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Get Speedy on Mac: 10x Your Productivity
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(17 ratings)
2,632 students

Get Speedy on Mac: 10x Your Productivity

Learn 28 targeted techniques to get faster on Apple Mac OS
Created byGet Speedy
Last updated 1/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Set up your Mac: screen, dock, desktop, and notification center
  • Optimize your Mac's mouse & trackpad
  • Operate Mac keyboard and use top shortcuts
  • Manipulate text quickly using shortcuts
  • Find, install, and uninstall Mac applications
  • Take screenshots & screencasts on Mac
  • Handle unexpected Mac OS situations like missing windows and unresponsive apps
  • Rename files and create folder aliases on Mac
  • Optimize your browser (Chrome or Safari) with shortcuts and other tips
  • Use a window manager to move and full-screen windows instantly
  • Use a launcher to instantly open folders and apps
  • Discover some highly-recommended Mac apps

Course content

8 sections29 lectures1h 29m total length
  • Set Screen Resolution1:01
  • Hide Dock1:32
  • Remove Apps from Dock2:02

    Learn how to declutter macOS by hiding unnecessary dock shortcuts, using right-click or control-click to remove apps from the dock, while the apps stay installed, to keep a lean dock.

  • Show Desktop4:53

    Master two quick Mac techniques to show your desktop—hot corners and trackpad gestures—so you can access files, upload to Google Drive, and restore windows fast.

  • Sort Desktop Icons2:29
  • Set Desktop Background2:47
  • Mute Notification Center2:39

Requirements

  • Access to a Mac laptop or desktop

Description

Are you short on time? Are you wasting time because you can't get around your Apple Mac quickly enough? Or maybe you just switched from Windows and want to get even faster than you were on Windows?

Course in a nutshell

  • For folks who simply want to Get Speedy on Mac as quickly as possible - and move on with their lives

  • 28 targeted techniques across system, mouse & trackpad, keyboard, apps, getting things done, browser, windows, and launchers

  • Each topic is explained patiently, thoroughly, and assumes no prior knowledge

In this course, you will:

  • Set up your Apple Mac's settings in a way that eliminates friction and increases speed

  • Master powerful foundational skills on repeated behaviors like keyboard shortcuts, text manipulation, resizing windows, and launching apps

  • Eliminate time-wasting, manual steps and interrupting system behaviors/notifications

  • Walk away more confident in your ability to get things done quickly

Why learn about this topic?

  • We spend 8+ hours a day in front of our Apple Mac machines

  • If you can get your work done 8% faster (avg. time savings from live trainees of this course), you will save at least 35 minutes per day

Why select this course?

  • No fluff; only targeted impactful techniques for folks short on time

  • Content is based on 10+ years of feedback from real employees at a top tech company who took live version of course

  • Real data from those employees shows avg. time savings of 5 min. per hour (~8% savings) after live version of course

  • High quality video and audio that's easy to consume

  • 2-page printable PDF with keyboard shortcuts

Why you should trust us? Your instructor:

  • Has run live version of this course at a major FAANG tech company with high satisfaction scores; now available on Udemy

  • Has Engineering & MBA degrees from Stanford and UC-Berkeley and 20 years of experience coaching, training, and managing

  • Is passionate about helping people get things done as quickly & efficiently as possible, on their digital devices and in life

Testimonials from employees who took live version

  • "I've been using a Mac for 8 years, and still learned a TON in this training!"

  • "Very helpful for anyone using Mac (even if you've worked at Apple for years)"

  • "In choosing a Mac, I thought I'd bitten more of the 'apple' than I could chew, but this course put me back on track"

  • “Useful knowledge provided by a content expert; provided us with the right tools to be efficient!”

  • "Worthy class, regardless if you are new or wanting to refresh"

  • “Take the class and if you even come away with 1 tip, you’ll be that much more efficient”

  • “It is quite practical and helpful!”

  • “Work smarter not harder”

  • "Worthwhile investment"

What this course is not

  • Not a comprehensive education on Apple Mac OS

To get started

  • Please watch the promo video and sample chapters to decide if it's a good fit

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to Get Speedy using their Mac computer
  • Folks switching from Windows who want to regain same speed