Don’t think Windows falls behind! Just like Mac OS, Windows goes its way to create lots of hacks for you to take the most advantage of your time.

 1. Anchor your favorite applications to the start menu

• You will probably have several predefined applications; you can unpin them or leave them in their place.
• To unpin the ones that have no relevance to you, right-click and choose the “unpin” option, which will immediately make them disappear from your menu.
• If you want to pin them, you can go to the start menu, click on the “All applications” option, which is on the top right, and once you have them, you can right-click and select “Pin to start.”
• Create shortcuts to your most-used folders in the menu.
• If you notice, in the menu, in the bottom right corner, you have options like shutdown, restart, and so on, but you can also create shortcuts to your most-used folders and save you time searching for them.

Doing it is simple, do the following:

• Open Windows Settings, and then open the Personalization section.
•  In this section, click on the Startup section.
• Then, click on the Folders section.
•  This way, you will activate the folders you want to appear in this menu.

 2. Learn how to use the dictation option

• This option is not so well-known, but making quick notes or writing without typing is useful. For this, you only must press at the same time the keys Windows + H.

• A very effective plus is to go to the part of the configuration and to activate the option of automatic punctuation. This way, every time you make a pause, you will be able to take it, like points and apart, followed points and commas, helping to create a richer text.

  3. Shake and minimize

Just as hear it! You can do it when you want to minimize and leave only one screen. 

• Go to Windows settings.
• Then go to System.
• Once there, enter Multitasking.
• Go down to the option Shake title bar in windows and activate it.

  4. Manage your notifications

When we are working, we need to concentrate, and sometimes so many notifications prevent us from doing so, so it is vital to learn how to manage notifications. And it’s as simple as this:

• Go to Windows Settings.
• Go to the System section.
• Click on the “Notifications” option.
• Scroll down a little bit, and you will have the list of your installed applications.
• When you click on one of the apps, you will configure its notifications separately.

  5. Concentration assistant

The most important thing for productivity is to concentrate, so Windows offers you the option, using an assistant, to manage the hours in which you do not want to receive notifications, or at least that only the most important ones appear. 

Do it in the following way:

• Go to the Windows configuration.
• Go to the System section.
• Click on the option “Concentration assistant.”
• Once there, configure it in the way that works best for you.

  6. Enable night mode for the screen

As we all know, white light affects our sleep and serotonin production, so it is ideal for activating the night mode to rest our eyes when it gets dark and help the brain produce serotonin more naturally. We can do it this way:

• Enter in the configuration of Windows.
• Go to System.
• Now, click on Display.
• Once there, go to the Night Light function.
• In this option, you will decide its intensity and the hours it will activate.