My Default Apps - 2023
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I always enjoy reading or watching YouTube videos about how people use their devices, and more specifically, the apps that catch their interest. When I came across this post by Birchtree, I quickly decided to create my own list.
I also included some brief explanations for why I chose to stick with these apps and services. It’s worth mentioning that I’m a dedicated Apple user, and I tend to favor Apple’s default apps unless there’s a third-party option that offers significant advantages.
- Mail Service: Gmail - It’s been the same for about 15 years.
- Mail Client: Apple Mail
- Tasks: Apple Reminders
- Calendar: Apple Calendar on Mac, Calendars 5 on iPhone.
- Notes: Apple Notes for all personal and less important stuff, Obsidian for most work-related notes, TextEdit if I need to draft something quickly and I’m working on my Mac.
- Text Editor: Visual Studio Code
- Messaging: Signal
- Maps: Google Maps - I wish I could use Apple Maps more often but from my experience in Taiwan they are significantly less useful.
- RSS Client: NetNewsWire
- Launcher: Raycast
- Cloud Storage: iCloud, Google Drive for some projects.
- Presentations: Keynote if I work alone, Microsoft PowerPoint if I collaborate with coworkers.
- Photo Library: iCloud
- Photo Editing: Photomator
- Web browser: Safari, Ungoogled Chromium for specific work-related stuff.
- Weather: Apple Weather
- Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
- Podcasts: Overcast
- Music: Apple Music
- Clipboard Manager: Maccy
- Password Manager: bitwarden - I hope to move to Apple Keychain in the future.
- Budgeting: Expenses - I want to mention that I manually log every single purchase I make in this app and I’ve been doing that for about 2 years.
- Mastodon: Elk