11 Things My Macbook Does Better Than My Windows Desktop

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0:00 Intro
0:30 Hardware
0:43 Battery life
1:34 Fan noise
2:43 Air Drop
4:17 Universal Clip Board
5:34 Handoff
8:16 Sidecar
9:00 iMessage
10:17 OS Navigation
12:47 Performance
As a lifelong Windows user, I never thought I would switch to Mac but after buying the M1 Macbook Pro I have found that it does many things my Windows PC can't. In this video, I talk about the top 11 things my MacBook does better than my Windows computers.

[@RicanStudio]

The “it just works” thing is more true than not with some very annoying exceptions. But the fact that the UI and UX are more refined than windows and there is consistency and integration of hardware is something that is undervalued if you haven’t experienced it.

[@nivoset]

I find the keyboard UX to be attrocious compared to most any other OS. And as a mainly keybiard user, the fact that the operating system is so lacking in some basic functionality that you have to ubstall other third party apps to get close to the same functionality and usability that you get on a chromebook is just killer.

[@blaowskiton]

@@nivoset why would Mac want to have the same functionality as a chromebook. If you want to use a certain computer, use it...but dont expect it to work like any OTHER computer.

[@nivoset]

@@blaowskiton i said it lacks functionality even a cheap chromebook has. Why pay premium for something that is missing basic controls

[@davidsmaruj6761]

You got that 100% right.

[@janwedek]

@@nivoset sounds more like a case of “I don’t know how”. What specifically can’t you do via keyboard on the Mac without 3rd party apps?

[@4221921]

You seem like a shortcut kinda guy, quick access to spotlight search “command + spacebar”. I’m a long time Mac user but your experience so far has been very enjoyable to watch. I agree with your gripes and your praises as well. Looking forward to your next video. Bless bro

[@nightwing8666]

You can use power tools on windows to get a spotlight like feature

[@ak98ification]

Try option + command + spacebar and thank me later. I discovered that feature by accident

I use the "CMD + Space" shortcut to open almost every application, and of course to search for files.

[@ak98ification]

@ yeah me too but sometime infrequently files don't show up using cmd + space so I use the other option as it is a shortcut to directly search the pc only so less chaos and everything show up

[@emman5109]

I think he knows but has probably remapped it for Alfred (at 10:45).

[@23vamos22]

I switched to Mac for the first time too with the M1 MBP. There is a learning curve but now I love it! Glad you came around These tips made my transition easier: -Enable 3 finger drag - allows you to drag windows and mark text using 3 fingers instead of double tapping and dragging (System Preferences>Accessibility>Pointer Control>Trackpad Options…) -Hot Corners - I use bottom left for Launchpad, bottom right to show Desktop, top right for Quick Note (System Preferences>Mission Control>Hot Corners…) -Change mouse cursor to white - if you prefer it that way (System Preferences>Accessibility>Display>Pointer) Apps: -Rectangle (free) - allows you to snap windows to the sides, top and bottom to resize like in Windows, either by dragging or with keyboard shortcuts -Dropzone 4 (free with paid option) - helps with dragging and dropping files between windows. When you start dragging a file, a little window shows up where you can drop it in a grid until you want to use it -TopNotch (free) - changes the colour of the menu bar to black to completely hide the notch. You also have the option of making rounded corners which I think looks nicer. Since the menu bar is black (therefore pixels turned off on MiniLED) it should also save a tiny amount of battery life -TextSniper ($8) - capture non-selectable text from photos, videos etc and save it to clipboard. Also has a QR code scanner -DockMate ($15) - adds mouseover window previews to the Dock -Bartender 4 ($15 or free with an occasional pop up) - adds a “…” button to the menu bar where you can hide other menu bar icons *I am not advertising, just sharing the apps that have made my experience with MacOS even better!

[@khoifoto]

TextSniper is no longer needed in M1 Macs with the latest Monterey build. Text is automatically recognized and selectable in photos.

[@AriSanX]

3 finger drag is a great feature everyone should use. It used to just be in trackpad settings before they buried it in accessibility settings

[@amyloriley]

Tips: - Hold Option (Alt) to enable hidden advanced features. For instance, when Option-clicking on the WiFi symbol on your toolbar, you'll also see your IP address. When Option-clicking Audio, you can also select input devices. - Option-rightclicking on an app in the dock allows you to Force Quit the app, in order to close it when it crashes. - When the Dock or Finder crashes, go to Terminal via Spotlight and type in "killall Dock". It seems like a strong command, but all it does is Force Quit and restart the dock and Finder. - When you can't find a certain menu option in a complex menu such as Photoshop, go to the Help menu and start typing your menu option. The Help menu will show you where you can find the menu option, or activate it directly from the Help menu. - If you can't find your mouse cursor, shake a bit with your mouse or trackpad. It will enlarge, making it easier to find it. Silly tip: - Hold Option and Shift, and press the Volume Up or Volume Down key. Now you can change the volume in ticks of 1/4th the amount. App: - BetterTouchTool ($9 with free trial): Customize trackpad controls with a lot more options, customize Force touch or dance around with your fingers in a three-finger tip-tap, and snap windows to the side, similar to Rectangle.

[@joeltm8697]

@@amyloriley tyty!

[@jiaxuzhao]

Hidden Bar is a free alternative to Bartender 4.

[@tommih597]

Btw, the keyboard shortcut for Spotlight search is command + space. And if you hold you get siri

[@tommih597]

I would recommend looking into keyboard shortcuts. There are heaps!

[@charleskelkv]

I use the Spotlight shortcut all the time, but never knew that holding it activated Siri! Thank you!

[@m-stat9]

Current Macbooks even have a direct spotlight button (F4)

[@parkingthought]

I love watching this journey. He’s taking great steps forward and you can hear the excitement. That’s the way using technology should be. It should be engaging and enjoyable.

[@tommih597]

Hadn't even noticed cause I'm so used to using the shortcut 😆

[@brianradwanski6544]

I want to commend you for taking the time to actually learn these little details why most of us HATE using anything else. A lot of people try mac but then proceed using it like they were accustomed on windows. As you found that frustrates. But you dug deeper. You asked the question, what if I work the way the system wants me to work. Now some of these things are starting to happen between windows and android. But most of us had these features for over a decade. Quite honestly we forget we use them. I worked for Dell and lamented the day I had to use their gear…and windows. I left for a startup late last year. IT didn’t even finish the sentence when I gladly selected a Mac. It took me about 10 mins to have the system fully functional with everything like I had it before. That may even be the best part. Wait until you get your next mac. Count the hours and days saved.

[@nivoset]

Why is it bad to use a computer how you want to use it/ the way that makes sense to you?

[@Punkgiver]

@@nivoset Because once you actually learn all those quirks, you’ll save so much time.

[@nivoset]

@@Punkgiver probably not with how i work, it tends to take one more key per shortcut than all other OS systems, so it actually cannot save me any time

[@PappaMike-vc1qv]

Benjamin doesn’t get it. If you buy a new car that has a start button instead of ignition key is it better? Maybe, maybe not but you learn very quickly to start it and drive on. Life will pass you by if you can’t change even the littlest things and learn a little. BTW so windows users still have to click on start to shutdown? Lol

[@Crow-lz7et]

@@PappaMike-vc1qv... Well if you want to shutdown the pc, you just go to the Windows menu and select the button with the symbol of power and 3 options will pop up, suspension, shutdown and restart. I never pressed the power button in my life unless the pc bricked or something similar.

[@RicardoDawson]

Another feature you'll love is Universal Control: I use it to control my iMac and iPad Pro from my MacBook Air M1 using it's keyboard and an external Magic Trackpad. Having a dual Mac setup allows me to continue working while the other machine is rendering/exporting because I share all drives and files via fast Ethernet.

[@yarnosh]

Is there any particular reason you can't just keep using your computer while it is rendering? I've never been able to load a Mac so hard that I couldn't still use the desktop. We got all these CPU cores for a reason.

[@krishnav974]

@@yarnosh because you haven’t rendered a heavy enough load to see huge performances issues. When you render you want to let the computer focus on it entirely to ensure the minimal amount of render issues and faster renders

[@davidfrank5257]

Thanks for the thoughtful analysis, Lee. Here’s a few notes on the Spotlight search feature: 1. Spotlight is the fastest way to launch any app. Type Cmd-Spacebar, start typing the app name; when the autocomplete has displayed the correct app name, hit enter. Usually 3 seconds max. 2. Spotlight is also the fastest way to locate files by keyword. If you type Cmd-Spacebar, and enter cephalpod, you will see a list of files with that word in the file name, the file contents (it can work with pretty much any file format), or any other file metadata, including embedded EXIF data in photos. 3. When viewing a list of search results in Spotlight, if you want to see the file in its enclosing folder, Cmd-click on it. To preview the file system path, highlight the file in the search results list and press Cmd. The path is displayed below the preview on the right. 4. Spotlight also searches email and iMessage messages. If you want to limit the search to just files, type your search into the Finder window Search field at the top right instead. 5. An important limitation of Spotlight is that it only finds files that you own, or that are accessible to you (like applications). It will never return results that are stored in the Unix side of the world, either.

[@ThyderThyderThyder]

Half these benefits only exist if you have an iPhone. I'm also surprised you changed your opinion! I'm in the same position you were in. Lifelong Windows users. I work in IT and have always used Windows. However in my new role they asked me to use a MacBook Pro. It's been two weeks and simple things are really frustrating but I think I'll get used to them over time. Funnily enough, as much as I dislike so many things about the macbook (which you highlighted in another video), I keep wanting to use the mac.. funny how things work.

[@josephfredbill]

Its the integration across devices is one of the main benefits imho. It was always this way - in the early days of the Internet only devices from the same vendor worked together, similarly for wifi. And innovation is always in tension with interoperability so we may never achieve universal interoperability.

[@angeltodorov5918]

those half benefits that only works with an iPhone at least exist here, on windows they doesn't exist no matter what are you using so...

[@MsMoniss]

​@angeltodorov5918 like what features exactly don't exist on Windows?

[@catchingthelight]

You forgot about Universal Control where you can use your trackpad to control both your laptop and your iPad at the same time. You can even drag photos directly from you iPad to your MacBook Pro without using airdrop : )

[@TonyTroie]

Being new to the platform and this being a beta feature released in February, I don't think he's come across it yet. I guess there'll be a video just for that!

[@charlesguerard342]

@@TonyTroie Yes it is with 15.3 IOS version.

[@TonyTroie]

@@charlesguerard342 yes I know, all I was saying is that he probably hasn't come across it just yet because it was released a couple of months ago

[@cwnichols]

Universal control is the best! Been using it on the beta for a couple months. So cool.

[@melovellammas6985]

u can do the same with samsung devices and it was released like way back

[@andyvoigt4442]

One thing you haven’t mentioned which is super small but make so much sense is when you lose your mouse on the screen, just shake your mouse side to side and it enlargers the mouse cursor. So cool. Keep up the good work mate. Love your videos.

[@kastefer7827]

@Xavier Breath ok but is he using windows

[@yuppymike]

It’s funny seeing your reaction to these new features and can only imaging how cool it is discovering so much. You have got them all in one go but I remember these being released over the last decade one by one.

[@bradavon]

Most of them are also available on Windows if you include an Android tablet. He's comparing two Apple devices with one Windows computer. Hardly a like for like comparison. Get a Galaxy Tab too and it does most of the things on his list. The battery one is plain strange. His Windows computer doesn't even have a battery.

[@ABDTalk1]

@@bradavon They are ignorant

[@giftbox-e]

Yes, I had MBP 2012 15" even though at that time I used mac, I don't necessarily like it and I just use it because of the hype AND the trackpad. Yeah the trackpad is so far ahead at that time, but now eventhough it is still the best but the competitors are just so close to it. But I think in 2022 with all those features in one go, it would be the best laptop if gaming is not your thing. For that reason I bought Zephyrus G14 2022, and if only I could get the battery life, speaker, and 10bit Mini LED screen, it would be just perfect.

[@knufyeinundzwanzig2004]

@@bradavon huh? he talked about owning windows laptops, did you even watch 1 minute of the video?

[@ABDTalk1]

@@knufyeinundzwanzig2004 He is comparing a windows laptop to the apple ecosystem. He's totally ignorant to a possibility of a windows ecosystem.

[@TaleOfTwoIdiots]

As a long-time Windows user who “converted” way, way back in 2008, I still love seeing the enthusiasm of folks who decided to give the Mac a chance. It’s just a very polished ecosystem that gets better every year.

[@adredy]

they still dont know how long its take to copy file on mac :)

[@whatsupchicken]

Does it? (get better)

[@GoalOrientedLifting]

Polished is not the word I'd use. It was so, compared to windows, a decade ago. Today it's not, and i haven't seen a useful feature on apple which doesn't exist on windows or is better implemented on windows

[@thmarcello]

​@@GoalOrientedLiftingtrue

[@tozrimondher4250]

I’m surprised about the shift in your opinion that happened after 5 or 6 months since you first tried to use Apple's Macbook

[@FStoppers]

The frustration of change was overwhelming at the beginning

[@xaratemplate]

Its true once you go mac you don't go back. I didnt realize how bad the windows experience was until I used a mac. However mac has its issues still but the benefits outweigh disadvantages at least for now that is the case.

[@knightscape]

The changes are always the death of a million papercuts. I’m an Apple user, but a windows technician. I have to bounce back and forth all day. One of the biggest differences for me is the cursor behavior. Specifically selecting text, the windows text bar placement doesn’t match the graphic and leads to a lot of difficulty finding the right starting points. On the Mac, it’s pixel perfect to what you see on screen for the placement.

[@noahgoldowitz]

@@knightscape pretty much in the same position - the difficulty for me with Mac is multiple monitors, they just don't have a good situation for that (moving windows, snapping, how apps perform from one screen to another)

[@jinraigami3349]

@@knightscape nah. I barely experience any error is the most noticeable difference.

[@adamford4167]

I just picked up my first apple product, a Mac Mini M1. My kids needed a computer for homework so it seemed like a great way to go. After watching your videos, I'm thinking that Dad needs a new Laptop or Mac Studio. Thanks so much for the information. I also have been a power PC user my whole life, and your explanations are coming in crystal clear. I think you may need to go work for Apple in their marketing department, your that good!

[@leonciomartinez5318]

Great content! Now, try this: Create a document, let's say a Word document, and while it's open, rename its icon and/or drag the icon to another folder. You can do it even when the document is open! Even more, close the document. Change its name on the icon, send it to another place on the computer, open the application again, look for it among the recent documents, its name is now the new one you gave it! and it will open it even if it is in a different place than it was when you closed the application. You can't do that on Windows.

[@m-stat9]

big legit point!

[@Slurkz]

This…

[@vedesh6907]

You can’t!?!?

[@maleldil1]

@@vedesh6907 Word on Windows won't let you rename or move a file while it's opened.

[@KS-wr8ub]

This! 💯% It drives me nuts on Windows when something is using a file and it blocks anything happening to that directory. Flawless in macOS.

