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In this video Lee Morris discusses the first 24 hours with the new Apple Macbook Pro with M1 Pro processor. For the next few weeks Lee is going to attempt to completely replace his custom-built Windows Desktop with the new Macbook Pro.

[syatos]

Finally a youtuber actually doing a review and not a spec list read through well done

[koushikdas]

I am a software dev. I bought a mac yesterday. I've been using Windows my entire life. I faced almost everything that you mentioned in the video 😄

[lokechanmun]

The most difficult OS to learn is always the 2nd one.

[bainmoosh]

Finally, not everyone has had mac before so it's great seeing the potential problems we would have transitioning

[_carbonarawhore]

i love how honest this video is and how you're not afraid of probably saying something wrong or dumb - you just say whatever you're experiencing. it's like asking a friend for an honest review and i found this really helpful! i haven't looked yet if there's a part two but i hope there is!

[malayariver]

The clicking mechanism is just vibration, pretending to be a click. It’s amazing

[Chitus]

command + ` to cycle between multiple windows of the same application. The other thing is to enable App Expose in System Settings -> Trackpad -> More Gestures. Then when you swipe down with three fingers, it'll show you all the windows of the application in focus at the time of doing the gesture. Hope this helps. Thanks for the honest review!

[nick-fahey]

It's great to see someone providing a real, unfiltered account of their experience with a new product. Keep up the good work!

[DK-umgo]

You’ve verbalised EVERY issue I have ever had using a Mac after getting used to Windows! So many of the little differences are made more frustrating by the fact that other users don’t even agree that they could be improved haha

[jmitzenmacher]

I know I'm a bit late, but I'm a long-time mac user, so I can speak on a few of these questions for anyone thinking of getting a Mac.

3:45 To delete text in front of the cursor hold the fn key (I am used to not having this button, so I don't use this often)

11:42 To be honest, I don't search the mac app store very often. Since you can never be sure which application are on there I usually just check the internet first. If it turns out it is in the app store after all, you will usually just get linked there as part of the download process. (Quick note, when you download certain unverified apps from the internet, the first time you open them you have to option-click on them and press open to verify them as "secure")

12:56 In order to maximize windows, hold down the option key and then click on the green button. While holding down the option key the two arrows will turn into a plus sign, and this will maximize the window without going into fullscreen. (There are a lot of hidden functions in mac that you can only use by option-clicking on stuff, I don't know why they don't make things more intuitive)

15:01 If you right-click/secondary-click on an application in the dock it will show a list of every open window (by default I think you can do a two-finger-click to do a secondary click, but in any case just hold control while clicking on the app icon). I usually just use the three finger swipe to switch windows, but if you want to use the bottom bar like in windows then this is it (Or, you can minimize windows you are not using, which will put them on the right side of the dock for later use). This doesn't work on a per-screen basis though, so again I prefer the three finger swipe for this. (You might want to try playing around with the Mission Control settings for multiple screens, and also the trackpad settings to get all the gesture controls just how you want them)

17:38 This is the "quick look" window, it pops up when you press space on a file in finder. It helps you preview certain kinds of files without opening any aplicaitons. I think you're seeing a glitch, it is supposed to say "finder" at the top while quick look is running (unless you found a way to quick look something directly from chrome, Idk on this one). But quick look is a very useful feature if you know about it. For example, you can highlight a word/pages document and press space to view it almost instantly, without actually taking the time to load word or pages.

18:46 This is one of the few features that I will admit is better on windows. Mostly Mac and windows differ in style only, but this is a functional thing that only exists on windows. If I want to see the transfer speed, I will open up Activity Monitor (similar to task manager) and go to the network tab. There I can see either the overall network speed, or I can find the task associated with the file transfer and check the speed directly. I haven't payed for applications to do this for me since I don't need to regularly check transfer speeds, but I can see why this would be annoying enough to justify the purchase if this is a regular part of your workflow.

Also, taking some time to learn all of the shortcuts and hotkeys makes the experience much smoother. Every time I go to use a windows computer, I feel like I'm moving through molasses. But I'm sure windows has similar quick access features that just take time to learn. If you don't have the time or will to re-learn everything, then you probably shouldn't try to switch operating systems.

