How to use 24" iMac (M1) + Tips/Tricks!

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[@musiclover19401]

So many helpful tips and easy to understand. Thank you so much. I was so disappointed to discover how low the storage capacity is out of the box but I now know how to pick add-ons to increase capacity at a reasonable cost. I am 86 years old and appreciate that you are able to review and deliver tips that even a non-tech like myself can understand and follow.

[@annaaalove6311]

Yeah just make sure you get an external SSD when you're ready to expand storage.

[@Darkest_Soul_187]

I'm impressed you know what KZbin and internet is at your age, let alone using iMAC

[@thewinterbear7818]

Bro is 86 lmao

[@frswastika]

Age doesn't matter, I'm 972728229273636 years old and I have an lollipop in my hand.

[@AP-pb6tc]

@Chris too

[@The_Calm_Chaos]

This was incredibly useful. So much better than the usual unboxing and just reading out specs that most tech youtubers do.

[@640A]

Thanks for the tips Harris, a few of them were really helpful.

[@alexxanderthomas7176]

Best review I’ve watched yet and I think I’ve seen em all. Thank you

[@threezo]

The content was quality, I was able to easily take the steps while you drove... the right click for the magic mouse was exactly what I was looking for...then you gave out a boatload of other gems I didn't even know I wanted now I have incorporated them all! well done...thank you!

[@IFlYsOlO76]

Very well done. You spoke clearly and slowly unlike a few who just ramble on and on! Looking forward to my delivery!

[@chazyvr]

This is the most helpful iMac video I've seen. I wish I had found it earlier. Thanks for all the tips.

[@BizziCat]

Thank you! This was very useful. Just got my new 24” iMac yesterday. Hot corners and screen shot tips are so useful!

[@picklesandstardust3250]

This is the first video I’ve watched of yours, and I’m subscribing. You are so helpful and easy to understand. What a perfect video!!! Awesome. Thank you so much. Xx

[@jackwilson2304]

I have an appointment at the Apple store this morning to see it up close. I'm 90% sure I'll get one. This computer was made for me. Great review.

[@veronicapiena3863]

Clear instructions, helpful. Still need more detailed helps, hints and how to for 75+ ages. Thank you.

[@bernadettearaujo1080]

This is so helpful! Just got mine and I’m so excited to use these tips

[@tobyg3061]

Thanks I just bought one , really helpful

[@IshanAgarwal24]

Was waiting for this! Thank you, Harris.

[@iDB]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@mindovertek9282]

Loved the video! Thanks for the tips Harris.

[@BoomerLoveforGenZ]

Received my blue one yesterday. Setting it up tomorrow!

[@lilibethsalazar8406]

Thankyou so much for all the info!

[@thefrenchs8281]

I just got this very one yesterday!! It’s awesome!

[@jeff8ball]

Thanks for the tips. Easy, helpful and to the point. Great!

[@edwgwilym]

Super good vid! Thanks! Informative, unpretentious, original… very helpful to me !

[@sohelali_us]

Awesome! Learned so many new stuff from your video. Thank you soooo much.

[@petra_daniels]

thank you for showing this hub.. I needed to know and u told us

[@fmspec]

Great video, I’m glad I found your useful channel and I’m now a subscriber, I’m a windows user just trying out to learn my new iMac 24, even though I have an iPhone and iPad, your tutorial has really helped me. Can you make a video how we can extend our storage with external ssd? I have the 256GB but have a ton of videos, pictures and music that will not fit unless I have them on external ssd. Can I access the ssd to see my pictures, videos and music just by clicking the shortcuts installed?

[@rudym415]

This was awesome, so many new things I didn’t know

[@nicoyrhysmclean]

I find these videos very satisfying.

[@LindaJohnson-wu6ws]

Super great video! I’m awaiting the shipment of my iMac 1 512. Your video will be very helpful for me when it arrives. You are really great at explaining! Thank.

[@BanhGiaTho]

I like the video very much. It's almost everything I need. Thanks !

[@mhouslay7281]

You’ve made my Saturday morning. Brilliant video. So clear and so helpful. Lots of little tips that I’ll really use. And exciting to see the new, elegant machine as well. Thank you very much indeed 😊 Can’t wait for my blue iMac (16Gb RAM 8/8 core) to arrive next month for my 71st birthday. My old one has done a decade worth of great service - I also remember buying the very first Mac with floppy discs (oh dear ! You had to work that hard - one disc in for system and application, eject, another disc in to save, eject 😂 and so it went one. ‘Good old days ‘ - no, no , no 😱)

[@NomusaMagical]

Younger than you … but not young! As a granny, can def relate to your comment. Waiting on silver 16 GB 8/8). I recall our office admins typing our memos and using 12 inch floppies!!! Can also recall the old green and white stripe paper with the perforated holes on the side 👩🏾‍🦳

[@mhouslay7281]

@@NomusaMagical Brilliant. Me too ! iMac Blue arrived the other day. It’s a thing of beauty. The unboxing is probably the best ever - it’s like origami. That beautiful. I was so excited ! Enjoy !!!

