refreshing my default apps from last year Default Apps 2023
apps having the apple logo () refer to the built-in apple apps on mac and/or ios.
📨 Mail client - Mail.app
no change from last year, however i’m now looking for a new client, since Mail.app on ios 18.2 is just atrocious
📮 Mail server - Google Mail
no change from last year
📝 Notes - Obsidian
previously zed + local markdown files + sync to icloud drive
i still have the local files + icloud sync, only i edit the files via obsidian, since it has a better ux
✅ To do list - togodo
no change from last year
📷 iphone photo shooting - Camera.app
no change from last year
📚 photo management - Photos.app
no change from last year
🗓️ calendar - Calendar.app | google calendar | dato
no change from last year
🗄️ Cloud file storage - iCloud Drive
no change from last year
📰 RSS - netnewswire backed by Miniflux
i made a switch to self-hosting some apps and decided to host an rss feed reader, i can still connect to it via netnewswire
📇 Contacts - Contacts.app
🕸️ Browser
- Safari.app
- google chrome (@work / @dev)
i dropped orion very early, due some incompatibilities
💬 Chat - whatsapp
no change from last year
📜 Word Processing / Code Editor
i switched to neovim mid-year, not using vscode anymore, only the git merge conflicts ui
zed has an ai assistant, which is similar to what cursor offers
🛒 Shopping Lists - Reminders.app
no change from last year
💰 Budgeting & Personal Finance - gledger (personal go wrapper around hledger & workflow)
no change from last year
🗞️ News - x
no change from last year
🎶 Music
switched to self hosting navidrome, with my backed up flac songs, can listen remotely by connecting via wireguard into my home
🔐 Password Management - bitwarden | pass
no changes from last year
Other apps
- swiftbar put stuff on the macos menu bar
- velja browser picker with a powerful rules engine
- forklift 4 file manager, since i don’t like .DS_Store files and their timestamp modifying ways