25 Mac Settings You Have to Change
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It's time to fix macOS' wacky default settings. With over 20 years of Mac usage, I show you how 𝕀 setup 𝕞𝕪 new Macs.
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Terminal commands (paste the entire string)
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𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0; defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -int 0;killall Dock
𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗼: defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0.5; defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -int 0.5 ;killall Dock
𝗔𝗱𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿 (paste for each spacer): defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}' && killall Dock
𝗔𝗱𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳-𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿 (paste for each): defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="small-spacer-tile";}' && killall Dock
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (must restart Mac to take effect): sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.DiskArbitration.diskarbitrationd.plist DADisableEjectNotification -bool YES && sudo pkill diskarbitrationd
𝗥𝗲-𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.DiskArbitration.diskarbitrationd.plist DADisableEjectNotification && sudo pkill diskarbitrationd
𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗘𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: ejectify.app
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗣𝗚 (replace with png to undo): defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁: defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool TRUE && killall Dock
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00:00 - General Anger
00:30 - Spelling Correction Hate
01:25 - Fix Share Sheet
2:00 - Make Siri Tolerable
3:15 - Your Dock is An Abomination
5:48 - Bonus: System Preferences in Dock
6:10 - Spicy Corners
07:18 - A-B-Cystem Preferences (I'm Sorry)
8:08 - Oodles of Finder Tips (and a God-Tier AirDrop Tip)
14:03 - TERMINAL TIME!
14:42 - Dock Hide Delay and Transition Speed
16:14 - Dock Spacers
16:51 - Don't Let Your Mac Boss You Around!
18:40 - Stop Substantial Screenshots
19:52 - Hide Ur Pecker
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Hi all! I'm the developer behind Ejectify and wanted to clarify that it doesn't just disable the "disk not ejected properly" notifications. Instead, it instructs macOS to unmount selected volumes at a configured moment (e.g. when the system starts sleeping or when the screen gets locked) and tries to mount them when the system becomes available again. Hence, it actually helps prevent corrupted volumes and data loss instead of just "muting" the notifications.
@JohnScottB
Жыл бұрын
Just bought your app, which I should have read before I did - because it obviously doesn't do what I expected and hoped for (which is really just disabling the notification). Luckily even in MacOS 12.4 the terminal line from the description did work for me. Your app will still be helpful for my NAS though!
@ABoxIsMyHome
Жыл бұрын
@@JohnScottB his is better though why you mad?
@PasteurizedLettuce
Жыл бұрын
@@JohnScottB wait, it seems kinda dangerous to disable that notificaiton
@JohnScottB
Жыл бұрын
@@ABoxIsMyHome Not mad. His app is totally different and a very good and safe thing to have. I just had missed expectations from watching the video (as Niels clarified in his post above).
@JohnScottB
Жыл бұрын
@@PasteurizedLettuce There's no danger to getting a notification AFTER you already did the thing that potentially could have caused an issue. It's done, already. USB write speeds are so fast that unless you are literally pulling out a drive the nanosecond that something completed writing, you're not going to corrupt anything. So... just give it a second. Coming from Windows, the whole "eject drive" thing is so ridiculous.
Note: Please always eject exFAT volumes properly. Sometimes the index hasn't been updated and you risk "losing" your latest addition to the drive.
@flamingkillermc2806
Жыл бұрын
And it can get corrupted which then disk-utility has to repair it, and in rare cases it cant then you lose all your data.
@agneevX
Жыл бұрын
exFAT has no journaling. Aside from Windows and macOS simultaneous support, there's no reason why anyone should use it.
@ViaxCo
Жыл бұрын
@@agneevX So what format do you suggest instead?
@gabriellovate
Жыл бұрын
For mac-only drives, APFS is probably the way to go
@kethean22
Жыл бұрын
I actually have to keep a pc around because I have drives where if I forget to eject, can never be mounted again without fixing it on windows. It’s the most annoying thing.
7:40 The categories are hardware and software. The ones on the top are for software related settings, both Mission Control and Security & Privacy are handled by software. The ones on the bottom are hardware related, both your battery and startup disk are hardware components found on your Mac.
@zhiyong9654
Жыл бұрын
Literally says Software Update in the bottom section 🤣
@swiftrealm
Жыл бұрын
@@zhiyong9654 Yes, because it updates your hardware.
@rabish2532
Жыл бұрын
@@swiftrealm 'software' update
@Anthony-pf3df
Жыл бұрын
@@rabish2532 'Software'-Update translates under these circumstances to 'OS'-Update. The OS is written to control the hardware. Completely makes sense. You could argue if the 'Software'-Update should be placed completely separately, since it determines even this layout and is therefor the absolute base of everything in terms of hardware-management.
@_invencible_
Жыл бұрын
@@rabish2532 everything in the hardware category is also related to software because the software controls the hardware
By far, one of the most useful and informative videos on tweaking MacOS that I've seen.I've been using the Mac for 30 years and I learned so much and changed a ton of settings! Thank you for this.
this is my favorite "series" of yours, always appreciate some macOS tips and tricks :D
@phillipgoat00
Жыл бұрын
yeah, I started watching this channel because of the tips and tricks videos for macos, this guy knows his stuff.
