List of Macintosh software

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

Audio

• Ableton Live – music production
• Adobe Soundbooth – music and soundtrack editing
• Ardour – hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation program
• Audacity – digital audio editor
• Audion – media player (development ceased)
• Audio Hijack – audio recorder
• baudline – signal analyzer
• BIAS Peak – mastering
• Cog – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
• Cubase – professional music production program
• djay – digital music mixing software
• Digital Performer – MIDI sequencer with audio tracking
• Final Cut Express/Pro – movie editor
• Finale – scorewriter program
• fre:ac - open source audio converter and CD ripper
• GarageBand – music/podcast production
• HyperNext – freeware software development
• Impro-Visor – educational notation and playback for music improvisation
• iTunes – audio/video Jukebox
• iVolume – volume normalization
• ixi software – free improvisation and sketching tools
• Jaikoz – mass tagger
• LilyPond – scorewriter program
• Logic Express – prosumer music production
• Logic Studio – music writing studio package by Apple Inc.
  • Apple Loops Utility – production and organisation of Apple Loops
  • Apple Qmaster and Qadministrator
  • Logic Pro – digital audio workstation
  • Mainstage – program to play software synthesizers live
  • QuickTime Pro – pro version of QuickTime
  • Soundtrack Pro – post production audio editor
  • WaveBurner – CD mastering and production software
• Mixxx – DJ mix software available for the mac in the App Store
• Max – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
• Nuendo – audio and post production editor
• Overture – scorewriter program
• ReBirth – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
• REAPER – digital audio workstation
• Reason – digital audio workstation
• Recycle – sample editor
• Renoise – contemporary digital audio workstation, based upon the heritage and development of tracker software.
• RiffWorks – guitar recording and online song collaboration software
• Senuti – transfers music from iPod to computer
• Sibelius – scorewriter program
• Sound Studio – digital audio analyzer and editor
• N-Track Studio – multitrack audio recording, editing and mixing software

CD and DVD authoring

• Disco
• DVD Studio Pro – professional DVD authoring application
• Adobe Encore
• iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application
• Roxio Toast – DVD authoring application

Chat (text, voice, video)

Adium on Mac OS X

• Adium – multi-protocol IM client
• aMSN
• AOL Instant Messenger - discontinued as of December 15, 2017^[1]
• ChitChat
• Colloquy – freeware advanced IRC and SILC client
• Fire – open source, multiprotocol IM client
• FaceTime - videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
• iChat – instant messaging and videoconferencing (discontinued since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion)
• iMessage - instant messaging between Mac, and iDevices
• Ircle
• Irssi – IrssiX and MacIrssi
• Kopete
• Microsoft Messenger for Mac
• Palringo
• Psi (instant messenger)
• Skype
• Snak
• Ventrilo – audio chatroom application
• X-Chat Aqua
• Yahoo! Messenger
• Photo Booth

Children's software

• Kid Pix Deluxe 3X – bitmap drawing program
• Stagecast Creator – 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 – 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 – open source IDE for C++
• CodeWarrior – development environment, framework
• Coldstone game engine
• Dylan
• Eclipse – open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities
• Fink – Debian package manager for ported Unix software
• Free Pascal – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
• GNU Compiler Collection
• Glasgow Haskell Compiler
• Helix – relational database IDE
• HotSpot – Sun's Java Virtual Machine
• IntelliJ IDEA - a JAVA IDE by JetBrains (free limited community edition)
• Komodo – commercial multi-language IDE from ActiveState
• Lazarus – cross-platform IDE to develop software with Free Pascal, specialized in graphical software
• LiveCode – high-level cross-platform IDE
• MacApp – application development framework Pascal and C++
• Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
• Macports – a package management system that simplifies the installation of free/open source software on the Mac OS X.
• Macromedia Authorware – 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
• Mono – open source implementation of Microsoft .NET Framework with a C# compiler
• NetBeans – modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java
• Omnis Studio – 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 – an IDE for C++ GUI applications, by Trolltech
• Real Studio – cross-platform compiled REALbasic BASIC programming language IDE
• ResEdit – resource editor
• Script Debugger – an AppleScript and Open Scripting Architecture IDE
• SuperCard – high-level IDE
• Tcl/tk – scripting shell & GUI utility that allows cross platform development. Included With Mac OS X.
• TextMate – very type-efficient multipurpose text editor supports Ruby, PHP, Python, many more
• Torque (game engine) – professional game creation software
• WebKit – open source application framework for Safari (web browser)
• WebObjects
• wxPython – API merging Python and wxWidgets
• Xcode – IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of OS X and is available as a download, was called Project Builder

