Itโs been a few moons since I updated the list of โwhat I use,โ and there have been some changes.
๐จ Mail Client: Apple Mail
๐ฎ Mail Server: Fastmail
๐ Notes: Drafts App
โ To-Do: Apple Reminders
๐ท iPhone Photo Shooting: Apple Air17 Camera
๐ธ Photo Editing (iOS): Darkroom
๐ฆ Photo Management: Apple Photos
๐ Calendar: Apple Calendar
๐ Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive + Google Drive + Dropbox
๐ Cloud Storage Mounting: CloudMounter
๐ RSS: NetNewsWire & CommaFeed
๐๐ปโโ๏ธ Contacts: Apple Contacts
๐ Browser: Safari, Brave
๐ฌ Chat: iMessages
๐ Bookmarks: Safari & Raindrop
๐ Read It Later: Messy Amount of Tabs
๐ Word Processing: iA Writer + BBEdit
๐ Spreadsheets: Numbers
๐ Presentations: ProPresenter
๐ Shopping Lists: Apple Reminders/Notes
๐ด Meal Planning: Kimberly (my wife)
๐ฐ Budgeting & Finance: ZeroSum
๐ฐ News: NetNewsWire (via RSS)
๐ต Music: Apple Music
๐ค Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
๐ Password Management: Apple Passwords, maybe?
๐งญ Map/Directions: Apple Maps
๐ Search: Google (ugh)
๐ค Preferred LLM: Claude
๐ผ Screenshot Framing: Framous
๐ Automation: Keyboard Maestro + Hazel + Shortcuts
๐ง Mac Utilities: Cotypist, Front and Center, Hyperkey
๐ป Code Editor: Nova + Sublime Text
๐จ Graphics Editing: Pixelmator Pro + Sketch
๐ก Safari Extensions: Wipr + StopTheMadness Pro
๐ Video Conferencing: Zoom
๐ฎ Games: Chess.com
Idea originated from Hemispheric Views