[@JaakkoNiemela]

I really am happy for you! You finally understood the Mac ecosystem and its benefits. I am also running MBP 16 M1 Max with 64GB & 8TB as my primary workstation + iPad Pro M1 as a secondary display on the road. It really is a killer setup.

[@rgtoffolo]

One recommendation: learn the keyboard shortcuts. For instance: spotlight = command + space. If you are enjoing the MacOS, shortcuts will bring you to another world !

[@S3XYEV]

There’s a dedicated Spotlight “button” right on your keyboard…. Shorter than a short cut 😝💜

[@ZhuJo99]

And you can customize it, not like on Windows 😁

[@geckygeck8999]

@@ZhuJo99 you can definitely customize wondows

[@ZhuJo99]

@@geckygeck8999 I was talking about keyboard shortcuts customization, for every app, every system shortcut. You can't do that on Windows.

[@geckygeck8999]

@@ZhuJo99 oh you for sure can.

[@strossarts]

I have 4 4k monitors attached to mine and the fans do not run. I get high workloads going and it is still barely audible. It's amazing. The did such a great job. Universal Control is amazing. I can use my 2 Macs and my iPad with one keyboard and it just works.

[@michaelflood4651]

Thanks for this video. I learned things I never knew about the Mac ecosystem. I will save this video for use as I get more involved with my Mac.

[@ljswaan]

I DID NOT KNOW about Universal Clipboard. That is amazing!!! 4:18 Thanks for sharing!

[@MovieMation]

I got this laptop recently and I totally agree with the fan noise thing, it makes such a huge difference! It's so weird having my hard drive being the loudest thing in the room now. I only heard the fan once so far and I actually got excited that I got the thing to switch on, and I'm a heavy Premiere Pro user too.

[@ImaVoodooChild01]

I loved your transition from Windows to Mac. I'm in the same situation now. In my current job as Microsoft .NET developer I use a Windows laptop and sometimes my PC. I've only been working at home, and I also like gaming so I have a powerful desktop setup with two monitors (34" and 27"). Now I'm about to start a new job that It is not necessary to have any specific OS, but I need something confortable for traveling and future proof enough to not think on upgrading for at least 5 years. After watching your videos I decided to go for a 14" pro M1 pro 10-cores that I think I'll be using not only for traveling but also as a desktop computer with just my 34" monitor. Thanks for your help, and you have a new subscriber here!

[@Slurkz]

Stellar video! Thanks man. 💜

[@mahendasanayake7852]

You explain things in simple language to understand to the point. Thank you..!

[@Scottie2528]

You can activate “hot corners” which are in the mission control settings. They allow you to add things like moving opened apps out of view if you’re trying to get to something from your desktop real quick (instead of minimizing everything) when you move your mouse to any corner (that you set it to) of the screen. Then you can move your mouse to the same corner to bring the apps back into views real quickly.

[@timetravelvictim]

Yes, hotspots are very useful. I have show desktop on the bottom left corner for when I need to quickly jump to my desktop. I also have a hot corner set up for quick notes so I can quickly jot down my thoughts before they leave my mind.

[@d3xmeister]

Hot corners are amazing, I use them since they function was first introduced. Just configure them for your preferences and you’ll never could live without them

[@robotalpaca-turkey3684]

There’s a gesture for this feature, you don’t need a hot corner. Do a “pinch outwards” with three fingers on the trackpad.

[@spaceowl5957]

I always trigger them accidentally and find them annoying

[@d3xmeister]

@@spaceowl5957 Correct ! I use a mouse though.

[@cortzetroc]

Absolutely love using the spacebar to quickly preview images/files in the finder, absolute massive time save vs opening up files individually

[@vikramvishnou9785]

A real killer feature

[@Samtagri]

Yes that is a feature I ALWAYS miss when I (have to) use windows to do something. It is just a no brainer to include something like this.

[@nomirrors3552]

Spacebar and then the up and down arrows... super nice.

[@heroninja1125]

@@Samtagri you know windows also has image and file previews. just press ALT P and any file you tap on will be put in a preview window.

[@Samtagri]

@@heroninja1125 no I didn’t know. Thanks, I will try it next time.

[@sigdetcdr]

Always a great production........thanks.

[@ThomasWilliamson]

I didn't know that copy and paste from from mac to iphone thing! That's awesome! Also the text messages from non-iphones on your mac! This video is so useful, thank you!

[@Davidkiania]

I have been following this series been watching it since day one and it's so nice seeing your eyes light up. Welcome to the other dark side.

[@contenthippie]

Have you tried Quick Look? By clicking on an icon and then pressing space bar you can have a file preview without having to open any software.

[@ZhuJo99]

And it’s extensible with plugins for many other file formats, ie STL for 3d printing, or for code (ie PHP or C color highlighting)

[@alex.x8782]

Thanks!

[@hobbytake2845]

Way cool Lee! I’ve been a Mac user for nearly 20 years and have taken much of what you said for granted. I’ve also learned a couple of things, the text message forwarding is a big one and I turned it on immediately!

[@WhatMACHI]

Nice rundown! Recently bought a Mac and slowly getting used to the differences to windows so this was useful.

[@markvandenberg4606]

Thanks for drumming up the excitement in me! About to make the leap. Lifelong Windows user… 😬

[@2bale]

I suggest you to take a look to Time Machine too, it's not just a backup tool: it saved my day on a couple of occasions, letting me recovering the work on the state it was before I accidentally messed it up.

[@rwk1013]

Glad to see you are back up and running Lee. Really love my Macbook pro. They are pretty powerful silent machines.

[@cecechatmon5187]

I have been Mac user for over 20 years, but recently gave up my Galaxy Note for an iPhone. You just BLEW MY MIND with the copy and paste thing! I am looking forward to more discoveries. Thanks!

[@JonathanAcierto]

What’s interesting to me is a lot of the pros may not have been possible without the new Apple processors. Been using Macs since 2004 and I love my Macs, but the Intel Processors haven’t always been optimized very well with the Mac OS, especially in the last 5 years or so. Can’t wait to upgrade to a Mac with an Apple processor.

[@leeleo9615]

get it bro. its just amazing. i got my 14 inch m1max version a few days ago, and its amazing

[@Mainyehc]

One could say that the three biggest pros are one and the same (performance, thermal envelope, battery life and overall size are all variables from a single equation), and all of them due to Apple Silicon. But interestingly enough, most of the others have either been a thing for a long time or also available for Intel Macs (and some of them are so old they were also available for PowerPC Macs!), and are the reason many of us stuck with weak G4 or burning hot G5 machines instead of switching to Windows PCs. For added context, Spotlight came out with Tiger, and multi-touch gestures (back then only two-finger scrolling, because trackpads were not as huge as they are today) debuted in the last generation G4 iBooks and PowerBooks, both all the way back in *2004*. That was eighteen years ago, let that sink in. And the modern Finder, with its NeXTSTEP’s Unix roots, has always had this “just works” feel to it when it comes to network-connected stuff… It’s just insane how Microsoft, with its corporate focus and whatnot, still didn’t manage, after all these years, to match that.

[@Queldonus]

My M1 MacBook *Air* out performs most of the Intel based 13” MacBook pros. Even with no fan, it’s got most of the kick of the 13” pro and can handle a video export or some gaming on the go.

[@alejmc]

I got an imac 2020 (almost spec’ed out in some fronts: 16GB GPU and 64GB RAM) and things like mission control or ‘show all windows’ gestures run so slow when under load. I also have a M1 Pro 14” 1TB base model, that thing is definitely snappier as the system itself never lags, sure it might have less raw power and take longer for some tasks but make no mistake, the M1 Pro never blocks me from going to a web page while it’s 100% under load rendering something or starts stuttering the audio… the iMac? Every single damn time.

