How To Setup New M2 MacBook The RIGHT Way

Set up your new M1 / M2 Macbook Air or Macbook Pro the RIGHT way with tips, tricks, settings, and essential MacOS applications you don't want to miss.

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Timestamps ⬇️
Intro - 00:00
Dock - 00:47
Tool 1 - 01:10
Gestures - 01:58
Virtual Desktops - 02:25
Menu Bar - 02:50
Clock Options - 03:37
Bartender 4 - 4:02
Display Settings - 04:40
Advanced Display - 05:02
Appearance - 05:17
Desktop & Dock - 05:45
Lock Screen - 06:45
Notifications - 06:55
Finder - 07:32
Pro Tip - 09:37
App 1 - 10:00
App 2 - 10:48
Mubert - 11:01
App 3 -11:50
Development - 12:05
Conclusion - 13:55

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[Christomshack]

If you found this video helpful, you can help me in return by Liking & Subscribing! Cheers

[limarchenko]

I never thought that Ryan Gosling would make a macbook setup tutorial lol.

[pwicketts]

Chris, like you, I've seen 100's of videos on setting up new Macs and the best apps. However, none of them come close to yours. So happy I found your channel - thank you!

[abstergo-animus]

This might be the best mac setup tutorial I've found so far, great work.

[herooj_lhs]

there are two other "tweaks" on the shortcuts:
Open Spotlight: command + esc
Open Finder: command + '
Quite useful to make these changes, as command + spacebar is more useful to use with other apps, so you can summon spotlight upon whatever you are doing or having open.

[gabeah]

dude, huge thanks. been using a macbook for 5 years, half of these suggestions are news to me. new Pro M2 14 gets here today, will watch this vid again and tons of this is super helpful. cheers bro.

[sevenscapes]

Short, crisp and to the point! Super helpful :)

[lordverbik]

Just got my first Mac yesterday. Thank you for this setup Chris!!!

[CrisCozy]

Thanks! I didn’t even know about the application folder + add to dock 💯

[agermoune]

Hey Chris - just got my first Macbook Air M2 and glad I found ur channel. Love the content and ur way of explaining things.
Subscribed immediately and look forward to next videos.
Thank you for all your time and effort!

[Tallgrkguy]

I've watched a few "first steps" videos and so far you rank top 5. I've watched some of your first utilities videos and I've even paid for some of them. You do an awesome job with the presentation. With smooth, quick transitions you hit the high points.

[Jan-mstl]

Another must have app for the pro models is „vivid“ to boost the max brightness of the screen when you need it

[larry-ofkh]

Easy too I did mine from Time Machine backup from external hard drive

[roflwaffles]

I didn’t check the subscriber count at first and was genuinely shocked when I saw you have like 100 lol I thought this was a tech channel with like 500k+ subscribers lol keep it up man and thanks for the tips for my new MBP

[philipkern]

I've been using macs for more than 30 years but still learn a lot from each of these videos. My only lingering question: where can I get a jacket like Chris is wearing?

[nuwannilanka]

Wow! I am new to Mac. I just bought a new MacBook Pro. This video helped me a lot in setting up my Mac and understanding it. Thank you!

[phoenix]

Great content Chris ! Straightforward and to the point - YouTube needs more channels like yours !

[Billmc]

Really useful video from someone coming from the PC world. Thanks man, I would be so lost. Did you ever learn on a PC when you got into software development or was it always on the Mac? I love my new Macbook Pro M2. Still takes a little getting used to but it's so much better than anything available on a PC IMO.

[GopalRishi]

Thanks Ryan Gosling!! Resourceful video indeed!

[dMess]

Hey Ryan Gosling. Absolutely simple and terrific video.