Delta of the Defaults (2024)
Itโs that time of the year! Time to take stock of our default apps, as instructed in Hemispheric Views episode 97. My changes (deltas) from last year are annotated by little sparkles โจ.
๐จ Mail Client: Spark
๐ฎ Mail Server: iCloud (with custom domains)
๐ Notes: Drafts (and Apple Notes)
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To-Do: Things (and Apple Reminders)
๐ท iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera Control button โจ
๐ฆ Photo Management: Apple Photos
๐ Calendar: Fantastical (and Apple Calendar)
๐ Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
๐ RSS: Reeder Classic via Feedly
๐๐ปโโ๏ธ Contacts: Apple Contacts (and Cardhop)
๐ Browser: Safari
๐ฌ Chat: Apple Messages
๐ Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
๐ Read It Later: Reeder Classic via Pocket โจ (consolidated this year)
๐ Word Processing: Drafts (and Pages)
๐ Spreadsheets: Numbers
๐ Presentations: Keynote (rarely)
๐ Shopping Lists: Apple Reminders
๐ด Meal Planning (and Recipes): Apple Reminders (and Paprika)
๐ฐ Budgeting and Personal Finance: Copilot
๐ฐ News: Apple News (podcast and app)
๐ต Music: Apple Music (and Marvis)
๐ค Podcasts: Overcast
๐ Password Management: 1Password โจ (back on it)
Others
๐ค AI Chatbot: ChatGPT
๐จโ๐ป Coding Environment: Shortcuts (๐) and Visual Studio Code
๏ฟผ๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง Social Media: Micro.blog and Instagram
๐ Books: Libby and Kobo Libra
๐บ๏ธ Hiking Maps: Gaia GPS
๐ Launcher: Raycast
๐๏ธ Media Tracking: Trakt via TV Forecast
๐ป Screenshots: Cleanshot X (macOS) and Shareshot โจ (iOS)
โ Blogging: Blot and Micro.blog
Only a few new ones, and even they were mostly consolidating back to things Iโve already tried, plus using the new Camera Control button on my iPhone to take photos.
Home Screens
Finally, I figured Iโd share my home screens as we round out the year.