[@NomusaMagical]

@@mhouslay7281 Congrats! Blue is 🔥. Especially deep, rich, rear color. Don’t stay up 24 hrs playing with your new toy. I KNOW I will but .. July 15-22 is at least 44,743 minutes away 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@mhouslay7281]

@@NomusaMagical 😂👍

[@toptonevideo]

I bought my first Mac in 1986. I wish I spent as much on Apple stock then as I spent on that computer. We use to call that disk swapping process toasting. My new blue iMac is due this week....!!

[@ggs3191]

Silver one with upgraded SSD and numeric keyboard coming in 3 weeks, super excited ☺️ might have to get a MacBook again

[@CrazedAdventuress89]

This video was very useful for me thank you.

[@HALEOKEAWE]

This was an amazing video, I was actually looking for something else and came across this. I learned a lot about my iMac after this video!!! Love it!! Any suggestions on second monitors for this computer and set up

[@kathyt221]

This is so helpful. Amazing!

[@mauriziobellorini7731]

love this video. great so helpful. thank you

[@sandraguzman6844]

Awesome video! Very helpful

[@rachelbornel5847]

Its very helpful, thanks to you.

[@mumbaipropertiess]

Got my Blue iMac today Very excited 😍

[@MrHeroes91]

Thanks for the tips and tricks

[@jandekker6008]

A ton of interesting stuff here. Nice. But does the short cable on that dock not drive you nuts? I'm looking for a dock that has about the same array of ports but a cable that reaches the desk! Any ideas? All I can find is the swanky Caldigit and OWC ones. They're super nice, but overkill for my needs.

[@larryhanya]

I never liked Apple mouse either, but this one works kind of like a trackpad. I like it.

[@CoffeewithJesusTalk]

This was a very useful and well-made video. I would like to know how to use OBS with the M1 iMac. Or, tell me if there is any other options that are hidden on apple with regard to screen sharing?

[@mihai_chindris]

very informative content! thanks!

[@littletodger7008]

Outstanding review.

[@user-mc9km5vv5h]

Thank you for your help!

[@jimaitken1859]

My blue one arrives Tuesday, so excited

[@jimaitken1859]

It came , set up last night , love it

[@EricDarcman]

Excellent video dude!

[@bettydavies8511]

Much appreciated. Thank you!

[@rocket51ful]

Awesome video thank you!!!😊

[@dfeather21]

Great video. Thank you so much for your expertise. GOD bless.

[@chantalrochon3566]

Thank you for this video 👍🏽👍🏿👍👍🏻

[@mikemedina2404]

Just off this video I gotta follow and subscribe to you ! Great job man !

[@onair141]

This was more helpful than I realize

[@user-im2ou9oc9v]

So cool! Thank you!

[@jazzguitar3441]

Just for anyone considering getting a "small" iMac 2021 with little storage, 256 or whatever and using a hard drive for extra storage: your data transfer will only ever be as slow as your hard drive. If you need the speed of the M1 chip, which is mind-blowing in my opinion, then better opt for the bigger storage.

[@shiaw.3294]

I’m thinking about buying one for doing school work, I will be starting school on sept, but I’m planning on being in school for 4+ years plus I also have my own business which i will be doing most of the stuff from my iMac too. do you think I can buy the 256 or should I just pay the extra money for 500gb or even 1tb

[@shiaw.3294]

I don’t know if the 256 is enough or should I get more

[@christopheraden4035]

@@shiaw.3294 yes!

[@anamolregmi1997]

Quality video as always!

[@iDB]

Thank you!

[@sageyowns26]

nice video, very helpful

[@VOID_PLAYS347]

I’m gonna get one so this will help me a lot thxs

[@theflyer4285]

Excellent presentation. ty

[@ATeeVee]

Wow great tips, I'm sure I'll be using some if not all of them :) Bought a hub too as the 4 usb c ports just wouldn't do it. Thanks for the great info!

[@mrs.c5471]

I need a hub with a SD port so I found one on Amazon from TWOPAN with 2 SD ports, 2 USB-3, 1 USB-2, and a lightening port. What is so neat about it is it attaches to the bottom of the monitor and uses 1 of my 4 ports on the back. Even neater it has faceplates in every color the iMac comes in so it looks like it was made for the iMac.

