App Defaults 2026
All the cool kids, or at least Robb, Matt, and Jan-Lukas are updating their app defaults, something that started in the blogosphere back in 2023. And I can’t resist jumping on a fun bandwagon when I see one, and so… here’s mine! (honestly not much has changed since 2023 and 2024)
- ✉️ Mail Service: iCloud, Fastmail, Zoho, all with custom domains
- 📬 Mail Client: Apple Mail
- ☑️ Tasks: Todoist
- 📓 Notes: Obsidian
- 📰 RSS Service: Feedbin
- 🗞️ RSS Client: Fiery Feeds
- ⌨️ Launcher: Alfred
- ☁️ Cloud Storage: iCloud, Nextcloud
- 🖼️ Photo Library: iCloud, with Immich backup
- 📷 Photo Editing: Pixelmator Pro, Affinity Photo, Adobe Photoshop, darktable
- 📹 Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
- 💻 Screenshots: CleanShot X
- 🌐 Web Browser: Firefox
- 💬 Chat: iMessage, Matrix, WhatsApp
- 📆 Calendar: Fantastical
- 🌤️ Weather: Mercury Weather, Radarscope
- 🎙️ Podcasts: Overcast
- 📚 Audiobooks: Prologue with self-hosted library
- 🎵 Music: Plexamp with self-hosted library
- 📜 Word Processing: Pages
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers
- 📊 Presentations: Keynote
- 🔑 Password Management: 1Password
- 💁♂️ Social Media: Mastodon
- 🐘 Mastodon: Ivory
- 🧮 Code Editor: Sublime Text
- 👨💻 Git Client: Sublime Merge
- 🔎 Search: Kagi
- ✈️ Flight Tracking: Flighty
- ✨ AI Chatbot: Multiple via Kagi Assistant (mostly Claude)