Default Apps 2023
List of apps I'm using at the time of publishing.
Originally posted here
I saw this from Chris Coyer and took his as a template.
This is what I’m using at the point and time of publishing.
📨 Mail Client: Mail.app and Gmail app on iOS and Gmail or Fastmail web pages on desktop
📮 Mail Server: Google and Fastmail
📝 Notes: Notion or Notes.app
✅ To-Do: Reminders.app
ℹ️ App_Name.app means it’s an Apple app. IE Reminders.app means it’s the stock iOS Reminders app.
📷 Photo Shooting: iPhone 15 Pro, Sony A7iv, most recently Sony RX100vii
🎨 Photo Editing: Lightroom
📆 Calendar: Google Calendar or Calendar.app
📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
📖 RSS: I need one of these…
🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app
🌐 Browser: iOS Safari, Desktop: Arc
💬 Chat: Messages, Discord, Slack, Instagram, Matrix/Element for work
🔖 Bookmarks: Arc, Notes.app, Craft
📑 Read It Later: Notes.app, Craft
📜 Word Processing: Pages
📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
📊 Presentations: Keynote
🛒 Shopping Lists: Reminders
🍴 Meal Planning: The wife does this in Google docs
💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: YNAB
📰 News: Apple News
🎵 Music: Apple Music
🎤 Podcasts: Overcast
🔐 Password Management: 1Password
🧑💻 Code Editor: Xcode and VS Code
✈️ VPN: I should also get one of these…
I’ll add some bonus apps I really like: Raycast (search/utility commands), Dropshare (easily share a link to something that lives in my own storage), tot (easily store text to access later), Shortcuts (automate standup template)
🔍 In search of: RSS Feed app
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