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# App Defaults, 2023 Edition
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2023/11/app-defaults-2023-edition/
- Published: 2023-11-23T19:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-02T19:41:23.000Z
- Description: I love the way the web still works without any social media influence. Here's the internet rabbit trail that led me to creating this post.
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: apps, macos, iOS, Apple

I love the way the web still works without any social media influence. Here's the internet rabbit trail that led me to creating this post:

1. I was adding a link to [omg.lol](https://home.omg.lol/?ref=chrisenns.com), a blog and email hosting service that's cute AND easy AND (relatively) cheap, [to my newsletter](https://buttondown.email/lemonpodcasting?ref=chrisenns.com).
2. While browsing their [help and info page](https://home.omg.lol/info?ref=chrisenns.com), I saw that they offer a [/now/ feature](https://home.omg.lol/info/now?ref=chrisenns.com) that lets you update the world on what you're working on, reading, watching, etc... now. Old school internet at it's best.
3. I clicked through to the [omg.lol /now garden](https://now.garden/?ref=chrisenns.com) which has examples of how people are using /now to update the world.
4. I randomly picked [Rebecca Owen's /now page](https://beccaowen.omg.lol/now?ref=chrisenns.com).
5. Then I clicked back through to [her omg.lol page](https://beccaowen.omg.lol/?ref=chrisenns.com) to see how she was using it.
6. I saw she had a blog, so [I checked that out](https://beccais.online/?ref=chrisenns.com).
7. The most recent post on Rebecca's blog was one called [Default Apps 2023](https://beccais.online/2023/11/default-apps-2023/?ref=chrisenns.com). That's clickbait-up-arrow.gif material for me.
8. She had included a link to an episode a podcast called [Hemispheric Views](https://listen.hemisphericviews.com/097?ref=chrisenns.com), and this [defaults](https://defaults.rknight.me/?ref=chrisenns.com) page.

Which is how I got around to posting a list of my defaults. No Meta / Twitter / TikTok needed. 😆

### My Defaults as of 2023-11-23

- 📨 Mail Client - I'm back on  Mail.app.
- 📮 Mail Server - Personal is Gmail, my [business](https://www.lemonproductions.ca/?ref=chrisenns.com) is on G-suite or whatever it's called this month.
- 📝 Notes - A combination of  Notes (shared family stuff), [Drafts](https://getdrafts.com/?ref=chrisenns.com), and [Notion](https://www.notion.so/?r=dcac6fd924e245dd86621799472ef24e&ref=chrisenns.com).
- ✅ To-Do - Technically I'm using  Reminders. (*See Calendar for more*)
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting -  Camera app
- 🟦 Photo Management -  Photos app / PixelMator for graphics.
- 📆 Calendar - I recently switched to using [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical?ref=chrisenns.com), but my calendars and to do items are technically saved in  Reminders / Calendar's databases via iCloud.
- 📁 Cloud File Storage - I use Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud Drive to keep everything confusing.
- 📖 RSS - My RSS feed is stored in [Feedbin](https://feedbin.com/?ref=chrisenns.com), and I use Feedbin on my Mac to read RSS feeds. On my iPhone, I'm back using [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com/?ref=chrisenns.com) but am really tempted to pick up [Reeder](https://reederapp.com/?ref=chrisenns.com) and an iPad as dedicated RSS reading hardware.
- 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts -  Contacts but with a side of [Cardhop](https://flexibits.com/cardhop?ref=chrisenns.com), which is included in the Fantastical bundle subscription.
- 🌐 Browser - [Arc](https://arc.net/?ref=chrisenns.com) is my daily driver for most things. I use  Safari for anything I think I might also want on my iPhone. And Chrome sometimes because I'm too lazy to move some bookmarks over.
- 💬 Chat - iMessage, [Discord](https://discord.com/?ref=chrisenns.com), WhatsApp, Slack, FB Messenger, etc. etc. Basically wherever you are, I'll install an app for you.
- 🔖 Bookmarks - Safari's built in bookmarks bar is my default, and then I save bookmarks in a Notion database that I never remember to look at.
- 📑 Read It Later - [Reader by Readwise](https://readwise.io/read?ref=chrisenns.com). I love the way it integrates with Readwise to show me highlighted quotes from articles I've read.
- 📜 Word Processing - Word what now? I guess Notion is where I write longer things down.
- 📈 Spreadsheets - I usually reach for Google Sheets for quick calculations, Numbers if it's something I know I want to keep, or [Soulver](https://soulver.app/?ref=chrisenns.com) for my end of the month "is there enough money in the account to pay the bills" style budgeting.
- 📊 Presentations - I don't give many, but if I did I'd use  Keynote.
- 🛒 Shopping Lists - A shared Reminders list. iOS17's improvement of sorting the grocery list is a nice bonus.
- 🍴 Meal Planning - We have a family [Paprika](https://www.paprikaapp.com/?ref=chrisenns.com) account that works, but we don't use it all the time.
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance - I've been using [Lunch Money](https://lunchmoney.app/?refer=xs6ss9to&ref=chrisenns.com), but it keeps losing the connection to my bank accounts which I don't think is Lunch Money's fault and is more to do with banks not wanting to give up your data.
- 📰 News - Generally RSS, Threads, or Mastodon. Apple News+ if I have to dig into something more.
- 🎵 Music - Apple Music via the Apple One Family bundle. Price increases have me thinking of going back to CDs though.
- 🎤 Podcasts - 99% of the time I use [Pocket Casts](https://pocketcasts.com/?ref=chrisenns.com), and occasionally try out  Podcasts, Spotify, etc. as part of keeping up with my client's shows.
- 🔐 Password Management - We're on a [family 1Password](https://1password.com/personal?ref=chrisenns.com) plan. If I wasn't on a discounted promo plan of some sort, I'd definitely be looking into the updated  [shared password](https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlc00a3602/mac?ref=chrisenns.com) set up since that's just easier in the  ecosystem these days.

What are your defaults these days? Check out the [defaults site](https://defaults.rknight.me/?ref=chrisenns.com) where you can get the list of prompts with or without emoji, and check out all the other people who've submitted their defaults. Or you can [subscribe to the RSS feed](https://defaults.rknight.me/feed.xml?ref=chrisenns.com) in your default RSS reader to be updated when the defaults page is updated.