For me, dock on the left or right only makes sense when using a single monitor. As soon as I go dual screen, it's much more handy to have on the bottom where I can easily activate it on any of my monitors.
@CybernerdShua
Жыл бұрын
It depends for me. I will often put the dock on the right for my right-most monitor, dock on the left for my left-most monitor, and if I have more than 2, the other monitor gets the dock on the bottom.
@grumpychocobo
Жыл бұрын
@@CybernerdShua I'll have to look into this. I've never heard or seen the option to set the dock in different places for different monitors before.
@SchioAlves
Жыл бұрын
And that's something that Windows used (now with W11 it's all messed up) to do so much better than macOS: why the heck I have to go all the way to the other monitor to use the dock? Why I cannot see only windows from the current monitor? Place it on the left on one screen and right on the other? It feels like macOS is stuck in time and we only see improvements when they develop something for the iPad that they port to the Mac.
@YTN3rd
Жыл бұрын
I've decided to try left dock recently but its mainly because I move my mouse to the bottom of windows too often only for dock to come up over what I am trying to click.
@profosist
Жыл бұрын
Apple users having multiple screens? Does apple even know thats possible?
I wanted to thank you for this video! I have been a Mac user for over 15 years now, and I had never looked at even half the settings you talked about. I implemented the dock position and delay settings, dock spacers (to separate productivity apps from communication apps), the scale minimizing effect, alphabetized the System Prefs, re-did my Finder toolbar shortcuts (including the ever-important AirDrop shortcut), re-ordered my sidebar to make it more intuitive for my uses. Before watching the video, the only tweaks you mentioned that I actually already used were Spotlight and showing all file extensions! Keep up the good work my friend!
If you want to make the dock animate quickly (but not instantly), say 0.2 second, you need to change the value to "-float 0.2". If you say "-int 0.2", macOS will treat the time as 0 seconds (the first integer that it sees).
@AlbyTheMovieCreator
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for clarifying this, didn't know and it's useful.
@humanrich
Жыл бұрын
Any idea how I'd make it hold a little before hiding? I don't mind it coming up instantly, but it hiding immediately as the mouse goes away is a little frustrating.
@johnbartolovich62
Жыл бұрын
tried this with a copy paste not working on my mac
@johnbartolovich62
Жыл бұрын
NVM
@p.4lvv
Жыл бұрын
man I love you for this TT
You are very much correct about most of these, except for one thing. Not having the dock at the bottom is just wrong when you're using dock hiding anyway. Makes using an extra display more painful than it needs to be :)
@kazooduck
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, was baffled when he moved it and complained about where it went
@saturndev
8 ай бұрын
Having the dock anywhere but the bottom is a pain to me
@aettic
7 ай бұрын
This is the number one reason I stopped using left-side Docks. I don't want to have to cruise past a monitor just to reach my dock. With it on the bottom, and hidden, I can reach it from any monitor quickly.
If you use a trackpad, I'd recommend changing the settings so a 3-finger drag is a click+hold (so you can drag windows around just by using 3 fingers) and 4 fingers swipes between desktops.
@asdf51501
Жыл бұрын
I like the three finger drag. (That's what she said too.)
@bambinone
Жыл бұрын
This is so huge. I can't believe they moved it to Accessibility, but I'm glad they didn't axe it completely.
@jamesmartion1436
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this!! 3 Finger Drag is the first thing i change on any mac. i love how if you re-adjust your fingers on the trackpad it holds onto the 'hold'. Such a natural gesture, feels right
@RiddhamManna
Жыл бұрын
This is so important. I don’t know why he missed this thing.
@danielnaron
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmartion1436 haha same here 😁👍
I am windows user for my entire life and decided to switch to Macbook Air M1 2 weeks ago for remote working purposes. Came across your video and followed majority of your method. By my surprise, it gave me another whole new level of enjoyment using my Macbook even more! Thank you for this amazing video! I love it!
@Tech-geeky
Жыл бұрын
You'll be punching your screen in no time.. 🤬
i should have watched a video like this when i tried starting to use a macbook air a few months ago. especially coming from windows, this just all makes so much sense to me as i was going crazy about a lot of mac OS default behavior
I’d also strongly suggest to enable ‘Group windows by application’ in Mission Control section. It adds icon which is often much more helpful in identifying the app than the window snapshot.
@Irnbruist
Жыл бұрын
100% can't live without
@davidhorinek
Жыл бұрын
Good tip, thanks!
@benzymatic
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, it makes Mission Control so much more useable that it's frankly wild it's not the default.
@learningwithlyndon8918
Жыл бұрын
Great point why have I not done this before!
@jonnykuang
Жыл бұрын
@@benzymatic It used to be the default iirc.
came back to mac after +- 5 years full windows and I dont even need the month to agree, I already agree with every single setting configuration in your vid, thx a lot, made my user experience a lot more pleasant
For those who can't remember those terminal command lines, Onyx app provides a nice UI to most of the settings mentionned in this video, as well other useful maintenance functionnalities.
