I wasn’t going to do a post like this… But what the heck, all the popular kids are doing it this week, so why shouldn’t I, right?
I’m not really much of a defaults guy. I’ve always preferred to support indie developers, so will usually go that route if their app is as good or better than the Apple default.
- Mail Client: Apple Mail
- Mail Server: iCloud Mail with custom email domains
- Notes: Bear
- To-Do: Things
- Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
- Photo Management: Apple Photos
- Photo Editing: Pixelmator Pro
- Calendar: Fantastical
- Cloud File Storage: iCloud
- RSS: Reeder (with Feedbin)
- Contacts: Apple Contacts
- Browser: Safari (Chrome and Firefox for dev work)
- Chat: Apple Messages (Teams 🤮 and Slack at work)
- Bookmarks: Things
- Read It Later: Things
- Word Processing: Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel
- Presentations: Microsoft Powerpoint
- Shopping Lists: Bear
- Meal Planning: I don’t do meal planning
- Budgeting and Personal Finance: Microsoft Excel/Bank Mobile App
- News: Safari/Reeder
- Music: Apple Music
- Podcasts: Overcast
- Mastodon: Mona
- Password Management: 1Password
- Code Editor: Nova (VS Code when I have to)
Some extra utility apps in my toolbox I can’t live without…
- Launchbar: It’s the first app I install on any new Mac. I’m lost without it.
- Bartender: To hide menubar icons that are pointless.
- FastScripts: Assign a keystroke to AppleScripts to do various things.
- Shottr: For taking screenshots. The price can’t be beat and it does a great job.
- Magnet: Resize and arrange windows with a keystroke. Obviously, I hate taking my hands off the keyboard.