[@lyndasnart7823]

Definatly helpful thankyou 😷🌍👍🇦🇺

[@BlakeFox]

I now have the M1 iMac 24" with the larger hard drive, ethernet, extra fan, but did not get the additional ram. This is by far my favorite experience on any computer. I do my job on Windows and have an Acer laptop. But my personal use has always been apple products. I have owned multiple Macs since the the 512K Mac. But the last 10 years I have only used MacBook laptops for personal use. Using this M1 iMac has been a joy, everything is so bright, clear and responds instantly.

[@sarathm7808]

I really like this since I am working from home i want to use it ... but once in a week i do visit my office so can't take it along with me as its not a laptop. So i was thinking to use Onedrive to put all my work stuff there so whenever i visit my office i can use my windows laptop and access the documents from OneDrive which i used in my mac. Its mainly excel and Word docs. In your experience which is a better option?

[@BlakeFox]

@@sarathm7808 Using a Mac should work fine. In addition to the Mac you will need Microsoft's Apple version of Excel and Word. Note that these Apple versions look more Apple, than Microsoft, but offer all the same functions. Or use Microsoft's free web version of office which is clunky. Also, order the Apple extended keyboard and select the function keys in Mac Keyboard Preferences for accessing Windows key functions. Lastly, verify with any office technical support that they will support Mac for remote use. If they will not support using Apple, maybe keep the laptop?

[@analicevigo]

Very helpful video! I really wish Sidecar feature worked with MacBooks!

[@KalpeshPatel78]

I so want an Imac. This is lit.

[@barbiesworld8747]

I’m getting this for my birthday and super excited!!!! ( colour : purple )

[@vwood2]

Me too👏🏼 Hope yours comes soon! Enjoy! 😀

[@barbiesworld8747]

@@vwood2 Thank you 😊 you too!

[@barbiesworld8747]

@darcia wow! So cool! Even I ordered the purple one!

[@Twestliw]

SAME I just got mine

[@dlinsanity]

can't wait for mine to arrive. ordered ie 3 weeks ago but it's not arriving till mid july :O they're so backordered for the 512 GB

[@kellyguilford3460]

Great video…Where did you get your USB Cto USB A connector?

[@ninapearman]

Thank you so much for your tutorial, very much appreciated

[@patluchansky9423]

Great Review! Where is the best place to buy a USB SSD and a Hub and how do I watch your video to see which is best?

[@romimirza825]

Side car is bad ass! Thanks

[@ashmeesh]

Love this video! Just ordered a purple one! Can't wait! By the way, what arm is that for the yeti? I need to get one and that's awesome!

[@user-ou4gp7tf7t]

This is amazing

[@james_godfrey]

Excellent video! Can I just ask what the length of the power cable is for the iMac, I know apple said 2 metres, but is that 2 metres to the power adapter or is it longer than that? Thanks

[@leannedawnxo]

I just ordered this one! So excited to get it. My first iMac and also my first apple laptop since 2012 . My laptop from 2012 doesn’t work anymore and can’t update anymore so decided to upgrade

[@jessicamena3320]

Same here I’m having to upgrade my 15 inch MacBook Air because its from 2011 so that makes it really old and obsolete. Surprisingly the computer still works, the Apple employees were surprised it was still working when I brought it in to attempt to fix the camera and mic.

[@leannedawnxo]

@@jessicamena3320 yeah mine doesn’t update anymore the software. It comes up but when I update it freezes and stops so I have to press those buttons or just turn it off. I’m excited to get it. It says it’s coming the 29th of this month

[@unique93obr]

You can put external ssd above power cable(put velcro tape on the inner side of stand), and it will be hidden, so It will not ruin aestetics that much... :D

[@GeHuCla]

I just bought mine, the same in the video, and I'm going LOCO. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@eduardoalvarez2497]

yeah I also got the blue one is really nice!

[@alexb3831]

watching this on my new iMac I love it I got the red one btw

[@marielosvillafuerteguzman4136]

🎉wow thank you!!!

[@fox13393]

The startup sound is so damn satisfying lol

[@waleedfloyd2772]

Dang Bruh, you really hit the nail, thanks.

[@neilhutchison3338]

Really useful. Thank you. I’m picking up my new M1 iMac tomorrow and will come back to your video. For existing iMac users I guess a question is : how easy is it to transfer files from an old Mac to the new one? I understand there’s something called Migration Assistant?

[@elainapaigewilkerson9232]

Migration assistant wouldn’t work for me so I just used I cloud and flash drive

[@LindaMarie510]

Thank you!