@theworm7156
Жыл бұрын
He has them in the description but nice tip bro👍
@juherd1967
Жыл бұрын
is your n key absolutely broken beyond repair too by any chance?
Love the way you explain things. It is like talking with some familiar friend. So comfortable and relaxed.
Thanks for the instant dock hiding terminal command. Seenig as how I work at my Mac half the day and use the dock a lot, this makes a positive difference in both efficiency, and more importantly psychological health. The slower dock has been driving me nuts for years, lol 😀
Why I prefer png over jpeg: png is lossless. Editing the file will not degrade the quality. Then, when it is time to share, I use a Quick Action to convert the image.
@ibonitog
Жыл бұрын
Yeah especially since screenshots often contain text, which jpg really struggles with!
@OhSoTiredMan
Жыл бұрын
I was shocked when I found out that the image quality degraded from a single edit when editing jpegs.
@moskovskoeradio
Жыл бұрын
True, and when you select to screenshot a specific window it keeps the translucency, jpg and others will lose it.
@TheRealBOBlibob
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know about Quick Action, thank you. I can't believe that I have used a third party app for so many years
@Willymaze
Жыл бұрын
yeah, but most of us are just sharing screenshots to show something, not to edit or preserve content, so it makes sense to have a lighter format.
So freakin helpful. Got my very first Mac-book 2 days ago for college after being a life long pc user. These tips are gonna make this transition not as awkward and they are already making a really good chance to my workflow. Thank you!
Thanks for this. A handy and hidden screenshot workflow trick I've been using for years is to copy a selected screenshot to the clipboard without creating a file. You use the usual shift+cmd+4, but hold down the control key as you drag and release. Then you can paste into whatever app your using.
One thing I'd change about the dock is the animation, have the delay off but speed up the animation. So have the autohide delay at 0, but have the modifier at like 0.25. I do very much like the quick animation. It makes it feel much smoother.
@moskovskoeradio
Жыл бұрын
Just tried this out, it doesn't work on Catalina. I can go only from 1 second / 2 seconds, etc, doesn't work with decimals.
@dealloc
Жыл бұрын
@@moskovskoeradio Change the "-int" to "-float" like "-float 0.25". Works for all Macs with a Dock.
@yoRudy
Жыл бұрын
@@moskovskoeradio change 'int' to 'float' on the autohide-time-modifier see if that works
@seeXuriiTy
Жыл бұрын
@@dealloc THANKS a lot! This worked on macOS 12.4, beautiful.
@moskovskoeradio
Жыл бұрын
@@dealloc @Rudy Ortega Thank you fellas, works great! :)
Quinn, do you have thoughts on 3 finger drag? SystemPrefs->Accessibility->TrackpadOptions->EnableDragging. It makes all the 3 finger trackpad gestures into 4 finger gestures, which feels fine for me ( i use mission control all the time - 4 finger swipe up ), and 3 finger drag feels so natural. i even love that you can lift your fingers and adjust your hand position on the trackpad and it still holds the 'click' down for you ie if you're dragging files. It means you dont have to put pressure on the trackpad, or do an awkward tap+hold gesture. once your muscle memory adjusts, i think you'll love it
A note on the description's dock command - make sure you use a float for non-whole numbers. "-int 0.5" will still just apply as 0.0 (at least on OS X 10.9, which I'm using). Also, three finger drag is pretty much essential to effective UI navigation (even if using the wonderful Magnet) and really should be enabled by default.
@talhadad3826
Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was going to say... please fix it :) @Snazzy Labs
@lunarcramshell2101
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH
@lunarcramshell2101
Жыл бұрын
No you're actually a life saver
@Camillusmaximus
10 ай бұрын
Thank's man!
I'm getting my new MacBook Air M1 tomorrow and I can't wait to utilize these tips and several of the other tips and apps you have mentioned in your videos. Thank you so much for making these; I'm new to Mac OS (in it's current state - I used it when they were still on the earlier versions of 10) and this helps me tremendously to prepare it for my educational use.
Outstanding. As a mac user since the early 90's, I was familiar with many of these, some going back to Mac OS7! But you had some gems in there that are super useful. The Airdrop button in the finder bar is a game changer for those of us swapping files back and forth between MacOS and iOS devices. Great work, and thank you!
@xEqualsRandom
Жыл бұрын
You could also use the share menu if you want to airdrop easily without an extra button
@johndoe-hu2ss
Жыл бұрын
@@xEqualsRandom the “extra button” is having to click on the share button and then click the airdrop button vs simply choosing airdrop from the top
I went out of my way to ensure screenshots are saved as PNG. I rarely include images in screenshots, and text looks way better as PNG and also is smaller than JPG in this case. The way I see it, I can always re-save PNG as JPG, but I can't really do it the other way around.
