Defaults

My default apps, inspired by Robb Knights App Defaults.

📨 Mail Client

Apple Mail

📮 Mail Server

Fastmail, simply the best. Get 10% off first year (affiliate link).

📝 Notes

Apple Notes on my Mac, no cloud sync.

✅ To-Do

Things 3

📷 iPhone Photo Shooting

Camera app, ProRAW, 48 MP

🏞️ Photo Management

Apple Photos on my Mac, no cloud sync.

My iPhone is just a camera, like all other cameras. I import photos from my iPhone to my Mac, afterwards photos are deleted from my iPhone

📆 Calendar

Apple Calendar, synced by iCloud

📁 Cloud File Storage

Not really, but occasionally when sharing a file I use iCloud Drive.

📖 RSS

NetNewsWire on my Mac

🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts

Apple Contacts, synced by iCloud

🌐 Browser

1. Safari, usual browsing
2. Orion, dedicated social media browser
3. Firefox, dedicated YouTube browser

💬 Chat

• Signal
• iMessage
• Threema
• WhatsApp (unfortunately)

🔖 Bookmarks

Safari's bookmark functionality

📑 Read It Later

Safari's read it later functionality

📜 Word Processing

Pages

📈 Spreadsheets

Numbers

📊 Presentations

Keynote

🛒 Shopping Lists

My head

🍴 Meal Planning

My head

💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance

Numbers

📰 News

NetNewsWire, X

🎵 Music

Apple Music, I still buy CD's in the iTunes Store, I do not use the streaming service

🎤 Podcasts

Overcast, worth every penny

🔐 Password Management

Apple Passwords on my Mac, no cloud sync.