App Defaults
As the idea has been making its way around the Internet for a couple weeks, it’s time for me to add my own set of apps to the blogroll1. There are many lists like it, but this one is mine.
📨 Mail Client: Mail
📮 Mail Server: Fastmail & Google
📝 Notes: Notes
✅ To-Do: Reminders
📷 Photo Shooting: iPhone 14 Pro
🎨 Photo Editing: Rarely: Preview or Photos.
📆 Calendar: iCal
📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
📖 RSS: NetNewsWire
🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts
🌐 Browser: Desktop: Safari, Chrome, and Firefox iOS: Safari (obviously).
💬 Chat: Messages (and occasionally IRC)
🔖 Bookmarks: iCloud
📑 Read It Later: Reading List
📜 Word Processing: Rarely: Pages
📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers, and Google Sheets
📊 Presentations: Powerpoint, Keynote (and if I really need to, RevealJS)
🛒 Shopping Lists: Reminders
🍴 Meal Planning: N/A (😬)
💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Spreadsheets
📰 News: Apple News, RSS
🎵 Music: Music.app
🎤 Podcasts: Overcast
🔐 Password Management: iCloud Keychain
🧑💻 Code Editor: BBEdit Rarely: Xcode
✈️ VPN: In a past life, I used - and later worked as a contractor to suport - RSA tokens. Currently playing with: Tailscale