[@WizzRacing]

Everybody is going to ARM chips..It's the future in power consumption and speed. Why I waited for the M1 chips to come out. Then I sold all my windows machines last year...Best decision I ever made. Now waiting for the M2 Mac Mini to come out..

[@bartwaggoner2000]

Thank you for this video - I just tried universal clipboard after watching this and it works! So brilliantly simple.

[@moeman777]

Love your honest work man. For an even speedier way to use Spotlight, just press command+space bar

[@drdillio95]

I was in a similar situation as a life-long Windows user. After buying an M1 MacBook Pro, my desktop PC became a dust-collector and I couldn't even tell you the last time I turned it on. There is a certain elegance to the Mac hardware and software that Windows hasn't been able to replicate.

[@timetravelvictim]

I did something very similar. I had a PC at my home desk/studio that I used for music production, light video editing, watching movies, or whatever. It was basically my command center but the fans bugged the sh*t out of me. After my Macbook Air M1 purchase, I realized that these machines are much better and quiet! I ended up buying a M1 Mac Mini to replace my desktop PC. Now the PC literally does sit there on the floor collecting dust.

[@Teluric2]

I dont care about elegance if you do then you dont nees a tool you need friends and attention

[@andresbarriga5305]

@@Teluric2 You sure don't apreciate your tools.

[@streetsafari0]

@@andresbarriga5305 I'm sure he appreciates one tool he has.

[@andresbarriga5305]

@@streetsafari0 A good tool is and elegante and funcional tool that lasas for ages. Saying you don't want elegante tools is saying you don't apreciate the work put on the tools themselves. Anyone who has done and manual work understand the important of good long lasting tools, cherishes a rally good tool and is always lusting for the best tools available. That if one wants to produce their best work. If not, and tool will do.

[@DanielUnterrainer]

Honestly it is very enjoyable to watch you getting so excited about all the little things that "just work"!! I've made the switch over to a Macbook many many years ago after being a windows user. First it was always exciting to fiddle with windows but it became more and more annoying. Finally I also moved over from Android to a iPhone 13 Pro and then things started changing the most for me. How the Macbook iPad and iPhone seamlessly work together is just incredible and very enjoyable.

[@chrisiclickyou3947]

Very helpful tips !!!

[@IustinPop]

Thanks, learned a few new things.

[@left0verture]

Another Windows ex-pat here, from way back. A couple annoyances I don’t miss that I rarely see mentioned: constant patching, reboots and more patches. It seemed like everything on Windows was a rebootable offense. I got in the habit of bouncing my workstation on a daily basis to avoid it getting hosed in the middle of a critical task during the workday. To be fair, the last version I had to support and use was Win 7, so I don’t know if things any better now or not. Win 7 was better than the versions preceding it, so one can hope. Another headache: DLLs and the registry. Start with a clean OS install and it was fine, but the more you used it and the more you installed/uninstalled/changed/patched the system, the more mucked up the registry became and the slower and less stable the whole setup became until the only solution was a fresh install of the OS (followed by a couple hundred patches) and a reinstall of all the necessary software. I used to keep a clean ghost image on hand to avoid at least some of that pain. Not that Macs are perfect - they most definitely have their annoyances, but these days I have far fewer headaches.

[@MrQuiksilva91]

Two small features that I love are: 1. text replacements. If you have a phrase that you type often, you can create a shortcut for it and it will for example replace “brb” with “be right back”. Works on both iPhone and Mac and synchronises across devices. 2. Quick look on Mac. If you have a file selected in Finder, press the spacebar. A small window will pop up to give you a glance. Video and audio will start playing. Pdf and images are displayed. Press the spacebar again and it will disappear. That saves you having to open up the application you usually need to view the file.

[@puru1818]

you can hard-press the trackpad for quick look too

[@jccfyi]

Text replacements can also be used for teaching autocorrect about certain (mostly four letter) words… it now understands that “ducking” rarely comes up in iMessage conversations, for example 😉

[@navcop33]

Just went Mac from a Lenovo. I almost took it back, lol took me just over a week to feel comfortable with it and boy do I love it! Love the seamless connectivity with all the other Apple products to include Apple Buds Pro and of course my 13 Pro Max. Learned a lot from your video! keep up the great work!

[@jwlee9791]

welcome to the mac family sir! :) love your video!

[@Nil-js4bf]

The integration with apple phones is amazing and I can see why that alone would be a deal breaker when considering switching.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

I've used my good old MacBook Air in the past in combination with an iPhone 5s. Switched to an Android powered Nokia after the iPhone's battery died after 4 years. And recently switched back to a shiny new iPhone SE to go along with my M1 MacBook Pro. Suffice to say. I won't be going Android ever again.

[@cschmi9624]

You don't have to click the magnifying glass for spot light. Just hit cmd+spacebar.

[@ColonelLucario]

Spotlight is amazing

[@Studiodorg]

Thanks so much for keeping an open mind. Much respect! Your first 2 videos about your new M1 MacBook Pro were excruciatingly painful to watch because of your struggles with Mac OS. --So glad to see now that your MacBook Pro is increasing your productivity as the machine itself drops into the background, as it should. 😊

[@tc-my2cp]

@Fstoppers another thing you may really like with macOS if you’ve been using mission control a lot for window navigating - set up “hot corners” and set one of your hot corners to mission control. All you have to do is move your mouse cursor to the screen corner and it will trigger mission control. It pairs really well if you’re using a mouse and not just a trackpad, especially if you’re a person that uses a higher mouse sensitivity. Hot corners in general is also just good for the other functions you can add. (You can add required key combinations along with moving the mouse to the hot corner to trigger the functions if you prefer it).

[@huntershortrepairs]

I know exactly how you feel man! Ive been windows all of my life as well, ive had experience with macOS in the past, but I recently bought a refurbished 2018 MacBook Pro and now it is honestly hard to go back to my desktop which im still paying or btw 😂 (my brother now uses it for gaming, fine by me..) because this thing is just so much faster and efficient, im honestly amazed by it. I really wanted an M1 Mac, but it wasn't in my budget at the moment, but this one works well for what I need and I couldn't ask for better right now, not to mention all of my Apple products seamlessly communicate with each other like MAGIC if someone calls or texts me I can easily pick up the conversation on my laptop and continue my work like MAGIC, I can unlock my laptop with Touch ID or my Apple Watch, which is amazing! I even had windows installed on it (not for long though lol, ended up needing that storage space back.) This seamless integration is the best part of it all, and if I ever have any questions or concerns, Apple is there to answer. Since switching, ive obviously had several things ive needed a little help with, Apple has not only be extremely patient with me, they have been professional and really helpful in anything ive needed, good luck getting that type of support from Microsoft... all you get is forums that may or may not help, and I you contact them you may or may not even hear back.. Apple answers almost instantly!

[@GrayscaleRainbows]

no for real the customer support is just leagues better on apple's side. I've been a mac user for the majority of my life now for my personal computer and any time I've needed help with something I knew I could just call or pull up a chat and bam, they're right there ready to help and the issue was usually resolved in under 20 minutes. The one time I needed help with a windows issue it was a 2 month process of being redirected again and again to people who kept telling me the same thing while also taking hours to respond on what should have been a live chat only for me to finally just give up and accept that they would never be able to fix the problem and vow to never ask for their help again.

[@huntershortrepairs]

@@GrayscaleRainbows Exactly! literally just pull it up on iMessage anytime I need help and they reply immediately, and they are always happy to help and they are super quick with responses, Microsoft was never that easy, hell even when I was going to use Bootcamp to install Windows 10, Apple helped me with any questions I had.

