These are my default apps for common tasks - a snapshot of my digital toolkit as of January 2026.

Communication

📧 Mail Client: Apple Mail (personal); Outlook (work)
💬 Messaging: Apple Messages & Slack
📹 Video Calls: FaceTime

Productivity

✅ To-Do Manager: Apple Reminders
📅 Calendar: Apple Calendar & Outlook
📝 Notes/Writing: Apple Notes & Obsidian
📊 Spreadsheets: Excel
📽️ Presentations: Apple Keynote

Web & Reading

🌐 Web Browser: Safari
📰 RSS Reader: NetNewsWire
🔖 Read-It-Later: Apple Reminders
🎙️ Podcast Player: PocketCasts

Media

🎵 Music Player: Apple Music
🎬 Video Player: VLC & Jellyfin
📷 Photo Management: Apple Photos

Development & Tools

💻 Code Editor: BBEdit
⌨️ Terminal: Terminal.app
🔐 Password Manager: Apple Passwords
📋 Clipboard Manager: Raycast Clipboard History
🛡️ Privilege Escalation: Privileges (work)
🖥️ IT Support Portal: SupportApp (work)

Other

☁️ Cloud Storage: iCloud
🔍 Search: DuckDuckGo

Inspired by the Hemispheric Views podcast and the defaults directory.