2024 Mac Desk Setup Tour!

Every year or two, I like to share my desk tour featuring the Mac-centric products that i use to record and edit his videos for the channel. Here's my updated 2024 desk setup tour, highlighting desk accessories that could be worth checking out for your own setup.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:17 UpLift Desk and Accessories
02:32 Dual Apple Studio Displays
03:03 Desk Setup Powered by the M2 Ultra Mac Studio
03:21 Video Sponsor: Keeper
04:26 Gather Monitor Stand & Shelf (Ugmonk)
04:52 Iodyne Pro Data (24TB SSD)
06:32 Peripherals & Wireless Charging Desk Mat
07:01 Nomad Stand One Max 3-1 Charger
07:22 Keyboard Cleaner
07:45 Frames, Ikea Peg Board and other stuff.

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[domenicklandaeta-rosato]

I’m a multi monitor person. The physical division helps me stay organized better than one large monitor. That said, they bought us new curved monitors at work so I now have a 32” curved in the center and 2 22” widescreens situated vertically on each side. We call it the Tie Fighter.

[mgaming]

I have the same desk. Uplift is the best desk I have ever owned. The motor is great. They have a TON of accessories you can add to it like an under desk CPU tower holder, drawers, monitor arms, desk mats etc.
I have 2 monitors but I recently went back to just one 32" 4k 32GQ950-B and calibrated it. Looks amazing. I have 2 PCs into one monitor. The Mac Studio and a Gaming PC. Went Audio engine speakers because I have them hooked to the PC physically and to the Mac via bluetooth and can play both sources simultaneously.

[JuanCha]

I used to use 2 external monitors. I switched to a 32" and will eventually go for an ultrawide. I like the one monitor because it keeps it clean, and anything over 32" allows you to treat one monitor as if it were 2.

[Hoopyip]

I don’t like turning my head left and right all day, so I have one studio display that I look at right in the center. My MacBook pro is to the left, but I only use that screen for zoom calls and minor things. I also have my iPad Air hooked up via USB/sidecar and it sits beneath the studio display for a little extra screen space. I also have an uplift desk with the walnut finish. I have had it for a few years and still love it.

[ericstromquist]

I have two VESA mount studio displays suspended about 11” above my 60” x 30” sit-stand desk by a heavy-duty dual arm mount from Vivo that’s clamped to the back of the desk. These are powered by an M2 Max Mac Studio. The studio displays are angled so I look at both face-on, and their edges touch above the middle of the desk. I love the dual displays.

[bscommenter]

Laptop + 3 External 2K monitors. No going back. Love it.

[tonyventola]

Ok, your storage solution is amazing. While I need no where near that amount of storage space, I'm curious about one thing. How do you get your Mac to use the external storage for your Adobe projects by default? Every single time I start a new project, Adobe creates it within the "Documents" folder on my internal storage and sync'd with iCloud. It's a big big mess!

[capacityJEM]

I've been using dual 27 inch 4k displays for years and love it. It provides two clearly defined work spaces. One for Final Cut and one for everything else.

[HosseinQanbari]

I always go with just one monitor. In fact in the entire organization I am the only one with one monitor and I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts to go between the open windows that I don’t need an extra monitor to take extra space I don’t have.

[marcowaldmeier]

Mac Studio with 1 Studio Display VESA vertical for documents and Finder, e.g. and 1 LG 32" horizontal for media and rest

[functionallycool]

I’ve been on team uplift desk too for about a year or so. It’s a solid desk. I’m using the L currently with a Maple top. 80x78. I use a single 49 inch super ultra wide and then on the return a single Studio Display. For my daily job I can get away with a super ultra wide but not a traditional single 27 inch display. I have a lot of references open and other things when I’m working and tabbing through or space switching would drive me insane.

[ghost-user]

Btw, to make the Magic Mouse a class above most input devices, get a cheap *glass mousepad* . It makes it a smooth frictionless glide, and it makes it way more accurate as well.

[HiFiInsider]

check out the Woo Audio WA7 headphone amplifier. Would look lovely next to all your white and Apple gear.

[gshcked]

My dream 1 monitor set up is the LG 5K2K. It was originally released in 2019, so not sure if it’s worth getting still. It’s unfortunate LG hasn’t updated it.

[CowboySlots]

Last time Dan did one of these I spent too much on upgrading my desk 😂 here comes another desk remodel! Ultra Wide monitors are awesome, feels like 2 displays but in one.

[lukeskywalker]

instead of two 27" studio displays wasn't it better to get two 32" pro xdr displays? The cost is high but I definitely think it's within your budget

[jlkreykes]

what are the gray fabric and wood framed chairs that were next to the ottoman.

[sylviae.sanchez]

Definitely need 2 external monitors to manage the data heavy work I do

[eyeDavid]

I have one monitor in front of me and the second is to the right so it’s like having one but you have an extra

[Watchandlearn]

When I went dual monitors many years ago I noticed that my productivity increased but that I felt more neck strain and hated the fact that I didn't ever look dead center. The answer for me was to get another monitor and now I have 3 27 inch 4k monitors mounted on monitor arms. So a lot of the time if I'm not doing a lot of multi tasking, I just use the monitor in the middle but if I am doing heavy software development for example, I can have every app I need open on different monitors.

That said, on the other side of my office, I have one single ultra wide monitor for my personal use and it is really nice. However there are certain dev projects I work on where my productivity would fall harshly with the loss of screen real estate.