Switching from Windows to Mac: Everything You Need to Know (Complete Guide)

Moving from PC to Mac and wondering how to get started with ease on Apple's macOS? In this video, we bring you a complete guide on switching from Windows to Mac.

Video Walkthrough:

1. Desktop 0:43
2. Finder 01:05
3. Keyboard shortcuts 03:37
4. Trackpad gestures 05:20
5. Spotlight 06:36
6. Closing Apps is not the same as Quitting Apps 07:21
7. Multi-tasking 07:51
8. Installing and Uninstalling Apps 09:08
9. Window Snapping 10:03
10. Siri 10:39
11. Drive Formatting 11:22
12. Screenshots 11:52
13. Backups 12:42
14. Non Responsive Applications 13:35

Music: I'll be there by Joakim Karud

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[JabeenSarang]

BTW, can we just take a second and appreciate how detailed yet TO THE POINT this video is? Extremely well made and edited. Thanks s ton..!! :)

[ETFbvbAA]

This is sad but, you taught me some stuff that I didn't even know about my windows computer 😂😂😂

[judeify]

It isn't polite to be rude. He is trying to help with the Mac. You don't have to ridicule him because of his dental issues. We don't know
Why and it isn't our business

[raghuraj]

I have heard people saying Mac OS is better than windows
and others saying windows is better than Mac

but no one explained me how they handle the given work and what are basic things to be done to get the job done in either of the platform's

THANK-YOU SIR

[TazzSmk]

few additional nice shortcuts:
CMD+DownArrow opens file/folder (equals to Enter on Windows)
CMD+UpArrow goes folder up (equals to LeftAlt+UpArrow on Windows)
you can define custom shortcut to switch between program windows (CMD+Tab switches different apps, but you can define for ex. CMD+< to switch between windows of one app)
you can also define custom shortcut to launch Launchpad (equals to Win key to toggle Start menu)
also CMD+K in Finder opens "connect to server" and Shift+CMD+G opens "go to folder" (this both equals to Win+R in Windows, where you can type directory paths too)

[SaifUrRahmanOmair]

Your video is so fresh, clean and up to the point. Thumbs up!

[JavierMendozaAvila]

"Congratulations on the upgrade or downgrade if you-re coming from a high/end Windows PC." Shade. 💀

[bogdancristei]

First time Mac user here - thank you very much for making this video!

[iamsid]

i ended up learning windows shortcuts that i didn’t even know about
🙈

[jonesbbq]

A lot of your tips can be sumed up with: ctrl ~= command

[IsSeraProbleme]

I just bought a Mac for the first time and I have been looking for a video guide such as this to help me understand my new laptop. Thank you so much for creating this video!

[shehzaanaabdulla]

I started a new job where I have to use a Mac for work. This video was really helpful in getting me to grips with the basics. I still struggle with the Mac keyboard though (it simply doesn't have the depth of a good ThinkPad).

[emmab]

I have been struggling a bit with my Mac since switching from Windows and this video really helped. Thank you!

[priyanshudas]

Bro teaching about mac is ok !
But you taught me some stuff of windows too that I didn't even knew since using it 10 years 😂😂😅

[ajen]

Windows started giving me trouble after 3 years... I tried to live with it as I was still a student. But I save up and got a MacBook air. As I go on field trip and do high end research work I needed a good laptop. Glad I took it. Thanks for the video

[sophiemercier]

I’ve used windows my whole life and tomorrow I’m getting a Mac😬

[ajlanger]

I just purchased my very first Mac computer (2019 BMP 13"), and have since been searching for videos such as yours. You were both extremely helpful and entertaining. Thank you :D

[TranTek]

i came from many years of using Windows desktop and servers, i enjoy Mac a lot in many ways
Mac does not share DLL system files so un-installing app does not cause other apps to crash.
Mac doesn't need to defrag
Mac makes it easy to read text, nice and dark
You can move and rename any video or audio file as they are running.
Mac screens colors are well calibrated.
Mac handle large video files with ease.

for me Mac is a well built of a Linux system
you can start, restart services without having reboot by using command line in terminal.

Windows often secretly installed a upgrade version, example from Windows 7 to 10 and also use it to upload to other workstation, we learn this after tracking it's behavior through monitoring at switches and routers level also at the ISP level.
many spyware and malware will crawl into your Windows if you leave it on 24/7.
memory leaks on leaving apps open in Windows like browsers
Gaming on PC is much more flexible choosing better hardware like GPU, CPU, PSU etc

Memory management is awesome on Mac OSX

This points are based on my opinion on using both platforms

[keshavaggarwal]

This is officially the most useful thing I have seen in 2021

[truegerman]

Thanks for this intro to mac! i just bought my first Macbook Pro!