M4 MacBook Pro - First 23 Things To Do! (Tips & Tricks)

[@BrandonButch]

*What's the first thing YOU do when setting up a MacBook?* 💻 Also, the new CMM is actually pretty sick (and useful): clnmy.com/BrandonButch

[@brebre19159]

I’m getting the MacBook Air m3 but the m4 coming in the spring so ima get that

[@BrandonButch]

@@brebre19159 So you're getting both?

[@cvhigh]

Great suggestions for my new M4 MacBook Pro!!👍

[@brebre19159]

@@BrandonButch nope jus the m4

[@brebre19159]

@@BrandonButch I was gonna get the m3 but I heard the m4 Airs are coming out in spring soon

[@amberxblair]

I have had a MacBook for years... but I never knew any of this. Just upgraded to the M4 Pro yesterday and decided to look up a tutorial to see if there was anything extra I could customize, and HOLY COW - you gave so much info and it was so easy to follow. I can't belive I haven't been using my MacBooks to their full potential this whole time. Seriously thank you, this was so incredibly helpful and informative.

[@BrandonButch]

Did you pick up an M4 MacBook Pro? This seems like a great year to upgrade from M1 or Intel!

[@moxb]

I want to buy the m4 pro 14/20 with 48gb of ram and 1tb ssd and i’m not sure what color and screen to choose? Silver or black? Glossy or nano?

[@Frexuz]

From M1 Max to M4 Max 😅 The matte screen is so good! Tho didn't rly need an upgrade based on performance, but battery life was getting bad.

[@Scottjf8]

Got it on release day! It's amazing.

[@CzajekTutorialowiec]

@@moxb I got silver with glossy screen and can recommend!

[@TTibbs_]

Absolutely loving my new M4 Macbook Pro, didn't opt for the pro chip, but was a big upgrade from my 2015 Intel MacBook Pro indeed

[@mirainoivuyo984]

Did not know about the modifier key option for the hot corners! mind blown

[@rcobsesssed]

Awesome refresher on features, thanks for taking the time!

[@mirainoivuyo984]

Wow turning off natural scrolling is a surprising choice… usually PC switchers make that choice or a reeeeeally old school Mac user

[@134BrothersMusic]

Coming from windows, two finger click instead of control click is a great help. Cheers

[@najrulbiplob]

Straight to the point. Great video!

[@1amjules]

So informative! Many Thanks.

[@Traumatree]

And the first thing to do it to move the task bar from the bottom to the left (or right) of the screen to get more of that expensive real estate screen. Thank you for all this: I learned more on MacOS in your video than in the last 5 years. I must say that MacOS is very refined and I might go the Mac Mini way soon (tm).

[@BrandonButch]

Glad to hear it! And the new Mac mini is quite amazing this year!

[@bennieng6552]

i thought you can hide it in settings, which is what i currently do.when you move your finger to the bottom, it will automatically show up

[@Traumatree]

@@bennieng6552 That is also an option, but I find it distracting personally.

[@janakamohotti]

Thanks Brandon. This video was very helpful.

[@edwartfredericks1910]

I recommend that you should enable advanced data protection for iCloud. This is such a nice feature and should be used :)

[@GaryFerrao]

personally, i prefer the press to click instead of the touch to click. it avoids accidentally clicking on stuff when i just want to move my mouse or accidentally touch it.

[@Plantdedi]

Such a great video! Thanks for doing what you do!

[@navixaxa5023]

I've been using Macs for the past 17-18 years. I felt like you were doing most of the stuff that even I do on a new Mac lol. But even I didn't knew about that TrackPad Acessibility thing [using 3 Fingers to Drag Windows] Maybe because I'm a Mouse person and only use the TrackPad when I don't have a Mouse xD. Also, the 1st thing you do is turn on Dark Mode! Nice video bud!

[@KristianSalo]

Thanks, great stuff. Just upgraded from 2019 iMac to M4 MacBook Pro 16" and did a clean install. This video helped a lot to find all the good settings.

[@ChitraRagu1992]

Very useful tips.

[@CarsonRandProject]

Thanks that was helpful and I definitely appreciate it.

[@Will-Field]

Very informative video Brandon, thanks! Very helpful tips for my M4 Pro.

[@jennkham]

This was soo helpful! Just set up my new M4 today 🎉

[@cutiechick825]

i love watching your videos

[@patrykszczepanski7150]

I knew most of them but this is actually a great tutorial to setup your mac. Great job! 🎉

[@deltax7159]

been using windows laptops my entire life but considering getting the m4 pro MacBook pro. All of my data science applications work on it so...why not? I love my surface pro 7 but I need something more powerful to get some real work done.

