My Default Apps: 2023

by Matt Fantinel
07 Nov 2023 - 2 min read
Apps
AI-generated image of a boy building a tower of apps

I saw this on Matt Birchler's blog, and then saw the multitude of people posting about their default apps in their own blogs. I've never jumped on a trend like this before, so I figured this would be a fun first one to do 😅.

I guess you can say my choices are pretty vanilla; I've been through my phase of trying a specific app for everything, but nowadays I'm settling down on things that actually work.

  • 📧 Mail service: Fastmail
  • 📬 Mail client: Apple Mail (Mac and iPhone)
  • ✅ Tasks: Notion/TickTick
  • 📰 RSS service: Readwise Reader
  • ⌨️ Launcher: Raycast
  • ☁️ Cloud storage: iCloud
  • 🌅 Photo library: iCloud
  • 🌐 Web browser: Arc on Mac, Safari on iPhone
  • 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar
  • 📖 Reading: Readwise Reader
  • 🌤️ Weather: Apple Weather
  • 🎙️ Podcasts: I barely listen to any, but when I do, Apple Podcasts
  • 🎶 Music: Apple Music
  • 🛹 Clipboard manager: Maccy
  • 🔐 Passwords: 1Password
  • 💸 Budgeting: Apple Numbers
  • 🐘 Mastodon: Ivory (Mac and iPhone)
  • 💁🏻‍♂️ Social: Mastodon and Lemmy (sporadically)
  • 🎮 Gaming: PS5
  • 🖼️ Screenshots: CleanShot X
  • 📝 Notes: Notion
  • 🧮 Code Editor: Visual Studio Code
  • 👨🏻‍💻 Terminal: iTerm 2
  • 🔎 Search: Kagi

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I’m a web developer trying to figure out this weird thing called the internet. I write about development, the web, games, music, and whatever else I feel like writing about!

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