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Hello, I’m Michael Sliwinski, founder of Nozbe - to-do app for business owners and their teams. I write essays, books, work on projects and I podcast for you using #iPadOnly in #NoOffice as I believe that work is not a place you go to, it’s a thing you do.

📱 iPadOnly

I’m using the iPad as my main computing device since 2012. It started with the retina iPad 3, a year later I wrote the #iPadOnly book on an iPad 4 and as I upgraded my iPads, now I’m working on the iPad Pro 13. Basically, I’m showing how an iPad is a real computer.

🎙 📱 🎬 No Office FM #50: Small Habits - Big Wins

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 /noofficefm-50/

Last week was a special podcast episode as I was recording in the same room with Magda, as we met on Nozbe Reunion. We talk about habits and it’s a very juicy episode! Listen up:


📱 🔗 How to download YouTube videos using YT-DLP and a-Shell on the iPad

Thursday, September 26, 2024 /ytd/

A few years back I wrote a tutorial how to download videos to the iPad using youtube-dl and a-Shell app but it stopped working because of a court order. Luckily there’s a fork of this called YT-DLP which you can use again. Here’s how it works:

How to download YouTube videos using YT-DLP and a-Shell on the iPad


📱 ⭐️ 5G - 5 reasons for getting a cellular iPad

Thursday, July 18, 2024 /cellular/

As an iPad fan, the person who uses iPad as the main computer and who loves working on an iPad and who just happily upgraded to the M4 iPad Pro, I get asked a lot about choosing the best configured iPad for people’s needs. Recently I’ve been asked whether it’s worth it to upgrade to the “cellular” model. My answer in most cases is YES and here’s why:

5G - 5 reasons for getting a cellular iPad


📱 ⭐️ A happy month with 13” M4 iPad Pro - thinness changes the device!

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 /ipadm4/

As a devout #iPadOnly user, I’ve posted my first and second impressions of the new iPads but now that I’ve lived with one for almost a month, I can offer a better verdict… and it’s very positive! The new 13” M4 iPad Pro is something else! Here’s why:

A happy month with 13” M4 iPad Pro - thinness changes the device!


📱 ✔️ ⭐️ How can I be so productive on the iPad?

Thursday, May 30, 2024 /ipadp/

Despite my claims that the iPad Pro to me is the most versatile computer in the world, people still can’t believe I can get most of my work done on the iPad. I know the iPadOS is lacking when compared to the MacOS and it’s severely limited. Yet, I still prefer it and I get stuff done on the iPad with lots of joy, here’s why:

How can I be so productive on the iPad?


📱 Second impressions of the all-new M4 13” iPad Pro - it’s thin and light!

Friday, May 17, 2024 /ipad24pro/

Last week I posted my first impressions on the new 13” iPad Pro and since I’m still happy with my current, almost-three-year-old M1 iPad Pro, I’ve decided to wait up until the first reviews show up and the iPad is on sale so I can touch it and feel the difference. I’m impressed:

Second impressions of the all-new M4 13” iPad Pro - it’s thin and light!


📱 🍎 New iPad Pros announced - first impressions!

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 /ipad24/

Yesterday Apple unveiled the new iPad Airs and iPad Pros and since my current (awesome) iPad Pro 13” is going to turn 3 years old in 2 months, I’m searching for a reason to replace it with a new one. That being said, my 3 year-old iPad Pro is awesome. I completely don’t need to replace it. But maybe I want to? Let’s see:

New iPad Pros announced - first impressions!


🖋 📱 🔗 ⭐️ Journaling Shortcut version 3 - simplified, improved and with Apple Notes support

Monday, October 16, 2023 /journal3/

I love Journaling and have been since 2016 using a custom Workflow and later Siri Shortcuts. Every once in a while I’ve been tweaking my Journaling Shortcut, most recently last year. However, everything can be improved and this summer as I’ve been preparing a stand-alone Gratitude Siri Shortcut I’ve decided to also upgrade my Journaling shortcut and most importantly - add Apple Notes support. Here’s what’s improved and why you should start journaling if you haven’t already:

Journaling Shortcut version 3 - simplified, improved and with Apple Notes support


📱 ⭐️ Why I must work on the iPad - the most versatile computer ever - M1 iPad Pro 13” review after 2 years

Thursday, September 14, 2023 /ipadv/

People still ask me why after more than a decade I’m still working mainly on the iPad. They ask me how I can do it. The thing is, not only I can do it, but I must do it. I wouldn’t be able to work on anything else. My iPad Pro 13” is the most versatile computer ever and I can’t live without it. In most cases it’s just a much better computer than any laptop or desktop out there and in this post I’m going to prove it:

Why I must work on the iPad - the most versatile computer ever - M1 iPad Pro 13” review after 2 years


🏠 📱 ⭐️ Home Office desk rearrangement - flipping monitor position, MacBook Air placement and iPad Pro setup

Thursday, May 4, 2023 /office23flip/

I keep fine-tuning my home office and after rearranging it for 2023 and working like this with the M1 MacBook Air I decided to move some things around and make some more premium room on the desk for my iPad Pro and the result is this:

Home Office desk rearrangement - flipping monitor position, MacBook Air placement and iPad Pro setup


📱 🏠 💻 ⭐️ Why I need a Mac when I’m working mostly on my iPad?

