App Defaults 2025
It’s that time of year where I and others look back at the macOS tools that made us productive over the last 52 weeks.
I stayed relatively consistent this time around with the biggest change being my task management solution.
| Category | App |
|---|---|
| Mail Client | Apple Mail |
| Mail Server | iCloud Mail with custom domains |
| Notes | Obsidian (with sync) |
| To-Do | OmniFocus 1 |
| Photo Shooting | Apple Camera |
| Photo Management | Apple Photos |
| Photo Editing | Pixelmator Pro |
| Calendar | Apple Calendar |
| Cloud File Storage | iCloud & OneDrive |
| RSS | NetNewsWire (iCloud sync) |
| Contacts | Apple Contacts |
| Browser | Chrome 2 |
| Chat | Apple Messages |
| Bookmarks | Raindrop.io 3 |
| Read It Later | Raindrop.io 4 |
| Word Processing | MS Word / BBEdit |
| Spreadsheets | MS Excel |
| Presentations | MS Powerpoint |
| Shopping Lists | Obsidian (with sync) |
| Budgeting & Personal Finance | MS Excel/Bank Mobile App |
| News | NetNewsWire (iCloud sync) |
| Music | Apple Music |
| Podcasts | Overcast |
| Mastodon | Mona |
| Password Management | 1Password |
| Code Editor | BBEdit / VS Code |
| App Launcher | Raycast |
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I’ve returned to my first love productivity app on the Mac. ↩︎
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Yes, I know… Evil. It’s still the best browser for web development work. I am, however, giving Safari another try for personal browsing. ↩︎
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I’ve built up a pretty impressive list of links with this web app. ↩︎
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Ditto on things to read later that I may never get to… ↩︎