page last edited 1 month ago (to add the iphone 17)

/Uses (needs to be updated)

you can find details of the things i use on a daily basis on this slashpage. i’m not a developer, that’s why this isn’t a developer setup, but a list of devices and apps i’m using. (similar: /defaults)

iPhone

Hardware

• iPhone 17 Pro*
• Apple Watch Ultra 2
• AirPods Pro 2
• AirPods Pro 1 (for work only)

Software

• Opener – allows you to open links from the web in apps instead
• Reeder Classic - rss feed reader
• Overcast - podcast app
• Picsew - stitch screenshots together
• Ivory & Ice Cubes - mastodon clients
• Phanpy - another mastodon client
• Halide - great camera app
• Zerocam Mono - black & white camera app
• SKRWT - perspective correction of photos
• Carrot Weather - a weather app with attitude
• Bitwarden & iCloud Keychain - password manager apps
• Mango Baby - tracking activities and growth of the baby
• NextDNS - custom dns for ad-blocking
• Apple Notes - note taking and shared notes
• Drafts - where most text starts
• Waze - navigation app for real-time traffic alerts
• PDF Squeezer - little app to compress pdfs
• video for ants - little app to compress videos
• Flighty - to track flights and delays
• Instapaper - read-later app

Mac

Hardware

• MacBook Pro 16", 2021
• vintage Apple Mouse, 2003
• MacBook Air 13", 2012 (Ubuntu)

Software (incomplete)

• Firefox & Safari
• Ivory & Ice Cubes
• Apple Notes
• Apple Numbers
• AlDente
• Carrot Weather

'One Job'

many of the apps on this /uses list have one job in my workflow. i won't use a 'super app' – or an app that is bloated like telegram – for the one (1) job i need it to do, if i don't have to. i like using a simple app for a single job, so most of these apps are exactly this.

• Opener (iOS) - one of the first tools i recommend to everyone to open links from the web in their respective apps instead
• Picsew (iOS) - i wish i could use 'tailor', but its automatic screenshot stitching does not always do what i want, picsew is great to manually stitch screenshots together
• Reeder Classic (iOS, macOS) - to read rss feeds of blogs and websites as opposed to using a multitool or super app like 'tapestry' or the new reeder which have the ability to include social media, podcasts, videos, and more
• Instapaper (iOS, macOS) - simple and clean read-later-app to save posts and articles. most other apps want to save everything for later instead of just text
• Phanpy (web app) - soley for the feature to catch-up on mastodon posts
• Halide (iOS) - for taking zero processed photos
• Zerocam Mono (iOS) - for taking black & white photos
• PDF Squeezer (iOS, macOS) - little app to compress pdfs
• video for ants (iOS) - little app to compress videos
• AlDente (macOS) - battery monitoring app to change the charging limit of my all-day plugged-in macbook to 69 % instead of 100 %