@snazzy
Жыл бұрын
I've actually (personally), been using HEIF. Gives you the best of both worlds-tiny file sizes and nice looking images!
@tlalnetlalli04
Жыл бұрын
@@snazzy I wanted to give it whirl, but when I try to set screencapture type heif I get an error on any new screenshots where it says it can’t write the file to intended destination.
@DodoKing187
Жыл бұрын
@@snazzy hello, I have the same problem, how did you change it to HEIF? also the hidden application greyed out command doesnt do anything at all.
@fedemtz6
Жыл бұрын
@@DodoKing187Try setting it to HEIC instead of HEIF
@DodoKing187
Жыл бұрын
@@fedemtz6 good idea, totally forgot about that, it worked :) still cant have the greyed out hidden application tho, anyone has a fix for that?
I switched back to Macs after about 9 years, and I am so happy I rediscovered your channel and to see that you are still creating fantastic content. Thank you!
Got some useful tips here. The dock hide command (and time speed) is fantastic. I also place my dock on the left side as well and give the same explanation that you did. Keep the great videos. Great info.
19:30 one should mention that JPGs are not great for screenshots of text because of the compression
@geraldh.8047
Жыл бұрын
Exactly, png for text screenshots can actually be both of higher quality AND smaller file size at the same time. Just don’t screenshot your 5K desktop background picture.
Great tips! Knew most of these but didn't know the dock transition time could be set to 0. Might try the hiding option now. Agree hiding the dock before was un-usable due to the time it takes.
Hey! I had dock on my left for quite some time, but making it show up and hide almost instantaneously is nifty. I've never been using dock hiding for any longer because of speed and those rare but annoying times when it wouldn't show up. Now it seems to show up every time! Thanks a million!
Very similar to most things I change. I also like to point my screenshots to a different directory. Also for trackpad, I disable "zoom in our out" / "rotate" / "smart zoom". The reason is these cause an annoying slight delay when right-clicking (two-finger tap) because it's waiting to check if there will be a third tap or motion everytime you do it. Makes two-finger taps much more responsive.
Some pretty good tips here even if Quinn's preferences are clearly wrong in some cases. Like JPEG for screenshots… please don't. We have enough deep-fried images and JPEG artifacts all over the place, and for anyone who takes a screenshot to zoom in on something specific the details and colors are going to be out of whack due to the compression artifacts. Also what's this about PNG not being widely supported?! The only common browser that had issues with PNG (specifically transparency) was IE6, declared deprecated in March 2011 - over 11 years ago.
@rcnhsuailsnyfiue2
Жыл бұрын
By pressing Cmd+Shift+4 then the Space bar, you can hover your mouse over a window and capture ONLY that window… But if you switch to JPEG screenshots, the drop shadow behind it loses all transparency in the capture (as PNG supports transparent backgrounds, whilst JPEG doesn’t). So it just looks like you have a white desktop background. Don’t change this! If you ever genuinely need a JPEG screenshot just right-click the PNG, choose Quick Actions, then Convert Image :)
@snazzy
Жыл бұрын
FWIW, I use HEIF lately for screenshots 😉
@desmond-hawkins
Жыл бұрын
@@snazzy I'm reporting this comment for inciting others to self-harm.
@lachlanhunt
Жыл бұрын
His claim about png not being widely supported is just ludicrous too. It’s one of the most widely supported formats everywhere.
@meijboomm
Жыл бұрын
@@lachlanhunt Not only that, PNG is much smaller in pictures with large blocks of a single colour, like webpages for example.
Great tips. They will fix a lot of stuff I was also annoyed by. Thanks.
Thanks for this thorough explanation! Just switched this year from 30 years WIndows to Mac. Loving it, even loving it more with those tweaks! Cheers, thanks for making this useful video for us. Mac all the way!
The making hidden apps translucent is very cool. I oftentimes hide apps when I really need to focus so it's nice seeing what is hidden and what isn't. Thanks!
Thank you soooo much! Quicknote, hot corner was added on an update and it was killing me.
11:25 you could also simply click on the "share" icon and select airdrop to share stuff. Having the icon is still better, but you don't have to drag and drop.
That seriously was so cool! I had no idea about the terminal commands or any of that!!! Thanks for showing me because that changes everything!!
Thank you so much for this. I use UBar and I have been trying to get rid of the dock for the longest. Extending the time for it to come out reduces my chances of accidentally triggering it all the time. Thanks so much!
FYI: System preferences is laid out with software settings on the top half and hardware settings on the bottom half. That’ll change in macOS Ventura though
@AlejandroLZuvic
Жыл бұрын
Ooooooh, that makes sense!
@micosstar
Жыл бұрын
man another relic gone but for the better
AirDrop in the tool bar is a cool trick! Didn't realize that was there. :) But you really need to mention list view in the finder, or even column view. If you're messin' with files they're essential. Plus the set to defaults is great. At the same time -- PNG is really a much better format for screenshots. My 5K display is only a ~6-7MB image, and while the jpg is a smaller file size, it definitely doesn't look as nice. Text renders better in PNGs, too. And if you like the drop shadow of windows you need the PNG format to keep the transparency. (I do like turning the drop shadows off).
