Efficiency tools are as important as life. What's in the mobile phone of international students?

Don't recite words &; Aurora dictionary

First of all, don't recite words and aurora dictionaries. For college dogs, Band 4 has a basic hand, and Band 6 still needs to be tested. Originally, the word search was based on Tao. After putting up with advertisements and all kinds of unimportant things for a while, I got angry and changed to Bing Dictionary. But every time I need to go back to the main screen and click on the application to look up words, I still feel inconvenient. Trying to use workflow didn't solve my needs well. It was not until I met Aurora, one of the ethnic minorities, that I found that searching words could be so simple and convenient.

I just need something to look up words for translation. Why do so many apps like to be "masters"? I don't need to push English chicken soup every day, and I don't need to recommend any training information. I just need to be able to find out the meaning of new words the first time I see them.

Aurora dictionary supports Spotlight search, and with the ubiquitous search function of iOS 10, the efficiency is really improved.

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In addition, compared with some apps that directly use machine translation, Aurora Dictionary has a relatively high quality for sentence translation.

Reed & ampInstapaper

I have many information reading applications, but I limit myself to spend no more than 2 hours on these applications every day. Reeder subscribes to some news, design, photography and digital related information, and takes a look at it before or after class every day. If you don't have time to watch it, you can save it in Instapaper and watch it again when you have time.

Simple reading is a great application of reading novels. The reason for choosing it is to achieve the ultimate reading function, and also to transmit txt via Wi-Fi. Other reading applications involve some information such as home improvement, dress and purchase. Although there are not many points, they are all reserved because of need.

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reminder

For GTD application, I chose the native "Reminder" of the system. I have tried some famous GTD applications, such as Wonder List, Clear, Things and so on. But I find these too complicated or overlapping functions for me. When I finish a job, I just "write down things-set a deadline-take action-finish things", so I just need a lightweight event management, which can remind myself not to forget things and urge myself to finish the job within the specified time limit.

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Another thing about choosing reminders is that you can synchronize seamlessly with iCloud. Write a to-do item on the iPhone, and the Mac will receive it immediately. When I sit down in front of the computer and see an unfinished paper hanging in the upper left corner, I will open Ulysses instead of iQiyi.

Crazy tomato

So how to avoid distractions when writing? My solution is Tomato Clock+do not disturb mode. The related application in tomato cultivation technology is similar. I chose crazy tomatoes, and the App Store sells 6 yuan. His advantage is that it is simple and easy to use, with a report on the time of use and no advertisements, which just meets the pain point of my choice of application, so I bought it without hesitation.

When I need to start a job, I will turn on the do not disturb mode, then turn on the Crazy Tomato to start the timer, and then put it on the iPhone Dock on the left side of the monitor to officially start work.

The only way to finish the work efficiently is to refuse the outside interference and immerse yourself in the current work.

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spark

Choosing Spark as the reason for email management will be even more wonderful, and that is "beautiful". Moreover, I can put the unread email notification on the top for my review, and I can also mark read, star, top and delete with simple gestures, which is really convenient. As for the slow reception mentioned by someone before, I haven't found this problem so far. Maybe there are not many people who use email around.

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Ulysses detector

My iPhone, iPad and Mac all have Ulysses installed, which is specially used to write official WeChat account. After writing, it can be exported to HTML format, and can be directly copied to the official WeChat account for editing. Simply adjusting the font size and line spacing can make a simple and beautiful push.

Ulysses on the iPhone mostly acts as an inspiration record. For example, I suddenly thought of a push inspiration at a certain moment, so I can take out my iPhone and write a general paragraph in Ulysses, and then go back to my dormitory and continue editing with my Mac until all the inspiration is transformed into the article I want to write down. IPad is to deal with some pushes urgently when I don't have enough time to edit with Mac.

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bear

Bear takes notes specially. As a note-taking application, Bear is my favorite, which is not only high in value, but also easy to use. It also supports the native synchronization of iCloud, which is slightly slower than Ulysses, but it is enough for me. After downloading the experience, I bought a one-year subscription without hesitation.

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Scan almighty king &; File 5

Scanning the almighty king is simply a weapon to shoot PPT. Use Documents 5 to scan the PPT of the teacher's class, then export it to PDF and throw it into Documents 5. Some important notes are converted into words by OCR function and recorded in Bear for future reference.

Or when reading a book, I saw a great passage, scanned it, and then OCR recognized it as text and copied it into Ulysses. Gradually, an excerpt can be accumulated in Ulysses.

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▍ Auxiliary application

Money Pro is used to record daily expenses; The assistant of WeChat official account is convenient for him to check the replies and messages of WeChat official account at any time, and occasionally it is used to send some messages in groups; I don't need to say more about the workflow of the workpiece. There should be no one in my circle who doesn't know.

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▍ Use the notification center

The notification center is also a place that can be used. I use it to get weather information, look at today's weather before going out, and then decide what clothes to wear and whether to bring an umbrella. I don't know how to match it. Wear it at the bottom and you'll tell me. Then look at what classes to take in the future and find out the books you need from the bookcase. Get ready, put on your schoolbag, and turn off the desk lamp on the desktop with Widget to avoid wasting electricity.

On the way to the queue, I saw a good tweet on WeChat. If I want to save it for further study, I will use the workflow Widget to save it in Instapaper to avoid missing my excellent ideas.