My App Defaults

Posted on November 5^th, 2023 from Frankfurt, Germany

In episode 097 of the Hemispheric Views podcast, the hosts discuss their app defaults, which has inspired some people to share their own¹.

These are mine:

Mail Client: HEY
Mail Server: HEY & Fastmail²
Notes: Tot & Obsidian
To-Do: Things
iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app
Photo Management: Photos.app
Calendar: Calendar.app synced with iCloud
Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
RSS: Reeder synced with Feedbin
Contacts: Contacts.app synced with iCloud
Browser: Safari
Chat: iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal
Bookmarks: Safari
Read It Later: n/a
Word Processing: Pages.app
Spreadsheets: Numbers.app
Presentations: Keynote.app
Shopping Lists: Grocery
Meal Planning: n/a
Budgeting and Personal Finance: YNAB
News: Lage der Nation³, New York Times
Music: Apple Music
Podcasts: Overcast
Password Management: 1Password

Now there are a few categories I want to add myself:

Weather: CARROT
TV Show Tracker: CouchTimes
Terminal Emulator: iTerm
Code Editor: NeoVim
Photo Editor: Photomator

Robb made a list. ↩
FastMail is handling the domains and forwarding to HEY. Don’t ask. ↩
An excellent German news podcast. ↩