Apple Tech

iCloud Is a Trap

I pay £8.99 a month for storage I’ll never fully own. Here’s the exit plan I wish I’d built three years ago.

Your iPhone Was Never Set Up for You

Thirteen default settings I changed in one evening, and why the phone felt like mine afterwards.

I Stopped Setting Up My iPhone. That Is When It Started Working.

For years I did the work by hand. iOS 26 quietly took three of those jobs off me, and did them better than I ever did.

I Deleted WhatsApp and Just Used iMessage Properly

Everyone told me it couldn’t be done from the UK. They were mostly right, and the part where they were wrong changed how I text.

Apple Notes Is a Scam

I escaped to Notion and rebuilt the exact same mess, just with a monthly invoice attached.

ChatGPT’s New Mac App Has Work and Codex. The Best Part Is a Six-Line File.

Skills are the only part of the new system you can own, edit and keep.

If I Were a Student Again, I’d Delete Every Study App I Owned

The system that actually runs a degree is already on your iPhone. You are just paying for worse versions of it.

I Deleted Notion and Rebuilt My Whole Life Inside Apple’s Own Apps

The second brain was never something you had to install. It was sitting on your iPhone the whole time.

I Stopped Using Safari on My Mac. Arc Wasn’t the Answer Either.

I switched to Arc for six months. Then The Browser Company decided Arc wasn’t the answer either.

I Didn’t Expect the iPhone to Ruin Android for Me

Five years later, I finally understand Apple’s obsession with simplicity.

I Spent One Weekend Building iPhone Shortcuts — and Accidentally Got My Evenings Back

I expected a few useful automations. What I got was a phone that interrupted me a lot less.

Apple Just Put Ads in Maps and Nobody Is Talking About It

Apple released iOS 26.5 this morning. The release notes call it three new features. One of them is a wallpaper.

The Apple Travel Features Most People Forget to Use

Small setups on your iPhone and AirPods that make any trip easier.

Apple Spent a Decade Making You Helpless Without It

The lock-in was never an accident. It was the product.

One Idea, One Content Week: My Apple-Only Workflow for Publishing More Without More Apps

I Was Maintaining My Productivity Apps More Than My Actual Life

Five plain iPhone Shortcuts quietly replaced the paid apps I kept forgetting to open. Here is how each one is actually built.

I Stopped Hunting for the Perfect Productivity App. My iPhone Already Had the Answer.

Four practical Apple Shortcuts workflows you can build on iOS 26 today, plus the one upgrade worth waiting for in iOS 27.

Apple Just Became the Thing It Mocked

For a decade, it sold privacy as the thing that made it different. This summer, Apple Maps starts showing you ads.

I Deleted A Few Apps and My Phone Got Faster

The home screen experiment that cut my screen time by 90 minutes a day.

I Tracked My iPhone Battery For A Year

Apple is draining your phone in ways the Battery Usage screen will never show you.