Monday, January 16, 2023 /ipadmac/

📱 A decade later - 5 apps which are still on my iPad and rocking it!

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 /apps10/

📱 🏠 Dedicated iPad corner stand-up desk in my home office

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 /ipad-corner/

📱 🖋 🔗 New Journaling and Planning Siri Shortcut to help you stay focused and productive!

Thursday, September 15, 2022 /journal22/

📱 🖋 🔗 Start journaling today with this simple (and free) Siri Shortcut!

Thursday, July 7, 2022 /journal-basic/

🍎 💻 📱 7 lives of a decade-old trusty Apple Thunderbolt Display

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 /display/

📱 iPad Pro 13” with white Magic Keyboard after 3 months - my subjective review!

Monday, November 29, 2021 /ipad13pro/

📱 The M1 13” iPad Pro with white Magic Keyboard is not as huge as I thought! My first impressions.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 /ipad13/

📱 Why I dig the updated multitasking on the iPad in iOS15 beta

Friday, June 18, 2021 /ipados15/

🤩 📱 On iPad Pros podcast geeking out about using the iPad for work

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 /ipadpros/

📱 Curlicues - note taking on infinite canvas with the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

Thursday, January 28, 2021 /curlicues/

📱 ✔️ Updated and simplified list of iPad apps that help me work #iPadOnly and get lots done on my iPad Pro 11”

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 /ipadscreen/

🚀 📱 📲 Rolling the virtual dice when playing board games! 🎲🎲

Monday, December 21, 2020 /rolling/

📱 ✔️ 🖋 🔗 Simplify journaling, daily planning and time tracking with just one Siri Shortcut and iA Writer

Thursday, December 17, 2020 /journal20/

🕹️ 📱 📲 Gadgets for a geek like me for 2020 Christmas Holiday season

Monday, November 30, 2020 /gifts20/

🚀 📲 📱 🔗 Psst… don’t tell YouTube that I created a page to watch videos without being tracked 🤫

Thursday, November 5, 2020 /youtube/

📱 🔗 How to download video and audio from YouTube using youtube-dl on the iPad

Thursday, October 15, 2020 /youtube-dl/

📱 A decade with an iPad - what a delightful computer!

Thursday, August 20, 2020 /ipad/

📱 🕹️ Backlit keyboard and more joys of using the Magic Keyboard - an accessory that makes the iPad Pro true to itself

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 /backlit/

🎬 🕹️ 📱 🎥 Magic Keyboard review - Team Productivity Show #4

Monday, April 20, 2020 /magic/

📱 🚀 The #iPadOnly book is an oldie but a goodie… and is free for you to read online!

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 /ipadonlyfree/

📱 🎬 How to correctly use a computer - the new iPad Pro with the new keyboard

Thursday, March 19, 2020 /newpro/

🏠 📱 What’s on my desk? Here’s my re-designed stand up desk for 2020.

Thursday, January 23, 2020 /desk/

🏝 😎 📱 A child to a remotely-working dad: you’re just writing random stuff!

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 /dad/

📱 My good old iPad 3 retina - the 2012 tablet that made me go #iPadOnly - is now on my wall and it works great!

Thursday, December 19, 2019 /ipad3/

📱 🎬 MKBHD goes iPadOnly and I really like his way of using the iPad!

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 /mkbhd/

✔️ 📱 🖋 🔗 How intermittent journaling and some smart Siri shortcuts help me enjoy more intentional and productive days

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 /journaling/

🏝 📱 Why in any company you should be using version control for anything - how we use Github not only for code, but also for writing!

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 /github/

📱 🎬 Video review - why I’m calling the 11” iPad Pro a “retro iPad”?

Thursday, November 15, 2018 /ipadretro/

📱 How my younger self convinced me to go with the smaller 11” iPad Pro

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 /whichipad/

📱 📲 Quirks and issues when migrating to a new iOS device (case of iPad Pro 11” & iPhone XS)

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 /newdevice/

📱 ✔️ 🖋 Workflows that build regular habits and help me get stuff done quicker

Thursday, February 1, 2018 /workflows/

🕹️ 📱 iPadOnly podcast recording set – how to travel & record podcasts with great quality and minimum equipment

Monday, September 18, 2017 /recording/

🕹️ 📱 Essential iPad Pro accessories for an #iPadOnly life

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 /ipadstuff/

📱 👨🏼‍💻 Being #iPadOnly on 10.5” – is the new iPad Pro with iOS11 finally a serious setup for work?

