On episode 097 of Hemispheric Views, the crew had a “Duel of the Defaults!”, where the reigning champion user of the default applications provided by Apple, Martin Feld was challenged by up and comer Jason Burk, hosted and judged by Andrew Canion. I won’t spoil the outcome, but I thought I would join in and list my “defaults”, as well. So without further ado:
- Mail Client: Apple Mail
- Mail Server: iCloud custom domain
- Notes: Bear
- To-Do: Things (with some shared reminders in Reminders)
- iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera
- Photo Management: Photos
- Calendar: Calendar
- Cloud File Storage: iCloud
- RSS Reader: Reeder
- Contact Management: Contacts
- Browser: Safari
- Chat: iMessage and Discord
- Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
- Read it Later: GoodLinks
- Word Processing: IAWriter
- Spreadsheets: Numbers
- Presentations: Don’t do ‘em!
- Shopping Lists: Things, or a 3x5 note card
- Meal Planning: Nope.
- Budgeting and Personal Finance: GreenBooks
- News: see RSS Reader above
- Music: Albums - the app. I just love this app.
- Podcasts: Overcast
- Password Management: 1Password Family