OK, you asked Phillip, so nobody wanted to answer for him. Please, don't forget Phillip has day job, family and other things to do.
As for your question, and if you don't mind my answering, you are absolutely right, when 4 hour shows TC go to the 1 hour and wait here for TC too for early entry, as move can be too fast to enter after 4 hour candle close. Then when the rules of the 4 hour MACD Strategy will be in your "blood" , you'll anticipate certain price moves and then you'll take other signals on 1 hour like RT and others. But, be very careful, there is too much temptation on the one hour, I still very rarely trade from 1 hour, as I had too many losses there. It's all the matter of personal preferences.
To sum it up, learn 4 hour first, after success there start to look at 1 hour TC and only after success there look at more advanced entries on the 1 hour.