
I just saw many bloggers share their defalut apps in [App Defaults](https://defaults.rknight.me/). Here's my list:

- 📨 Mail Client
  - Apple Mail
  - [Skiff Mail](https://skiff.com/mail) for `hi@lawrenceli.me`.
- 📮 Mail Server
  - Outlook (available in China Mainland)
  - [Skiff Mail](https://skiff.com/mail). Unfortunately, POP3/IMAP is not supported yet.
- 📝 Notes
  - Apple Notes (with [montaigne.io](https://montaigne.io) you can make your Apple Notes be a website)
- ✅ To-Do
  - Apple Reminders
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting
  - Apple Camera
- 🟦 Photo Management
  - Apple Photos with iCloud Sync
- 📆 Calendar
  - Service: iCloud Calendar
  - Client: Apple Calendar
- 📁 Cloud File Storage
  - iCloud Drive (iCloud+)
  - [Aliyun Drive](https://www.aliyundrive.com/) (for Apple TV)
- 📖 RSS
  - Client: [Reeder](https://reederapp.com/) on iOS/Mac
  - Service: Self-hosted [FreshRSS](https://freshrss.org/index.html), great PWA and web notification support.
- 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts
  - N/A, No contacts.
- 🌐 Browser
  - Chrome on Mac
  - Safari on iOS
- 💬 Chat
  - [WeChat](https://www.wechat.com/) (a must app in China)
  - [Microsoft Teams](https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706) (for Work on iOS)
- 🔖 Bookmarks
  - [Instapaper](https://www.instapaper.com/)
- 📑 Read It Later
  - Instapaper in Reeder
- 📜 Word Processing
  - [ONLYOFFICE](https://www.onlyoffice.com/) (open source office, offers complete compatibility with Microsoft ones)
  - [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) (popular markdown editor, sync up via iCloud)
- 📈 Spreadsheets
  - ONLYOFFICE (open source office)
- 📊 Presentations
  - [Slidev](https://sli.dev/) (Generate the slide/ppt online by markdown)
- 🛒 Shopping Lists
  - Shared Reminder List with Apple Reminders
- 🍴 Meal Planning
  - N/A
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance
  - Previously [Finances 2 on iOS](https://hochgatterer.me/finances/ios/), currently trying [BeanWise](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beanwise/id6446314789?ref=https://lawrenceli.me)
- 📰 News
  - [Solidot](https://solidot.org) (Chinese version of [slashdot](https://slashdot.org) )
  - [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/)
  - [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/)
- 🎵 Music
  - [Music](https://music.apple.com/) (Student subscription only cost 5 RMB per month)
  - [NetEase Music](https://music.163.com/) (As a complement to Apple Music)
- 🎤 Podcasts
  - [Apple Podcast](https://www.apple.com/apple-podcasts/) Universal Podcast Client, no censorship
- 🔐 Password Management
  - iCloud Keychain
  - [Google Authenticator](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-authenticator/id388497605) for 2FA

## My extra defaults

- 🚀 Self Hosting
  - [Cloudflare](https://lawrenceli.me/blog/cloudflare) (for CDN & DNS), [Vercel](https://vercel.com), [Cloudflare Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/), [fly.io](https://fly.io)
- 🤖 Automation
  - [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com), Apple Shortcuts (previously Workflow)
- 🛜 Network Tools
  - [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/), [Cloudflare WARP](https://1.1.1.1), [MerlinClash](https://mcreadme.gitbook.io/mc/)


My default apps in 2023. https://defaults.rknight.me/

◳Lawrence Li

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