[@RAMBOXBOY]

Thank You! Most useful video. Love from Dubai.

[@GilesMeehan]

Brilliant tips, thank you! Several of those tweaks I've always been using on my 2012 MBP, but I've learnt a lot of new useful things too!

[@Total-Solutions]

Hi Brandon and everyone.

[@BrandonButch]

hey hey!

[@21lori]

Wow, so helpful!! Thanks so much for all the work you put into this step-by-step set up of M4 MacBook Pro.

[@josephtadros1470]

Well done! Very useful video... I watched it many times to make sure I haven't missed one of them. Thank you so much!

[@MagicSwordKing]

Based emulation fan. All joking aside though, your channel has been very useful in helping me get up to speed on my new M4 MacBook Pro. I’m a power user, computer hobbyist, but this is my first actual Mac that I use on a daily basis since the G4 iBook. This has all been very useful in helping me get comfortable with an operating system that honestly is kinda unfriendly to enthusiasts.

[@dr.python]

How to unblock 1000 nits for indoors?

[@Pompn43]

Thank you for your suggested tips

[@Scottjf8]

Stage Manager is another one. I love using that.

[@paulcohen4051]

Invaluable

[@vtanzi]

super useful video

[@Joshan-cc1eg]

Its crazy that I didnt even know mac could be customizable to this extent.

[@nelledouville9338]

Very interesting and helpful. On Finder, I've had a Mac for two plus years and used it once.

[@steveblanchard7293]

Macbook Pro with iMac wallpaper

[@ilikerealmadridalot]

Does this mean you can use spotify on your mac without signing in or downloading it?

[@fontaa91]

wow, first mac of my life, macbook pro M4 pro, thank you very much for this tips, really useful for a win user

[@maidenseddie1701]

Great video, thanks! How do you have your AirPods showing the battery continuously in the widget you enabled on your M4 Pro? It works for me only if I have my AirPods case open and disappears as soon as I close it.

[@Oneonone2020]

I just got my MacBook Pro about 4 hours ago. That finder help because I had no idea were anything was loading too 😂

[@ysryashraj]

bought the M3 MBP base, is there any big differences from the M4 MBP?

[@beanthemachine3675]

I didn’t watch the whole thing but this looks like it’s more about the operating system settings than the hardware itself. I assume everything should apply the same to the M3

[@SinisterSaneW]

M2 2022 is still good in my opinion but I’d like the newer models

[@BrandonButch]

Yeah, the M4 is crazy good this year. Much better than the M2 -> M3 jump

[@MrTchou]

there is another 23 things to do video by "review ripple" you might want to check it, it very much look like he used your images...

[@itimdesigner]

will there be lag on non 4k monitor if i have apple mouse connected to my macbook pro m4 pro? cause i bought 1920x1080p monitor and when i have apple mouse connected, the lag on external monitor which is wireless so HUGE...

[@nhr27]

How did you get all the batteries to show in the widget? Mine is not showing iPhone.

[@deadline7610]

Nicely Done

[@sidharth1123]

Thanks a mil for this Brandon. Just got my first ever Mac today (M4 Pro with the 14-core CPU) and I'm one happy camper. This vid really helped me tweak it to my liking - cheers!

[@anoopx5]

This was incredibly helpful and informative. I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. I learned a lot from your insights. Thanks again for providing such valuable information! I'm sure many others will find it useful as well. 👍

[@Madao65]

Thats the best Summary on things to do when you bought a new MacBook i have ever seen. Thank you very much

[@eugene1640]

Thank you Brandon!

[@roversadventures7660]

This is my algorithm comment!

[@Yewbzee]

Cheers bro. Nearly everyone of these “solutions” are for things that annoy me on my Mac. Great tips and fixes!

[@Go_Birds_26]

Hey SGN the last slider set you put out I copied it exactly as you had in the video put into my PS4 madden 25 franchise and it played absolutely amazing I am get the most realistic version of the the franchise I want with my patriots when this new one drops I will add it in as well. Thanks for all the great work appreciated it.

[@bobcubsfan]

Really useful, Brandon.

[@gamerslord25]

Ultra Member here, Hi Brandon, is it worth upgrading to the M4 Pro MacBook Pro 14 when I have mine M3 Pro Specked with 12 Cores and 36 Gb of ram, so what do you think Brandon?

