Defaults
Basic defaults for what gear and apps I use.
While I've been keeping this up to date in the annual Things I Like post, several folks have been linking to list of "app defaults" that Robb Knight is maintaining. So why not get into the fun?
Applications
📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail
📮 Mail Server: Zoho
📝 Notes: Apple Notes
✅ To-Do: Things
📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera and Halide
🟦 Photo Management: Apple Photos
📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar
📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud
📖 RSS: Reeder (with Feedly)
🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
🌐 Browser: Safari
📑 Read It Later: Reeder
🛒 Shopping Lists: Things
🎵 Music: Apple Music
🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
🔐 Password Management: 1Password (moving to iCloud)
🧑💻 Code Editor: VSCode
🥗 Meal Planning: Mela
💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: CoPilot
📰 News: Apple News
📝 Writing: iA Writer
📈 Spreadsheets: Don't do spreadsheets when I don't have to
🎙️ Presentations: Keynote
📇 Contacts: Apple Contacts
💬 Chat: Apple Messages and Signal
🤦♂️ Social Media (Mastodon): Ivory and Mona
🌤️ Weather: Apple Weather
🔎 Search: Kagi
Current Hardware
- MacBook Air M2 (512GB/24GB,Midnight Blue)
- iPhone 15 Pro Max (512GB, Black Titanium)
- iPad Mini 6 (512GB, Space Gray)
- iPad Pro 11.5" M2
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
- MB Pro 14" - Work box.