[@bradavon]

On Surfaces and some other Windows PCs you can unlock the pc just by looking at it. Touch ID isn't so amazing. Besides Windows PCs have fingerprint readers too.

[@bradavon]

You can message and call on Windows too. Its not unique to MacOS. Phone Link (formerly Your Phone) does exactly the same. Google Messages is just like iMessage, as is WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and a tonne of other services. Surprised you think iMessage is so amazing as a long term Windows user. iMessage is commonplace.

[@huntershortrepairs]

@@bradavon Yes, but the idea is that on windows you had to do all kinds of extra steps to get those things or messaging, on IOS and macOS it just works, so yes it is "so amazing" and yes sure you've got Windows Hello on SOME devices, not all. Touch ID comes on all MacBook Pro laptops, I also had a Microsoft Surface Pro, my MacBook Pro blows that thing out of the water in performance with essentially the same specs. Im not saying Windows or macOS is all bad or all good, im just expressing my experiences on both, opinions are subjective to their user.

[@andrewbulock]

Your videos on this are helping me because I'm in the deliberation phase of what the next system will be. I'm glad you mentioned the fan thing because I've been on an MSI gaming laptop for almost 8 years now. It still works fine, honestly, but that damned fan. It's always running and was making a bunch of noise just playing this video. I've been a Windows user since I was exposed to 3.1. I hated Windows 95 because they added the registry and did away with the idea of a window manager on top of DOS. I liked being able to delete folders and applications with malice aforethought. Fast forward to now and I have to say the novelty of troubleshooting in a supposedly plug and play auto-updating environment has worn off. I just got a new monitor and now the integrated Intel graphics driver is choosing to be a bastard about the display port connection. It's obsolete, so I can implicitly go forth and fornicate amongst myself. I recently updated the driver for my track ball that was working since 2016 (mistake) and now that's all jacked up. It's tying the settings for the trackball to the regular mouse. Like, what the hell, man? I just turned 42 today and it occurs to me that I don't need this ****. I don't know MacOS at all, but the M1 systems look really appealing right now. If nothing else, I'm interested in something that will probably piss me off at first, but it will just work and do so quietly. I think I'm going to suck it up, drink the Kool-Aid, and give Apple their protection money. I revolted against them over iTunes and Quicktime in the mid 2000's and returned an iPhone 4s 3 days after I bought it, but I think it's time. If the things really "just work", then I can get on board with that.

[@beastii7414]

any update on ur quest?

[@isidoreboullu6533]

Very helpful video as I have been contemplating migrating to Apple for a while. Thank you very much for the information you kindly shared.

[@karmatraining]

One more thing: the way the trackpad lets me flick through huge code files is absolutely legendary. I was wondering why there were no dedicated Page Up/Down keys until I realised the trackpad is a giant Page Up/Page Up key, but a thousand times quicker and more accurate too. It's absolute fire when you get used to it. But you have to leave your 'dows preconceptions at the door to reach this higher level of enlightenment.

[@joshuaoehler5796]

For sharing pictures (particularly photos) between devices, integrating the Photos app into your workflow may make things even easier in certain cases. If you use iCloud Photos, the images will just be there when you need them later, regardless of what device you are on. Same thing with Notes, for that matter. iCloud makes everything so much more convenient. I've downloaded Mac apps on my phone, booted my Mac, and installed the apps from the shared iCloud Downloads folder. No Airdrop needed. It's just there.

[@bonuebonue]

YESSSS, iCloud can synchronize evrything: notes, photos, keychain, doucuments (you can specify whixh folder do synchronize), contacts, email account (of iCloud mail), it is sooo convenient. I highly reccomend to turn iCloud Photos on both mac and iPhone and iPad (of course you need to upgrade your iCloud account to have more space...)

[@liamsz]

@@ascot4000 pretty sure my photo stream was discontinued, if you have an old Apple ID it will still work but not for new accounts unfortunately

[@adrianborinsky2989]

@@bonuebonue Google does all of that too, he just never used them which makes this video kind of unfair. There's Google photos, google notes, google chrome for passwords and synchronizing tabs through all devides, etc

[@GiovanniFederico]

Now you can copy from your phone and paste on your computer (or viceversa) with Windows 11 and its integration with Android. It works flawlessy with my Dell XPS17 and my Samsung S21Ultra! But I see how the integration within Apple devices is just on another level!

[@ColonelLucario]

Yeah Samsung phones only

[@TerraMikeMusic]

@@ColonelLucario apple phones only.

[@DMSBrian24]

On Linux you can use kdeconnect to connect to any android or ios phone for this and more, such as shared notifications, replying to your texts from your computer, sharing files or pretty much full remote control of the other device, and it doesn't require you to buy into any ecosystem or share your data with any company.

[@GiovanniFederico]

@@DMSBrian24 that's interesting :) but unfortunately I never used Linux in my life!

[@fernando_ray]

Tks for sharing!!!

[@ramseagles]

I just made the switch a few weeks ago to Mac. Thank you for the helpful videos.

[@TouringAmericausa]

Lee, to get to spotlight quickly press the command+spacebar keys at the same time instead of moving your hands off the keyboard to run the mouse up to the magnifying glass icon.

[@khushidesai594]

or press the magnifying glass icon on your keyboard (f4) for the newer MacBook pros.

[@ThePikachufan1]

A lot of your points are related to your having an iPhone in addition to the macbook. I think that's the big thing. The ecosystem for iPhone and macOs interacting is seemless. But for someone like me who prefers android phone, I get better usage from Windows. I get a lot of the same features that you mentioned like universal clipboard, sharing, etc and I personally feel like I would be hindered with a macbook due to not using iPhone. With iPhone, using a mac is a no brainer. With android, it's not as simple.

[@iantellam9970]

Definitely. Tbh that's the main reason I wound up getting an iPhone after always having android devices, because the integration with the Mac was super beneficial to me. There are advantages and disadvantages to more open or more closed systems. I wound up getting a Windows PC in addition to my Mac for various things, but I can't really justify getting a second phone as well, lol.

[@ThePikachufan1]

@@iantellam9970 Yeah I don't really like iPhones and prefer using an android phone so there's nothing really drawing me into the ecosystem. I don't need an iPhone because I don't have a mac and I don't need a mac because I don't have an iPhone.

[@kg7yts187]

Didn't know that about text message forwarding. Just enabled it! Thank you!

[@Infinite_Vacation]

Man this is an awesome transformation from your 3rd video about the Mac

[@barrywilson1294]

When you mentioned Sidecar you may not have realized one of its most useful features. When using Photoshop you can drag a window from the Mac to the iPad and then use your Apple pencil with the document. This also works with other Mac software that works with tablets and pens.

[@ironqqq]

I switched to MBP about a month ago. I'm still not convinced. It appears that the majority of the advantages stem from integration which is great if you're entirely on the Apple ecosystem. File management, Finder, dock, and window management are absolutely horrible on the Mac. Having already buying third party apps just to get basic functionality is maddening.Apple rely heavily on shortcuts instead of context menus to provide functionality drives you mad, having to remember numerous shortcuts where you have to search the internet for, whereas in windows, it's often a right click for a context menu. The multiple display setup is so much easier to use in windows and so much more intuitive. At any given time I will have 5 to 6 apps open with multiple instances of each app and multiple explorer windows. They constantly get switched and dragged through all my monitors. It's so much easier on a windows machine and while MacOS seems unintuitive with multiple monitors. There are numerous pros and cons. As for just picking up the laptop, watching videos and surfing the internet and listening to music.. the MBP is king. Both computers are on all day and reside on my desk, but as for getting work done, it's windows. As for play, it's the MBP.