Email

FTP clients

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

Games

• Steam – digital distribution software for video games and related media

Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing

Integrated software technologies

• Finder
• Path Finder
• QuickTime
• Terminal
• X11.app

Language and reference tools

• Cram (software)
• Dictionary (software)
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Rosetta Stone (software) – proprietary language learning software
• Ultralingua – proprietary electronic dictionaries and language tools
• World Book Encyclopedia – multimedia

Mathematics software

• Fityk
• Grapher
• Maple (software)
• Mathematica
• MATLAB
• MathMagic
• Octave (software) – open source
• R (programming language)
• Sysquake
• SciLab – open source

Media center

• Boxee – Mac and Apple TV
• Front Row
• Mira
• MythTV
• SageTV
• Plex
• Kodi

Multimedia authoring

• Adobe Director – animation/application development
• Adobe Flash – vector animation
• Adobe LiveMotion – a discontinued competitor to Macromedia Flash, until Adobe bought Macromedia
• iBooks Author – creates content for iBooks
• iLife – creative media suite by Apple
• Unity – 3D authoring

Networking and telecommunications

• Apple Remote Desktop
• Google Earth
• iStumbler – find wireless networks and devices
• Karelia Watson (defunct)
• KisMAC
• NetSpot - software tool for wireless network assessment, scanning, and surveys, analyzing Wi-Fi coverage and performance
• Timbuktu – remote control
• WiFi Explorer - a wireless network scanner tool

News aggregators

• Feedly – news aggregator, and news aggregator reading application
• NetNewsWire – news aggregator reading application
• NewsFire – news aggregator reading application
• RSSOwl – news aggregator reading application
• Safari (web browser) - news aggregation via built-in RSS support
• Apple Mail – news aggregation via (discontinued) built-in RSS support

Office and productivity

• AbiWord
• Adobe Acrobat
• Address Book – bundled with OS X
• AppleWorks – word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
• Bean (word processor) – free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
• Celtx
• CricketGraph - graphmaker
• Delicious Library
• FileMaker
• FlowVella
• Fortora Fresh Finance
• Helix (database)
• iBank – personal finance application
• iCal – calendar management, bundled with OS X
• iWork – suite:
  • Pages – word processor application
  • Numbers – spreadsheet application
  • Keynote – presentation application
• Journler – diary and personal information manager with personal wiki features
• KOffice
• LibreOffice
• MacLinkPlus Deluxe - file format translation tool for PowerPC-era Mac OS X, converting and opening files created in other operating systems
• MarinerPak – suite:
  • Mariner Write
  • Mariner Calc
• Mellel
• Merlin Project - project management application
• Microsoft Office – office suite:
  • Microsoft Word – word processor application
  • Microsoft Excel – spreadsheet application
  • Microsoft PowerPoint – presentation application
  • Microsoft Entourage – email application (replaced by Microsoft Outlook)
  • Microsoft Outlook – email application
• MoneyWiz – personal finance application
• Montage – screenwriting software
• NeoOffice
• Nisus Writer
• OmniFocus
• OpenOffice.org
• WriteNow
• Taste – word processor (discontinued)

