My Default Apps

Here’s the list of apps and services I like and use daily.

November 7, 2023

I saw this post on Matt Birchlerโ€™s blog and thought it was an excellent format to share what apps and services I use daily. You can check out posts from other people here.

  • โœ‰๏ธ Mail service: Gmail
  • ๐Ÿ“ฌ Mail client: Superhuman
  • โœ… Tasks: Things 3
  • ๐Ÿ“ฐ RSS service: Feedly
  • ๐Ÿ“ฒ RSS client: Reeder
  • ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ News: Artifact
  • ๐Ÿ“š Books: Amazon Kindle
  • โŒจ๏ธ Launcher: Raycast
  • โ˜๏ธ Cloud storage: iCloud + OneDrive
  • ๐ŸŒ… Photo library: iCloud
  • ๐Ÿคณ๐Ÿป Photo editing: Capture One + Darkroom
  • ๐ŸŒ Web browser: Arc on Mac, Safari on iPhone and iPad
  • ๐Ÿ“† Calendar: Cron
  • ๐Ÿ“– Reading: Readwise Reader
  • ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Weather: Carrot Weather
  • ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Podcasts: Overcast
  • ๐ŸŽถ Music: Spotify
  • ๐Ÿ›น Clipboard manager: Raycast
  • ๐Ÿ” Passwords: 1Password
  • ๐Ÿ’ธ Budgeting: Numbers
  • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Transcriptions: MacWhisper
  • ๐Ÿ˜ Mastodon: Mona
  • ๐Ÿฟ Movie discovery/tracking: Sequel
  • ๐ŸŒฎ Recipes: Mela
  • ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Screenshots: CleanShot X
  • ๐Ÿ“ Notes: Apple Notes
  • โœˆ๏ธ Flight tracking: App in the Air
  • ๐Ÿ“ฆ Package tracking: Parcel

Updated on Sep 17, 2024

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