Defaults in 2023

Inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults! and others in the community, I thought I would post a list of defaults.

  • 📨 Mail Client: Mail.app
  • 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail (But I've got the family email on google)
  • 📝 Notes: Notes.app (But I'm not very good at referring to them later)
  • ✅ To-Do: Reminders/OmniFocus
  • 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera
  • 🟦 Photo Management: Photos
  • 📆 Calendar: iCloud/Calendar with a splash of BusyCal
  • 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud
  • 📖 RSS: NetNewsWire
  • 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Contacts (I _loved_ Cardhop but couldn't justify the cost. BusyContacts is now the one I go to when I want to do more than just add information.)
  • 🌐 Browser: I separate my browsing with different browsers. Safari and Vivaldi are primary and Firefox (both regular and dev) for other stuff.
  • 💬 Chat: Messages.app
  • 🔖 Bookmarks: Safari
  • 📑 Read It Later: Later? Safari
  • 📜 Word Processing: Pages (Yes, but I don't write like that any more)
  • 📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
  • 📊 Presentations: Keynote
  • 🛒 Shopping Lists: Notes.app (Shared note with checkboxes)
  • 🍴 Meal Planning: Talking with my with wife
  • 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Excel
  • 📰 News: YouTube
  • 🎵 Music: Apple Music
  • 🎤 Podcasts: Overcast
  • 🔐 Password Management: 1password

Rob Knight has a wonderful collection of people who are sharing what their default applications are.