Apple
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It’s MY iPAD, let me delete stuff!
Dear Apple, I can remove apps from my iPad, except the Photos app (there may be others but my issue is with the Photos app). I don’t sync my iCloud Photos to my iPad. I don’t use it for that, it’s purely as a consumption device. I watch movies and TV shows on it. I…
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Importing Day One to Apple Journal
I’ve journaled in Day One for about 15 years now. Over that time I’ve tried many different approaches; focusing on gratitude (3 things that sparked joy), a Today I Will/How Was Today? duo entries system, through to a return to my preferred brain dump approach. It took me a long time to get to a…
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Apple Apps are rubbish
“Patience, my young Padawan” is not actually a line used in any Star Wars movie. It is, however, something that seems to be in dwindling supply online. The prevailing culture is one of everything now. The technology train is leaving for productivity town, so hop aboard for the next update, the next feature, the next…
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Why Digital Detox?
Since late last year I have been slowly (very slowly) removing digital artefacts from a few places in my life. It partly goes hand in hand with the death plan I’m building —more on that later— and partly just a reaction to my loathing of having too much clutter, something that feels like a constant…
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From Napster to iPod to Music
I’ve had this post in draft since March 2021, no doubt triggered by an article about iPods or MP3s ‘back in the day’. As is the case with these things, I’ve recently stumbled across a few different posts which all harken back, and touch upon, some of my own thoughts that I never fully fleshed…
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Default Apps 2026
I’ve had a running list of apps that I’ve used on my various Macs over the years, I’ve mostly just copied and pasted the post and updated things as and when I change my ‘system’ (god I hate that term). Then I stumbled upon this App Defaults post and thought it would be a good…