M3 MacBook Air (2024) - First 23 Things To Do! (Tips & Tricks)

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2024 MacBook Air M3 - First 23 Things To Do! | M3 MacBook Air Tips & Tricks
Apple just launched the 2024 M3 MacBook Air and if you want to get the most out of your new machine, this video will help you get off to a strong start. We will cover more than 23 tips, tricks, apps to install, and just things you need to know about your brand new M3 MacBook Air. Enjoy!
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Chapters:
0:00 Congrats on the M3 MacBook Air
0:10 Update
0:30 The first settings I always change!
2:01 Change these Display settings
4:30 Turn display off (unless in an office)
5:15 Clean up Desktop
6:07 Widgets
6:31 Dual External Displays
6:54 New microphone modes
7:47 Battery Percentage
8:18 Clean this up also
9:11 Do this with the Dock
11:30 Stacks
12:25 Fingers & Apple Watch
13:35 Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing
13:58 Web Apps
14:38 My 3 favorite apps to download
16:09 Screenshots
16:35 Spotlight Search
18:28 Finder (change these)
23:50 Annoying Safari setting
24:10 iMessage & FaceTime
24:53 iCloud
25:52 Time Machine
26:19 Enjoy your Mac!
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@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Did you pick up an M3 MacBook Air, or are you planning to?

@al4realz 4 ай бұрын

I am planning to but also considering paying a little bit more for the Pro. What would you recommend?

@TheBalkenende 4 ай бұрын

@@al4realzif you don’t depend on really high levels of sustained performance, I say go buy the MBA. MBA already is super powerful, and Apple Silicon chips all offer the same single core performance. The differences are in adding more of those CPU cores and for the GPU, when you spec up to the higher end M3 Pro/Max and yet to be announced Ultra. Because MBA is a fanless computer, it will not be able to deliver the same sustained performance as M3 MBP with a fan. But again, you only should care about that if you depend on it. 98% of people get more performance from MBA than they need.

@tonyb92681 4 ай бұрын

I’m waiting for my yearly bonus. The the order goes in. Edit: I got my 15” M3 24GB/1TB a week ago and the thing is a flamethrower compared to my old intel 27” iMac! I love it!

@tallbaldpaul 4 ай бұрын

Just had an M3 16 gb 512SSD in silver delivered, using for day to day but also Serato and music storage for DJ’ing so got plenty of headroom. These are great tips mate, thanks for this.

@TheBalkenende 4 ай бұрын

@@tallbaldpaul awesome, enjoy your new Mac!

@isabelonkr 4 ай бұрын

omg i never knew you can customize the finder window toolbar! thank you so much for the tip!!

@MannyWalks 4 ай бұрын

Lots of useful tips Brandon! 😎 thanks so much 🙏

@misssocialdeb3777 3 ай бұрын

I just bought the MacBook Air M3. New to Mac. I bought 256 storage, wish I got bigger but plan on just using external HD. Just learned so much with yr video here, I am going to have to rewatch it again to capture it all. This has been very enlightening. Thank you.

@amb0508 2 ай бұрын

Me too 😅

@Shawayze Ай бұрын

Really appreciate the video. I just got my first macbook and almost every video out there the content creators don't really explain that well. Thanks again!

@ol4am975 Ай бұрын

Thank you for posting! You got right into it and you quickly moved on to each tip. I appreciate that!

@plant_trees_kg 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for telling us about Pastepal!

@michaelmckeever9 4 ай бұрын

PastePal user here. Love it!

@LauraBudd 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Brad.....clear and easy to follow.

@kiwimjr 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your video regarding best method to start with an M3 MacBook Air. I find all your videos most instructive and helpful. I watch each one other as they appear.

@Zenku763 4 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊 for the exact video that I needed!

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

nice! Which model did you pick up?

@Zenku763 4 ай бұрын

I got the 13 inch. It’s arriving on the 22. By the way thanks for responding.

@shawnsharma3364 16 күн бұрын

This is great! Saved me time from looking for these settings and shortcuts. Appreciate the vid.

@Tiffs-bookshelf 4 ай бұрын

thank you! this was amazing. I have never really looked into changing anything on my green iMac and I just got the M3 air! super excited to try some of these to make things easier and more modern. great tips

@BrandonButch 3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@misterman9816 3 ай бұрын

Great Video! Thanks so much! :)

@dannyhiggins66 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic tips and information. Thank you for sharing this.

