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.