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In the Clipboard settings, I turn on «Save multiple items in the clipboard to use later.» It’s super annoying to forget to turn it on, because when you need it, it’s too late. Set Up Clipboard Sharing and Multi-Clipboard 3īy default, if you log in with the same account on multiple PCs, Microsoft will sync some settings between these devices.

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It looks good, and it gives Windows a nice little home screen. So why is the Start menu by default only occupying a small portion of the screen, and wasting the remaining space? I switch my Start menu to full-screen. I don’t need to see the rest of the desktop. When I hit the start menu, it’s because I want to launch an application. Here are some of the settings I change on all Windows PCs I use.

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You can upgrade your license if your computer didn’t come with a Pro license.

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I also usually install MSI Afterburner to customize the graphic card fan curve, and the official GPU drivers from Nvidia or AMD, instead of relying on whatever Windows auto-installs.įinally, Windows has built-in screen sharing, but only if you have a Pro license. Also, I use WSL2 for Unix-y goodness, the new Windows Terminal, and Chocolatey or winget instead of Homebrew. I’m now using Edraw Max instead of OmniGraffle, but I’m not entirely satisfied with it.

I was a little worried about not having AppleScript, but nowadays, it really doesn’t work all that well on Macs, either, and when I found AutoHotKey, all was well. It analyzes my whole disk in a few seconds. Its main advantage is that it is insanely fast. There’s no OmniDiskSweeper on Windows, but there is WinDirStat, which does the same thing, with the added benefit of having Pac-Man.Īn alternative to WinDirStat is WizTree.

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One of the first things I install on any Mac I use, because I’ll always need it sooner or later, is OmniDiskSweeper. As far as I can tell, 7-zip is more widely recommended amongst Windows users, but what do they know? PeaZip has a very clean UI, and nice green icons, so it’s very obviously the better choice. Windows does support file compression natively, but I prefer PeaZip. I often made use of the ability to tag files in OS X, and Windows lacks a similar feature, but FileMarker.NET Pro 2 solves that problem. It also does a bunch of other really cool stuff, like providing a global color picker, and adding an image resizer and a bulk file renamer to the Explorer’s context menu. On Windows, you can just hit the Windows key to open the Start menu, and type the app’s name to launch it, but if you prefer the lightweight OS X-style Spotlight UI, PowerToys makes it available on Windows. On Macs, I always launch apps using Spotlight’s Cmd-Space shortcut. It even has a plugin system, which makes it possible to preview even more obscure file formats - STLs, for example. Fortunately, there’s a great open-source alternative available on GitHub. QuickLook is one thing I genuinely miss on Windows. Here’s what I do when I set up a new Windows PC. Since a lot of people seem to be making the switch now, maybe it’s helpful to talk about some things I’m doing to make Windows more amenable to my Mac habits. I’ve since found that Windows, and the devices available on the Windows side, from gaming laptops to convertibles to custom-built PCs, are just a better match for my requirements.Īt this point, I have only one piece of Apple hardware still in active use: a 17-inch MacBook Pro 1 that runs Coda and EagleFiler.

Around 2015, I started to realize that I was no longer part of Apple’s target audience.

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