hello it's seo from tbhstudying and today i'm here
with a what's on my ipad video and how i optimize my ipad for productivity
this video is sponsored by nordgreen so thank you so much
and before we get into the video let's talk about what nordgreen actually is
if you haven't heard of nordgreen it is a scandinavian watch company based in denmark.
their watches are all very sleek, modern and minimalistic which makes them so easy to pair with any kind of outfit
there are a number of different designs and straps that you can pair with
different watch designs. i myself have the native watch with the
rose gold mesh strap and the white background
and i also have the black leather strap that i can exchange with a mesh strap if
i want to change things up a little bit. my favorite thing about nordgreen is
that all of their watches are ethically made in danish owned and union certified factories
and their packaging is eco-friendly and made with upcycled plastic and fsc-certified cartons
they also use carbon neutral transportation and i
especially like their giving back program partnered with global ngos like
water for good and coolearth. you can pick which cause
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so if you're interested, you can check out the link in my description box
and again thank you to nordgreen for sponsoring this video
now for my ipad! i have an ipad pro in the 11 inch size with the second
generation apple pencil. it's in a silicone case that my roommate
gifted to me, and my ipad is a speck case with a
bunch of stickers on it and i have a random cheap matte screen protector on top of it
i'll leave in the links to everything that i have in the description down below if you're interested
the first page is the default apps that the ipad came with
i did delete some of the more useless things to me such as contacts, facetime
and photo booth. this is mostly because i try to keep
everything on my ipad school-related to boost my productivity
and keep myself from getting distracted during class or when i study
that includes facetime and i also disabled imessage
i think the default apps that i use the most are probably the calendar
and the reminders and the settings to, i don't know, change my wallpaper if i want to
next we have my main page as well as my most used apps which is good notes 5.
i've already made a tutorial as to how i format and take notes on my ipad and i'll link the video down below
however goodnotes 5 is what i've used to take notes ever since i got the ipad
that along with my apple pencil and my matte screen protector has been my main
go-to for lecture notes. the matte screen protector really helps
ease the feeling of writing on the ipad compared to just writing directly on the
glass screen and i love the little magnification box
that goodnotes gives as well as the little templates that
they always offer you and the different customization for the covers
next we have procreate which is the app that i use to make my youtube thumbnails
as well as the app that i use to make calligraphy headers for my notes
it's a fairly self-explanatory and intuitive app especially compared to
photoshop which is what i was using prior to getting an ipad
after that i have google drive. this is primarily what i use to store all of my
academic files. my notes from goodnotes all back up to
my google drive and i use my drive forstoring lab reports
pdfs of my textbook essays and academic papers my resumes etc. i have the accompanying docs
sheets and slide app as well. i like google drive because i can access it
from any device as long as i have internet connection and it automatically saves without much hassle
duo mobile is the security app that my school uses and i need it to verify my login accesses
solstice client is the software that my school uses to airplay
and i can use it to broadcast my screen to the tvs and monitors in the academic buildings
moodle is a website that my school uses to host class documents and files.
i think it's like the equivalent to what i believe is called blackboard and canvas etc.
gmail is for, well, email but i do prefer using the gmail
app rather than the mail app since i'm more used to the layout there
and i prefer the little shortcuts that i can manually input and customize for myself
i keep youtube on my ipad so i can
look up tutorials for classes and i remember using it a lot to watch
organic chemistry tutorials but also i do use youtube to watch chloe ting
videos and use that to exercise.
zoom is for attending online classes
sometimes my laptop's zoom crashes so i have to use zoom on my ipad which is
rough but at least i can still take notes on my paper
and scan them if i have to and i can still see the powerpoint slide that my
professor is using with relative clarity compared to something like zoom on my iphone
spotify is not necessarily a productivity app but i do
like listening to music when i study. my recent go to playlist has been my
"don't fail orgo" playlist which has now been mentally extended over to
"don't fail physics" since that's the course i'm taking this summer
and netflix is decidedly not a productivity app but i keep it on here
because i prefer to watch netflix on my ipad in bed
and i can't just start watching netflix in lecture while i take notes even
with split screen or with headphones. it's just harder to get away with and
finally i don't have it on my ipad. currently but i've been waffling over
notion or like just whether or not i really want to use it
i'm not a digital planner by nature but i've been trying to test out different
templates and things like that, so i've been deleting it on and off my ipad just to see
now how i use my ipad for productivity is built around a few foundational things
first off, i know that putting apps like twitter, instagram, tumblr, discord, reddit, you name it
all of those kinds of apps will simply distract me. during particularly boring lectures in
first semester, i just ended up going on discord and instagram and that resulted
in me ignoring the professor and not learning
and getting as much as i could out of the lecture
based on that i deleted all of the unnecessary apps i use for fun
off my ipad and if i want to access those apps i'll just have to use my phone
and for me my phone is much easier to put away and to keep myself from getting
distracted on so this helps ensure that i'll stay on track while i'm in lecture or while i'm studying
second i found that for me personally,
having too many apps whether that be on my iphone or ipad was just distracting for me
because of that i strive to keep all of my apps on one page of my ipad without having to scroll to the next page
not only does that help me keep track of my apps, it means that i can find them
and access them easily. that saves time on me having to search
for the app or having to scroll through multiple pages for the app
third, i adapt my work on the ipad to suit my other technology and my
pre-existing methods of organization rather than the other way around
i am a windows girl through and through and although ipads tend to work best
within an ios environment with other macbooks and iphones
i make it work by using google drive which is accessible for both windows and mac
i redirect everything there and update my settings on apps so that they use google drive
as a storage and backup space rather than icloud. again like i said, google drive automatically updates and saves
everything and also i like that i can share it with other people which is helpful for group projects so
that's what i've been primarily using.
so that is how i set up my ipad, thank you so much for watching and
thank you to nordgreen for sponsoring this video
again if you're interested in looking at some of nordgreen's watches
feel free to click the link down below in my description box
thank you so much for watching and i will see you in the next video. bye!