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- Ableton Live â€" music production
- Adobe Soundbooth â€" music and soundtrack editing
- Ardour â€" hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation program
- Audacity â€" digital audio editor
- Audion â€" (development ceased)
- Audio Hijack â€" audio recorder
- baudline â€" signal analyzer
- BIAS Peak â€" mastering
- Cog â€" open source audio player, supports multiple formats
- Cubase â€" professional music production program
- djay â€" digital music mixing software
- Digital Performer â€" MIDI sequencer with audio tracking
- Final Cut Express/Pro â€" movie editor
- Finale â€" scorewriter program
- GarageBand â€" music/podcast production
- HyperNext â€" freeware software development
- Impro-Visor â€" educational notation and playback for music improvisation
- iTunes â€" audio/video Jukebox
- iVolume â€" volume normalization
- ixi software â€" free improvisation and sketching tools
- Jaikoz â€" mass tagger
- LilyPond â€" scorewriter program
- Logic Express â€" prosumer music production
- Logic Studio â€" music writing studio package by Apple Inc.
- Apple Loops Utility â€" production and organisation of Apple Loops
- Apple Qmaster and Qadministrator
- Logic Pro â€" digital audio workstation
- Mainstage â€" program to play software synthesizers live
- QuickTime Pro â€" pro version of QuickTime
- Soundtrack Pro â€" post production audio editor
- WaveBurner â€" CD mastering and production software
- Mixxx â€" DJ mix software available for the mac in the App Store
- Max â€" Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
- Nuendo â€" audio and post production editor
- Overture â€" scorewriter program
- ReBirth â€" virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
- REAPER â€" digital audio workstation
- Reason â€" digital audio workstation
- Recycle â€" sample editor
- Renoise â€" contemporary digital audio workstation, based upon the heritage and development of tracker software.
- RiffWorks â€" guitar recording and online song collaboration software
- Senuti â€" transfers music from iPod to computer
- Sibelius â€" scorewriter program
- Sound Studio â€" digital audio analyzer and editor
- virtualDJ - most popular DJ software for Windows and OS X
- Disco
- DVD Studio Pro â€" professional DVD authoring application
- Adobe Encore
- iDVD â€" a basic DVD-authoring application
- Roxio Toast â€" DVD authoring application
Chat (text, voice, video)
- Adium â€" multi-protocol IM client
- aMSN
- AOL Instant Messenger - discontinued as of December 15, 2017
- ChitChat
- Colloquy â€" freeware advanced IRC and SILC client
- Fire â€" open source, multiprotocol IM client
- FaceTime - videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
- iChat â€" instant messaging and videoconferencing (discontinued since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion)
- iMessage - instant messaging between Mac, and iDevices
- Ircle
- Irssi â€" IrssiX and MacIrssi
- Kopete
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac
- Palringo
- Psi (instant messenger)
- Skype
- Snak
- Ventrilo â€" audio chatroom application
- X-Chat Aqua
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Photo Booth
Children's software
- Kid Pix Deluxe 3X â€" bitmap drawing program
- Stagecast Creator â€" programming and internet authoring for kids
Developer tools and IDEs
- Apache Web Server
- AppCode - an Objective-C IDE by JetBrains for OS X and iOS development
- Aptana â€" an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Ajax web applications
- Clozure CL - an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Common Lisp applications
- Code::Blocks â€" open source IDE for C++
- CodeWarrior â€" development environment, framework
- Coldstone game engine
- Dylan
- Eclipse â€" open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities
- Fink â€" Debian package manager for ported Unix software
- Free Pascal â€" Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
- GNU Compiler Collection
- Glasgow Haskell Compiler
- Helix â€" relational database IDE
- HotSpot â€" Sun's Java Virtual Machine
- IntelliJ IDEA - a JAVA IDE by JetBrains (free limited community edition)
- Komodo â€" commercial multi-language IDE from ActiveState
- Lazarus â€" cross-platform IDE to develop software with Free Pascal, specialized in graphical software
- LiveCode â€" high-level cross-platform IDE
- MacApp â€" application development framework Pascal and C++
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
- Macports â€" a package management system that simplifies the installation of free/open source software on the Mac OS X.
