Turning the M3 Pro MacBook Into The ULTIMATE Desktop Desk Setup!

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1. your intonation reminds me of the apparently kid! specially when you said "everyone" 🙂 anw just subscribed! nice setup!

2. Howzit Kyle, love the setup! Regarding the CalDigiti TS4, does your laptop connect to your Studio Display via the TS4 (and then a TB cable from TS4 to Studio Display), or is your laptop connected to the Studio Display directly, with the TS4 connected to one of the downstream TB ports on the Studio Display? And do you know if Option A works with the TS4 and TS3 (I think TS3 lacks the required TB port?)

3. Best setup and most beautiful I've seen

4. GREAT video…curated perfectly…and super generous knowledge share. Quick question about your external SSD drive. Do you install applications on the external? Thanks again for all of this helpful info.

5. hi, one question. If you use your macbook as a desktop, how do you turn it on? Do you need to open the macbook, press the on btn and close it again or is there any other, more enjoyable way like an on/off button on dock station ? Thanks for the answer

6. I don't see the wallpaper on the studio display in any of your packs. Where can we get it from?

7. Love your setup! Can you please make a video about your lighting!

8. does anyone know the name of the begining wallpaper?

9. Very clean setup man, just out of curiosity whats that wall shelf thing you have with the legos sitting on it?

10. Do you have recommendations regarding lighting? In my home office i have a ceiling fan with 3 downward lights. It currently has 3 3000 K bulbs which seem not not interact well with my 24" imac monitor. Someone has suggested I try 4000K or 4500 k bulbs which would be a more "natural" light. I've also considered getting a desk lamp. Do you have any recommendations or thoughts?

11. Your setup looks really good and functional, congrats!
    I would miss the speakers though, I just can't handle using headphones through the entire day. Sometimes I'll put some background music or videos through the speakers.

12. How do you turn on the macbook ? Taking it out from the stand? Wake up from lan? Or you never turn it off in the first place and just turn the macbook to sleep?

13. Congrats! Well done…

14. Thanks Kyle for this awesome desktop desk setup video.👍

    Coming to the point, I am looking at moving to Apple Silicon for the following tasks:

    1. Editing 4K YouTube and CapCut like videos using FCPX and/or Resolve
    
    2. Playing 'in browser' or standalone Web3 games, occasionally.
    
    3. Editing audio for my Podcasts.

    From the link provided by you in the description above, it looks like the MacBook M3 Pro you are using has the following configuration:

    12-core CPU
    
    18-core GPU
    
    18GB Unified Memory
    
    1TB SSD Storage

    Do you think the above configuration should be enough for the tasks I intend to do? Thanks in advance for the reply.😊🙏

15. Kyle, glad you like my list of best standing desks! 2:01

16. where is your Studio Display Wallpaper from? Couldn´t find it

17. Absolutely stunning setup. The ergonomic chair from FlexiSpot blends seamlessly with the entire setup.

18. Such a sick setup man! I love that you touched on working off of an external drive almost exclusively, as I'm making the switch to do the same myself! I'm sure you're backing up that drive pretty frequently, but do you mind sharing how you do it?

19. Why don't you plug the MacBook into the dock? Does it not work that way?

20. Hey Kyle! Loved the setup. I’m wondering if you’ve run into any limitations with the M3 pro when it comes to video editing? Slowness, increased rendering times, etc

    I am trying to decide between the M3 max and M3 Pro but want to make sure I’m setting myself up for success. I know there are two media encoding engines on Max instead of 1 on the Pro.
    With all that you do, I’d appreciate the insight since you seem to push the limits on capability.

21. I absolutely LOVE everything about this setup, thanks for sharing Kyle!

22. Question… Why run a thunderbolt cable to your Display from the Macbook Pro when you can run one cable to the Caldigit dock then to the monitor? The dock will charge your Macbook Pro while simultaneously outputting a display signal via thunderbolt. Im not sure what your limitations are, not sure if i missed something… clean setup regardless.

23. Awesome looking setup and very clean. Got to go with the laptop in the stand. The open laptop on the side just messes up the whole look of an otherwise beautiful workstation.

24. I feel that your set up is magnificent especially the way you protect your mac book by using an external drive plus the caldigit hub ts4 which serves you very well , may I ask do you keep your mac book plugged in all the time constantly therefore battery being at full 100 percent which may deplete it . Could you please share with us how you go about this that is how you go about taking care of it that being the battery. Thanks Kyle great video hope to hear from you .

25. I was wondering, would you be able to plug just one TB cable from the MacBook into the CalDigit dock, and plug the Studio Display into one of the CalDigit's downstream TB ports? Then you only need one single cable going into the MacBook. Or is there not enough bandwidth for that?

26. I want an Apple "short" SPACE GRAY keyboard to match with my space gray trackpad.

27. Your set up is top Kyle. Very nice and very functional. Love it.

28. Wow those are some nice headphones. Whomever helped in recommending them is probably the coolest person you know.

29. My set up is almost ditto of yours, except the display. I went with the 27” LG UltraFine on sale at Amazon, as opposed to the $1600.00 Studio Display….,

30. Awesome you set up bro, plus your audio sounds excellent now ❤

31. I don't use AppleID, but I'm using a Nuphy Air 96 keyboard. Comes with the numb pad and isn't as wide as the full Magiv Keyboard. And the typing experience is phenomenal. I've also got the whiter Logitech MX MAster 3s Mouse and definitely have that yellowing. I've been cleaning the mouse very frequently but that doesn't seem to help. I might be replacing it with a graphite one eventually, I think..

32. Is the battery always at 100% when you are with de computer connect to the Apple Display ? How do you manage with this trouble 🤔

33. Looks so awesome! I have noticed that I am going back to 1 monitor as well. I stay productive, and don't get distracted w/ the mac sitting there 😀 Very inspiring for someone who has been thinking about the Studio Display. Nicely done!