@naradrijal974 Ай бұрын

Hello Brandon, thank you so much for this very useful video. I just want to to take a help from you. How can we access word, xcell files in Mac since I have a new Mac.

@howlsy6388 Ай бұрын

Nice video dude, I just followed along on the m3 air I just got and it's set up better than the Mac mini I've had for years :D

@justbxrnxy4111 4 ай бұрын

Nice vid buddy, not related to the video but does True Tone on iPhone drains battery life?

@haiyenngo6669 21 күн бұрын

Thank you for the very clear instructions! For a newbie like me it was easy to understand and go through from topic to topic :)

@lorettawarner 2 ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you!

@WillTech- 4 ай бұрын

Nice! Awesome video bro! 😊

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

thanks!

@jeffrey7159 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the advice

@jebster101 Ай бұрын

Very helpful and informative, thank you!

@diamonddeity4607 4 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@ericpeterson9995 3 ай бұрын

What is the best solution to easily switch from using work HP computer to MacBook Air M3 using the same external dual display monitors. My current HP DOC dos not seem to do the trick only mirrors the dual display 4K monitors

@monfried 26 күн бұрын

Outstanding, extraordinarily helpful video! Thank you!!

@rubencristobalgarcia185 Ай бұрын

Great! Useful

@anthonydelagarde3990 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Great video I learned a lot from this as I am new to Apple products

@danielc513 4 ай бұрын

w video as always Brandon!!!!! ❤

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

ma man 🤝

@Riyadhfreak 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@thedcfgrp938 4 ай бұрын

ALWAYS GOOD CONTENT B….

@edwinscox Ай бұрын

As a 25-year PC user I just bought my Macbook Air 13" and this is the most valuable video I've seen. Clear, concise, well-produced, no wasted time or words. I took pages of notes and will return to watch it several more times as I learn to use my Mac. Thank You!

@nehalmohamed3276 Ай бұрын

I was so hung up on getting an Ipad air M2 13 inch but then I saw I can get Macbook air M3 for the same price and as a dell user my whole life, I'm still debating. But people are saying Macbook purchase should come first before an iPad. what do u think?

@lissa2679 4 ай бұрын

Great video thank you! Getting my MacBook Air on Monday and this is a huge help!

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Which color did you go with?

@lissa2679 4 ай бұрын

@@BrandonButch I went with the midnight color. Can’t wait to get it!

@user-pt7wt7ek1o 3 ай бұрын

I just got this model but I'm having trouble transferring large files from my 2011 MacBook Pro.. any tips? They have different USB/Thunderbolt ports and I believe my old MacBook doesn't support Mirgation.

@hoodie871 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for the informative video - got the m3 MBA today. One question, how do you make the view option a drop down when customizing your toobar?

@alchemist943 24 күн бұрын

thats a really usefull videos

@irchadchady334 10 күн бұрын

Hello Brandon, how many hours do you get with one full charge on your M3 ? thanks

@John-el6sk 3 ай бұрын

What's the name of your clipboard manager? I couldn't really get the name of it... Thanks

@darkfoot 3 ай бұрын

w vid thx for all the tips. used windows my whole life first time with Mac very helpful thx💯

@vincebrizio953 4 ай бұрын

Hi Brandon , something unpleasant happened to me here in the Netherlands ! 😰Before iOS 17.4 with my 14 pro max I could select the texts of a screenshot or photo and copy them but not anymore! Now only browser texts! Does it happen only to me or to others too? What can I do ? Thanks in advance !!! Maybe someone could help me?

@e.ebz20 20 күн бұрын

Just got my M3 MacBook Air delivered today and this video helped a whole lot, I've never used a Mac ever in my life so this was very beneficial for me. thank you 🙏

@gabrieldutra8880 6 күн бұрын

thank you so much this really made it easier for me

@Matt-zu3tj 17 күн бұрын

Best Mac video for a first time user that used windows for ever, thanks !

@smoked5050 4 ай бұрын

I am new to Mac Book. I just purchased the new Mac Book Air M3 a couple of days ago and trying to get used to it and learn how to use it. I also have a HP and that's what I'm used to using so this is really different for me. I am trying to figure out how to open a new window in the browser. How do you do that? I am learning a lot from your video and it's very helpful to someone like me who's coming from a Windows PC.

