App Defaults 2026

I wasn't really posting anywhere the first time everyone was sharing their app defaults inspired by Hemispheric Views #97. I am a regular listener of the show so I hope it's okay to post them for the first time now:

Core Apps

• 🔎 Browser
  • Helium on macOS
  • Quiche on iPhone
  • Safari when needed elsewhere
  • 🪦 R.I.P. Arc 😔
• 💬 Chat
  • iMessage for Friends and Family
  • WhatsApp when required
  • Discord for Social Chat
  • I wish everything was on Signal

Productivity

• 📮 Mail Server
  • iCloud
  • Gmail
  • I do want to start using a better dedicated Mail platform like Fastmail
• 📨 Mail Client
  • Mail.app
  • Gmail Web
  • iCloud Web
• 📝 Notes
  • Obsidian
  • Tot
• ✅ To-Do
  • Reminders.app
• 📆 Calendar
  • iCloud (Server and Client)
• 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts Management
  • Contacts.app
• 📜 Word Processing
  • Obsidian
  • LibreOffice
• 🛒 Shopping List
  • Reminders.app
• 🔐 Password Management
  • KeePassXC on Mac
  • KeePassium on iOS
  • Some stuff in Passwords.app
• 🔖 Bookmarks
  • linkding
  • Browser Bookmarks
• 🔁 Habit Tracking & Journalling
  • Futureland

Developer

• 💻 Terminal
  • Ghostty (Emulator)
  • Starship (Prompt)
• 🛠️ Code Editor
  • Zed (GUI)
  • Micro (TUI)

Creative Work

• 🎞️ Video Editing
  • DaVinci Resolve
• 📸 Photo Editing
  • Affinity
• 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting
  • Soft
    • This is a very fun app that uses iPhone analogue sensors to add grain, texture, & depth to the image.
• ✨ 3D & Graphics
  • DaVinci Resolve Fusion
  • Blender

Media Management

• 🎵 Music
  • Apple Music
• 🎙️ Podcasts
  • Overcast
• 📰 News
  • Instagram
  • RSS
• 📖 RSS
  • NetNewsWire with iCloud
• 📺 Media Server
  • Jellyfin
• 🎬 Media Tracking
  • Letterboxd (for Movies)
  • Sofa (for TV and Reading)
• 📁 File Storage
  • iCloud
  • Dropbox
  • A laptop + hard drive in the cupboard running copyparty.
• 🖼️ Photos Management
  • Photos.app