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title: 'Default Apps 2024'
pubDate: '12/29/24'
tags: ['Apps', 'Tech']
---

An updated version of [this post](/posts/2023/default-apps-2023) from 2023, 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: [Proton](https://proton.me/)

📓 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: [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical), synced with [Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com)

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

📰 RSS: [Reeder](https://www.reederapp.com/)

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

🌐 Browser: [Arc](https://www.apple.com/safari/)

💬 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/)

📝 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: [Fitness](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fitness/id1208224953)

💰 Budgeting: [Expenses](https://getexpenses.app/)

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

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

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

🔑 Password Management: [Passwords](https://support.apple.com/en-us/120758)

👨‍💻 Code Editor: [Zed](https://zed.dev/), [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/)

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