It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and what I think is interesting about my current list of apps I use is how…frankly boring I’ve become.
Between Subscription Fatigue and just finding that sometimes its easier to just go with the default Apple solutions because they sync across my devices1, I’ve paired down to quite a few standards.
Here goes.
📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail
📮 Mail Server: Google Workspace with custom domain.2
📝 Notes: Apple Notes
✅ To-Do: Apple Reminders
📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app
🟦 Photo Management: Photos.app
📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar
📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
📖 RSS: Feedbin with Reeder Classic
🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app
🌐 Browser: Safari
💬 Chat: Discord, Messages.app
🔖 Bookmarks: N/A
📑 Read It Later: Instapaper
📜 Word Processing: Pages
📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers
📊 Presentations: Keynote3
🛒 Shopping Lists: Shared Note with Wife
🍴 Meal Planning: N/A
💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Copilot Money
📰 News: Apple News+, The Baltimore Banner
🎵 Music: Apple Music
🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
🔐 Password Management: 1Password AND Apple Passwords4
For a lot more of these setups check out Robb Knight’s App Defaults page!
- I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t also because of the fact that my current employer — unlike my last two — really locks down what I can have on my machine, and therefore, no real need to branch out as much. ↩
- Been thinking about moving to Proton lately, but I think that may screw up my YouTube account…hmm… ↩
- Google Slides at work. Ditto Sheets / Docs. ↩
- I may end up finally shifting to Apple Passwords. We’ll see. ↩