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this is how I set up my Mac so it

doesn't ruin my life I've spent the last

7 years and thousands of hours working

on a Mac but I distilled for you in this

video the best Mac setup and

productivity tips that I found to start

having a clean setup is the foundation

for creating a productive work

environment for me whenever I have

clutter I get distracted so I do

everything I can to keep my Mac looking

clean because of this the moment I set

up a new Mac I head into the desktop in

Doc settings where I disable show icons

on the desktop and just show my

wallpaper I hate the look of all those

files cluttering up the space but if I

ever need them I can just drag into the

corner this is set up using hot Corners

which lets you bind various different

functions to each of the four corners of

your display you're probably most

familiar with this when it comes to

quick note in the bottom right corner

which I've mostly done unintentionally

to solve this scroll all the way down

and click on hot Corners then hold

command while hovering over each of the

shortcuts you want to configure I keep

quick note in the bottom right but then

add show desktop at the left if there's

ever any files I want to have easy

access to next up is something I

wouldn't have wanted to hear when I

first got these dual Ultra wides and

that stop multitasking unless you're

doing something like programming where

you need a browser Tab and editor open

at the same time you should only keep

one window open so you're completely

focused there's two keyboard shortcuts

you should remember for this command H

immediately hides an app only revealing

it again once you click it in the dock

or search it within Spotlight command Q

on the other hand completely quits an

app in the case you're done with it now

sometimes I won't hide all my apps and

just have them stacked on top of each

other and for me the quickest way to

navigate between these is with Mission

Control by default if you have more than

one window open for the same application

they'll be separated from each other if

you go into settings and select group

windows by application it makes mission

control a lot less cluttered once you

set that up I highly recommend

downloading rectangle so that you can

snap windows to the sides of your screen

like in Windows you can do this even

faster by learning the keyboard t cuts

the one I use are control option arrow

keys to snap to each side control option

C to quickly Center a window and control

option return to maximize next I like to

keep my dock as tidy as I can I used to

have dozens of apps open here at a time

which just reminded me of all the other

things I could do instead of work now I

clear out everything but the absolute

Essentials and disable show suggested in

recent apps in the dock I also enable

minimize window into application icon so

that no extra space is unnecessarily

taken up I've been using Arc a lot

recently which has me using the sidebar

so I decided to put the dock onto the

right side this doesn't make me more

productive but I do like how it looks

what does make an impact though is auto

hiding the dock which means I can use

all 34 in of real estate that I have on

my ultrawide also since I only see the

dock when I need to open a new app it's

not a distraction the only downside is

the delay in animation Waits a couple

seconds but if you run this script in

your terminal it removes that delay

entirely I I threw this into a notion

document just so I had it for myself but

if you don't feel like typing I put a

link to it in the description now I like

to start every morning with a cup of

coffee and make another during the day

as I love the ritual of brewing and

drinking a warm cup but it also helps me

Focus while working at my desk a few

weeks ago my new X blo Studio delivered

and this machine is gorgeous X blo is

sponsoring today's video but even before

they reached out I was really excited

about this I have the Black Version here

in the office and it makes for the

perfect addition to the space as I can

really quickly Brew up a cup and get

back to work there's three modes for

Brewing that the xlim studio gives you

first is autopilot this is meant to be

used with X Bloom's X pods which is the

easiest way to try out and Brew new

coffee roasts there's tons of different

options on their website but to brew a

cup with one you just have to pour the

beans into the built-in grinder which

we'll get to in a moment then place the

xod into the dock and scan the included

recipe card once you press the start

button the machine automatically Begins

the grinding and Brewing proc process

the second mode is co-pilot which allows

you to use any coffee beans you'd like

with their Omni dripper and have the

flexibility to set your own settings

each time this can be done remotely

within the app or manually with the

knobs on the machine the last mode is

the free solo mode which unlocks

independent control of the entire

machine letting you experiment with

different coffee brewing Styles or even

make tea the built-in grinder gives you

control over the grind size and the

speed at which it will grind up the

beans additionally there's a built-in

scale with a drip tray so that you don't

make a mess the Brewer offers multiple

styles of dispensing to extract as much

coffee as possible every time my

favorite being the circular option once

you find the settings you like best you

can Brew up a perfect cup every time in

less than 3 minutes so the X Bloom

studio is perfect if you live a busy

life like me or just want to enjoy

specialty coffee in your home the menu

