My Default Apps at the End of 2024
As I did in 2023, here's my app defaults at the end of 2024. ⚠️ Spoiler - not much has changed.
I won't mess around with a load of intro-guff. Instead, I'll jump right in, here's the list as of the end of 2024 (anything that has changed has a strike-through the previous tool:
- 📨 Mail Service: Zoho
- 📮 Mail Client:
Zoho webmail→ Apple Mail - 📝 Notes: Apple Notes
- ✅ To-Do: Apple Reminders
- 📆 Calendar:
Zoho webmail→ Apple Calendar - 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts:
Zoho webmail→ Apple Contacts - 📖 RSS Service: Miniflux
- 🗞️ RSS Client:
Reeder→ Miniflux PWA/WebUI - ⌨️ Launcher: Spotlight
- ☁️ Cloud storage: iCloud & Synology Drive
- 🌅 Photo library: iCloud (backed up to my Synology too)
- 🌐 Web Browser: Safari
(everywhere)→ on iOS and Firefox everywhere else - 💬 Chat: Signal, iMessage & WhatsApp
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Safari & Firefox
- 📑 Read Later: RainDrop.io
- 📚 Reading: Kindle Paperwhite
- 📜 Word Processing: MS Word
- 📈 Spreadsheets: MS Excel
- 📊 Presentations: MS Powerpoint
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Apple Notes
- 💰 Personal Finance: MS Excel
- 🎵 Music: Apple Music
- 🎤 Podcasts: Overcast
- 🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden
- 🤦♂️ Social Media: Mastodon
- 🌤️ Weather: Apple Weather
- 🔎 Search:
DuckDuckGo→ Kagi - 🧮 Code Editor:
VSCodium→ VSCode