App Defaults
Inspired by Hemispheric Views and Robb Knight, here’s my list of default apps.
Personal:
- Mail Client: Apple Mail
- Mail Server: Gmail
- Notes: Notes
- To-Do: Reminders
- iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera
- Photo Management: Photomator
- Calendar: Calendar
- Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive/Files, OneDrive
- RSS: NetNewsWire
- Contacts: Contacts
- Browser: Safari
- Chat: Messages, WhatsApp
- Bookmarks: Safari Bookmarks
- Read It Later: Micro.blog Bookmarks
- Password Management: Bitwarden
- News: None
- Music: Apple Music
- Podcasts: Formerly Overcast, but just went back to the Podcasts app
- Audiobooks: Bound
- Socials: Micro.blog, Ice Cubes (Mastodon), X (I can’t get away from it for sports news)
- Journaling: Trying the new Journal app, Q1 2023 I was handwriting for a bit
- Reading: None, use a Paperwhite and physical books
- Recipe Manager: Crouton
- VPN: Mullvad
Work:
Thought I’d add a work one to show how Microsoft dependent my company is. It’s not the worst, except for Teams.
- Mail Client: Outlook
- Mail Server: Outlook
- Notes: OneNote
- To-Do: Reminders - have a Work section and a Personal section
- Calendar: Outlook syncing to Apple Calendar
- Cloud File Storage: OneDrive and NFS
- Contacts: Outlook Contacts syncing to my iPhone
- Browser: Chrome
- Chat: Teams