[@miketorre16]

well explanation of the mac. thinking about switching from windows

[@Pikachu_hat]

as a imac user i have a custom keyborad and mouse and also lovr the imac 🥰

[@raymondadams6433]

My blue one comes today. It’s my first Mac

[@pamelajoy6037]

Thanks.🙏💕 I just opened my iMacM1 and I was so disappointed. Your video helped me to open my screen, which was one of the reasons I invested in getting this machine. I wanted a bigger screen than my iPad to write and publish on. I also need to be connected to a regular computer, as opposed to ta tablet. So I am smiling because, I know the best is yet to come as I feel into my new iMac and get work done. Looking forward to listening to your very helpful video about the assets contained within this huge investment I made. I will probably have many more questions as I go, but at least for now, my iMac is running so I can finish my blog post and publish! It’s so funny that before I clicked on to your video, I was going to call the store I bought it from to return it. Now I feel so much better about this expenditure. Thanks again! ☺️

[@jaciw]

My green one comes tomorrow, I've been waiting for over a month. I'm so excited and ready 😭😣

[@shenz4195]

sameee i cant wait!!

[@marcus6741]

Mine comes in a couple of days! I got silver!

[@ilovesarah_]

Same, I my mom got the same color green and it’s coming August 4-11 I am so excited. Also after I get the new IMac I going to the water park. So double fun!

[@NomusaMagical]

@@marcus6741 Got my silver 16/512GB. Love it. Congrats!! Some say “BORING” but I think light gray front w/silver back is super classy! Originally went for yellow but upon seeing in person .. fake 1980s gold on stand + keyboard, NOT a fan 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@onixjaded3530]

Why did it take so long? I’m planning to order one from the U.S. and ship overseas. Worried it will tale an entire quarter to arrive! Edit: Finally arrived! Loving it so far!

[@rafiqpei1942]

Thanks 👍🏼

[@justy085]

Love the purple ❤️

[@skoll_5682]

Great video. Just one little thing, don't replace the keyboard. (Especially the fingerprint models). As soon as you sell the matching Apple equipment, say goodbye to the rr-sale value. They'll be plenty of people that kept theirs. People will just skip past your ad as soon as they know you've cheaper out by selling. I understand the need for better customised equipment. But the value you'll lose by not saying up will make you the last re-seller at upgrade time. Great content tough.

[@MediSpring]

has anyone an unboxing video with the keyboard with number block? wanna see the touch ID button on that larger keyboard. thanks

[@jilljohnson3040]

Hi!!! Where did you get that desk from?? I have been looking for something like that since I purchased the Mac!

[@user-dp1ms4li5q]

thanks for the review! can i use it as second display for macbook pro?

[@iigeorgieqq]

do you know how to switch the keyboard and mouse too a different ones? like wireless ones if yes can you do a tutorial please thanks :)

[@SchafikKH]

Is there something like sidecar available for the iMac to the MacBook Air? So using both screens?

[@ASuwan22]

Base model, 16GB RAM and Trackpad is the buy for me 🙌🏽

[@RemofRenaissance]

What about Touch ID for another fidee? 👀. I was thinking the same but it’s annoying how all these things add up. I think I’m looking at £300 over base price minimum 😐

[@ASuwan22]

@@RemofRenaissance Touch ID is nice to have, but how often do you use It? Is it worth and extra £200 to you, or can you input your password. To me no. I'd rather save a few hundred and put it towards 16GB RAM.

[@RemofRenaissance]

@@ASuwan22 I actually use it a lot. Mainly for paying for things I have 2 kids so plenty of things to pay for lol. If I decide to go without then it would be me thinking just pay for stuff on my phone / other devices. I’m still putting a business case together for getting any kind of iMac lol so will see what choice I make. With the pandemic it’s unlikely I will use my laptop in the same way and I have an iPad so could be I sell my 2017 MacBook Pro (15 inch) and get a desktop. Rarely has that machine left my house in any case!

[@lourdesmilian7174]

Great full for the tips question can you add a second screen to this AIO Mac?

[@helloasmr4909]

I just got one yesterday and the same color because I love blue

[@ThanhVanBui839]

Thank you. Should the Imac sleep or shut down?

[@carolynmcdermott6138]

What about a printer? I bought aCannon PIXMA TS 3100 which should be really easy to pair but the guide has me scratching my very old head! Any videos on this? Thanks for the suggestions for the thunderbolt 3 I’m off to find one now

[@johnmalihi6045]

Hi i was wondering what is the best thing to do for the new Imac 24 turn it off in the evening or put it to sleep, to get best longevity and performance.