I Forced Myself to Use macOS For 30 Days (macOS Challenge)

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I was looking for a PC upgrade for better editing performance, but ended up getting a MacBook Pro M1 Max instead, it ended up being a rollercoaster. MUSIC: Atomic Heart OST - Buy Menu MUSIC Gymnopedie no1 - Satie Monodrone - オンラインショッピング Monodrone - 楽しみを探している Monodrone - ヘッドラッシュ Monodrone - 彼女のために泣いている Monodrone - 車内での喫煙 Monodrone - 盲目の悲しみ Monodrone - 午前5時に寝る Follow Monodrone: Bandcamp: https://i-am-monodrone.bandcamp.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/I_Am_Monodrone Unreal Tournament OST - Foregone Destruction Evangelion OST - 004 hajimari e no tohi The Sims OST - Neighborhood 4 Videos by others displayed in this video: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U8TuCCxI4Q - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suV93TmzGsg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hofDlGTjrlo - https://youtu.be/x0rcwATlSGg - https://youtu.be/LmA0FtDHlss - https://youtu.be/z9PAiaKRM5U - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1iQC7ZUYYU - https://youtu.be/p4wLR2RzCaY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-uTVBAH7U - https://youtu.be/M_Jp68UuMzM - https://youtu.be/9UG81cNULeY - https://youtu.be/Rz2zlAmCGmM My final config files: - yabai/skhd https://github.com/Livakivi/config-files My final setup: - yabai: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai - skhd: https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd - YabaiIndicator: https://github.com/xiamaz/YabaiIndicator - Kawa: https://github.com/hatashiro/kawa - SwitchAudio: https://github.com/deweller/switchaudio-osx - AltTab: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos - Rectangle: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle - SensibleSideButtons: https://github.com/archagon/sensible-side-buttons - LinearMouse: https://github.com/linearmouse/linearmouse - Maccy: https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy CHAPTERS: 00:00 This is going to be a long video 00:30 Why I'm looking for a PC upgrade 1:00 Why I still haven't upgraded 1:30 First time seeing the M1 based Macs 2:00 A single cable portable desktop replacement? 2:30 Doing more research about the M1 MacBooks 3:30 Desktop vs Laptop/MacBook 4:05 What about macOS? 4:35 I was still patiently waiting 5:05 The 4090 released, where are the M2 Macs? 5:45 I found a good second hand deal 6:15 I bought an M1 Max! 6:45 The bad timing of the M2 Macs luckily didn't make a big difference 7:15 Getting my new second hand MacBook 8:45 First hands-on look 9:20 Resetting the MacBook 9:55 My first experience with macOS 10:30 Having trouble with the Dock 11:25 No window snapping 12:15 More trouble with macOS workflow 13:15 Awful window focus issue 14:35 macOS fullscreen UX 15:20 Absolutely awful key repeat issue 16:00 Alt symbol issue 16:25 Mouse acceleration issue 17:55 Browser zoom/autoscroll issue 17:25 Other UX issues 17:55 Blurry fonts on 2k monitors 18:55 A 4k monitor might not be a fix 19:30 Maybe macOS is not for me 20:20 Giving it one more chance, 3rd party programs 21:10 Other issues I had 22:05 My macOS experience had improved, but it still feels like a downgrade 23:05 Trying out gaming 23:35 Apparently 32-bit is not supported anymore 24:05 Trying out Parallels & CrossOver 24:55 Native Minecraft 25:25 Native League of Legends 26:15 I'll need two computers if I want to keep the Mac 26:45 This bothers me, but not just because of gaming 27:15 What about video editing? 28:00 Deep down, I'm pretty disappointed 28:30 The true cost of this setup 29:00 I'm truly conflicted 29:30 Selling the Mac for a 4090 build? 30:00 What about Windows laptops? 30:50 I think its better to just get a desktop 31:20 I saw a vod by peppy/the creator of osu! 32:20 My new macOS Tiling Window Manager workflow with Yabai 36:00 Change audio/input source with skhd/kawa 36:30 The most important part of this workflow 38:20 Dealing with the dock 38:50 Less need for extra monitors 39:20 I never shut down/restart the MacBook 40:00 Buying a 4k monitor due to the blurry fonts 40:40 Fullscreen issue revisited 41:55 DaVinci Resolve fullscreen focus issue 42:40 Eyedropper/color picker picking wrong colors 43:30 Bunch of other issues on macOS 44:00 Sentence mining would be tedious without Migaku 44:30 It doesn't matter who's at fault, but how to solve it 45:00 Benefits of macOS 45:35 AirDrop and iPhone compatibility 46:10 FINAL THOUGHTS ON macOS 47:10 Ironically, I now appreciate Windows/Linux more than I did 47:50 I would not buy a desktop based Mac (for home usage) 48:20 Why I'm keeping the MacBook 49:20 Final shot at improving my macOS experience 50:00 Outro ________________________________ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Livakivi Migaku reflink (1 extra month for free + support the channel): https://migaku.com/signup?code=Livakivi Twitter: https://twitter.com/Livakivi Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Livakivi Discord: https://discord.com/invite/w6qyB5mpWa Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BudgetLivakivi