App Defaults Edition 2024
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The hype surrounding the App Defaults is apparently entering the next round and as something has changed for me compared to last year, I am of course happy to take part again. If you don't know what to do with it, you can listen to Episode 097 (Duel of the Defaults) of Hemispheric Views again. And these are mine for the year 2024:
- Mail Client: Mail.app, Spark
- Mail Server: Gmail
- Notes: Obsidian
- To-Do: Reminder.app
- iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app
- Photo Management: Apple Photos
- Calendar: Google Calendar via Calendar.app
- Cloud File Storage: iCloud, Nextcloud (selfhosted)
- RSS service: FreshRSS (selfhosted)
- RSS client: Reeder
- Contacts: Contacts.app
- Browser: Safari, Chrome
- Chat: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord
- Bookmarks: LinkAce (selfhosted)
- Read It Later: Reeder
- Word Processing: Word, Pages
- Spreadsheets: Excel, Numbers
- Presentations: Powerpoint, Keynote
- Shopping Lists: Bring!
- Meal Planning: Still not necessary, because the children still only eat pasta with ketchup.
- Budgeting and Personal Finance: Banking App
- News: No more news. I get some news via Bluesky, but I try to avoid it to protect my mental health.
- Music: Spotify
- Podcasts: Podcasts.app, Spotify
- Password Management: iCloud Keychain, 1Password
Additional categories:
- POSSE Service: EchoFeed
- Social Media: Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram
- Code Editor: Nova
- Blog: Datenstrom Yellow, BashBlog (selfhosted)
- Terminal: iTerm2 with ZSH and Oh-My-Zsh