App Defaults
1ย month ago and originally posted to my old blog at binarydigit.cafe
I finally caught up with the infamous Hemispheric Views episode โDuel of the Defaults!โ.
I love the humor and comradery of everyone on the show. I even saw Robb Knight create an amazing page dedicated to everyoneโs app defaults. Hereโs my list across MacOS, Linux and Windows for current day (Feb 2026).
โ๏ธ Mail Client: Fastmail
๐จ Mail Server: Fastmail.com
๐ Notes: Notesnook.com
โ To-Do: Notesnook.com
๐ท Mobile Photo Shooting: Default Pixel camera
๐ Photo Management: Pixel Gallery and Ente Photos
๐๏ธ Calendar: Fastmail
๐๏ธ Cloud file storage: Filen.io
๐ฐ RSS: Newsblur
๐ Contacts: Google Contacts (ugh) synced to Fastmail
๐ธ๏ธ Browser: Firefox
๐ฌ Chat: Google RCS Messages, Signal, Discord, IRC
๐ Bookmarks: Firefox sync and Raindrop.io
๐ Read It Later: Notesnook
๐ Word Processing: Notesnook and LibreOffice
๐ Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
๐ Presentations: N/A
๐ Shopping Lists: Notesnook
๐งโ๐ณ Meal Planning: N/A
๐ฐ Budgeting & Personal Finance: Notesnook/bank app
๐๏ธ News: Reddit/Podcasts
๐ถ Music: YouTube Music, Bandcamp, Qobuz, VirtualDJ when mixing
๐ง Podcasts: Pocketcasts
๐ Password Management: 1Password