- Macromedia Authorware â€" application (CBT, eLearning) development, no Mac development environment since version 4, though can still package applications with the 'Mac Packager' for OS 8 through 10 playback
- MacZoop â€" C++ application framework
- Mono â€" open source implementation of Microsoft .NET Framework with a C# compiler
- NetBeans â€" modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java
- Omnis Studio â€" cross-platform development environment for creating enterprise and web applications for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Solaris
- Panorama
- Perl
- Peppermint - multi-purpose editor supporting a wide range of languages and comes with a CoffeeScript/JavaScript API
- PHP
- Python
- Qt Creator â€" an IDE for C++ GUI applications, by Trolltech
- Real Studio â€" cross-platform compiled REALbasic BASIC programming language IDE
- ResEdit â€" resource editor
- Script Debugger â€" an AppleScript and Open Scripting Architecture IDE
- SuperCard â€" high-level IDE
- Tcl/tk â€" scripting shell & GUI utility that allows cross platform development. Included With Mac OS X.
- TextMate â€" very type-efficient multipurpose text editor supports Ruby, PHP, Python, many more
- Torque (game engine) â€" powerful professional game creation software
- WebKit â€" open source application framework for Safari (web browser)
- WebObjects
- wxPython â€" API merging Python and wxWidgets
- Xcode â€" IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of OS X and is available as a download, was called Project Builder
Email clients
- Apple Mail â€" the bundled email client
- Claris Emailer â€" classic Mac OS only, no longer available
- Entourage â€" email client by Microsoft; analogous to Microsoft Outlook
- Eudora
- Foxmail
- Lotus Notes
- Mailbird
- Mailplane â€" a WebKit-based client for Gmail
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mulberry â€" open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
- Opera Mail
- Outlook Express
- Postbox
- Sparrow â€" as well as Sparrow Lite
Other email software
- SPAMfighter - Anti-Spam software
- Gmail Notifier
FTP clients
- Classic FTP
- Cyberduck
- Fetch
- Fugu
- FileZilla
- Interarchy
- Transmit
- Yummy FTP
Games
- Steam â€" digital distribution software for video games and related media
Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing
CAD, 3D graphics
- 3D-Coat
- Autodesk Alias
- Ashlar-Vellum â€" organic 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
- ArchiCAD
- AutoCAD
- Blender
- BricsCAD
- Cheetah3D
- Cinema 4D
- SketchUp â€" 3D modeling software
- Houdini
- Lightwave
- Maya
- Modo
- PowerCADD
- VectorWorks
- ZBrush
- Adobe Acrobat
- Preview
Icon editors, viewers
- Icon Composer â€" part of Apple Developer Tools
- IconBuilder
- Microsoft Office
File conversion and management
- Adobe Bridge â€" digital asset management app
- BibDesk â€" free bibliographic database app that organizes linked files
- Font Book â€" font management tool
- GraphicConverter â€" graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
- iPhoto â€" photo management application
Layout and desktop publishing
- Adobe InDesign â€" page layout
- iBooks Author â€" create content for iBooks
- iCalamus â€" page layout
- iStudio Publisher â€" page layout
- Pages â€" part of iWork
- QuarkXPress â€" page layout
- Ready,_Set,_Go!_(software) â€" page layout
- Scribus â€" page layout
- TeX â€" publishing
- MacTeX â€" TeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac
- Comparison of TeX Editors
- The Print Shop â€" page layout
Raster and vector graphics
- Adobe Fireworks â€" supports GIF animation.
