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  "title": "App Defaults in Late '24",
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  "description": "Just like last year, a lot of \"App Defaults\" posts have started popping up in my RSS feed. So, I decided to join with an updated list, featuring more categories than last year.",
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  "textContent": "Just like last year, a lot of \"App Defaults\" posts have started popping up in my RSS feed. So, I decided to join with an updated list, featuring more categories than last year. ๐Ÿ“ฎ Mail Service: Migadu โ†’ Fastmail (why I moved) ๐Ÿ“จ Mail Client: Apple Mail ๐Ÿ“ Notes: Apple Notes โœ… Reminders: Apple Reminders ๐Ÿ“† Calendar: Google Calendar โ†’ Apple Calendar (Fastmail) ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Contacts: Google Contacts โ†’ Apple Contacts (Fastmail) ๐Ÿ“– RSS Service: Miniflux ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ RSS Client: NetNewsWire (iOS) ๐Ÿ“ Cloud File Storage: iCloud, Google Drive ๐ŸŸฆ Photo Management: Apple Photos, file system for RAW ๐ŸŒ Browser: Chrome on macOS, Safari on iOS ๐Ÿ’ฌ Chat: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal ๐Ÿ”– Bookmarks: Browser, Linkding โ†’ Browser, This Website ๐Ÿ“‘ Read It Later: Apple Reminders ๐Ÿ›’ Shopping Lists: Apple Reminders ๐Ÿ“„ Documents: Google Docs, Markdown ๐Ÿ’ฐ Personal Finance: Google Sheets ๐Ÿ“ฐ News: NRC ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Pรบblico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น, some tech blogs ๐ŸŽต Music and Podcasts: Spotify ๐Ÿ” Password Management: 1Password ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Weather: Apple Weather, Buienradar ๐Ÿงฎ Code Editor: Visual Studio Code and vim ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Terminal: iTerm with zsh and oh my zsh - see my dotfiles In the course of 2025, I hope to further reduce the Google services from this list, especially when it comes to documents and cloud file storage. To be fair, I don't really use it that much, only for maintaining one or two spreadsheets, and I rarely make slides or written documents. Moving these to local files would be ideal, but it is also undeniable that the versatility of Google Docs makes it very compelling to use. Keep an eye on my uses for an always up to date version of this list!"
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