[@f-trend2150]

Well said, file management is horrible, multi window system, is also bad. You can't divide the disk in drive and categories it. People say mac is more refined but it is bad compared to Windows. The only disadvantages Windows have it gets slow after one year of use, and less faster than Mbp. While on new widows if you opne photoshop it will take 10-15 seconds in mbp its take just max 3 seconds, plus it has always on display, quick shutt and start. Max battery life than any currently available windows and good screen quality.

[@ironqqq]

@@f-trend2150 the OS is more robust. I feel, the build quality, trackpad, are amazing. I love how it instantly wakes before the screen is fully open and you can unlock it with your thumb. The $1700 Dell laptop next to the MBP doesn't even compare! I'm going to keep the Mac... but it's not all roses. My next project on the Mac is to consolidate a couple TB of pics and videos onto a NAS and then sort and clean them. It drives me nuts how poor the apple Preview app yet compared to Windows photo viewer. I'm currently searching for a replacement. Dealing with HFS, NTFS, Fat32 drives and SMB shares.... Most Mac file utils and picture utils don't play well with hidden files and long paths like how Lee demonstrates with this column view. Is frustrating again if not infuriating you have to go to a third party app just to view a pic and then advance to the next pic. Preview doesn't let you advance to the next file!!! I've purchased 3 third party apps already.

[@f-trend2150]

@@ironqqq I hate dell laptop, own previously three dell, the one I have bought in 2013 that was just only 700$ had a better build quality, sturdy and awesome speed, but the one I bought in 2017 of 900$ price is such a horrible, started to get slow in first year. It looks like a wobbly, black shaky machine. After 3 years of use it became unusable, slown down like hell. The situation when I have a zoom meeting, or in the morning when I thought to start my work I need to switch on at least 30 minutes before so that it can warm up and I could work. SO finally I thought to try MBP and it's uni body aluminium is awesome, fast and saves my alot of time. But when we think of file system, drives, folder preview, image preview, these are very bad compared to Windows.

[@Joshwaa_s]

For sure set to get one of these for mobile computing - but as an android user, a good number of those features are also available using windows (and probably mac too) via your google account. The copy from one device and paste to another was very satisfying for sure.

[@onth3hous3]

I’m sure you’ve gotten plenty of responses for Universal Control which is a broader extension of Universal Clipboard. I have an iPad Pro, MacBook Pro and iPad mini and I’m able to drag files across from my mini through my MacBook Pro onto my iPad Pro without using Sidecar which I found extremely convenient without having to use a “second” or “third” monitor while using Sidecar. It’s still in Beta, but has been crazy useful and not as buggy as I was expecting it to be.

[@pixelsimage]

The real power of Mac/Apple ecosystem is automation. Shortcuts, Hazel, Keyboard Maestro, etc. A combination of 1, 2 or all of these will help with automating 99% of your common application and file management tasks. The only real Windows alternative is Powershell and this would be a daunting task duplicating the ease of use of a Mac automation application.

[@Mister0Eel]

There’s also autohotkey, which in itslef could probably do most of the stuff. That said, it’s more like programming and nowhere near as simple/streamlined as keyboard maestro. And shortcuts being cross platform nature opens it up to do so many things that would otherwise be impossible

[@knightscape]

I helped with the TV Guide AppleScript that produced the regional channel layouts in the late 90s… those were all quark express documents dynamically produced by that script. This is a massively powerful toolset. Automate opens that up to non programmers. I’m a powershell coder now. I miss AppleScript. So much better, but much of that was the platform’s buy in for all applications as scripting endpoints.

[@bradnelson3595]

I use Keyboard Maestro. Very easy to use. Good call, Mark.

[@pixelsimage]

@@bradnelson3595 I agree and incredibly powerful with combined with other apps like TouchPortal iOS. Lots of options for integration and custom workflows.

[@DavidVensland]

When using airdrop if you don't go into options and turn on "All Photos Data" then your files are compressed. But toggling this on will send them in their original quality and include all the meta data. :)

[@waynedennyphoto]

Is this on the phone, or laptop?

[@jdrukman]

@@waynedennyphoto phone. Settings > photos > transfer to mac or pc > keep originals

[@ttalgihyej]

finally got to your last video of the series. this was too funny and enjoyable to watch! you went from being frustrated about it to fully embracing it. i have a mac air from 2012 running on catalina (2 versions behind now) i have everything except sidecar. i just use my mac for everyday office tools and it works perfect. on top of that, i also have an ipad pro, iphone 12 pro max and an apple watch. a lot of the things you mentioned in this video such as syncing across devices, handoff, airdrop, etc. that i completely forget that it’s just not the norm for everyone being in the apple ecosystem can make you question your decisions, but like you said… it works. 🤨 and as far as i’m aware, once you’re in the apple ecosystem it’s hard to leave because you’re really getting the best experience.

[@hayleyharrison5127]

I’m a bit OCD about how I want my finder to show my files and one thing I use a lot when starting with a fresh OS is “show view options” in the finder to set my defaults and such (cmd J). You can specify things like “always open in icon view” for that particular folder and you can set default sorting and sizing for each type of view to use throughout the finder. If you hold option, use as defaults changes to restore to defaults which is also handy. Also, you can choose a color or image as your finder background instead of white, you see this all the time when opening dmgs to install apps.

[@DAVYDEE999]

You should also check out all the cool Mac apps they have available, like Alfred, magnet and bartender to name some of them, makes using the Mac even more intuitive

[@makasete30]

Great selection. I’d add default folder x for better saver options. Swish for quickly moving windows around with the trackpad gestures. Alttab(free) for windows like view of all apps open. Macupdater(not macupdate) for checking automatically which apps need updating and you go back if an app update has bugs. Yoink or dropover for quckly storing files for later use and pasting in new locations. PopClip for IOS style pop up bar for customisable shortcuts when text is highlighted. All these greatly add to productivity and a good workflow.

[@elliotmarks06]

One thing to note, is that a lot of these points are only valid if you're already in the rest of the ecosystem. For a user like me with NO apple devices, a lot of these things would not prove useful. Great video anyways!

[@Mainyehc]

That’s how they get ya. And our host here had been using an iPhone for quite a while, so this was bound to happen to him. ;)

[@TheSheepster]

Well, you can always use Android Messages for Web on your Mac to get the same Texting functionality.

[@braedenblack6116]

Super cool to see how you have stuck with it, and how you are enjoying things. I went threw this in 2007 and with each OS update things have gotten better, even when it’s a minor feature. I now find using window frustrating, though I do agree macOS is not perfect, the pros definitely out weigh the cons.

[@stevenvallarsa1765]

You clarified some features I have been (foolishly) missing out on all these years. Thanks a bunch.

[@austinlee5408]

A couple of things to note. Universal clipboard does exist on Android and Windows; you just need SwiftKey and a Microsoft account. Android also has a similar feature to AirDrop called Nearby Share. I'm not sure how well integrated it is with Windows yet, though. I think it's something Google and Microsoft are still collaborating on.

[@lilynaw3767]

Yes, that's why I am reluctant to try Mac since I am Windows friendly with Samsung ecosystem. But 4 hours battery life and fan noise is bothering me, addition to it, I tried to default on Chrome and MS and Chrome clash and it got significantly slower, my guess was MS didn't want Google take over although they are coorperating.

