As a bit of an app geek, I’m always trying out all sorts of new stuff. In 2024, I’ve played around with a bunch of cool new apps, but I’ve also stuck with some of my old favorites. They might not have all the latest bells and whistles, but you just can’t beat them for reliability.
- 📮 Mail Server: Google Mail
- 📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail
- 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar
- 📷 Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
- 🟦 Photo Management: Apple Photos
- 🌤️ Weather: Apple Weather
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud and Dropbox
- 📝 Notes: Obsidian
- ✅ To-Do: TickTick
- 📖 RSS: Folo
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
- 📚 Reading: WeRead, Kindle for comic books
- 📜 Word Processing: Pages and Obsidian
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers
- 📊 Presentations: Keynote
- 🚀 Launcher: Raycast
- 📎 Clipboard: Maccy
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
- 🌐 Browser: Google Chrome on macOS and Safari on iOS.
- 💬 Chat: WeChat, Telegram
- 🔎 Search: Kagi Search
- 🔄 Subscription List: Notion
- 🎵 Music: Spotify
- 🎤 Podcasts: 小宇宙
- 📰 News: Telegram Group, Mastodon, Twitter/X and Buzzing
- 🎨 Photo Editing: Affinity Photo
- 🧑💻 Code Editor: Cursor, Intellij IDEA Ultimate
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password