The blogosphere does a thing again. This time we talk about defaults, like default sofware that you use. But you can also write about your default headphones if you want. I am not the boss of you!
I follow eay.cc’s blog and found this great idea of “app defaults”. The idea is to list your main tools for several categories like Cloud storage, Mail client, Podcatcher etc. It’s apparently based on the podcast Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults!.
So I started listening to it and pretty quick the trio was setting the rule, that this whole idea means “defaults for apple-based systems”. That stopped me for a second, my main work horse is a windows machine, but you know what? I don’t care 😁 I like this idea so much, that I’m printing my defaults here anyway. I’m also adding a few others that came to mind.
| Category | Desktop | Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| 📨 Mail Server | mailbox.org 1 | mailbox.org |
| 📨 Mail Client | Mozilla Thunderbird | Apple Mail |
| 📝 Notes | Notepad++ | Apple Notes with iCloud |
| ✅ To-Do | - | Apple Reminders with iCloud2 |
| 📷 Photo Shooting | Fujifilm X-T3 😁 | Apple Camera |
| 📷 Photo Management | Windows Photos with iCloud | Apple Photos with iCloud |
| 📆 Calendar client | - | Tiny Calendar |
| 📆 Calendar server | - | Apple iCloud |
| ☁️ Cloud file storage | Nextcloud | Nextcloud (& iCloud 🤔) |
| 📰 RSS | Nextcloud News | Nextnews |
| 📇 Contacts | - | Apple Contacts with iCloud |
| 🌐 Browser | Mozilla Firefox | Apple Safari |
| 💬 Chat | Discord | Discord |
| 💬 Messaging | Signal | Signal |
| 🔖 Bookmarks | Nextcloud Bookmarks | Floccus |
| 📖 Read It Later | Nextcloud Bookmarks | Floccus |
| 📝 Word Processing | Notepad++ | Apple Notes with iCloud |
| 📝 Spreadsheets | LibreOffice Calc | - |
| 📝 Presentations | - | - |
| 🛒 Shopping Lists | - | Apple Reminders with iCloud |
| 🍜 Meal Planning | – | - |
| 💸 Budgeting & Personal Finance | Online Banking3 | Online Banking App |
| 📰 News | Nextcloud News | Nextnews & Mastodon |
| 🎶 Music | Spotify4 | Spotify |
| 🎤 Podcasts | - | Pocket Casts |
| 🔐 Password Management | 1Password5 | 1Password |
| 🔎 Search engine | DuckDuckGo | DuckDuckGo |
| 👾 Code Editor | VSCodium | - |
| 💻 Terminal | MobaXterm | - |
| 🕹️ Gaming library | Steam | - |
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It even comes with a “bring-your-own-domain” service ↩︎
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I’m currently trying a physical bullet journal parallel, but I don’t know if I can keep this up in the long run. The mobile phone is so damn convenient. ↩︎
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I used Firefly III in the past, but my bank introduced budgeting and categories, therefore I don’t need a third-party tool anymore. ↩︎
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I’m in the process of cancelling the service and switching back to the good old CDs. Once digitized I’m probably going to use Apple iTunes / Apple Music to sync the files to my iPhone. (Blog post already in the works.) ↩︎
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I’m also migrating away from 1Password to Vaultwarden, a fork of Bitwarden. ↩︎