📌 Daily Apps & Tools

Last Updated: 09-18-2025

Category	Tool/App
📨 Mail Client	Apple Mail (Personal) / Gmail (Work)
📮 Mail Server	iCloud Mail
📝 Notes	Obsidian
✅ To-Do	Things 3
📷 Camera	Canon RP w/ 24-105 f4 + Canon AE-1 Film
📸 Photo Editing	Apple Photos / Lightroom
🟦 Photo Management	Apple Photos
📆 Calendar	Apple Calendar
📁 Cloud Storage	iCloud Drive (Personal) / Google Drive (Work)
📖 RSS	Reeder
🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts	Apple Contacts
🌐 Browser	Safari (Daily) / Arc (Work)
📌 Pinned Tabs	mataroa.blog
💬 Chat	Apple Messages
🔖 Bookmarks	Raindrop.io
📑 Read It Later	GoodLinks
📜 Word Processing	Obsidian, Plain Text Editor, or Pages
📈 Spreadsheets	Google Sheets
📊 CRM + Work	Notion (Soon to be Google Sheets)
🛒 Shopping Lists	Apple Reminders (Groceries)
💪🏻 Habit Tracking	Streaks
💰 Work Budgeting	Google Sheets
📰 News	Reeder & WSJ
🎵 Music	Apple Music (ALAC)1 / Spotify (Stream)
🎤 Podcasts	Apple Podcast
🔐 Password	Apple Passwords
🧭 Map/Directions	Apple Maps
🔎 Search	DuckDuckGo
🤖 Preferred LLM	ChatGPT (Plus)
🖋️ Journal	DayOne
🔧 Mac Utilities	Shottr + Pure Paste + Dropover
💻 Code Editor	PyCharm
🛡️ Safari Extensions	Noir + uBlock Lite
📞 Conferencing	Google Meet
🎮 Games	World of Warcraft Classic - Mists of Pandera
🗡️ Pocket Knife	Benchmade 535
📱 Phone	iPhone 14 Pro Max iOS 26
💻 Computer	MacBook Pro M2 MacOS 26
⌨️ Keyboard	Multiple Custom Builds
🐁 Mouse	acer Ergonomic
🎒 Backpack	Peak Design 30L Travel
📢 Social(s)	X + Digg (Beta)
⛪ Faith	Bible App + ESV Study Bible
🎧 Headphones	Soundcore A40
⌚ Watch	Seiko SKX 019 GMT or Casio Duro
👓 Reading	Kindle Paper White + Red Rising

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Change Log

• 09-18-2025
  • Added headphones
  • Added Watch
  • Unpinned Digg
  • Added Reading w/ Link
  • Moved original intro + shoutout to change log.
    • Inspired by Matt Langford post "What I'm Using." Which he recently told me he was actually inspired by App Defaults.
    • This is going to be a running and ever changing list that I'll pin a the top of my personal blog.