App Defaults 2026 (2026-01-08)
After seeing a post by Robb and Matt - It seems like it is time to update my App Defaults list after first doing it in 2023. You can check out a huge collections of similar posts here.
It was pretty interesting to see that I really settled on a lot of apps and did not switch a lot of tools. I added Craft again for notes but besides that there are no big changes. I added a few more categories compared to my last post.
- ✉️ Mail Client: Apple Mail
- 📨 Mail Server: iCloud + Hetzner
- 📝 Notes: Drafts + 🆕 Craft
- ✅ To-Do: Todoist
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera
- 📚 Photo Management: Photos
- 🤳🏻 Photo editing: Photomator (iOS), Pixelmator Pro
- 🗓️ Calendar: Fantastical
- 🗄️ Cloud file storage: iCloud Drive (+ Nextcloud and OneDrive)
- 📁 File Management: DEVONthink + Finder
- 📰 RSS: Readwise Reader
- 📇 Contacts: Contacts
- 🌐 Browser: Safari
- 💬 Chat: iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal
- 🔖 Bookmarks: DEVONthink
- 👓 Read It Later: Readwise Reader
- 📜 Word Processing: MS Word (I guess not opened since 2023)
- 📊 Spreadsheets: MS Excel (if I have to)
- 🛝 Presentations: Deckset
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Cookidoo
- 🧑🍳 Meal Planning: Cookidoo
- 💰 Budgeting & Personal Finance: MoneyMoney
- 🎶 Music: Apple Music
- 🎧 Podcasts: Castro
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
- ⌨️ Launcher: Raycast
- 🌤️ Weather: Carrot Weather
- 👨🏻💻 AI Chatbots and Assistant: Claude, Perplexity (got a year free with PayPal, won't continue using it afterwards)
- 👨🏻💻 Terminal: Ghostty
- 🐘 Mastodon: Ivory
Recent Posts
Joining Craft (Again) (2025-12-17)
On the Thanksgiving weekend I stumbled across an interesting email from the Craft Team. Reading the abbreviations "MCP" and "API" in the subject for the new update got me hooked. When I moved my personal notes away from Craft more than 2 years ago, the developing path including t...
Halide Challenge 2025 - Week 23 - Glass (2025-06-18)
The theme for the Nth week of the Halide challenge in 2025 is "glass". With a shot of my favorite coffee mug not getting the results I wanted and a closed church around that would also be a good fit for the challenge, I took this shot while riding with the bike. The large greenhouse with t...
Halide Challenge 2025 - Week 22 - Square (2025-06-10)
The theme for the 22nd week of the Halide challenge in 2025 is "Square". We are renovating a house. The theme of the week came at the right time after we removed the tiles from the old bathroom. The uneven mortar on the edgy wall immediately came to mind after reading the theme, perhaps al...
Halide Challenge 2025 - Week 21 - Sunset (2025-06-03)
The theme for the 21st week of the Halide challenge in 2025 is "Sunset". While I love the longer days in the summer, this theme is a bit challenging right now with our little boy. He usually goes to bed somewhere between 19:00 and 20:00 (7 to 8 p.m.). That’s why I seldom get the chance to ...
Halide Challenge 2025 - Week 20 - Landscape (2025-05-28)
The theme for the 20th week of the Halide challenge in 2025 is "Landscape". When I read the theme of this week, there was one spot I immediately had in mind. However, when I stopped there and took a shot, I was a bit disappointed. The problem was that the best viewpoint was from a frequent...