I just received my Loop Switch 2 yesterday and tried sleeping with them. As a back sleeper, I don't have too many issues with the pressure.

But I woke up and I was lying on them. How do I avoid this happening (I don't want to lose them)?

Edit: Yes, I know they aren't supposed to be used for sleep - I don't have the money to buy multiple pairs that I'll barely use.

I've been thinking I could use some earplugs for daily and occasional sleep use. Thoughts?

Important note: I have ADHD.

I'm going back to school very soon and I often struggle with the crowded common rooms. I'm used to using my AirPods Pro 2 with noise cancellation to not get overstimulated in said common rooms whilst also being able to hold a conversation with my friends. At times, I do sleep with the AirPods too (not a big issue, as I'm a back sleeper) with added white noise, but they can die and I can also lose them. I'm trying to make better financial choices and refraining from impulse buying, so as much as I could definitely buy all the options I have in mind, I'd rather narrow it down to one product that I can use.

I've been pretty indecisive, trying to use my AirPods as my frame of reference for the feel, and was considering the Loop Switch, but I keep finding reviews that say they're chunky and unideal for smaller ears (which I have).

I keep ending up back at the Loop Engage Plus due to its versatility, but I'm also eyeing the Loop Quiet. I wonder if I should just go with the Loop Engage Plus or bundle in the Loop Quiet as well.

I have an iPad Pro M4 with the nanotexture glass texture glass, it's from 2024. I've been very thorough with keeping the ipad as protected, clean, and etc as possible. I stopped using the apple magic keyboard after I found seemingly permanent marks on the screen from it. Random seemingly permanent smudges have started appearing on the screen along with minor scratches, assuming it's dust, though I clean the screen repeatedly daily.

I do wonder if it's truly impossible to sport a screen protector, even if just a magnetic one. Or if anyone has some tips for preserving the screen? I have AppleCare+, but I'd rather keep only have to make use of it for when the battery capacity falls below 80%.

At the beginning of 2026, I switched from Noteful to Goodnotes and found that I enjoyed Goodnotes far more than Noteful. I was able to ignore or work around many of the performance issues that people usually nitpick, because what mattered to me was visual responsiveness. Back when I was using Noteful, I found that the app loaded heavier files pretty slowly and the tape feature had some bugs that I found tedious. I rarely found any latency when navigating documents on Goodnotes and I never had it mess up my files, crash unpredictably, or etc. I can live with the issues that come with GN, but I worry for my iPad's long-term battery health, and there's only so much I can do to mitigate battery drain or charge cycles. I recently bought the Classic plan for Notability and was planning to migrate until I realised that it also loaded files pretty slowly when zooming out/in, clicking hyperlinks, etc, and decided to dedicate Notability solely to studying/school.

I know that Noteful has had some updates since the start of this year and I genuinely wonder if it's worth switching back long-term. I used GN for text documents, my planner, and my journals. I noticed that Noteful doesn't seem to have as many issues right now, but I'm sceptical of whether the app can run reliably on low battery mode, on more dense PDFs, etc.

Thoughts?

I bought the Classic plan for Notability a few days ago, regretting it shortly after, as I found Goodnotes more suitable all-around for 'stuff I'd use my iPad for'. But having accepted my fate, I see no reason as to why I shouldn't try and make do with both somehow.

Classes don't start until later in August, so I probably won't be actively taking notes unless I randomly decide to study/revise.

So, I was wondering what else I could use Notability for that Goodnotes technically would do better—that is, I'll be keeping my digital planning on Goodnotes. Given battery drain issues (pretty much the only problem I have with Goodnotes), I considered transferring my journals to Notability? What do y'all think?

I usually keep my stickers in my Files app (I'm on Apple) and being able to drag and drop Stickers into collections to import them would be great to streamline/speed up the process.

iPad Pro (M4) 13-inch, iPadOS 27 Public Beta, 98% max capacity with 190 charge cycles.

I'm on Goodnotes Essential. I've tried: keeping Goodnotes Cloud sync turned off (turning it on to sync my files periodically), Spellcheck and math assist are off, Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency are on, background app refresh is off, etc. Today, I tried turning off the handwriting recognition. I felt like the battery drainage reduced a bit, no heating for about half an hour, but it started heating up over time?

I've been stalking my battery usage throughout the day and I can't quite figure out if it's Goodnotes alone or a combination of apps causing my iPad to heat up.

It's not too much of a problem, as I'm on summer break, but once I go to school, it might be a stretch to expect it to survive a complete day of lectures without needing to be topped up (I prefer to charge it up in increments instead of charging for longer sessions to reduce the amount of charge cycles I accumulate - when at home, I keep it plugged in virtually always with the 80% cap on).

Will re-installing the app be better? Does keeping these accessibility settings on even do anything or is it just messing up the UI? Obviously, this isn't a short-term solution, but would waiting for my subscription to run out next year and switching to the lifetime subscription be better? Low battery mode is a no-brainer, but I heard somewhere that your devices aren't made to be constantly on LBM, so I try to keep it off until about 20%.

(Don't tell me to switch to Noteful, I switched from Noteful to Goodnotes on my own accord and I'm well aware of the downsides, though I'm more satisfied with GN's performance over Noteful when handling larger files.)

I have a 1 TB M4 iPad Pro and I was wondering what y'all's experience with the new public beta has been. I see a lot of reviewers who glaze it, but don't really address the stability issues. I could very much use the new features asap, but I only have the 200GB plan for iCloud and haven't conducted a backup. I've run beta software before and been OK, so I'm wondering how big of a risk I could be taking.

I have an 13" M4 iPad Pro. I've heard some good things about the OS 27 developer betas everywhere I look and I've been a bit sceptical of the downsides of it. I could definitely use the enhanced calendar app asap/smarter Siri, but I don't know if the risk is worth it when I sometimes use this iPad more than my phone on a daily basis. What are your experiences with it, thoughts?

Does anyone have any ideas, resource links, or suggestions for other types of things I could use GN for? Preferably free or cheap options.

I've been looking around for other ways to use GN, as I realised that digital planning isn't sustainable for me (as someone with ADHD) as much as it's a fun creative project. I do use GN for studying and note-taking, but as i'm on summer break, I don't have much to actively note down. I've recently bought a character workbook, as I'm a storywriter.

Something that the native Apple Calendar app does is allow you to set a location at which an event happens, which also conveniently is displayed in notifications or widgets too, I believe. At least on my Apple Watch, I can see the location for every task with a location. I see that TickTick has a location reminder feature, but I would find it nice to be able to see the location displayed with the task at a glance.