bar is one of my favorite things about

Mac OS as it can display a ton of info

for you in a very small space to make

the most of it and reduce clutter I

recommend using an app like bartender to

hide all but the most essential items I

have a water reminder a time tracker

that shows how long it's been since I

left my desk my current or upcoming

calendar event and then my favorite this

app one thing that lets you put whatever

corny motivational quote that you're

feeling for the day I got rid of the

battery indicator and instead used a

widget that can be quickly revealed by

clicking up in the top Corner if you

stay up here in option click the time

you can instantly enable do not disturb

which is something I used the vast

majority of the day now everything I've

mentioned thus far has made a big impact

but when things really started to take a

turn for me was when I focused on having

good file organization the more

organized my finder became the less time

that I'd waste looking for files there's

no perfect way to set this up but here's

my simple system that's worked very well

in my documents folder I've created a

few folders for development business

wallpapers Etc which makes it really

easy to store files and find them later

I like to keep a couple of these folders

pinned to the sidebar for quick access

access and remove everything else once

you have something similar to this it's

time to learn a few finder tips that

will help you use it most effectively by

default when you search in finder it's

going to be globally on your Mac which

most of the time isn't what you want in

the advanced settings of finder you can

change this to search the current folder

which is a lot more helpful to quickly

rename a file you can hit return with it

selected if you have multiple files

selected you can rename all of them with

a certain pattern by right clicking and

pressing rename if when you're

reorganizing your finder you want to

copy a bunch of files and move them

somewhere else you can hit command C and

then command option V it will paste

these files in the new location while

removing them from the old one at some

point you'll want to open a file into a

specific app and if you drag and drop

the file from finder over the icon it

will do just that now by default every

time you reopen finder it will land into

the Recons folder which you probably

don't want you can quickly enter

settings by hitting command comma and

within general settings select from the

drop down under the text new finder

Windows show wherever you want to end up

now don't get me wrong I actually really

enjoy the Mac trackpad but having a

proper Mouse makes working so much

easier by default though Mac OS does

some weird with mice so downloading

linear Mouse is a lifesaver linear Mouse

makes sure all connected my scroll

independently and you can also set how

many lines you want to scroll at a time

if we're being real though you'll never

be productive on Mac if you don't know

keyboard shortcuts in the beginning it

seems super difficult to remember dozens

of different shortcuts for all these

different apps but but as you get more

familiar with them they just get

entrenched into your muscle memory the

bear Essentials are command tab to jump

between different open applications and

command Q to instantly quit your current

one we all know typing faster is

beneficial but before you grind monkey

Type 4 hours every night just

remembering a few shortcuts will

instantly make you a faster typer

instead of using the arrow keys to go

back and fix a word you misspelled it's

almost always faster to hit option

delete and restart hitting command

delete will remove the entire line or

you can jump from the beginning to end

using command left and right you can

jump between words rather than

characters by holding option when

hitting the arrow keys which makes

fixing small typos or adding words much

quicker now onto the browser I use ARC

because I love the design but these tips

will work in both Safari and chrome

there's a few shortcuts that will make

you much faster these being command T to

open a new tab command W to close your

current Tab and shift command T to

restore your last close tab using

command in the brackets allows you to

quickly go forward and back but you can

select a specific Page by hovering over

the back arrow I've mentioned Spotlight

throughout this video but raycast is a

replacement that I've used and recommend

raycast gives you access to a ton of

built-in Mac OS commands such as setting

the output device this is one I make use

of daily when going between my speakers

and headphones using the search files

command you can instantly open a new

file or even drag it from raycast into

wherever you want to put it what I like

most is you can set keyboard shortcuts

to open up applications or perform these

commands all within raycast which if you

have their Pro subscription will sync

all of these across any Mac that you

have connected so this is super

convenient if you use a different laptop

for work something I didn't think I'd

use that much is clipboard history but

I've now set option shift fee to open

this up and it means I never have to go

back and forth copying different pieces

of text or even files the last feature

worth mentioning is Snippets which saves

so much time so that you're not

constantly typing out the same pieces of

text like your email or shipping address

you can then set a keyboard shortcut or

replace text to activate the snippet if

you found anything about my Mac setup

useful watch this video next where I go

over the apps that actually have an

impact on my productivity take care