@yochem9294
Жыл бұрын
Column view is the only way to go!
Honestly, excellent stuff. Your channel has really blown up since I saw your IKEA desk tutorial back in like 2017 or 2018. Time flies.
Thanks for this. Got to about 50% through and smugly thought I knew it all. Then the second half showed me some amazing stuff I didn't know. Thanks for fixing more than a few issues I was having.
By pressing Cmd+Shift+5 or opening the Screenshot app, you can change the image format for your screenshots in the Option menu. You can also specify a folder where all the screenshots will be saved instead of your Desktop.
Shortening the time for the dock is really nice. Such a small thing really makes a difference. I will add one more thing that I always change when setting up a new mac: Change the default folder for screenshots to /Pictures/screenshots (or whatever fits you) to prevent them cluttering up the desktop.
@Jbiglin
Жыл бұрын
How do I change the default saving location for screenshots?
@mewraz
Жыл бұрын
@@Jbiglin 1. Press Command + Shift + 5. 2. Click on Options. 3. Now either pick a folder that is listed, or choose Other Location. 4. If you choose Other Location you can navigate to the folder you wish the screenshot to go to, or create a folder if required.
@Jbiglin
Жыл бұрын
@@mewraz Awesome. Thank you!
@StrikerFeed
Жыл бұрын
Actually, I don't have anything on my desktop except hard drives. For me it's a place for a temporary files and screenshots because in this way it's very handy to do something with them immediately and delete then.
The first half was stuff that, like you, I always do. The last few terminal commands were nice add ons. Thanks.
Seriously thank you for the tip on making the dock appear quicker! It was so annoying how slow it was! I subscribed! Love your videos!
4:00 Putting the dock on the left is also good to reduce strain in your wrists whilst using a mouse or trackpad, as most elements in programs are on the left and on the top, so you have to make less movement to access everything.
@orenbenaltabe1709
Жыл бұрын
that's exactly my reasoning as to why I put the dock on the bottom. because the vertical length is shorter than the horizontal length, the curser is most of the time closer to the bottom than to the left of the screen. also the dock auto hides so the argument about having more horizontal space is irrelevant.
My preferred method of showing the desktop is the "spread with thumb and three fingers" gesture on the trackpad. It's just so easy and intuitive, like you're pushing all the apps to the sides of the screen with your fingers and then pulling everything back the opposite way.
@yoku_UwU
Жыл бұрын
I've just converted to mac, this is magical. Thank you.
@DanielPyle
Жыл бұрын
@@yoku_UwU No problem. Enjoy your Mac!
@salenzar
Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@orlandotijerina2398
8 ай бұрын
I still have a hot corner for when I'm dragging something to the desktop and can't see the desktop on the background because of the window clutter, you can't be dragging something and use the three finger gesture at the same time
@DanielPyle
8 ай бұрын
@@orlandotijerina2398 When I need to do that, I drag to the desktop folder in Finder. Start dragging, cmd+tab to switch to Finder, and finish dragging to the desktop folder. But that's just me-I just don't especially like hot corners because I activate them on accident too often.
I have been using MacOS for about 8 years now, the dock command is very useful and I am glad I watched this! Thanks Quinn
I love the energy and the usefulness of all the tips in this video! Thanks a bunch.
you forgot the (to me) most important setting: Spaces ! Settings -> Mission Control The ability to have multiple "virtual" displays to switch in between is such a great way to increase efficency. Just make sure to disable auto rearrange and group by application. I have setup multiple spaces for different purposes, i.e. 1 for browsing, 1 for coding, 1 for terminal windows, 1 for spreadsheets e.t.c. P.S: The hot corner menu is also inside the mission control pane, which in my opinion is the correct place.
@mojave5661
Жыл бұрын
finally, someone who uses macOS like I do! everyone I personally know just has one desktop with 1000 windows overlapping each other. and some of those people even told me that I'm using macOS wrong, because that's the "Windows" way of doing things...
@juanpabloparedeszaracho2144
Жыл бұрын
@@mojave5661 spaces is the way to go, you can also switch between app so much faster with it.
@mojave5661
Жыл бұрын
@@juanpabloparedeszaracho2144 I know, I have 11 virtual desktops open right now. 5 on my main monitor, and 3 both left and right vertical displays
@Ashanmaril
Жыл бұрын
Came to make sure someone mentioned that. It annoys me even more than the autocorrect thing.
@MarkMenardTNY
Жыл бұрын
I work on three monitors and I have desktop 1 for each monitor, desktop 2 for each monitor etc based on what I’m working on: coding, support, SA/Ops, etc. the three desktops go together for each theme. I even have a trio for gaming.
A feature that has been the default setting in the past but has since been disabled and banned into the accessibility settings is the three finger drag! Turn it on and you can just drag and drop stuff with three fingers on any Mac with a trackpad. No need to press down with one finger and drag with the other or anything like that. Smooth, easy. You can even lift your fingers for a second to reposition if you run into the edge of your trackpad but aren’t quite there yet with your dragging!
