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Saturday, March 3, 2018

The following is a list of Macintosh softwareâ€"notable computer applications for current macOS systems. For software designed for the classic Mac OS, see List of old Macintosh software.>

Audio




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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

CD and DVD authoring


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munki | ISG D-PHYS Readme Wiki. Source : readme.phys.ethz.ch

  • 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)


How to update the software on your Mac - Apple Support
How to update the software on your Mac - Apple Support. Source : support.apple.com

  • 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


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GarageSale - Make your business on eBay. Source : www.iwascoding.com

  • Kid Pix Deluxe 3X â€" bitmap drawing program
  • Stagecast Creator â€" programming and internet authoring for kids

Developer tools and IDEs


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Just Got a Mac? Download These Apps First. Source : thenextweb.com

  • 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


Apple Brings the App Store to the Mac
Apple Brings the App Store to the Mac. Source : www.revellphotography.com

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


How to List All Applications on a Mac
How to List All Applications on a Mac. Source : osxdaily.com

  • Classic FTP
  • Cyberduck
  • Fetch
  • Fugu
  • FileZilla
  • Interarchy
  • Transmit
  • Yummy FTP

Games


Combine multiple audio interfaces by creating an Aggregate Device ...
Combine multiple audio interfaces by creating an Aggregate Device .... Source : support.apple.com

  • Steam â€" digital distribution software for video games and related media

Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing


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Networking Tools List. Source : www.conceptdraw.com

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

Distributed document authoring

  • 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


Use Dictation Commands to tell your Mac what to do - Apple Support
Use Dictation Commands to tell your Mac what to do - Apple Support. Source : support.apple.com

  • 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

Multimedia authoring



  • 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

References





 
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