macOS Sonoma - 17 Settings You NEED to Change Immediately!

macOS Sonoma - 17 Settings You NEED to Change Immediately! | macOS 14 Sonoma Tips & Tricks

Apple just recently released macOS 14 Sonoma and while it includes many new features, there are also a lot of new settings that have been added! So in this video, we're going to discuss 17 brand new settings included in macOS Sonoma that you should strongly consider changing, or just be aware that they exist. Enjoy!

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*Chapters:*
0:00 macOS Sonoma has 17 brand new settings!
0:18 Wallpapers/Screensavers
0:53 Remove Downloaded Screensavers (save 10+ GB)
1:49 Clean up Desktop & Change Widgets Appearance
3:11 Click to View
3:43 Want the PDF?
4:01 Add THESE to save time
5:11 Disable this mode?
5:51 Apple FINALLY added this! (long overdue)
6:18 Automatically Switch
6:53 Fast typer? Maybe disable this
7:26 Profiles (& bonus Safari tips)
8:40 Change keyboard shortcuts
9:07 More Safari settings
10:06 Passwords
11:07 Adjust Dramatic Effects
12:54 Hey no more
13:20 This is way better now
13:53 Keyboard shortcut
14:11 That's all, folks

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[JustAPersonWhoComments]

Changing my wallpaper to those new motion wallpapers was the best decision I've made all day. Thank you Brandon!

[AndrewGSW]

I’m new to the Mac world. I just upgraded yesterday from my 2016 Microsoft surface pro 4 4GB ram 128GB to the M3 iMac 16GB ram 2TB 👍🏼 super impressed so far and your videos helped me set it up nicely. Thanks Brandon

[raiseyourvoices]

THANK YOU! This has been a revelation and I understood everything you explained, I was glued to the screen and managed to make so many adjustments I didn't know I needed, it was brilliant. I shall certainly refer to your videos when I need to find out something about my Mac and the updates....

[dazlife]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been using macOS for years, but I didn't know about a lot of these settings. I'm especially excited about the new keyboard dictation feature and the ability to automatically clean up verification codes.

[bskarpa]

I absolutely love the new wallpapers and animations how it slows down. Some of them look like you could reach through the screen like they are almost 3D.

[guillermocastillon]

One thing I liked a lot before updating was being able to switch the microphone mode while on a call (Standard/Voice Isolation/Wide Spectrum). I can't seem to be able to do so on Sonoma. Any idea what I can do about that?

[Uhaveanicedayty]

Brandon Great work on all. I not a fan of share for important things but never have. I think there is something in all your work that makes all of this interesting and helpful.Thanks so much for keeping us updated on all.✌️💯

[kaylevy]

Thank you so much for making and sharing this video. I implemented many of the new settings you suggested. I do have a question/comment about the shared audio with the new presenter feature. My zoom meeting viewers let me know the audio was completely choppy when using the presenter feature in either share screen or portion, and I solved this, at least particularly in zoom, by changing to zoom audio, which before this, I did not have any issues. Do you know anything about this? Thanks!

[rexjarvis]

I knew you're gonna make a video, it's very useful to change settings

[ILLESTTRUTH]

AirPods auto switching has improved significantly!! I have it on and it works great. I plan on leaving it on after having it off for years.

[jack_]

one small detail that is actually not that small is Safari extensions do not work in web-apps, at least not for me. That was immediately evident when I saved the web-app for YT and got ads the moment I opened a video. On the other hand, Chrome-generated web-apps do maintain functioning extensions, with a toggle too. I hope this is just a "coding" problem that will be easily fixable from the devs side and not an intended way of functioning for these apps. In the meantime I'll be sticking to Chrome web-apps

[margaretdieter]

This was super helpful! I didn't like the predictive text or the click on the window and clear it out feature, so now that's all sorted! Other helpful tips as well.

[StylishandGrateful]

Oh my gosh this was SOOO helpful. I am new to mac and was hating it, it is so different than pc, but you fixed some of my biggest issues in this video. Thank you so much!!!

[RonaldBrown]

Thanks for sharing your settings, I'm get mine adjusted very soon.

[nejmehclub]

Just a question for the continuous wallpaper, how often does it change I can’t seem to figure it out. Thanks!

[MariaLuisa-iveo]

I don't know why but I got so excited with the voice isolation on the mic mode. Very helpful if your job requires a lot of calling and video meetings like I don't have to buy an expensive microphone with noise cancelling. 🎉

[gabriellecasarcia]

Great video!! About to order a new Mac 😍

[rustymcaron]

Thanks for these tips! I'd like to ask you how can I record a video using my iPhone via QuickTime on Mac but not in landscape mode but in portrait mode? I tried every way I know but with no success! Thanks!

[minetomek]

So am I right in thinking that you can create custom moving wallpapers by just swapping out the file for another one?

[javtimestwo]

at :30 you can see the date and time displayed. can that be edited at all? if yes, where can I find that?
Sonoma is awesome. I downloaded this earlier and have been changing so many things for the better. looks great with my M2 MacBook Air.