Monday, August 7, 2017 /ipadwork/

📱 How setting up a new iPad Pro for work is an exercise in minimalism and focus

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 /newipad/

📱 7 Reasons why switching to the iPad as your main computer is not just about the iPad Pro and iOS11…

Monday, June 19, 2017 /ipadnow/

📱 ✔️ A complete list of iPad apps that let me be #iPadOnly

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 /ipadapps/

📱 👨🏼‍💻 How “baby” iPad Pro became my computer of the year 2016

Monday, November 28, 2016 /babyipad/

📱 👨🏼‍💻 There are two iPads: a big one, and a small one. But which one is better for me?

Thursday, October 13, 2016 /twoipads/

📱 👨🏼‍💻 It’s been 4 years since I went #iPadOnly but the real era of iPads has just begun

Thursday, August 4, 2016 /scrivener/

👨🏼‍💻 📲 📱 New features in iOS10 and macOS Sierra that will help boost your productivity

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 /sierra/

🕹️ 👨🏼‍💻 📱 What my new iPad Pro with Smart Keyboard taught me about productivity

Monday, April 18, 2016 /ipadprokeyboard/

📱 Using a software keyboard on an iPad Pro in a vertical mode. With Smart Cover!

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 /ipadprokey/

📱 💻 Can the iPad Pro substitute a laptop? Well… Yes. And No.

Monday, November 23, 2015 /ipadpromac/

🕹️ 📱 Using my age-old Zagg keyboard with my iPad Pro

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 /ipadproz/

📱 After unboxing the iPad Pro - first impressions: it’s huge (duh!)

Saturday, November 14, 2015 /ipadpro1/

📱 Web browsing is dead on mobile? Or how I planned my vacation on my iPad without the web…

Thursday, October 22, 2015 /browsing/

👨🏼‍💻 📱 Who is iPad Pro for? Me or you?

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 /who-ipad/

📱 Hello, I’m Michael and I have 5 iPads…

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 /myipads/

📱 👨🏼‍💻 Two apps on the iPad… How will iOS9 influence the “iPad Only” work?

Thursday, July 23, 2015 /ios9-ipadonly/

📱 My iPad setup. And accessories. How I get things done on my iOS devices.

Thursday, July 9, 2015 /ipadsetup/

📱 😎 Dad, let’s go to the “iPad store” please! (Or how our children embrace touch devices…)

Saturday, March 14, 2015 /ipad-store/

👨🏼‍💻 📱 This tablet “works” - why iPad is perfect for work, study and entertainment

Thursday, March 12, 2015 /tablet-works/

📱 📲 ✏️ Will a new 5,5” iPhone convert people to not only #iPadOnly, but more #iPhoneOnly?

Tuesday, September 9, 2014 /iphoneonly/

📱 📽 🎬 Why I’m working only on my iPad? Quick, pecha-kucha, 6min explanation by yours truly - Productive! Show #76

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 /why-ipadonly/

📱 💻 👨🏼‍💻 ✏️ iPad Pro? No, we don’t need a hybrid but better processes and apps (and more RAM)

Monday, May 26, 2014 /ipad-pro/

📱 📽 🎬 My favorite iPad keyboards & stands - Productive!Show #67

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 /ipad-accessories/

📽 🕹️ 📱 🎬 My slim iPad Air gadget bag - Productive!Show #64

Thursday, February 6, 2014 /ipad-air-bag/

📱 ✏️ iPad is just a PC? A kinda PC without keyboard? Or is it?

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 /ipad-pc/

📱 📽 🎬 Unboxing the iPad Air and first impressions - Productive! Show #57

Thursday, November 7, 2013 /ipadair-show/

📱 📖 ✏️ You don’t need permission to change the world: how I co-authored, self-published and best-seller’ed my first book

Thursday, August 8, 2013 /author/

📱 📽 🎬 New Show - #iPadOnly book - which iPad (mini or Retina) to choose as your main computer to be most productive?

Friday, July 19, 2013 /which-ipad/

📱 📽 🎬 #iPadOnly book show - interview with my co-author: Augusto Pinaud - Productive Show #54

Thursday, July 11, 2013 /ipadonlyshow/

📱 📖 How I wrote the #iPadOnly book with Augusto Pinaud

Friday, June 21, 2013 /ipadonlybook/

📱 ✏️ Mini or Maxi? Which iPad is good for you?