I appreciate how open and fair this video was though. I wish you good luck with Mac!

[VoidPaul]

For the forward delete thing, you can hold Fn+Delete to do that, it also works on any pc that doesn't have a Backspace and Delete button.

[jonathanschneiderman]

As a longtime Windows user (well, 8 years, which is a long time given my age) leaning toward buying a MacBook Air when the M3 models come out, I found this video really helpful and look forward to watching the rest in the series. Thanks!

[larsgotfredsen]

I was an avid windows user for almost 16 years and then decided to switch to mac/iphone/ipad to try something new. The first couple of weeks were frustrating until I realized that I tried to use the Mac as a windows pc. Decided to unlearn windows and be openminded towards Mac. It turned out to be a wise approach and I have’nt looked back since.

[BestindotechYT]

14:51 you can use cmd+~ (under esc) to cycle between windows.

There is so many shortcuts you can learn, but yes take your time cuz its not easy switching from this OS.

[amo_res]

I’ve used Windows all my life (cause it’s all there was) I finally got a MacBook Air M1 and it’s an amazing machine for it’s price. I charge it every 3 days with normal use, and about 1 week for minimal use. It was hard at first to get used to the software, but once you get used to it, it’s hard to come back to windows, and Airdrop between my apple devices is Amazing. The screen and speakers are amazing too

[vx]

I think that using the 3 finger swipe up/sideways, and using more fullscreen apps helps a lot with the organization issues you were facing. Once i started organizing my windows that way, I have rarely used the smaller windows like you would on a Windows device.

[JonGretarB]

One hint. Just automatically hide the dock and use mission control to see open apps. There is also another variant of it to only show the windows of the focused app. The dock is for launching apps not really forseeing what is running. And after I started using the cmd-space search to launch apps I have not seen the dock in years.
Also consider using multiple desktops to create focus areas. Switching between desktops and full screen apps is a three finger side swipe gesture. I have a general desktop, programming desktop, productivity desktop(email, tasks, calendar) and then about 3-5 apps running in full screen or split screen.

[declanscammell]

Ok, hopefully I can give some help as a longterm mac boy. Three fingers up like you have found shows you all the windows you have open, three fingers down will show you all the windows you have open of a specific program, so for example all the open windows you have in chrome! I would also recommend you right click on that icon where your download was on the dock and click display as folder, that way it will show as a folder with the downloads symbol on it, instead of a icon of the last thing you downloaded, makes life easier for continuity.

Now for dock management Think of the dock as your pinned applications on windows, everything you use regularly you should put into the dock, things you don't you drag out hover and the word remove will come up let go and its removed from the dock! that will help thin it down a little, this next part is personal preference, but I personally go to finder, and drag applications, and documents next to the download folder into my dock because I often want to access things in them quickly, again right clicking and clicking display as folder, then you always have access to an application you need but don't use regularly, think of that as using the dock like a start bar.

You can also try right clicking on the divider between the bin/folders and the applications on the dock and choose "turn hiding on" this will get rid of the dock unless your going down to use it then it returns, just something that I find a lot of windows users prefer when I help them change over.

Also from what I can tell when you were playing that video but seeng chrome looks like you pressed "space" on the keyboard when looking at some media, this opens the media in a preview, but without moving from the finder program, if you double click an image it would open in "preview" or a video it would usually open in "QuickTime" but you can press space in finder to view the content without having to open something else up (this is the biggest thing I miss when I move over to windows to do something!) I hope this helps, feel free to ask any questions! more than happy to help been using Macs for like 14 years wow that's weird

[therealchickentender]

Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga.
I've used Macs professionally (at work) for many years. I deeply appreciate some things about them....
but I still own a Thinkpad at home and always will.

[summertime_lol]

This is so hilarious and very relatable as I was a windows user, then switched permanently to Mac, same laptop, the device really impressed me, especially the battery and performance but I had a really bad time adjusting to it as I unfortunately bought it right before my Uni exams and me being a coder, that was one of my biggest mistakes but honestly within a week I was able to adopt, still to this day I learn about new features and get super mad.😆😅