It still drains significantly more battery than safari
amazing!!!!!!!!
as for backing up stuff just never leave anything important on your main hard drive just attached to secondary drive keep all your important stuff on it that you can't afford to lose and. only leave stuff on the main drive that you have to have there but also keep only back ups of the stuff you can't afford to lose
Very cool bro 🇪🇬