App defaults, end of 2023
Everyone (it seems) is posting their app defaults lists, so I thought to join the party as well.
- Mail Client: Mail.app
- Mail Server: Fastmail and Zoho Mail
- Notes: Simplenote and *.txt files
- To-Do: Apple Reminders
- Photo Management: iCloud Photos
- Calendar: Apple Calendar
- Cloud File Storage: iCloud
- RSS: Miniflux @ NetNewsWire
- Browser: Safari
- Chat: Signal, Element X (Matrix), Telegram, and WhatsApp
- Bookmarks: Linkding
- Read It Later: Instapaper
- Word Processing: Text Editor (macOS default app; does it count?)
- Spreadsheets: Apple Numbers Budgeting and Personal Finance: Apple Numbers
- News: Artifact, newspapers sites
- Music: Apple Music
- Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
- Password Management: MacPass (macOS), KeePassium (iOS)
- Backup: rclone + Backblaze B2
There are a lot of Apple apps and services, a side effect of using macOS and iOS as main OSs. I hope to improve on that someday.