App Defaults 2024

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Since these are making the rounds again… I made more changes to my app defaults in the last year than I first thought.

• Mail Client: Apple Mail
• Mail Server: iCloud Mail with custom email domains
• Notes: Bear Obsidian (with sync)
• To-Do: Things
• Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
• Photo Management: Apple Photos
• Photo Editing: Pixelmator Pro
• Calendar: Fantastical Apple Calendar (this move was forced 😥)
• Cloud File Storage: iCloud & OneDrive
• RSS: Reeder (with Feedbin) NetNewsWire (iCloud sync)
• Contacts: Apple Contacts
• Browser: Safari Zen Browser
• Chat: Apple Messages
• Bookmarks: Things Anybox/Micro.blog
• Read It Later: Things Anybox
• Word Processing: Microsoft Word
• Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel
• Presentations: Microsoft Powerpoint
• Shopping Lists: Bear Obsidian (with sync)
• Budgeting and Personal Finance: Microsoft Excel/Bank Mobile App
• News: Safari/Reeder NetNewsWire (iCloud sync)
• Music: Apple Music
• Podcasts: Overcast
• Mastodon: Mona (and sometimes Ivory)
• Password Management: 1Password
• Code Editor: Nova Visual Studio Code
• App Launcher: Launchbar Raycast

#Posts

• Micro.blog
• Mastodon
• Email