So how accessible is the speedtest app you use?
I need a speed testing app. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Sunday, 1 May 2016 4:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: How Do You Use iOS? I minimise the number of installed apps. This is mostly so I can easily demand refunds for newly tested apps, rather than what I used to do of impulse-buying and then regretting it much later on when the app is actually needed for something important. It also places the obligation upon me of hiding all unused apps, downloading on the phone rather than the computer, and configuring the apps immediately after setting up my phone. My usual technique is to find trustworthy developers, and then install apps by those. I don’t use location services, for privacy and battery life. I also avoid communication apps because I need peace and quiet and hate distractions. Email me or use iMessage—separates most of the noise out. :) So what apps do I have? Apart from what comes with iOS, which are all right IMO and not worth substituting, and apart from the many games which are mostly from Hosted Games LLC and Choice of Games LLC (which are all a lot of fun): 1Password password manager. AirPort Utility to control AirPort base stations from Apple. Apple Store to look up what Apple are doing and sometimes buy from them. Hungryhouse to order takeaway food (I know, I know). MacTracker to look up details about Apple’s past and present products (a little slow to update, but excellent). my giffgaff to manage my giffgaff account, an iPhone-compatible pay-as-you-go VNO in the UK. For £5 credit when signing up use https://www.giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/sgucukoglu NatWest to manage my NatWest bank account. Supports Apple Pay, though I’ve only used that online with Apple and hungryhouse. Remote from Apple to remotely control iTunes (including AirPlay) and Apple TV. Speedtest from speedtest.net for accurate speed measurements. My ISP, A&A, does not throttle or prefer them. KNFB Reader and VoiceDream were both once installed, but I now rarely use them, so they’re out. You can use Speak Screen quite effectively to replace VoiceDream Reader, and I have a dedicated Sara appliance from Freedom Scientific for reading my letters etc. The rest of it is games. Examples: The Nebula Game, AudioDefence, Choice of Romance, The Black Cat. I don’t much like RPGs. See audiogames.net for a nice list and a great forum to chat in about games. The Mac, of course, is not such a great gaming destination, but that’s what your Windows XP VM is for. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