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 /ipadmini/

🌎 📱 It’s been only three years since unveiling and now it’s my main machine: The iPad

Thursday, April 4, 2013 /ipad-3-years/

📱 ✏️ Part 18 - My life in the cloud thanks to the iPad

Friday, January 18, 2013 /ipad-cloud/

📱 💼 ✏️ Who can do their day job effectively on the iPad?

Friday, January 11, 2013 /ipadonly-jobs/

😎 📱 ✏️ Syncing family in the cloud - two ways to set up iCloud with your spouse

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 /ifamily/

📱 💻 ✏️ Part 16 - why I (still need a Mac Mini - iPad as my main computer

Monday, October 22, 2012 /part-16-why-i-still-need-a-mac-mini-ipad-as-m/

📱 ✏️ Part 15 - why iPhone matters - iPad as my main computer

Monday, September 17, 2012 /part-15-why-iphone-matters-ipad-as-my-main-co/

📱 ✏️ Part 14 - AppleTV air-plays magically - iPad as my main computer

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 /part-14-appletv-air-plays-magically-ipad-as-m/

📱 ✏️ Part 13 - KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid! - iPad as my main computer

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 /part-13-kiss-keep-it-simple-stupid-ipad-as-my/

📱 ✏️ Part 12 - web sites as apps (appification? - iPad as my main computer

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 /part-12-web-sites-as-apps-appification-ipad-a/

📱 ✏️ Part 11 - Docs and Spreadsheets and Mountain Lion - iPad as my main computer

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 /part-11-docs-and-spreadsheets-and-mountain-li/

📱 📽 🎬 My must-have iPad accessories for the road (Productive! Show #47) vs Steve Wozniak’s bag

Thursday, July 12, 2012 /my-must-have-ipad-accessories-for-the-road-productive-magazine-show-47/

📱 ✏️ How I use Evernote

Thursday, July 12, 2012 /how-i-use-evernote/

📱 ✏️ Part 10 - They Keyboard, or the lack of it - iPad as my main computer

Friday, June 15, 2012 /part-10-they-keyboard-or-the-lack-of-it-ipad/

📱 ✏️ Part 9 - Social Media - iPad as my main computer

Monday, June 11, 2012 /part-9-social-media-ipad-as-my-main-computer/

📱 ✏️ Part 8 - The back-end magic - iPad as my main computer

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 /part-8-the-back-end-magic-ipad-as-my-main-com/

📱 Part 7 - Simplifications and Annoyances - iPad as my main computer

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 /part-7-simplifications-and-annoyances-ipad-as/

📱 Part 6 - Portability and Fun - iPad as my main computer

Friday, May 11, 2012 /part-6-portability-and-fun-ipad-as-my-main-co/

📱 ✈️ Part 5 - Traveling - iPad as my main computer

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 /part-5-traveling-ipad-as-my-main-computer/

📱 Part 4 - Email, clouds and APIs - iPad as my main computer

Friday, April 20, 2012 /part-4-email-clouds-and-apis-ipad-as-my-main/

📱 Part 3 - Designing Flows and a HomeScreen - iPad as my main computer

Monday, April 16, 2012 /part-3-designing-flows-ipad-as-my-main-comput/

📱 Part 2 - Writing - iPad as my main computer

Friday, April 13, 2012 /part-2-writing-ipad-as-my-main-computer/

📱 Part 1 - the Clouds - iPad as my main computer

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 /part-1-the-clouds-ipad-as-my-main-computer/

📱 iPad as my main computer - prologue

Sunday, April 8, 2012 /ipad-as-my-main-computer-prologue/

📙 📱 Productive! Magazine iPad app tops Appstore charts! Thank you!

Friday, February 25, 2011 /productive-magazine-ipad-app-tops-appstore-charts-thank-you/

📙 📱 Productive Magazine #6 iPad app with #5 inside :-)

Thursday, December 23, 2010 /productive-magazine-6-ipad-app-with-5-inside/

🍎 💻 📱 Dear Apple - iPad is NOT a personal device like iPhone

Monday, November 15, 2010 /dear-apple-ipad-is-not-a-personal-device-like/

📙 📱 🎬 Productive Magazine iPad App - perfect reading experience on the iPad

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 /productive-magazine-ipad-app-perfect-reading-experience-on-the-ipad/

🍎 📱 💻 I have to admit this - 5 reasons why iPad is the future of computing

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 /i-have-to-admit-this-5-reasons-why-ipad-is-th/

📱 💻 IMDB - how Apple’s iPhone or iPad interface makes ugly web site beautiful

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 /imdb-how-apples-iphone-or-ipad-interface-make/

📱 Avatar - massive usage of Apple iPads and Touch Computing

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 /avatar-massive-usage-of-apple-ipads-and-touch/

🍎 📱 7 ways the new Apple iPad will increase your productivity

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 /7-ways-the-new-apple-ipad-will-increase-your/