[@IAmR1ch]

@@lilynaw3767 I am using an AMD laptop. The processor is very fast 16 threads, it was $1000 and it plays games and a fast dedicated gpu, something apple does not have, and has similar features but you have to do your research. The battery live is like 6 hours, the new ones are 12 hours. Fan noise is a lot lower than intel. I don't know compared to apple because I don't own one. If Apple was competitively priced I might buy one, but they can't run games so I would not buy one. Despite all of these advantages with apples newest processor, mac is still only 13.5 percent market share compared to 8 percent the previous year. This is due to it being overpriced. The PC needs to catch up in the area of fan noise and battery life (which AMD is doing). I can buy 3 AMD laptops at 1k dollars each over the next 6 years compared to a 3k dollar mac and have the latest greatest tech over a mac every 2 years, for the mac that one laptop would have to cover 6 years. That is why apples market share is still small. The M1 came out in 2020, could you imagine owning a 6 year old mac right now? Can you say slow? I new you could.

[@pashty2000]

Friendly advice: 1. Use the keyboard shortcut CMD+Space to lunch spotlight search 2. Switch to Safari instead of Chrome for better and faster experience 🙂

[@Wolfswind003]

The keys one to nine on my macbook air from 2014 only work sporadically after 8 years. I've been really hesitant getting a new laptop - especially an expensive mac 'just because of nine keys'. I've compared several laptops and have been especially interested in lenovo two-in-ones because I want to draw too, but in the end decided to order another macbook air. I don't do big video or photo editing so a cheaper laptop would be fine for the things I need it for. I went to the store, gave other laptops a chance, but it usually was obvious at first touch where they saved money. The mousepads were clicky- and felt cheap, so did the keyboards. The keyboard layout would have been an adjustment too. Personally I like the doc system very much. In the end, the mac just feels nice and I'm spoiled by that alone. After spending weeks watching reviews, reading comments ect. I found that the mac actually is really amazing for what you pay. I always assumed macs where overpriced and you pay for the brand, but I don't think that's too true anymore. They are not perfect- there always are things some other device might do better or perhaps you prefer one design over the other ect. but I'm fairly confident that I'll be happy with my choice, even if a new series is supposed to come out this year. the 2020 model is so much better hard ware whise compared to the 2014 one, I don't even know how to put the hardware to use properly xD

[@MifidOnline]

@fstoppers a couple features I’d like to recommend: 1. For spotlight, going all the way up to clic on the magnifying glass icon is tedious, try the shortcut: command + space bar. You can use it with both hands (as there is a command to either side of the space bar) and with only one hand, soon you’ll find out you don’t even bother opening finder windows, you just hit command + space and type whatever, and it shows up. Likewise, if you look for a file name with SL and when you find it you do “mayus + enter” it takes you to the directory where the file you selected is. So you can prompt spotlight, find a file or a folder and then either open it (enter) or open the directory that thing is in (mayus + enter) and trust me, it’s incredibly agile, because you don’t need to go documents - work - KZbin videos - editing... You simple hit command + space, type “editing” and hit enter... and it does the job in half the time. 2. Preview. By far one of the features I like the most about my mac and that I miss the most when I’m operating windows. In finder, when you select (not open) anything from a photo to a document to a video, and maybe you are surfing through a hundred different files and you are trying to find one in particular we are accustomed to opening it. If you select a file and hit the space bar it will open a floating window with a preview of the content, and with that open, you can navigate through the different files with the arrows of the keyboard and the preview will display whatever you have selected, it’s a fantastic way to search through files quickly. Also, If it’s a photo you can zoom in and out in the very own preview, with a video you can go forward and backwards and if it is a pdf or a word document you can select pages or scroll up and down as well as zoom in and out. So preview let’s you either navigate through files quickly to find one you want or, if it’s a document, I usually use it when I want to find some quick data and I don’t want to bother with opening the entire file and everything, it’s much faster than launching any program. Try it, you’ll love it.

[@stosicmediagroup]

Air drop alternative = SnapDrop (works with iPhone, Android, Pc and Mac) Universal clipboard = Your Phone on Windows (Connect with phone, you can copy, call, sand messeges like iMassage) HandOff = Just sign in with same accound and you have it

[@doczypatrik410]

Throughout the whole video I was thinking "yes, you can do it on Windows also", and "nope, that also works on Windows, how did you not know it". But then I put more thought into it and here is the thing: I've been a Windows user since I was 5-6 years old and I'm also an Android developer on Windows, so I was forced to figure out lots of these features probably. So as I see it, on Mac it's just way more straightforward for casual users.

[@ThePikachufan1]

i think another thing is that a lot of those features on Windows don't work with iPhone. So an iPhone user is most likely not going to know about them and would be better suited to a mac in that case

[@liamsz]

And remember that, to get text messages and calls on windows you need to first sync your phone with the app, meanwhile on macOS it just happens I was getting calls the moment I set up a HACKINTOSH, it just worked, I didn’t have to do anything. Also there are actually some macOS exclusives like keychain, (there are password managers but they’re not built into both OSes) also handoff, afaik you just can’t get it on windows, airdrop, continuity, universal control, spotlight, Siri,(windows search on win11 is finally close to spotlight but not really there yet) and many more I use both android and windows and iOS and macOS, and I really couldn’t get these features to wok on windows, I’d either have to use a workaround or use a third party app Although I LOVE that windows connects your phone and pc directly instead of bridging them with a cloud service, which is what macOS does for some features If I take a pic on my iPhone I’ll have to wait so it uploads to iCloud, then I’ll have to wait for it to appear, then download on the computer,(that’s why they give you a “take picture on iPhone” button) meanwhile if I take a picture on my android it’s gonna be there on my pc instantly.

[@ThePikachufan1]

@@liamsz yeah of course that's 100% more convenient. But again it only works with iPhones. If you don't use iPhone you can't make use of those syncing features anyway.

[@liamsz]

@@ThePikachufan1 yes, absolutely, if you have an android windows will probably be better

[@dahappychappy]

What is the air drop alternative for android, win 11.

[@fshtank]

As a former Windows Devotee myself and former Apple-hater (it all started with an iPad for me) these videos are really cracking me up, especially after your first “Trying out a Mac” videos saw the appearance of the word ‘infuriating’ multiple times 😆. Enjoy the experience. I haven’t looked back and now even dread thinking about switching back to Windows … even with the recent 14” Dell that looks very appealing.

[@WideAwakeHuman]

Just got an M1 Mac mini and this video popped up in my feed... Thanks man, now I'm gonna have to switch from Android to iPhone now after hearing you talk about the cool integrations, most people never mention it all

[@duanecuaresma5663]

Lee, this is awesome. Thanks! Like you, I've been a Windows user my whole life. I'm all in on the replacement desktop set up and have an Alienware A51m for that. Been thinking of getting the x17r2s. Your series on this MacBook Pro 16 totally shifted my preference! Can't wait for your next video before deciding! Btw, if you need help boosting your site's organic traffic & growth, hit me up. I'll be happy to help out for free.

[@ryanturner9114]

"Your Phone" on Windows with an Android phone is pretty sweet.

[@victorvelazquez8187]

Yep.... works like a charm. Quite frankly I hear his comments about Spotlight and the folder management on File Explorer and I question how much of Windows he actually knows. I totally disagree on the finder/explorer comments. Then again, you'll never get a full iphone experience in Windows and that's not MS fault.

[@emmanuelolowu6768]

I don't like finder, it is very annoying... But it is very snappy compare to Windows especially the search .. Also power toy (which I don't understand why Microsoft won't just add by default) does similar things to spotlight but it is bit slower.

[@raskolnikov3799]

Spotlight is one of my favorite parts of MacOS. You can open it with Command + Spacebar, and opening apps that way is so much faster for me than trying to find them in the application launcher. You can even do stuff like (at least in the beta, I'm not sure if this has been released for everyone yet) search for text that's inside of images. Like, I have a note with a picture of transit times, and I can search for words relating to the text in that image, and the note will appear in spotlight.

