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 Birchler’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.

✉️ Mail service: Gmail
📬 Mail client: Superhuman
✅ Tasks: Things 3
📰 RSS service: Feedly
📲 RSS client: Reeder
🗞️ News: ~~Artifact~~
📚 Books: Amazon Kindle
⌨️ Launcher: Raycast
☁️ Cloud storage: iCloud + OneDrive
🌅 Photo library: iCloud
🤳🏻 Photo editing: Capture One + Darkroom
🌐 Web browser: Arc on Mac, Safari on iPhone and iPad
📆 Calendar: Cron
📖 Reading: Readwise Reader
🌤️ Weather: Carrot Weather
🎙️ Podcasts: Overcast
🎶 Music: Spotify
🛹 Clipboard manager: Raycast
🔐 Passwords: 1Password
💸 Budgeting: Numbers
💬 Transcriptions: MacWhisper
🐘 Mastodon: Mona
🍿 Movie discovery/tracking: Sequel
🌮 Recipes: Mela
🖼️ Screenshots: CleanShot X
📝 Notes: Apple Notes
✈️ Flight tracking: App in the Air
📦 Package tracking: Parcel

Updated on Sep 17, 2024

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