5 Things You Need to Know Before Joining the Apple Ecosystem

Warning! It drags you in!

Dom Kwolczak
5 min readFeb 4, 2024
Photo by Igor Son on Unsplash

At the end of 2023, I decided to get a MacBook Air to replace my ageing PC. At the time I didn’t really think much of it, I just wanted a MacBook for writing blog posts, basic video editing and basic computing needs.

The M1 MacBook Air fit the bill perfectly and was well within my budget.

What I didn’t expect to happen was me fully joining the Apple ecosystem again after a two-year break.

After using the MacBook Air for a while, I decided to get an iPhone 14 Pro Max which was also available at a pretty good deal and a second-hand Apple Watch SE, which is now my daily driver.

It’s now been a month since I joined the Apple ecosystem, and I wanted to share the 5 things you need to know before joining…

1. Not all apps are cross-platform compatible

During my 2-year break from the Apple ecosystem, I quickly discovered the pain of certain apps not being available on Windows and Android.

It meant that I had to find suitable alternatives that worked for me and allowed me to stay productive.

Things 3 is an excellent example of this, as I had built up a system that worked…

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Dom Kwolczak

I'm Dom, a tech and productivity enthusiast living in the UK. I share stories about my experience with tech, reviews, tips and more. www.beacons.ai/techwithdom