Everything I Use
Every piece of technology I use, in one convenient spot.
I'm going to share everything I use on a daily basis to work, be productive, and relax.
The Hardware
- Laptop: 16" M1 Pro MacBook Pro 16 GB RAM
- Phone: iPhone 14 Pro (Base Model)
- Watch: Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS) 45mm Case
- Steam Deck: Gaming PC Replacement
- Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech G915 TKL Keyboard, a Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed Mouse, and a SteelSeries Mousepad
- Headphones: HyperX Cloud Flight Headphones, Airpods Gen1
- Speaker: Homepod Mini
- Monitor: AOC CQ27G2 27", Some Junkyard Special for a Secondary Display, iPad 6 in Sidecar
- Microphone/Webcam: Samson Satellite / Logitech C922
- Kindle Paperwhite for reading
- iPod 5.5 Gen w/ 256GB Flash Mod for music
For my desk setup I also use the following accessories:
- An Anker USB-C Hub w/ an Apple USB-C Charging Cable for the true "one cable" desk setup.
- USB KVM Switch to switch USB Devices between my MacBook and my Steam Deck.
- I also keep another USB-C Hub in my bag for portable use.
The Software
A lot of my apps are cross-platform so you will see repeats. Apps will be organized by how they are laid out on my devices.
macOS
List is laid out by my Dock order, then by alphabetical.
- Brave - Browser of choice
Extensions in Brave
- Bitwarden - Password Manager (Self-Hosted from my Home Server, see my other blog post for more info)
- Dark Reader - Dark mode for every website.
- Enhancer for YouTube™ - Various YouTube Tweaks
- GoFullPage - Full Page Screen Capture
- Indie Wiki Buddy - Redirect to independent wikis instead of wikifarms
- Moderator toolbox for reddit - Quick Actions for moderating subreddits
- Reddit Enhancement Suite - A suite of modules that enhance your Reddit browsing experience
- Reddit load images directly - Self Explanatory
- Refined GitHub - Simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features
- Return YouTube Dislike - Returns ability to see dislikes
- SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships
- uBlock Origin - AdBlocker
- Unhook - Various YouTube Modifications
- Video Speed Controller - Speed up, slow down, advance and rewind HTML5 audio/video with shortcuts
- Web Scrobbler - Scrobbles on last.fm for things played in the browser (i.e. Soundcloud)
- Spotify - Music Player
- Things - To Do List
- Fantastical - Calendar
- VS Code - Code Editor
- Signal - My main messenger of choice
- Tabby - My Terminal of Choice. Shell: zsh w/ Oh My Zsh (My dotfiles here)
- Heynote - Scratch Pad for Developers
- HTTPie - Powerful CRUD API Development Tool
- Redacted - Screenshot Redactor
- Alfred - Spotlight but on crack
- AltServer - Sideloading on iOS
- AltTab - Better Alt-Tab
- Amphetamine - Prevent Sleep in certain situations
- Audacity - Audio Editor
- balenaEtcher - ISO Burner
- calibre - Get books onto my Kindle over USB
- DB Browser for SQLite
- Docker
- FileZilla - FTP Client
- GitHub Desktop
- IINA - Media Player
- MonitorControl - Controls your external display brightness and volume and shows native OSD.
- Nextcloud - File Syncing from my Home Server (think Google Drive)
- OBS - Screen Recording
- Plex - TV/Movie Streaming from my Home Server
- Prism Launcher - My Minecraft Launcher of choice
- Rectangle - Windows-like Window Management
- Scroll Reverser - Lets you have separate scroll behavior for mouses and trackpads
- TeamSpeak 3 - VOIP Client
- The Unarchiver
- TinkerTool - Deeper macOS customization
- UTM - Virtual Machines
- Vanilla - Clean Menu Bar
iPhone
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I do a couple of weird things on my Phone. Mainly I keep it in Grayscale (unless using Camera/Photos), Do Not Disturb, and Low Power Mode 24/7. For more information, check out my blog post.
Phone Apps
Dock:
- Things - To Do List
- Fantastical - Calendar
- Notes
- Spotify - Music Player
Productivity Folder:
- Bitwarden - Password Manager (Self-Hosted from my Home Server, see my other blog post for more info)
- Safari
- Nextcloud - File Syncing from my Home Server (think Google Drive)
- CARROT - Weather
- GitHub
- Reminders
- Bank Apps
- Scanner Pro - Take photos and make them into clean PDFs
- Suunto - Syncs with my Scuba Diving Watch for statistics, as well as being my dive log
- SSI - Open Water Certification
- PADI - Nx Certification
- Yubico Authenticator
- ntfy - Notifications from my Home Server
- Countdown - Widgets
- AutoSleep - Sleep Tracking
- Streaks - Habit Forming
Social Folder:
- Snapchat
- Signal
- YouTube
- Last.fm - Music Statistics (My Profile)
- Plex - TV/Movie Streaming from my Home Server
The Services
While most of my services are self hosted (aka: I run them on my own server at home)
I do still use some online services.
Mainly:
- YouTube, Spotify for entertainment
- Reddit, Hacker News for reading/news/entertainment
- Cloudflare/Namecheap for website management
- Last.fm - Music Statistics (My Profile)
- Zoho - Email Service
And that's about it. That's most if not everything I use on a daily basis (at least that's technology related!)
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