Mtt
Mtt

Weekly Roundup 3 - Apple Watch, Notifications, Birthday & More: mattlangford.micro.blog

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gregmoore
gregmoore

@Mtt I did the exact same thing (all notifications off until I turn them on one-by-one) last year when I got my Apple Watch and it’s made a world of difference at turning it into my exercise helper rather than an annoying alert shackle.
Good luck with your plans!

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jtr
jtr

@gregmoore “turning it into my exercise helper rather than an annoying alert shackle.” that’s a quote. I’m keeping it.

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gregmoore
gregmoore

@jtr I want more R2-D2, not C3-PO 🤣

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Mtt
Mtt

@gregmoore So far, I think that’s the right decision. In fact, I feel like everyone would enjoy it more if they started that way.

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alexwolfe
alexwolfe

@Mtt As I have an original apple watch, I don’t have notifications of any kind. Not on my phone or my ipad. I look when I need to know anything otherwise, bye y’all.

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Mtt
Mtt

@alexwolfe I’ve moved that direction a bit, but I don’t think I could fully do it. Between needing to be accessible to my wife/kids/parents, I also rely on security alerts and weather alerts.

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tylerknowsnothing
tylerknowsnothing

@Mtt Yeah. Same. Whilst I need some notifications, I don’t need all of the ones my watch supports (S6) so I go through the list and turn off everything I don’t need to hear from, then I got through all of my Background Processes list and turn off everything that doesn’t need to be running all the damned time. I get another 4-6 hours of battery life, and I just had mine replaced with a new battery with AppleCare+. Well worth it as I’ll get another 4-5 years out of it.

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Mtt
Mtt

@tylerknowsnothing Good strategy to be sure.

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jtr
jtr

@gregmoore Ha, another good one :D

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