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I've bounced between mac, windows, and linux throughout my life. Each has been good for a time, and becoming familiar with each has helped me understand the oth
by japhyr 8y ago
I've bounced between mac, windows, and linux throughout my life. Each has been good for a time, and becoming familiar with each has helped me understand the others better. I recently started using a mac again for the first time in years, and I found myself completely unproductive.
I have found it humbling. I don't ever want to be stuck in one technology stack, so when there's a good reason to, I like to dig into something new. It's definitely a productivity hit to learn a new OS, but it's also an opportunity to not grow stale.
I have approached learning macOS by making a list of the things I can do efficiently on windows/mac, and making myself learn how to do that on macOS:
- set up workspaces
- place and switch windows
- learn the file system, and how it's displayed in guis
- etc.
These days, there's a lot you can do on windows to make it more like a mac/ linux machine, particularly at the command line. But I also enjoy learning windows cli commands.
It might be worth the time to become comfortable on windows, rather than always being the one person on macOS in your company. I imagine that will end up causing more frustration in the long run than the initial period of getting used to a new OS.