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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: [Gmail](https://www.google.com/gmail/about)
- Mail client: [Gmail Desktop](https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop)
- Tasks: Google Tasks + [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical)
- RSS service/client/bookmarking: [Readwise Reader](https://readwise.io/read) + clips sent to [Bear](https://bear.app)
- Launcher: [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com)
- Cloud storage: iCloud
- Photo library: iCloud
- Web browser: [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome)
- Calendar: [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical)
- Weather: Weather.app
- Podcasts: N/A
- Music: [Plexamp](https://www.plex.tv/plexamp/) + [Last.fm](https://last.fm)
- Passwords: [1Password.com](https://1password.com)
- Budgeting: [YNAB](https://ynab.com)
- Mastodon: [Mona](https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp)
- TV/Movie tracking: [Trakt](https://trakt.tv)
- Notes: [Bear](https://bear.app)
- Code: [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com)
- Terminal: [iTerm2](https://iterm2.com)
- Search: [Kagi](https://kagi.com)
- Package tracking: Gmail's delivery surfacing — I invariably miss deliveries when I have to add them manually.