The first nine steps to setting up your new MacBook Pro are outlined in this article. Even if your MacBook Pro has been around for some time, these tips are still useful. What I have learned from reviewing Macs over the past 5 years and having used them ever since the Bondi Blue iMac, are the system preferences you should consider changing and the apps that need to be downloaded.
Most of the recommendations are also applicable to MacBook Airs, older MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs. No matter what MacBook you have, I can give you some good advice. Your MacBook Pro may be good but, as Pedro Pascal said in Wonder Woman, 1984, it could be even better. You may have different results. You can use Migration Assistant, or any other backup software you prefer (I like SuperDuper!) if you need a specific set of customizations. This method, however, is much easier.
Just migrated the files. To make a more clean setup with less clutter and save space, I was very judicious in what I wanted and didn’t want. This is obviously a macbook pro m2 14inch price in srilanka problem because I have to go back and change all my settings. This is why I wrote this story. It may take some time to find the right screen resolution (or scaling) for your macOS. Click Displays in System Preferences.
Under Resolution, select Scaled. Now you can choose to have larger text on the screen or more room. You can try them all and see which one you prefer. Currently I am using Default but keep thinking about More Space.
There are also two settings I never use. Because I want full control of my screen I turn off “Automatically Adjust Brightness.” I do not need macOS to adjust my brightness based on ambient light. (I love this feature in Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition or Kindle Oasis but that is a different story).
True Tone is another Apple tool that adjusts your display based on ambient light. The tool tries to determine the correct white balance, but I find that it is often more yellowed. It’s not what I want when editing videos and photos on my MacBook Pro.
Trackpad is located in System Preferences. This section has three default settings that people like to alter. Personal, I turn the Scroll Direction: Natural off by tapping Scroll & Zoom. It was inspired by iPhone’s default setting, which inverted Mac’s scrolling. It’s because I am old enough and stubborn enough not to like change. (There is also no benefit in either direction) and do not want to become accustomed to it.
Other settings that you might want to adjust are found under Point & Click. Tap to Click is an option that some people use to prevent having to press harder when they click something. It’s just that I think this leads to lots of clicking by accident (so, I disable it). I’ve also heard from friends that the Mac Tracking Speed — the speed at which the cursor moves — was too slow. This can be changed by moving the Tracking pace needle rightward, towards fast.
The Mac uses only one Hot Corner by default. It uses this feature for something you might 1) not be aware of and 2) don’t care about. QuickNote is where you keep running notes that are tied to websites and apps by hovering the cursor at the bottom-right corner.