Default apps of 2023

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.

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.

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Originally posted on my website.

📨 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