[@zhen86]

Windows:press windows button and you can start searching for apps.

[@chrismo4508]

Just watched your series about switching to MacOS. Thanks for your videos, finally a TRUE review, especially for the downsides not only the upsides. Personally I am on your side most of the time, was also struggling and still am getting used to this OS. For work I still prefer Windows, but for my private life I don't wanna go back anymore.

[@ReclusiveEagle]

Funny thing is you say this till you use an M1 iPad and realize "Why do I need a Mac when I can take my iPad, edit on site and be done by the time I get to the hotel room". Future of Photography is the iPad not Mac. With an iPad you can go to the desert with a battery bank and finish editing by the time you get back to your flight.

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Software like Davinci Resolve doesn't have an ipad application. These M1 laptops are not much bigger and you can use all the desktop applications.

[@maleldil1]

As someone who recently switched from Windows to Mac and is an Android user, seeing these integration features makes me want to switch to an iPhone. I don't because the iPhone is a completely closed platform, while you can still install whatever you want on the Mac. The Mac is the sweet spot between control and openness, but the iPhone goes too far.

[@mx4211]

Been using Windows since 3.1 and when I switched to Mac in 2007 it took me a long time to get out of the Windows mindset on how to use a computer and I have to remind myself to " think differently" to get things done on the Mac and I haven't looked back since. So interesting to see how you are discovering the Macworld, which is similar to my journey. Enjoy

[@malonecustomdesigns]

command+space bar is my favorite shortcut!! Easy way to open spotlight.

[@breadfan35]

It's been cool to see your evolution since getting the MacBook. I'm sure there are tons of tip vids for macOS, but this is a good one with app suggestions. Some might interest you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6m7lGqnms52bqs

[@TheBreen]

my biggest beef with Mac is the decision to not just use a standard keyboard - the minor differences are frustrating when trying to use windows and Macs interchangeable.

[@disketteguy]

Technically it's its' own standards, I mean... That keyboard layout design dated back in 1980. And the keyboard with your standard design is dated back to 1994.

[@TheBreen]

@@disketteguy I don't care which standard...just use the same for both...:)

[@disketteguy]

@@TheBreen tell that to Microsoft when they copied the Mac lol.

[@TheBreen]

@@disketteguy You seem to think I'm in the Microsoft camp..I'm not...huge fan of apple....just suggesting that having two different keyboard layouts hampers the ability to move those windows users over to the Mac platform - one more 'different thing'....

[@CappuccinoLife]

You've finally figured out what you can do with a MacBook and how much your productivity increases. I appreciate the video created. I can't wait to see if you can buy an iMac Studio.

[@daveh6356]

Now you're getting it! Love airdrop but rarely for photos as they sync with the Mac photos app (keen to hear your thoughts on that, reasonable adjustments these days). Rather than taking photos & airdropping, have you tried continuity camera/scanner with your iPhone? Have you got a pencil for that iPad Pro? If so, check out painting in adjustments with Lr for iPad (it's grown up a lot). I you want to get to apps quickly try a 4-finger pinch / 4-finger swipe for launchpad (4-finger pinch out to dismiss). In fact, 4-finger swipe across apps & everywhere.

[@disco4178]

I feel like many of those phone-computer things can be done with Windows using the Phone Link app with Android phones. Tabs are coming to Windows Explorer. Maybe one day Windows and macOS will just copy the best parts from each other...

[@orion98mc92]

What is great about your "journey" on the *evil* side of the Mac is that you didn't stop where most "haters" do when something is not EXACTLY what they are used to. It happens on both sides. Of course I am pleased by this *surprisingly* good feedback you give about the Mac. I was once a DOS boy then went through all the iterations of Windows before trying Linux and other Unices but then I came across MacOS X in early 2000 which was a real change at the time, it was unlike any MacOS I had experience with (7, 8 9...) and what kept me from going back to some other Oses (although I tried BeOS at some point) was really how "easy" (or logical) I found MacOS to be compared to all the others Windows/Linux included (I am a senior C/C++/... developper by the way) and the ease is mostly the philosophy very user experience oriented, and of course the integration hardware/software. Although there are numerous areas of improvement, as you said the pros overcome the cons. But to be fair its not all green especially on iOS I find. macOS is more mature and offers alternatives to make it fit your needs, whereas on iOS your pretty much stuck with everything ... but the integration of handoff, keychain, and other multi platform APIs are I suppose better than with android if you use a Mac. Keep up the good work ! Cheers from France.

[@gabrielpagan5713]

Great video !

[@incredibilistic]

Great video! Welcome to the Dark Side! 😀 There's so much to cover and while your list was far from exhaustive it was solid. It's also fun to watch someone's eyes light up when they find a great macOS feature. Here's a couple other things I really enjoy: QUICK LOOK In Finder click on a file then press the space bar and it will essentially "open" the file without opening an application. This is great for images but even better for audio and video files that immediately begin playing without having to open QuickTime, iTunes or any other media application. And Quick Look works almost everywhere. Ever need to check the contents of a document while you're attaching it to an email? After selecting the file in the attachment window press the space bar and it will expand the file to see it in its entirety. This saves time from opening the file first, making sure it's the right one, closing the application and then attaching it to your message. LOOK UP/DICTIONARY During those times when I'm reading something and realize I'm not smart enough to decipher the words I use the built-in Dictionary to quickly look up the word. Right-click on a word then choose "Look Up" and you'll be presented not only with a definition and thesaurus but depending on the content you'll also get a Wiki page, a website and possibly a suggested app from the Mac App Store. It's another powerful search feature similar to Spotlight, which by the way can also be triggered with a keyboard shortcut of CMD+Space Bar. Did you know you can also move the Spotlight window? Not sure if you've tried but you can. SCREENSHOT I'm all about keyboard shortcuts so here's another. Click and hold CMD+SHIFT+4 and your cursor will change into a target where you can then click and drag to make a selection. After releasing the mouse it'll take a screenshot, which will appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen. If you do nothing after a few seconds the screenshot will place itself on your desktop but if you click on the screenshot it'll bring up a window with editing tools along the top where you can mark-up the screenshot with shapes, text, lines, etc. If you click and hold CMD+SHFIT+5 you'll be given additional options like recording your screen or capture an entire window. What I love about capturing the window is that it doesn't get any of the background but rather a clean image with a drop-shadow of just the window you selected. Again, extremely powerful tools that are easily accessible without opening any applications. PREFERENCES This is a small one but I love that every application has the same shortcut for its settings and/or preferences. A simple keyboard shortcut of CMD+comma will bring up the Settings/Preferences window for that application. Some apps like the Edge browser or Chrome will open a new tab with their respective settings while others will bring up a small window where you'll find that application's settings. It's really handy when compared to Windows where each application can choose where those settings can be found. Again, great video and I actually look forward to the "10 things you hate about macOS" as I can't help but feel that some of what you hate will probably be answered in the comments. Cheers! 👍🏽

[@hayleyharrison5127]

You can screenshot a window much faster by hitting either cmd shift 4 or 5 and then hitting the spacebar

[@m.simmons7149]

Look up/Dictionary - you can also install foreign language dictionaries as well! This is especially great if you're learning another language. The Italian language dictionary, for instance, doesn't just give you a definition it also provides a comprehensive list of example sentences for each of the varying uses of the word. Very handy!

[@incredibilistic]

@@m.simmons7149 -- Wow!! I had no idea but I'm not the least bit surprised. macOS doesn't always get the attention and respect that it deserves.

[@tobiasueberson6917]

Great video! Keep up