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.

  • 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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