M4 MacBook Air (2025) - First 24 Things To Do! (Tips & Tricks)

2025 MacBook Air M4 - First 24 Things To Do! | M4 MacBook Air Tips & Tricks
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The M4 MacBook Air is here and if you just picked one up, this video will be invaluable for you! This video will cover more than 24 things you need to do after unboxing and setting up your M4 MacBook Air. This includes settings to change, features to know about, and more. Enjoy!

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Chapters:
0:00 Congrats on your M4 MacBook Air!
0:17 Get on this asap
0:30 Trackpad settings are terrible by default
1:49 Enable this hidden gesture
2:58 Tweak the Display
3:59 This will annoy you if you don’t change it
4:42 Hot Corners with a twist
6:08 Mirror your iPhone to do this
8:04 Phone notifications..change some
8:54 The new Camera is much better!
10:25 External Displays - this is a first!
10:53 Battery
11:43 Clean up Menu Bar while you’re at it
12:19 Install must-have apps
13:38 Some other favs
14:14 Safari videos
15:13 Do the same for articles
15:30 Enable and explore Apple Intelligence/ChatGPT
17:37 Clean that messy Dock
18:51 Widgets are underrated
19:28 Tile without margin
20:55 Custom keyboard shortcut
21:26 Touch ID and Apple Watch
21:59 Set up web apps
22:59 Spotlight
24:35 Keyboard shortcuts you didn’t know
26:43 Make Finder better
31:03 Disable Messages/FaceTime
31:31 Get this instead of upgrading storage
32:07 Those are the first things I do!

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