Uses
In the spirit of uses.tech and the App Defaults pages that Robb Knight compiled following episode 097 of the Hemispheric Views podcast, this is a list of things I use on a semi-regular basis.
Hardware
- Personal: 2024 MacBook Pro, M4 Pro, 1TB storage, 24GB memory
Work: 2023 M2 MacBook Air, 256 GB storage, 8GB memory - M2 iPad Pro 12.9", 1TB storage, 16GB memory
- Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, 1st gen
- Personal: iPhone 17 Pro Max, 1TB, Cosmic Orange w/ Blue TechWoven case
To play with: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, 512GB storage
Work (against my will): iPhone 13, 128GB storage - Apple Watch Ultra 3
- AirPods Pro 3
- AirPods Max (very rarely; they essentially collect dust)
Software/Apps
- Libro.fm* and Apple Books (for now)
- Brave (and, as needed, Safari)
Chrome (required for work) - Fantastical
Google Calendar (required for work) - Camera (iOS) (occasionally Halide)
- Contacts (Apple) and Cardhop
- Fastmail and Proton Mail (personal)
GMail (required for work) - Messages (Apple) and Signal
- Marvis Pro (for Apple Music) and Qobuz
- Apple Maps and Waze
Magic Earth (a privacy-first navigation app) - Obsidian (occasionally Apple Notes as needed)
- 1Password (trying to switch to Apple Passwords and Uplock)
- Apple Photos
- Overcast (trying to switch to Apple Podcasts)
- Tapestry by Iconfactory
- Mona for Mastodon (while Ivory is on hiatus and not being actively updated)
- iCloud Drive and Proton Drive
- OmniFocus
Every Day Carry Analog Items
- Pentel Quicker Clicker pencil
- LEUCHTTURM1917 notebook
- Various fountain pens
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