Default Apps for 2024

🔗 | by Chris McLeod

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

  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. ↩︎