All Things Mac/ Apple

[chrisjohnnick]

So I tried an Apple Watch maybe 5 or so years ago and thought it wasn't for me. I know there have been many new versions and such since then. Am I missing anything? Wondering if I should step to one and try it again.

[seawolf]

@chrisjohnnick I don’t know about you, but I’m having serious notification fatigue lately. I can’t stand the constant notifications from apps on my phone, and I don’t need them from my watch either. I wear my Apple Watch when I’m cycling in case I crash and need help, but beyond that, it’s pretty worthless to me. I think we’ll all be better off without more devices in our lives. Long live the stupid watch! My mechanical watch tells me the time, and nothing more. It’s perfect.

[louisbosco]

if you have health issues that the watch can monitor and help you, that's good. but otherwise, it's a glorified phone on your wrist..

my mom got one 5 years ago as she had some heart issues, which the watch has come in handy for in terms of doing and ECG, monitor your blood oxygen levels etc.

[seawolf]

@louisbosco I can understand wearing one for monitoring health, but I would need notifications to be off, or it’s not going to work for me.

[Giles]

@seawolf said in All Things Mac/ Apple:

My mechanical watch tells me the time, and nothing more. It’s perfect.

I like having the date too

[anodyne]

I love my Apple Watch Ultra ... but fitness/exercise is a huge part of my life these days. Notifications can be managed to be as little/much as desired. *My job is also managing Apple devices (MDM) at scale for work, so there's that.

[seawolf]

@Giles I also like having a date, but on my daily driver, it's a no-date face and I've come to really enjoy its simplicity and the symmetry of it. I don't miss having a date on this particular watch, but when I wear one with a date window, I always appreciate it.

[chrisjohnnick]

Yea I've definitely gotten over notifications. I've removed social media and all that crap from my phone. I also turned off all notifications from everything except calls or text messages. Most of my people know that if they want to get me quickest, just call me.

That's about where I was with the apple watches, though. I don't care about the health and sleep trackers, and only would really use it to quickly answer messages. I remember thinking it was going to be a game changer for listen to music, but I remember spotify being really clunky on it.

[Brian]

Want to send you notifications and wants to know location
Gets turned off straight away

[anodyne]

Besides health/fitness (Athlytic app), my MVP apps are timers/alarms because I'm a busy OLD man.