My App Defaults

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? 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.

Category Application
Mail Client Apple Mail
Mail Server iCloud Mail with custom email domains
Notes Obsidian
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 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.

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