In this post I will write some of my personal Mac preferences. Basically, I like to turn off or disable everything that I don’t use or need (“less is more”). Open your System Preferences:
General
- Allow wallpaper tinting (turn off)
- Show scroll bars (always)
- Recent items (none)
- Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices (turn off)
Desktop and Screen Saver
- I use a custom (non dynamic) desktop image
- Screen Saver (turn off)
- Hot corners (turn off) (I selected “-” for all four corners)
Dock and Menu Bar
- Minimise windows using “Scale effect” (“Genie effect” I find distracting. Too bad I cannot set this to “None”)
- Animate opening applications (turn off)
Mission Control
- Turned off everything
Accessibility
- Reduce motion (turn on)
- Reduce transparency (turn on)
- Shake mouse pointer to locate (turn off)
Screen time
- Turned off
Keyboard
- Dictation: Off
Displays
- Automatically adjust brightness (turn off)
Battery
- Slightly dim the display while on battery power (turn off)
Date and time
- Set date and time automatically (turn off)
- Set time zone automatically using current location (turn off)
Sharing
- Everything is Off.