Maximize productivity on your Mac with customized settings and Raycast app

🔧 Recommended settings adjustments for Mac to improve productivity and efficiency.

🖥️ Changes to make in Finder settings, such as showing path bar, status bar, and tab bar.

📂 Customization options for the sidebar, enabling/disabling specific folders and disabling recent tags.

🔎 Enabling file name extensions in Finder settings for better file management.

🔧 Enabling file name extensions in Mac settings allows for quick identification of file types.

🔍 Customizing the toolbar in Finder to include airdrop functionality provides easy access to file sharing.

🔦 Raycast is a powerful spotlight replacement that offers advanced features like calculations and window management.

📋 There's a built-in clipboard history feature that allows easy scrolling and accessing of copied items.

📝 The floating notes feature allows users to create draggable notes that stay on top of other windows.

👁️‍🗨️ The 'hide all' command hides all apps except the frontmost app, providing a focused work environment.

💡 You can control lights, record your screen, and access various system settings directly in Raycast without opening other apps or websites.

🔧 Raycast offers commands to perform tasks such as adjusting volume, toggling appearance, emptying trash, hiding apps, locking screen, quitting applications, and toggling Bluetooth.

🖱️ Better Touch Tool enhances trackpad and Magic Mouse functionality, allowing gestures like two-finger taps or three-finger taps to open new tabs and perform other actions.

💡 BetterTouchTool allows you to customize gestures on your Magic Mouse or trackpad.

🎵 Mac media for adjusts the play pause button to prioritize playing or pausing Spotify or other music apps instead of videos.

🔥 Hot Corners functionality can be disabled to prevent accidental activation.

💡 Adjust the hot corners in the Mac settings to customize their functionality.

🔍 Check the display settings to adjust text size and spacing based on personal preference.

🔌 Modify login items to manage which apps launch upon booting the Mac.

💡 Widgets can now be added to the Mac desktop, allowing users to display information from their iPhone.

⚙️ Users can customize their widgets by right-clicking and selecting 'edit widgets'.

🖥️ Upgrading to Mac OS Sonoma is recommended for the new widget feature.

📱 The video explains how to change Mac settings.

📝 The video emphasizes the importance of following the steps correctly.