@micosstar
Жыл бұрын
i stumbled upon this and realized: the three finger gesture now has meaning. because by default three and four fingers swipe switch desktops and activate mission control, i've always wondered why? then stumbling upon accesbility settings for three finger drag made me realize that the three finger gesture now has purpose besides doing the same actions as four finger swipe.
@yochem9294
Жыл бұрын
I'm so scared they will eventually remove it. Been using it for forever
Love the Finder customizations - I had no idea you could customize to that level of detail. Thanks!
used to loe your Terminal Tip Tuesdays series from way back in the day! Bring back TTT's :) and more of this type of content. You got this Snazzy Labs
Aside from sorting System Prefs alphabetically, you can also "customize" it in View, to remove any icons that you don't want to see in the main Sys Prefs window. You can really tidy it up by removing things like, Parental Controls, Siri, etc that you'll rarely use.
@avinashpawar51
Жыл бұрын
Thanks you for this.
The commands you had listed for removing dock delay didnt work on my MBP running 12.4 but this one worked if anyone else is having an issue.... "defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true && defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0 && defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0 && killall Dock"
@seamusstout5991
Жыл бұрын
I had the same issue with the code not working for me. You’re my hero
@mDOTsanei
Жыл бұрын
Had the same issue, thank you for this!
@felixfoltas1925
Жыл бұрын
is the standard value still 0.5 just in case i want to revert it ?
@JimWellsIsGreat
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
These are my favorite videos you put out. Thanks Quinn!
How good, I've been a mac user for years and these are some of the most relevant tips that actually improve my user experience, the terminal commands in particular are a gold star! Cheers snazzy labs!!
Dock on the left or right is hopeless for multiple monitors. What I would love, having a 3 monitor setup with the iMac in the middle, is a setting that says 'Leave Dock on Display 1' to stop it randomly jumping to one of the other screens on a whim!
@jeremycox3538
Жыл бұрын
System Preferences > Mission Control > uncheck “Displays have separate Spaces”. Dock and menu bar will now only be on the monitor you’ve selected in the Displays > Arrangement setting.
The very first thing one needs to do, is to enable "tap to click" and "three-finger-dragging" for selection on the trackpad, which for some reason, is hidden in "Accessibility -> Pointer Control -> Trackpad Options". 3-finger dragging is a lot nicer than the default with trackpads.
These are life changing tips! Thank you! (Can't believe I've been using Mac for so long without them!!)
New on Mac, I REALLY appreciated the content here. Thank you so much for the share!
One thing I also like to do is drag the Applications folder to the dock, and have it view content as "List", which makes it act sort of like a Start Menu for all your installed apps in one spot without having to open any windows.
@mbdesign218
Жыл бұрын
Sounds useful! What's the next step after dragging it to the dock to view as list?
@landonh3535
Жыл бұрын
@@mbdesign218 I select "display as folder" and that's really it
@NotTheReindeer
Жыл бұрын
I like having Launchpad in the dock. You can right click and it acts as a sort of Start Menu as well. Right clicking shows the apps how you organize them in the launchpad as well, so its customizable
@Tech-geeky
Жыл бұрын
First thing i do in Finder. is open up and change to "List" view.. I hate folder view, This way, you can expand all sub-folders while saying in one pane, without having to switch back and fourth.. Easier to copy/move as well
Also, did you know, you can old a key when setting hot corners, for example, I use CMD+topleft to lock my screen. Just click a hot corner, hold the key and select the option from the list.
@JustinDuijn
Жыл бұрын
You can use CMD, OPTION, ALT.
@Louis87777
Жыл бұрын
Where do you set this? Thank you for sharing!
@JustinDuijn
Жыл бұрын
@@Louis87777 in the hot corners menu, select a hot corner to show the list of options to choose, then hold the desired key and select an option from the list
@xalataf3365
Жыл бұрын
God, wish more people would do that… No idea how many times I’ve accidentally triggered hot corners when using others’ Macs.
@CerdurTV
Жыл бұрын
i wish it let you add multiple options for one hot corner, the modifier keys are nice but it only allows one thing per corner so it gets rid of my normal one
Quinn thank you for the tips. I have a new MBP M1 14" and I noticed the dock was sluggish in opening. I entered your Faster Dock Hiding in terminal and BAM! it works like a dream no more lag. 👍
I tried to intimate all of your settings and it works so well. Thanks for the useful tips!!
