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Setting up a MacBook Pro

Sierra

Settings

Touchpad

  • Settings ➟ Touchpad ➟ tap to click
  • Increase tracking speed (optional... more of a personal preference)

Others

  • Settings ➟ General ➟ Show scroll bars ➟ always
  • Recent Items ➟ none

Settings ➟ Display

  • change the scale to your own preference

Finder

Finder Menu ➟ Preferences

General tab

  • show hard drive
  • new finder window shows: user home folder
  • maybe add in additional shortcuts

Advanced tab

  • show all filename extensions
  • remove items from the trash after 30 days

In a finder window... right click ➟ Show View Options

  • Always open in icon view
  • Browse in icon view
  • Group by name
  • Sort by name
  • show item info
  • then select use as defaults once you're happy with it

Click on an open finder window and go to View menu (top of screen)

  • display path bar
  • display status bar
  • display tab bar

Desktop

Close all finder windows, then right click on desktop and select View Options

  • increase grid size to maximum
  • tick show info
  • sort by: snap to grid

Maybe reduce text size

Switching from Windows to Mac

Cmd + Tab ➟ flick between apps
Cmd + Q ➟ close tab (can also do this while cmd + tab'ing)