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Changes from the last edition are in bold. As of 2026-05-11.
✉️ Mail Client: Fastmail
📨 Mail Server: Fastmail
📝 Notes: Craft + Apple Notes
✅ To-Do: Things 3
📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app
📚 Photo Management: Photos.app + Photomator
🗓️ Calendar: Calendar.app
🗄️ Cloud file storage: iCloud
📰 RSS Client: Custom-built RSS Reader + Reeder connected to Inoreader + Inkwell
📇 Contacts: Contacts
🕸️ Browser: Mobile Safari + ARC Browser on Mac
🧠 AI: Anthropic Claude AI, Claude Code
🔎 Search: Kagi Search
💬 Chat: iMessage (WhatsApp when abroad)
🔖 Bookmarks: custom-built web application
👓 Read It Later: custom-built web application
📜 Word Processing: Ulysses, Craft
📊 Spreadsheets: Numbers
🛝 Presentations: Keynote
🛒 Shopping Lists: Reminders
🧑🍳 Meal Planning: None
💰 Budgeting & Personal Finance: Numbers
🗞️ News: La Presse (Apple News for English news)
🎶 Music: Apple Music
🎧 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
🔐 Password Management: iCloud Keychain & Apple Passwords
👨🏻💻 Websites hosting: Ghost, Micro.blog, Scribbles.page, Realmac Software Elements Hosting Solution
🌐 Web Services: Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Vercel
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