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date: '2023-11-06'
title: 'My default apps, 2023 edition'
draft: false
tags: ['tech', 'macOS']
---

In the spirit of following a trend, here are my default apps as of now (the end of 2023).<!-- excerpt -->

- Mail service: <a class="plausible-event-name=Fastmail+referral" href="https://ref.fm/u30190984">Fastmail</a>
- Mail client: Mail.app
- Tasks: Reminders.app
- RSS service: [Feedbin](https://feedbin.com)
- RSS client: [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com)
- Launcher: Spotlight
- Cloud storage: iCloud
- Photo library: iCloud
- Web browser: Safari
- Calendar: Calendar.app
- Bookmarking/reading: [Pinboard](https://pinboard.in) + Safari's reader view and listen to this page functionality
- Weather: Weather.app
- Podcasts: I only listen to podcasts _very occasionally_ via [Feedbin](https://feedbin.com). I add feeds to my RSS subscriptions and tag/categorize them as `Podcasts`
- Music: [Doppler](https://brushedtype.co/doppler) + [Last.fm](https://last.fm)
- Passwords: iCloud keychain
- Budgeting: Numbers.app (looking at YNAB though)
- Mastodon: [Mona](https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp)
- TV/Movie tracking: [Trakt](https://trakt.tv)
- Notes: Notes.app
- Code: [Nova](https://nova.app)
- Terminal: [iTerm2](https://iterm2.com)
- Search: [Kagi](https://kagi.com)
- Package tracking: [Parcel](https://parcelapp.net)

A lot of my defaults are, well, system defaults. I've been enjoying the simplicity and integration.
