App Defaults

I’m way overdue to share my list of App Defaults. A bunch of really great people have already shared theirs, and it’s been super cool to see what other folks use (and, by extension, how they work).

I picked up the domain uses.lol a while back, thinking I might make another little omg.lol thing for this very purpose, but haven’t had a chance to do anything with it yet. (No surprise there, I suppose!)

Anyway, here goes:

• Email: Fastmail
  • I use the web client as a “standalone” app with Safari’s “Add to Dock”, and the iOS app on my phone.
• Notes/To-Do: Obsidian
  • No plugins! Stock app only.
• Calendar: Calendar.app
• Contacts: Contacts.app
• Camera: Camera.app
• Photo Management: Photos.app
• File Storage: iCloud & Synology
• RSS: Feedly
• Browser: Safari
• Mastodon: Ivory
  • I also really enjoy using the regular Mastodon web client, which is very nicely designed.
• Chat: Discord, irssi, Element, Monal
• Calculator: Calculator
• Word Processing: Pages
• Spreadsheet: Numbers
• Presentations: Keynote
• Budgeting: YNAB
• News: Apple News+
• Music: Apple Music
• Movies: Plex
• Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
• Password Management: 1Password
• Terminal: Terminal.app, iTerm2
• Code Editor: Nova