
I have a USB wifi adapter that I can use to get temporary Internet connection. This has become my primary driver to learn new technologies. The wifi on it doesn't work, I haven't tried to see if Bluetooth works, but it feels like my computer in 1998-2005. I recently installed FreeBSD on my MBP 2015 since it was quite dead anyway. I know this question is about macOS, but you could consider how to have this method implemented in your Mac. > I want to get into a zone solving interesting problems. Then on my second virtual desktop I'll have VS Code on half the screen, and Terminal / Finder in the quarters on the right, Maximized Fusion360 on the third, etc. On my 'main' virtual desktop, I use Rectangle (window position management) to have Edge on half the screen, with chat applications on the right upper/lower quarters).

your text editor of choice, design software, cad software, or whatever else. Have one virtual desktop set up for browsing/communication apps (Safari or Edge + slack, discord, email, etc), then additional virtual desktops for your other, more focused tasks, e.g. On MBPs, 4-finger swipe functionality makes it extremely smooth to switch between desktops and use "Mission control" to peek at your open apps for a given desktop. Leverage the virtual desktop functionality of your OS. You can also hide your dock so you're not seeing those pesky red dots constantly.ģ. MacOS has its do not disturb functionality, use it.Ģ. That said, there are numerous aspects of MacOS designed specifically for this.ġ. This doesn't sound like a computer problem so much as an attention / habitual problem (perhaps even addiction to the noted distractions).


I constantly check email, messages, read toxic forums which I guess is partly because of being alone and lonely. When I look at my computer, I see a device not designed to help me with these goals.