- Adobe Illustrator â€" vector graphics editor
- Adobe Photoshop â€" also offers some vector graphics features
- Affinity Designer - vector graphics editor for Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows
- Anime Studio â€" 2D based vector animation
- Aperture â€" Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
- Corel Painter
- Eazydraw
- Fontographer
- GIMP â€" free bitmap graphics editor
- GIMPShop â€" free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
- GraphicConverter â€" displays and edits raster graphics files
- Inkscape â€" free vector graphics editor
- Luminar
- MacPaint â€" painting software by Apple (discontinued)
- Macromedia FreeHand â€" vector graphics editor
- Paintbrush â€" free simple bitmap graphics program
- Photos â€" official photo management and editing application developed by Apple
- Photo Booth â€" photo camera, video recorder
- Pixelmator â€" hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
- Seashore â€" open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native OS X (Cocoa) UI
Integrated software technologies
- Finder
- Path Finder
- QuickTime
- Terminal
- X11.app
Language and reference tools
- Cram (software)
- Dictionary (software)
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Rosetta Stone (software) â€" proprietary language learning software
- Ultralingua â€" proprietary electronic dictionaries and language tools
- World Book Encyclopedia â€" multimedia
Mathematics software
- Fityk
- Grapher
- Maple (software)
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- MathMagic
- Octave (software) â€" open source
- R (programming language)
- Sysquake
- SciLab â€" open source
Media center
- Boxee â€" Mac and Apple TV
- Front Row
- Mira
- MythTV
- SageTV
- Plex
- Kodi
- Adobe Director â€" animation/application development
- Adobe Flash â€" vector animation
- Adobe LiveMotion â€" a discontinued competitor to Macromedia Flash, until Adobe bought Macromedia
- iBooks Author â€" creates content for iBooks
- iLife â€" creative media suite by Apple
- Unity â€" 3D authoring
Networking and telecommunications
- Apple Remote Desktop
- Google Earth
- iStumbler â€" find wireless networks and devices
- Karelia Watson (defunct)
- KisMAC
- Timbuktu â€" remote control
News aggregators
- Feedly â€" news aggregator, and news aggregator reading application
- NetNewsWire â€" news aggregator reading application
- NewsFire â€" news aggregator reading application
- RSSOwl â€" news aggregator reading application
- Safari (web browser) - news aggregation via built-in RSS support
- Apple Mail â€" news aggregation via (discontinued) built-in RSS support
Office and productivity
- AbiWord
- Adobe Acrobat
- Address Book â€" bundled with OS X
- AppleWorks â€" word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
- Bean (word processor) â€" free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
- Celtx
- Circus Ponies NoteBook
- CricketGraph - graphmaker
- Delicious Library
- FileMaker
- FlowVella
- Fortora Fresh Finance
- Helix (database)
- iBank â€" personal finance application
- iCal â€" calendar management, bundled with OS X
- iWork â€" suite:
- Pages â€" word processor application
- Numbers â€" spreadsheet application
- Keynote â€" presentation application
- Journler â€" diary and personal information manager with personal wiki features
- KOffice
- LibreOffice
- MarinerPak â€" suite:
- Mariner Write
- Mariner Calc
- Mellel
- Microsoft Office â€" office suite:
- Microsoft Word â€" word processor application
- Microsoft Excel â€" spreadsheet application
- Microsoft PowerPoint â€" presentation application
- Microsoft Entourage â€" email application (replaced by Microsoft Outlook)
- Microsoft Outlook â€" email application
- MoneyWiz â€" personal finance application
- Montage â€" screenwriting software
- NeoOffice
- Nisus Writer
- OmniFocus
- OpenOffice.org
- WriteNow
- Taste â€" word processor (discontinued)
Operating systems
- Darwin â€" the BSD-licensed core of macOS
- macOS â€" originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016
- macOS Server â€" the server computing variant of macOS
Outliners and mind-mapping
- 2-plan Desktop â€" free project management software with integrated mind maps
- FreeMind
- Mindjet
- OmniOutliner
- OmniGraffle
- XMind
Peer-to-peer file sharing
- Acquisition
- aMule
- BitTorrent client
- BitTyrant
- Blog Torrent
- Cabos
- Folx
- FrostWire
- LimeWire
- Poisoned
- rTorrent
- Tomato Torrent
- Transmission (BitTorrent)
- μTorrent
- Vuze â€" Bittorrent client, was Azureus
- XNap
Science
- Breve â€" artificial life simulator
- Celestia â€" 3D astronomy program
- Stellarium â€" 3D astronomy program
Text editors
- ACE
- Aquamacs
- BBEdit
- BBEdit Lite
- Coda
- Emacs
- jEdit
- Komodo Edit
- Nano
- SimpleText
- Smultron
- SubEthaEdit
- Sublime Text 2
- TeachText
- TextEdit
- TextMate
- TextWrangler
- vim
- XEmacs
Utilities
- Activity Monitor â€" default system monitor for hardware and software
- AppZapper â€" uninstaller (shareware)
