My lock screen shows a photo that I took of the fire tower on Mt. I think if I had an Apple Watch I would still be reaching into my pocket all the time because the iPhone is faster and can do so much more. Make it easier to hold, I’d rather thicken it with a larger battery than an inert case.ĭo you have an Apple Watch? Show us your watch face tell us about it. The iPhone 6s is just not comfortable to hold without a case, and cases are bulky and sticky in my pocket. I would make the iPhone thicker and less rounded–more like the iPhone 5s shape. I would make iCloud and iTunes backups more granular, so that people could, for example, restore the data for a single app without overwriting everything else on the device. I’d also allow sideloading of apps that aren’t in the store. I would make lots of changes to the App Store: trials, upgrades, faster and more consistent App Review, a way for customers and developers to communicate.
I would put more of the software focus on fixing bugs. If you were in charge at Apple, what would you add or change? Otherwise, in terms of hardware features: the camera, GPS, and Touch ID. Well, I think the magic is in the combination of features all in one device that fits in my pocket. What is your favorite feature of the iPhone? Right now I’m using Fantastical and Apple’s Batteries and Find Friends widgets. I have not found that I use Today View very much now that Touch ID is so fast. What Today View widgets are you using and why? There are lots of interesting software ideas that don’t really fit into iOS’s idea of apps. I wish iOS were more open so that it would be possible to write an app to answer this question, e.g. How many times a day do you use your iPhone/iPad? Of course, I’d like to bring SpamSieve and EagleFiler to iOS. I’ve tried lots of alternatives to the built-in Camera app, but they all seem to be slower and/or harder to use. I’d like a camera app that can lock the HDR feature on. I want Apple to make the Videos app much better or add APIs so that third-party developers can make an alternative, the way I can use Ecoute instead of Music. That’s not possible, but Apple is adding Night Shift in iOS 9.3. I definitely could spend more time reading with the Instapaper and Kindle apps.įor years, I’ve wanted f.lux to be in the App Store. I’ve been entering my weight into Health but otherwise haven’t done much with the app. I have Workflow installed but haven’t had a chance to do anything with it. What app do you know you’re underutilizing? Rain also makes me productive by helping me to sleep. Of course, I also use OmniFocus as a checklist for the things I’m doing.ġPassword, Editorial, and Readdle Documents are great for accessing my account information and files of various kinds. TextExpander touch is a great help here I don’t have it on my home screen because I pretty much always use it from within OmniFocus. From the iPhone, I use it to collect ideas and notes throughout the day, which I usually process on my Mac. OmniFocus is the most important app that I use. I feel a bit guilty using Overcast because there are always new podcast episodes, and so I feel like I’m not making enough time for music anymore. Both are very useful, of course, but I spend more time in them than I probably should. It’s amazing how much the quality has improved since the first iPhone. It’s both easier (single tap for common times) and more powerful (names, multiple times running at once).
They provide basically the same functionality as the built-in Calendar and Weather apps, but the information is presented in a much better way. I really admire Fantastical and Weather Line.