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2026 Default Apps

A lot has changed since I last did one of these. I've dropped a few categories altogether and have added a few that make more sense in the current times.

📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail

📮 Mail Server: iCloud mail with custom domain, GMail, Protonmail

📝 Notes: Bear

✅ To-Do: Analog (I went analog)

📷 Photo Shooting: iPhone 17 Pro

🎨 Photo Editing: Apple Photos

📆 Calendar: GCal, iCal

📁 Cloud File Storage: Google Drive, iCloud, Proton Drive

📖 RSS:

🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: iCloud

🌐 Browser: Arc, Brave

💬 Chat: Signal, Telegram, iMessage

🔖 Bookmarks:

📑 Read It Later:

📜 Word Processing: Google Docs

📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets

📊 Presentations: Google Slides

🛒 Shopping Lists: Apple Notes (shared with partner)

🍴 Meal Planning: Gemini

💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Google Sheets

📰 News: NY Times, Kagi News

🎵 Music: Apple Music

🎤 Podcasts: Overcast

🔐 Password Management: Proton Pass

🧑‍💻 Code Editor: Cursor, Antigravity

✈️ VPN: Proton VPN

🤖 ChatBot: Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT

📝 Meeting Transcription: Granola

🧠 AI Coding: Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity