iOS

My main mobile operating system

Apps

I love Apps and download a lot of them (sometimes even make my own). Usually there are at least 200 apps on my phone.

Must-Have

These Apps have to be on my phone for it to be usable to me.

  • Spotify
  • Comms: WhatsApp, Telegram, Mattermost
  • Socials: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit (not since Apollo was killed)
  • Amazon, Kickstarter (gotta keep consuming)
  • Finance Stuff (Banking, Crypto)
    • Sparkasse
    • Revolut
    • Coinbase
  • Dev
    • Working Copy (for Git on the go)
    • GitHub
    • Scriptable, Data Jar, Shortcutify (dependencies for Shortcuts)
    • Obsidian for notes editing

Games

My go-to for killing some time is Threes. I also enjoyed:

  • Blackbox
  • Candy Crush (I can stop anytime!)
  • Smash Hit
  • Bloons TD-6 … a more detailed list is in Gaming

Making Music

  • Ultimate Guitar (Chords & Lyrics for songs)
  • Audiobus
  • Loopy
  • GarageBand
  • Flip
  • AutoTune

Configuration

Home Screen

  • The first page of my home screen is mostly made up of siri-suggestion widgets, which display my most (recently) used apps
  • Depending on the current focus, the next page will display relevant apps for that mode (work, travel, …)
  • The last page are folders organized by category:
    • Productivity
    • Storage
    • Utilities
    • Devices
    • Music
    • Shortcuts
    • Entertainment
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Finance
    • Shopping
    • Dev
    • Health
    • Smart Home
    • Organization
    • Games

Focus modes

I have focuses set up for different situations:

  • Default (at home, entertainment and gaming)
  • Sleep (dark, minimal home screen)
  • Work (apps related to my workplace, block distractions)
  • Travel (quick access to travel related functions)
  • Shopping (activates in certain stores and shows my shopping list/wallet)
  • Coding (for Shortcuts development)
  • Piano (while making Music)
  • Driving

Each of these modes has a related lock screen and watch face, which automatically activate when the focus is turned on.

Control Center

Settings ⬆️ This config results in this control center view ⬇️

Result

Steps to reset the OS

  1. Update list of important apps
  2. Ensure all important data is stored to the cloud or backed up on separate device(s)
  3. Unpair Apple Watch
  4. Erase data and content
  5. Wait for device to reset
  6. Log in

Devices

iOS devices I’ve owned and their storage capacity:

See also

This file was created in Obsidian on my iPhone

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