My app defaults 2023
I’d like to join the chaotic battle of defaults and probably it won’t matter at all. Haven’t checked out the podcast episode here but, hey, we are talking about default apps here. I’ve been keeping track of my own app selections and would love to share my own, which is sort of a lite version.
- 📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail
- 📮 Mail Server: iCloud, Google, Outlook
- 📝 Notes: Drafts, Notes, ObsidianMail Client:
- ✅ To-Do: Things 3
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera
- 🟦 Photo Management: Photos
- 📆 Calendar: Fantastical
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: Dropbox and NAS
- 📖 RSS: Feedbin on Reeder 5
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
- 🌐 Browser: Safari, Firefox, and very occasionally Arc
- 💬 Chat: Telegram
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Pinboard (I use read it later service mostly)
- 📑 Read It Later: Readwise Reader
- 📜 Word Processing: VSCode
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
- 📊 Presentations: marp
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: A dedicated project in Things 3
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Splid
- 📰 News: Telegram channels, RSS subscriptions, Reddit newsletters
- 🎵 Music: Spotify
- 🎤 Podcasts: Pocket Casts, 小宇宙
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
- 🧑💻 Code Editor: VSCode,
- ✈️ VPN: Surfshark
- 🪄 Launcher: raycast
- 😘 Blog Platform: Hugo on Netlify
- ⌨️ Text input: Squirrel
Kudos to Robb for the original idea and Dayu for spreading the word.