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title: 'Default Apps 2023'
pubDate: '11/25/23'
tags: ['Apps', 'Tech']
---

Inspired by [this post](https://chriscoyier.net/2023/11/25/default-apps-2023/) from Chris Coyier (which was in turn inpsired by [this post](https://mattcool.tech/posts/default-apps-2023)).

I changed up some of the categories to avoid any entries with "none" or "N/A".

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✉️ Mail Client: [Mail.app](https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/welcome/mac)

📮 Mail Server: [Hover](https://www.hover.com/email)

📓 Notes: [Bear](https://bear.app/), [Tot](https://tot.rocks/)

✅ To Do: [Reminders](https://support.apple.com/guide/reminders/welcome/mac)

📷 Photo Shooting: [iPhone 14](https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-14)

🎨 Photo Editing: [Affinity Photo](https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/)

📆 Calendar: [Calendar](https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/welcome/mac), [Dato](https://sindresorhus.com/dato), synced with [Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com)

☁️ Cloud Storage: [iCloud](https://www.icloud.com/)

📰 RSS: [Reeder](https://www.reederapp.com/), synced with [Inoreeder](https://www.inoreader.com/)

📇 Contacts: [Contacts.app](https://support.apple.com/guide/contacts/welcome/mac)

🌐 Browser: [Safari](https://www.apple.com/safari/) for personal use, [Vivaldi](https://vivaldi.com/?mtm_ad=79027606064265&mtm_kwd=broswers) for work

💬 Chat: [Messages](https://support.apple.com/guide/messages/welcome/mac), [Slack](https://slack.com/), [WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/)

🔖 Bookmarks: [Anybox](https://anybox.app/)

📑 Read It Later: [Reeder](https://www.reederapp.com/) (synced with [iCloud](https://www.icloud.com/))

📝 Writing & Text Editing: [BBEdit](https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html)

📈 Spreadsheets: [Numbers](https://www.apple.com/numbers/)

🪟 Window Management: [Rectangle Pro](https://rectangleapp.com/pro)

🛒 Shopping Lists: [Tot](https://tot.rocks/)

🏋️‍♀️Workout Tracking: [Gentler Streaks](https://www.gentler.app/)

💰 Budgeting: [Numbers](https://www.apple.com/numbers/)

🗞 News: [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS)

🎵 Music: [Apple Music](https://www.apple.com/apple-music/)

🎙 Podcasts: [Overcast](https://overcast.fm/)

🔑 Password Management: [iCloud Keychain](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204085)

👨‍💻 Code Editor: [Nova](https://nova.app/), [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/), [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

🐘 Mastodon Client: [Ivory](https://tapbots.com/ivory/)

### Honorable Mentions

- [Collections](https://collectionsdb.com/) - Personal Database
- [Vinegar](https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar) - Replaces YouTube player with standard HTML `<video>` tag
- [Contexts](https://contexts.co/) - <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>tab</kbd> replacement
