Default Apps for 2024

It’s been over a year since I last wrote about what I use, and I’ve been seeing plenty people’s update posts pop up in my feed reader this week, so it’s time to look at my default apps again. There are quite a few changes this year, nothing terribly exciting - I’ve marked these updates with a ✨ emoji.

• 📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail + web
• 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail
• 📝 ✨ Notes: Obsidian LogSeq
• ✅ To-Do: Apple Reminders
• 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
• 🌅 Photo Management: Apple Photos
• 📆 ✨ Calendar: Apple Calendar linked to Google Fastmail
• 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud + OneDrive
• 📖 ✨ RSS: NetNewsWire and Feedbin Inoreader
• 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
• 🌐 ✨ Browser: Edge at work, Vivaldi at home, Safari on Mobile
• 💬 Chat: Work only - Teams; iMessage + WhatsApp, if they count
• 🔖 ✨ Bookmarks: Micro.blog Bookmarks on my blog
• 📑 ✨ Read It Later: Micro.blog Bookmarks on my blog
• 📜 Word Processing: Word
• 📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
• 📊 Presentations: PowerPoint
• 🛒 Shopping Lists: none
• 🍴 Meal Planning: none
• 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Plum, banking app
• 📰 ✨ News: Artifact, Apple News, RSS
• 🎵 Music: Apple Music
• 🎙️ Podcasts: Overcast^[1]
• 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
• 🤖 ✨ Code Editing: VS Code + Visual Studio + Rider
• 📚 Books: Kindle, Audible
• 🌎 ✨ Blogging: Micro.blog, Wordpress, Eleventy + IndieKit

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1. I genuinely can’t remember the last time I listened to a podcast, but if I ever started again then Overcast is ready and waiting. ↩︎