First mac. What to install?

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#2802969 28-Oct-2021 16:30

wellygary:
Batman: How do I get my wife's iPhone to mirror to the Mac?

Its in Airplay

https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/25/you-can-now-airplay-from-iphone-or-ipad-to-mac-with-macos-monterey-heres-how/

Thanks i think recall now if I don't need to see the phone the other way is "handoff"?

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#2802970 28-Oct-2021 16:31

You need to be logged in to the same iCloud account for that to work. If you're using a different account to your wife it won't work.

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#2802975 28-Oct-2021 16:35

Hmm good point!

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#2803039 28-Oct-2021 18:42

Dairyxox:

Which machine & spec did you get?

just watched a video review of the m1 pro chips and there isn't much difference between the base 8 core vs the others.

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#2803054 28-Oct-2021 19:23

Would highly recommend Text Sniper (https://textsniper.app/). Allows you to copy any text anywhere even from a picture which is super helpful.

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#2803484 29-Oct-2021 12:24

One of the first things I installed on moving to a Mac was "Scroll Reverser"

Mac has one shared setting for the "scroll direction" for both Mouse vs Trackpad.

I just like one 'natural' and the other not.

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#2803485 29-Oct-2021 12:29

istat menus is pretty cool for mac if you're into stats ;)

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#2803559 29-Oct-2021 13:24

Thanks guys keep them coming, I do check each of them out.

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#2803629 29-Oct-2021 14:10

l43a2:

istat menus is pretty cool for mac if you're into stats ;)

Oh yes forgot about that one. It is in the App store. I have had this since its early days and love it.

I don't have a macbook so I don't need the battery component but Time and Network I definitely use. It is very customisable.

Also I forgot about BetterTouchTool - https://folivora.ai/

It is a feature packed app that allows you to customize various input devices on your Mac. You can use any of the supported trigger/input types and choose from a large and always growing list of actions to automate almost any task. Actions can be chained to handle complicated things.

I use it to trigger my Magic Mouse centre click as a button to open a Browser Tab in the background as well as to control the touch and scroll areas on my mouse

Plus I have a little MenuBar app - Handy Converter for all those conversions including currency rates. It is in the App Store

Though this has been discussed in other Topics I am a fan of 1Password for all my password creation and management across all my Apple devices that it supports. https://1password.com/downloads/mac/

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2803759 29-Oct-2021 15:55

Batman:

Dairyxox:

Which machine & spec did you get?

just watched a video review of the m1 pro chips and there isn't much difference between the base 8 core vs the others.

Awesome machine. I'm very jelly. Which video was that?

I kind of wish they made a cheaper one with a less impressive screen. That screen seems like way overkill for my needs.