I'm loving the snark and fiestiness. I have never not wanted to make my MacOS experience improve via an old man's advice more. Cry about it, Quinn! ( p.s. Love the Dunkey reference and whole attitude 👌)
20:19 Since I started using Stage Manager (which turned out to be something that I like using) on macOS Ventura this is what I started using as well. And the specific reason I did is because in pre-Stage Manager days when I minimized Photos it would be almost the same as cmd + h, where its window/instance would stay open but get out of the way. But in Stage Manager when I minimize photos it minimizes into a tab to the left of the screen, and the reason this is a problem is that I save pictures to my Photos all the time, and every time I do that the Photos window pops up on my screen from the background to the foreground. With cmd+h in Stage Manager the same thing still happens, but at least when I *don't* save images into the Photos app, the window gets out of the way and doesn't appear in the left side. I hope this behavior is a bug, and minimizing applications will make them minimize into the dock instead of appear as another Stage in the future (or at least there will be a toggle to turn off that behavior for specific apps ( or, you know, Apple will get rid of that behavior altogether / offer a toggle to disable it). Overall Stage Manager is very enjoyable to use but this specific behavior drives me nuts.
I, a month ago, tried the dock thing. I thought at first - this is so stupid! I've lived with it for a month now, and it has made me faster! Thanks Snazzy!
I have been using the sped up dock hide for years now since a previous video of yours and it is great
I'm going to try a faster dock, I like the animation but I also think the first "waiting" step is too much and the second step is too slow. And I'll take a look at ejectify, if it can also automatically mount network folders it's awesome ! Thanks for the tips 😸
@ajbrady4357
Жыл бұрын
apply the fast dock command and then use the command defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier;killall Dock this will reenable the animation and keep the fast dock
@iYohm
Жыл бұрын
All right, I bought Ejectify and it actually doesn't work for network volumes, if you're looking for this feature especially, it's useless unfortunately.
The system pref categories is organized by software and hardware preferences. Battery and startup disks are hardware while mission Control and security & privacy are software related.
@atemoc
Жыл бұрын
But why is *software updates* in the *hardware* category?
@seifenspender
Жыл бұрын
That actually makes sense. Still I am super happy to have learned today that you can sort them alphabetically. This is the first thing I change in the Windows™ Control Panel, too.
@seifenspender
Жыл бұрын
@@atemoc Because they sometimes brick your hardware? Jk, that's pretty stupid.
@chidorirasenganz
Жыл бұрын
@@atemoc not sure maybe because hardware determines what updates you get and it can effect firmware. It’s definitely an outlier.
@chidorirasenganz
Жыл бұрын
@@seifenspender yeah I think the alphabetical version might be the way to go
Probably the most useful thing I’ve seen on YT for months, thanks, great content…
dude i did like most of these and love it. very well done, helpful vid. thanks bro
NOTE: The faster dock hiding terminal command is a little broken in the latest Ventura public beta. I'm no expert so I can't figure out the exact parameters to bring it back to normal behavior, but I've found that 0 for delay and 1 for time modifier works okay until I can figure it out. Edit: I think I figured it out. The Delay parameter seems to function normally, but the time modifier doesn't recognize decimals. So anything between 0 and 1 is treated as 0, but once you get to 1 it will behave normally. Also, the transparent icon command doesn't work in this beta.
@Kalaish_Stanley
Жыл бұрын
just gotta change int to float :)
@Test-pn4yd
Жыл бұрын
@@Kalaish_Stanley thanks! i knew that wasn't the way it used to be
@otfnk
Жыл бұрын
@@Kalaish_Stanley Thanks :)
1) I haven’t tested this but I don’t think you can have an integer of .5. You might want to change that to a Floating point if you’re setting to a fractional second for dock animation/hide time 2) I have an exFAT drive that regularly needs to be repaired or have fsck killed to get the drive to mount if improperly ejected 3) rather than using jpeg and losing transparency, you could use pngcrush to decrease file size without quality loss
@tutacat
2 ай бұрын
switch to ext4/hfs/xfs
Man those finder tips are huge, I obviously use it a lot and I was always annoyed by the clutter! Great video!
this is by far the best suggestions i came across when it comes to MacOS settings. Well done Quinn. Love this video as it helped me clean a lot of clutter from my Finder and settings menu. Life saving tips literally lol..
Tip: Put your applications folder in your dock for easy access to all your apps. (without using launchpad) I did this before they made Launchpad and Imo it's faster than scrolling through Launchpad.
@myname7021
Жыл бұрын
I just use spotlight. hit cmd + space to open spotlight and then type in the first few letters of the app and hit enter. It is probably the fastest and easiest way to open an app on the mac.
@joshuaroney
Жыл бұрын
spotlight ftw
@JOHNY0
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, I do the exact same thing. It was the old OS X way and it's still way better than using launchpad on macOS. Spotlight is also a better way.
@BixbyConsequence
Жыл бұрын
+1 This has long been a feature on my dock.
4:25... Cyrillic languages? Do you just mean left-to-right languages? Great video -- lots of good stuff.
Life changing! The first few suggestions blew my mind!!!!!! 🤯
Loved this! My only complaint is the quip against PNG files and them being less supported. Im curious but I can't remember the last time a PNG file has been rejected but a JPG has been accepted. I've been a professional designer and developer for over a decade and think I've only ran into one site (which was ultra janky) that required a JPG file only. What I guess I'm asking is what services or programs do you use that accept JPG's but not PNG's? I'm sure you know the difference, but those screenshot PNG's are effectively lossless compared to the JPG files which are lossy. Of course, for most people's purposes, changing to a JPG is probably the better option overall, and definitely a great tip, but I think PNG is being given undue scrutiny :P ----- On a side note, I didn't know about the AirDrop in the toolbar in Finder, that is MASSIVELY handy. Thank you for that!