[@StrixGenesis]

According to me, if you don't do ai modelling, llm training and data science then, yes upgrade to m4 pro But if you don't to ai tasks listed above then don't upgrade.

[@gamerslord25]

@ hi Thank you so much I’m keeping my MacBook Pro M3 Pro Then. :)

[@pinathedallsheep]

saving for i eventually i manage to upgrade from my base m2 air to a 14 inch pro.

[@BrandonButch]

That will be a big upgrade! What do you need the extra power for?

[@pinathedallsheep]

@@BrandonButch games, lol actually cuz of the speakers being more powerful, xdr display and 120hz refresh rate and that i wanna learn sum sort of 3d modelling or sum other heavy stuff, mb video editing, i already feel limited with the soldered 8gb of ram despite just having the web browser opened with a couple of tabs.

[@maultima]

@@pinathedallsheep I wouldn't advise a mac for gaming - it's probably going to be another 2-3 years before apple will get anywhere close to the standard of windows laptops / pcs

[@sakracliche]

after a year of owning an m2 air, I went for the 16" m4 pro. feels great to upgrade!

[@GeorgeVina]

Found some settings I hadn’t ever set on my M1 Pro MacBook. Great video and great suggestions!

[@iamzairaz]

Is that true? Some ytbrs saying M4 Pro is Over Head & loud than M3 Pro?

[@KymarieMcEwan]

My brain can’t keep up! You speak so fast 😅

[@yassinnajjar3044]

Amazing thank you!

[@neil6407]

Is there a way to install apps 'not' from the AppStore to an external drive?

[@techwithtyler20]

For drag-and-drop installation, drag to the external drive. For installations where you go through an installer, you might have the option to choose the drive. If not, move it from Applications to the drive when it’s done.

[@neil6407]

@@techwithtyler20 I wondered what happened to application support files then, preferences perhaps.

[@techwithtyler20]

@ Those are still saved to your Mac no matter where apps are installed.

[@neil6407]

@ Ah okay, thank you.

[@aggamsingh8317]

I just switched from a surface, and got the M4 MacBook Pro still getting used to the OS, lol. If you guys have any suggestions pop em down.

[@AndySchuylerVlogs]

Hey Brandon!

[@cmmcwilliams498]

Command options shift P isn’t sticking for application short cut. Suggestions? Appreciate the post!

[@TheAppleGuy.]

Hey I got an m4 MacBook Pro, but I don’t have Apple intelligence, if anyone could help me on how to get it, that would be great. 😭

[@TheFamousMrPaul]

There is an option to sign up for it in system settings

[@alisheikh1582]

Hey Where to find this White Wallpaper? Cant Find on my latest OS?

[@EnronnSierra]

Who says the Mac isn't customizable?

[@neil6407]

Is there a way to default to 'talk' to siri instead of the current default of 'type' to Siri?

[@techwithtyler20]

Press and hold the Siri icon in the menu bar or the Siri keyboard shortcut. It will default to talk instead of type if Apple Intelligence is turned off or if you activate it from headphones or a Bluetooth device or by saying “Hey Siri”/“Siri”.

[@neil6407]

@@techwithtyler20 Ah thanks mate!

[@kewl820607]

God bless you brother, love how you nailed this, just bought M4 pro :) saves us lot of time keep these type of settings and videos coming..

[@xabierlanda8998]

How you perité y AI to get information from your bank when you using

[@tokhir_l]

Why it's needed to mess the perfect settings 🤢

[@PrestoMoto02]

M4 pro MacBook is $300 off at Best Buy today

[@BrandonButch]

Wow that's a killer deal!

[@JaySkyBlueWalker]

I’m coming from a 2015 macbook air 😂

[@NightmareCrab]

now i cant enter mission control with tree fingers up. BOOOOO

[@seppeseppe-jq7nr]

damn i want buy my first macbook but i see every video this big black notch ? 😮😮😮 nope bye apple

[@kurt120032002]

Imagine having an M4 an beforced to use this cringe ancient OS. I ordered on because of the hardware, vut the OS is even worse then windows, and I hate windows. I feel I use windows xp in 2002 looking at this. Then people use to use software like ad-ware from lavasoft to clean their windows, instead just go and delete whatever is you want to delete. I feel like I will have a nervous brakedown just by trying to makethat shit semi-functional.

[@rkymtnchi503]

Had to pause it about 300 times since you're talking so fast but it was helpful

[@jackwood4299]

Thanks that was great