App Defaults 2024

Little over a year ago, many people (including me) compiled their lists of default apps. It’s time to review and see what’s changed since then.

Here’s my list (newly added apps marked with ✨):

📨 Mail Client: Mail.app

📮 Mail Server: Migadu

📝 Notes: Apple Notes

✅ To-Do: Apple Reminders

🟦 Photo Management: iCloud Photos & Google Photos

📆 Calendar: Google Calendar via Calendar.app

📁 Cloud File Storage: Google Drive & iCloud

📖 RSS: NetNewsWire ✨

🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Google Contacts

🌐 Browser: Safari (personal) & Google Chrome (work)

💬 Chat: Telegram, WhatsApp & Slack

🔖 Bookmarks: in browser

📑 Read It Later: open tabs Safari Reading List ✨

📜 Word Processing: Markdown, Google Docs

📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets

📊 Presentations: Keynote, Google Slides

🛒 Shopping Lists: Google Keep (for historical reasons)

🍴 Meal Planning: Mela ✨

💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: spreadsheets

📰 News: Süddeutsche Zeitung

🎵 Music: Spotify

🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts

🔐 Password Management: 1Password (considering Apple Passwords for some use-cases)

No big changes here, but it doesn’t mean I haven’t found any great apps this year. For example, a new terminal emulator Ghostty or many apps I recommended in my monthly reading lists last year.

Take a look at my /uses page for a full list of apps I use often.

This is post 29 of #100DaysToOffload

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