Operating systems

• Darwin – the BSD-licensed core of macOS
• macOS – originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016
• macOS Server – the server computing variant of macOS

Outliners and mind-mapping

• 2-plan Desktop – 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 – Bittorrent client, was Azureus
• XNap

Science

• Celestia – 3D astronomy program
• Stellarium – 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
• Ulysses

Utilities

• Activity Monitor – default system monitor for hardware and software
• AppZapper – uninstaller (shareware)
• Automator – built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks
• Backup – built-in
• BitDefender Antivirus 2009 for Mac OS – antivirus software
• Butler – free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
• CleanGenius – free system optimization tool for Mac OS X, disk cleaner, uninstaller, device ejector, disk monitor. (freeware)
• CandyBar – system customization software (commercial)
• CDFinder – disk cataloging software (commercial)
• Compact Pro – data compression
• DaisyDisk – disk visualization tool
• Dashboard – built-in Mac OS X widgets
• Disk Drill Basic – data recovery software for Mac OS X
• Grab (software) – built-in Mac OS X screenshot utility
• Growl – global notifications system, free
• iArchiver – handles archives, commercial
• Intego VirusBarrier – antivirus software
• iSync – syncing software, bundled with OS X
• LaunchBar – provides instant access to local data, search engines and more by entering abbreviations of search item names, commercial
• Little Snitch – network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
• MacScan – malware removal program
• Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing – proprietary, typing tutor
• Norton Antivirus for Mac – an antivirus program specially made for Mac
• OnyX – a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for Mac OS X
• Quicksilver – a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data
• Screen Sharing
• SheepShaver – PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs
• Sherlock – file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
• Sophos - antivirus software
• Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery - Data Recovery Software for Mac Computers
• Stuffit – data compression
• Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
• System Preferences – default Mac system option application
• The Tilery - application switcher
• Time Machine (Apple software) – built-in backup software
• UUTool – uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
• Stellar Phoenix Video Repair – Repair corrupt of damaged videos
• VirusScan – antivirus software
• BetterZip - file archiver and compressor utility
• WinZip – file archiver and compressor utility
• Xsan – storage network utility
• Yahoo! Widget Engine – JavaScript-based widget system

Video

• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Presenter Video Express
• Avid
• DivX
• DivX Player
• DVD Player (Apple) – DVD player software built into Mac OS X
• FFmpeg – heavy-duty audio/video converter
• Final Cut Express
• Final Cut Studio – professional audio-video editing suite:
  • Apple Qmaster
  • Cinema Tools
  • Compressor
  • DVD Studio Pro
  • Final Cut Pro
  • LiveType
  • Motion 2
  • Soundtrack Pro
• HandBrake – DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
• iMovie – basic video editing application
• Miro Media Player
• MPlayer
• Perian
• QuickTime – including its Player and QuickTime Pro
• RealPlayer
• Shake
• Windows Media Player
• VLC media player
• 4K Video Downloader - free video downloader

Web browsers

Firefox

Camino

• Amaya – free
• Camino – open source
• Flock – free, Mozilla Firefox based
• Google Chrome – free, proprietary
• iCab – free
• Konqueror – open source
• Lynx – free
• Mozilla – open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
• Mozilla Firefox – open source
• Netscape Navigator – free, proprietary
• OmniWeb – free, proprietary
• Opera – free
• Safari (web browser) – built-in from Mac OS X 10.3, available as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.2
• SeaMonkey – open source Internet application suite
• Shiira – open source
• Sleipnir – free, by Fenrir Inc
• Tor (anonymity network) - free, open source
• Torch (web browser) - free, by Torch Media Inc.
• Internet Explorer for Mac – free, by Microsoft
• WebKit – 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
• RapidWeaver - a template-based website editor

Weblog clients

• ecto
• MarsEdit

See also

• List of Macintosh software published by Microsoft
• List of Unix utilities
• List of old Macintosh software

References