@vellunlear4166 4 ай бұрын

I just got my first ever Mac as well just a couple days ago (incidentally an M3 MacBook Air). You may have already figured it out but you can press command+t and it will open a new tab in the browser. Interestingly, this also works in finder. Both of which I figured out by accident. My guess is this works in just about any app that has tabs.

@nuggetboop1284 Ай бұрын

Just got my MacBook m3 today and this is so helpful!

@brendanoreilly6917 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@CodeCreated Ай бұрын

I switched to mac m3 from windows and after 10s of videos this is the best one yet :) simple and useful

@jza_23 4 ай бұрын

I'm having trouble synching my iPhone 14 Pro Max to iTunes. But works fine when synching to the cloud.

@mpritchard9097 2 ай бұрын

Great Vid Brandon! (my m3 macbok air being delivered tomorrow)

@santi3758 3 ай бұрын

Just great

@Helloisitmeyourelookingfor 23 күн бұрын

I know this comment might not get seen by you but I really want to say thank you for this video. I just upgraded to an iMac but the tips here are super relevant for me still (it took me way longer than I'm proud of to compute in my head that I no longer have a MacBook so things like trackpad and battery don't apply) and I really appreciate how well you explained everything. new subscriber here!

@andrewaupositivepsychology 2 ай бұрын

This information is very useful. I'm looking forward to own one soon.

@angelojohnvillas7447 3 ай бұрын

Just got mine in starlight today :)

@Sarthakgoela 28 күн бұрын

Loved the vid! it really helped me sleep 😸😸

@iremgenc6938 3 ай бұрын

When I wanted to add pinterest to my dock, I cannot see that option like add the dock. I wonder why

@joshmid747 4 ай бұрын

Been on Mac for years, never had clue that you could change the icon on web apps 😅

@susanweber6861 25 күн бұрын

I just bought a 13” MacBook Air M3 to replace a 13 yr old MAC desktop. A little daunting but found this video very helpful.

@techwithtyler20 4 ай бұрын

They still haven’t fixed show date when space allows to actually work (it worked in macOS 12 but not 13-14).

@RyanTLX 4 ай бұрын

3 finger drag is life.

@Man_mannly 3 ай бұрын

Shrek is love Shrek is life 🐉🀄️🇾🇹

@tronam 4 ай бұрын

Wait, you want the content to follow the direction that your fingers are moving, so you turn off Natural Scrolling? I'm so confused.

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

I mean the scrolling to follow the direction of my gesture. So when my fingers swipe down, the content goes down

@breezy4_ 4 ай бұрын

Brandon, you're the GOAT ... a lot of useful tips. Thanks man!

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Appreciate that Chris!

@guaiqueritech 3 ай бұрын

Just got my base model today 😊

@keithdavidson95 2 ай бұрын

ill literally subscribe just because of the three finger drag lol I never knew this. game changer

@Hamster-gf8gz 4 ай бұрын

Hey Brandon love the vid but is there any difference between the setup of the m2 MacBook air or can I watch that instead?

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Not much of a difference, so you can watch either one!

@Hamster-gf8gz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks keep up the great work man!

@Hamster-gf8gz 4 ай бұрын

Also getting the 15in m3 in a few weeks so this helps a lot!!

@Hamster-gf8gz 4 ай бұрын

Nvm getting 13in m3

@braden2233 3 ай бұрын

Upgraded from the m1 air and I noticed a huge difference.

@murdockdeechte 4 ай бұрын

Do you have problems with the heat of the CPU? I read an article that says the CPU gets way too hot during heavy tasks? who else suffers from this? because the MacBook Air has no fan

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

No issues whatsoever for me

@kameliabiswas2827 23 сағат бұрын

Should I buy m3, or better to have m2. Not seeing big differences between them. Buying for studying, browsing, tutoring.

@user-gg7vx2mx4c Ай бұрын

Are u gonna mention about the heating issue?

@lotzosushi 4 ай бұрын

just got my m3 air and the first thing I did was also update and turn off natural scrolling I hate it so much 😂

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

haha exactly! Both are must-do's!

@jeffhale1189 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I’m not planning on getting the M3 Air. Blessings on your day.

