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My First 25 Tweaks in a New Mac Setup for EFFICIENCY (macOS Monterey and later!)

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“How does Lucas set up his own Mac” you ask? I hate pop ups, inefficiency, and annoying automatic stuff that happens in a new Mac. Here are the first 25 changes I make to my own Mac, for your enjoyment. Comment with your fave! Time codes below:

Aesthetics
1. Dock size – 0:54
2. Stacks – 1:12
3. Finder default window – 1:31
4. Path bar – 2:06
5. Status bar – 2:34
6. Key repeat rate – 2:57
7. Text replacement – 3:30
8. Trackpad force click – 4:11

Menu bar
9. “Focus” aka Do Not Disturb always in menu bar – 4:40
10. Battery percent in menu bar – 5:15
11. Sound always in menu bar – 5:23
12. Bluetooth always in menu bar – 5:27
13. Time Machine always in menu bar – 5:35

System
14. Mac name in Sharing – 5:55
15. Uncheck optimize Mac storage – 6:16
16. Software updates off – 7:01

Screen and sleep
17. Screen saver lock immediately – 7:33
18. Screen dim on battery – 8:00
19. Automatically adjust brightness – OOPS I missed this one in the video… go to System Preferences, Displays and…

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