- Automator â€" built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks
- Backup â€" built-in
- BitDefender Antivirus 2009 for Mac OS â€" antivirus software
- Butler â€" free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
- CleanGenius â€" free system optimization tool for Mac OS X, disk cleaner, uninstaller, device ejector, disk monitor. (freeware)
- CandyBar â€" system customization software (commercial)
- CDFinder â€" disk cataloging software (commercial)
- Compact Pro â€" data compression
- Dashboard â€" built-in Mac OS X widgets
- Disk Drill Basic â€" data recovery software for Mac OS X
- Grab (software) â€" built-in Mac OS X screenshot utility
- Growl â€" global notifications system, free
- iArchiver â€" handles archives, commercial
- Intego VirusBarrier â€" antivirus software
- iSync â€" syncing software, bundled with OS X
- LaunchBar â€" provides instant access to local data, search engines and more by entering abbreviations of search item names, commercial
- Little Snitch â€" network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
- MacScan â€" malware removal program
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing â€" proprietary, typing tutor
- Norton Antivirus for Mac â€" an antivirus program specially made for Mac
- OnyX â€" a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for Mac OS X
- Quicksilver â€" a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data
- Screen Sharing
- SheepShaver â€" PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs
- Sherlock â€" file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
- Sophos - antivirus software
- Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery - Data Recovery Software for Mac Computers
- Stuffit â€" data compression
- Stickies â€" put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
- System Preferences â€" default Mac system option application
- The Tilery - application switcher
- Time Machine (Apple software) â€" built-in backup software
- UUTool â€" uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
- VirusScan â€" antivirus software
- WinZip â€" file archiver and compressor utility
- Xsan â€" storage network utility
- Yahoo! Widget Engine â€" JavaScript-based widget system
Support for non-Macintosh software
- Bochs
- Boot Camp â€" a multi-boot utility built into OS X from 10.5
- CrossOver â€" commercial implementation of Wine
- DaisyDisk â€" disk visualization tool
- DOSBox â€" DOS emulator
- Hercules emulator
- pcAnywhere â€" VNC-style remote control
- Parallels Workstation â€" commercial full virtualization software for desktop and server
- Q â€" emulates an IBM-compatible PC on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
- VSD Viewer â€" desktop tool allows opening MS Visio drawings on Mac
- VMware â€" virtualization software
- Wine â€" Windows API reimplementation
- Virtual PC â€" full virtualization software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and GNU/Linux, on PowerPC Macs (discontinued in 2007)
- VirtualBox
- vMac â€" emulates a Macintosh Plus and can run Apple Macintosh System versions 1.1 to 7.5.5.
Video
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Presenter Video Express
- Avid
- DivX
- DivX Player
- DVD Player (Apple) â€" DVD player software built into Mac OS X
- FFmpeg â€" heavy-duty audio/video converter
- Final Cut Express
- Final Cut Studio â€" professional audio-video editing suite:
- Apple Qmaster
- Cinema Tools
- Compressor
- DVD Studio Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- LiveType
- Motion 2
- Soundtrack Pro
- HandBrake â€" DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
- iMovie â€" basic video editing application
- Miro Media Player
- MPlayer
- Perian
- QuickTime â€" including its Player and QuickTime Pro
- RealPlayer
- Shake
- Windows Media Player
- VLC media player
- 4K Video Downloader - free video downloader
Web browsers
- Amaya â€" free
- Camino â€" open source
- Flock â€" free, Mozilla Firefox based
- Google Chrome â€" free, proprietary
- iCab â€" free
- Konqueror â€" open source
- Lynx â€" free
- Mozilla â€" open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
- Mozilla Firefox â€" open source
- Netscape Navigator â€" free, proprietary
- OmniWeb â€" free, proprietary
- Opera â€" free
- Safari (web browser) â€" built-in from Mac OS X 10.3, available as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.2
- SeaMonkey â€" open source Internet application suite
- Shiira â€" open source
- Sleipnir â€" free, by Fenrir Inc
- Torch (web browser) - free, by Torch Media Inc.
- Internet Explorer for Mac â€" free, by Microsoft
- WebKit â€" Safari application framework, also in the form of an application
Web design and content management
- Adobe Contribute
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe GoLive
- Claris Homepage
- Coda
- Freeway
- iWeb
- NVu
Weblog clients
- ecto
- MarsEdit
See also
- List of Macintosh software published by Microsoft
- List of Unix utilities
- List of old Macintosh software