@claranymark
8 ай бұрын
i think (at least some time ago) pictures in spotify playlists had to be jpg and not png, and on some places the profile pictures have to be jpg and nothing else
love the 60fps! wish more youtubers did this, it just increases the video's perceived production value from my eye at least.
@karwaing844
Жыл бұрын
I don't understand how 60fps increases perceived production value.
@threepac
Жыл бұрын
While I totally agree with you, it likely increases upload times for their content.
@seifenspender
Жыл бұрын
@@threepac That is pretty much a non-issue for most KZreadrs. If you would have issues with that, you would rather not upload in 4K. Also it does not increase file size as much as you would think, as H.264/265 is pretty good at handling this.
@threepac
Жыл бұрын
@@seifenspender Well then I’ve been educated, thank you.
@seifenspender
Жыл бұрын
@@threepac Personally, 60 FPS just seems more natural to me. I think this is just personal preference. Some people prefer their 29,97 FPS just because they are used to it. LTT made an interesting video about this very topic, because they were receiving complains about not uploading in 60 Hz. While I don't agree with the points made, maybe some share their thoughts. You might want to check it out :) Edit: Nvm, I just can't seem to find it anywhere on KZread or in forums. They seem to have delisted it, sorry.
Gotta admit, while I haven't found a use for everything in this video yet I'm *living* for the Finder tips! Changing those settings has honestly changed my life and I'm so much happier to use the Finder now.
Thank you thank you for this video. I've recently brought my first Macbook and these settings have honestly made my Macbook soooooooooo much better!
60fps look nice. I'm digging it.
Wow, I’ve been using macOS for over a decade and I actually learned some stuff! Big disagree on the dock placement though, just because it’s annoying with multiple monitors. And if you’re hiding the dock anyway you don’t lose any screen real estate!
I have used so many of these tips. This video has made my life SO MUCH BETTER!
these settings are like actually useful. Great job on a very useful video G
The dock hide delay adjustment is a game changer! One thing I noticed, however, was that the code for the increased speed only worked for the desktop, but didn't work as well in full screen. When I'm in full screen, either on the main desktop or on a separate full screen space/desktop, the sensitivity for the dock to appear goes way down and there is still the delay. Any idea/code to address that specific problem by chance?
@mbdesign218
Жыл бұрын
same here 🙋♂️
@CheekPeek
Жыл бұрын
This happens for me too!
Thank-you for the fast show dock command. The slow showing of the dock always annoyed me!
I've been windows/android all my life until I got into content creation a little over a year ago. This was extremely helpful to me. Thanks.
Brilliant video. I have implemented nearly all of these recommendations. Thank you!
One feature I cannot use a MacBook or trackpad without is 3 finger drag. Which is in accessibility settings. It’s freaking amazing and I hate that it’s not available on windows laptops as well.
@DanielPyle
Жыл бұрын
Yes! That’s always the first setting I change. I have no idea why it isn’t the default and why the setting is so hidden.
@extrasoap4881
Жыл бұрын
i can't live without drag lock!
@sinkpig
Жыл бұрын
implying trackpads are any good on windows
@salenzar
Жыл бұрын
Me too I was literally just about to comment this
fun fact - you can set the screenshot format to be pdf. this was actually the default format before 10.4 on earlier versions of OS X you'd get a proper (vector-based) PDF where, when you zoomed in, text would stay sharp, as would most of the rest of the image (excepting of course for bitmap elements, which included the traffic-light colored window buttons). this was possible because the underlying OS X graphics system, Quartz, is a vector-graphics system, an evolution of NeXTstep's Display Postscript, sometimes described as Display PDF. these days such screenshots are essentially just bitmaps in a PDF wrapper, so scaling tends to be no better than a PNG. i suspect this is because of speed enhancements made to the display engine, where it now offloads rendering and compositing to GPUs. however many applications (Safari for example) still offer PDF exports which are proper scalable vector images, which is trivial for developers to implement because the underlying graphics system uses PDF internally
Very helpful. Thanks for posting the terminal strings too
I just bought my first MacBook after 30 years of being strictly a PC gal. Your video was so helpful getting me set up for success right out of the box. Thank you so much!
I know you're in a long term relationship with Alfred, however I would recommend you try Raycast. The UI is a lot cleaner, feels snappier and now that the extensions market has developed a bit it's truly amazing. Most of my colleague's (designers) have not looked back at Alfred after switching.
@AlexMercadoGo
Жыл бұрын
I'm curious but dreading the migration. I have so much customization and muscle memory built up for Alfred.
@theSUBVERSIVE
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I also jumped from Alfred to Raycast sometime ago but I haven't tested poweruser feats or making custom scripts.