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‼️ Get Magical AI for free and get 7 HOURS of your week back: https://getmagical.com/properhonesttech In this video, I'll share 11 things that I think Mac owners need to stop doing, with tips for what they should do instead 📖 Looking for the PDF? ↪ Buy it here (one-off purchase) https://bit.ly/4c7Z98G ↪ Or here (one-off purchase) https://bit.ly/46tc17Y 👏🏻 OR join my monthly membership and access ALL PDFs (all 3 links offer identical service) 🔹 Join via Patreon https://geni.us/a0o5 🔹 Join via BuyMeACoffee https://geni.us/jAGpK 🔹 Join via YouTube https://geni.us/GCSpFOJ 📧 Want a FREE weekly dose of Tech News, Hints and Tips? Sign up for my newsletter! http://eepurl.com/h7MWfv ☕️ Getting value from these videos? Want to support the channel? Buy me a coffee! https://bit.ly/47XsVeI Follow me on my socials! Instagram - http://instagram.com/properhonesttech Twitter - http://twitter.com/properhonesttec Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Stop writing out the same text passages 1:31 - Stop using Notes to scan in images 2:19 - Stop trying to keep your Mac awake 4:30 - Stop using services to send large files 5:23 - Stop using services to share screens 6:25 - Stop manually converting images 7:08 - Stop using your Mac webcam for meetings 7:57 - Stop using services to share images with Android 8:26 - Stop using your thumb & finger to drag 8:57 - Stop printing & scanning PDFs 10:04 - Stop accidentally deleting files
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