@WitchDarkTales 3 ай бұрын

Just got mine today MacBook Air 13 m3 2024 I'm using your setup right now as I am typing lol

@LuisAngelSantos 4 ай бұрын

0:12 Why can’t Apple just release the iPads NOW and once we set it up, we update to that “tweaked” version of iPadOS 17.4?? Why wait until that “tweaked” version of iPadOS 17.4 is ready?

@techwithtyler20 4 ай бұрын

Because if it’s still called 17.4 and not 17.4.1 or 17.5, users could get confused when they’re already on 17.4 and see an update for “17.4”.

@naptime7446 3 ай бұрын

Magnet app is a must

@annai5577 2 ай бұрын

Highly do not recommend doing the last step - disabling Desktop to Cloud. My Mac got broken, and I was able to restore my desktop on a new one only because it was ON!

@MichaelCartyIreland 3 ай бұрын

Cleanshot x seems to no longer be available?

@emanueleacunzo7258 3 ай бұрын

Noticed as well 😮

@tonyb92681 4 ай бұрын

Does ANYONE leave Natural Scrolling ON?

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Somehow most of my friends do. And my parents lol

@prochandudolly 4 ай бұрын

hello brandon

@Logan.Ninefingers 4 ай бұрын

I have an SSD backup because it is so fast. I also have an auto backup every 24 hours. I think this is essential.

@twitchizle 4 ай бұрын

i have samsung 860 evo, how do i use it as external SSD for my MacBook? what cable do I need?

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

In the past I used an SSD, then when I ran out of space I realized that speed is irrelevant, since it's on autopilot. So I upgraded to a 8TB HDD that's just always plugged in now

@1TheBatman 4 ай бұрын

Cleanshot is nice, but I rather Shottr

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Eh, I prefer CS. I've used about 12 screenshot apps at this point lol

@kaynauman8018 3 ай бұрын

Ahhh... cleanshot X is not free.., a shame.. or was it free for you?

@bazlynton 21 күн бұрын

Speaks too fast, I couldn’t keep up without pausing and having to rewind. My first Mac book and it’s confusing enough but I’m sure when I’ve had it a bit longer this video will be very helpfull.

@GrahamBrook 14 күн бұрын

Please update California State government policy information

@gerald8573 3 ай бұрын

I wish I could afford one.

@arulprabus1848 3 ай бұрын

@allen9975 4 ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@choqao 4 ай бұрын

woo

@noone-dc4uh Ай бұрын

based on your choices here it looks like you are a long time windows user shifted to mac

@mortezamehdizadeh1770 Ай бұрын

your mice is okey but voice isolate I think must be off

@WillOnCode 4 ай бұрын

Just give me MX already

@tboyfres 4 ай бұрын

Is it just me or does the audio quality on the video sound terrible?

@toyagirl1 4 ай бұрын

It’s the lack of pop filter. Sibilant AF.

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

How so? I was closer to the mic this time around so maybe that's why..

@tboyfres 4 ай бұрын

@@BrandonButch possibly. Did you have the pop filter on?

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

@@tboyfres Nope, never have. Never had any complaints about audio before either. Must have just been a tad too close this time

@artistesecrete 3 ай бұрын

I like how you speak very clear and enunciate the words like few content creators.

@RealJoseph123 4 ай бұрын

First thing to do: Return it and get a M2 refurbished or discounted, rather than buying the M3 MacBook Air.

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

Not worth it for only $200 difference imo

@unclefart5527 4 ай бұрын

Pick up a fan? Everything else is the same as the M1 and M2.

@davidtodd2104 4 ай бұрын

This is waaaay more than 23 things….

@GrahamBrook 14 күн бұрын

Update software 404

@kaancengiz6579 4 ай бұрын

macbook air waste of money i prefer macbook pro because better screen

@brianshanuka 4 ай бұрын

first

@Bentheman24 4 ай бұрын

Nobody cares.

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

2nd!

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

@@Bentheman24 lol

@Bentheman24 4 ай бұрын

@@BrandonButch it’s true

@nbr99100 4 ай бұрын

What’s up guyssss.. that’s irritating to be honest.

@user52019 4 ай бұрын

Please change the intro

@BrandonButch 4 ай бұрын

also, not gonna happen lol

@danielc513 4 ай бұрын

nah its iconic

@michaelhall9146 4 ай бұрын

@@BrandonButch 🔥

@randomman5521 4 ай бұрын

Please change your attitude

@Loneranger670 Ай бұрын

The first thing you should do is dont buy one.