List of Mac software
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The following is a list of notable computer applications for modern Mac OS systems.
For old software, 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 – (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
- DSP-Quattro – audio editor, plug-in host, audioCD mastering
- Final Cut Express/Pro – movie editor
- Finale – scorewriter program
- 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
- virtualdj - most popular dj software for windows and osx
Wiretap – digital audio recorder
More at Digital audio workstation products
Computer-aided design (CAD)
- See CAD, 3D graphics
CD and DVD authoring
- Disco
- DVD Studio Pro – professional DVD authoring application
- Adobe Encore
- iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application
- PopCorn – writing software
- Roxio Toast – DVD authoring application
Chat (text, voice, video)
- Adium – multi-protocol IM client
- aMSN
- AOL Instant Messenger
- 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
- Aptana – an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Ajax web applications
- Code::Blocks – open source IDE for C++
- CodeWarrior – development environment, framework
- Coldstone game engine
- Dylan (programming language)
- 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 (database) – relational database IDE
- HotSpot – Sun's Java Virtual Machine
- Komodo – commercial multi-language IDE from ActiveState
- Lazarus – cross-platform IDE to develop software with Free Pascal, specialized in graphical software
- MacApp – application development framework Pascal and C++
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
- 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
- MacZoop – C++ application framework
- 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 (database engine)
- Perl
- 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
- Revolution – high-level cross-platform IDE
- 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) – powerful 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 clients
- Airmail
- Apple Mail – the bundled email client
- Claris Emailer – classic Mac OS only, no longer available
- Entourage – email client by Microsoft; analogous to Microsoft Outlook
- Eudora
- Lotus Notes
- Mailbird
- Mailplane – a WebKit-based client for Gmail
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mulberry – open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
- Opera Mail
- Outlook Express
- Postbox – an email client with extension.
- Sparrow – as well as Sparrow Lite
Other email software
- SPAMfighter - Anti-Spam software
- Gmail Notifier
- Spamfire – spam filter (no longer available)
FTP clients
Games
Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing
CAD, 3D graphics
- Autodesk Alias
- Ashlar-Vellum – organic 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
- ArchiCAD
- AutoCAD[1]
- Blender
- Cheetah3D
- Cinema 4D
- [[flipb Software]]- digital flipbook publishing software
- Google SketchUp – 3D modeling software
- HighDesign
- Houdini
- Lightwave
- Maya
- Modo
- PowerCADD
- VectorWorks
- ZBrush
Distributed document authoring
Icon editors, viewers
- Icon Composer – part of Apple Developer Tools
- IconBuilder
- Microsoft Office
File conversion and management
- Adobe Bridge
- Font Book – font management tool
- GraphicConverter – graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
- iPhoto – photo management application
Layout and desktop publishing
- Adobe InDesign – page layout
- iBooks Author – create content for iBooks
- iStudio Publisher – page layout
- Pages – part of iWork
- QuarkXPress – page layout
- RagTime
- Ready,Set,Go!
- Scribus – page layout
- TeX – publishing
- MacTeX – TeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac
- Comparison of TeX Editors
- The Print Shop – page layout
Raster and vector graphics
- Adobe Fireworks – supports GIF animation.
- Adobe Illustrator – vector graphics editor
- Adobe Photoshop – also offers some vector graphics features
- Aperture – Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
- Corel Painter
- Fontographer
- GIMP – free bitmap graphics editor
- GIMPShop – free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
- Inkscape – free vector graphics editor
- MacPaint – painting software by Apple (discontinued)
- Macromedia FreeHand – vector graphics editor
- Paintbrush – free simple bitmap graphics program
- Photo Booth – photo camera, video recorder
- Pixelmator – hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
- Seashore – open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native OS X (Cocoa) UI
Integrated software technologies
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
- Centerstage
- Front Row
- iTheater
- Mira
- MythTV
- Remote Buddy – Mac remote control
- SageTV
- Plex
- XBMC
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
- Timbuktu – remote control
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
- Reeder – 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
- Circus Ponies NoteBook
- Contactizer – personal information manager, formerly called OD4Contact
- Delicious Library
- FileMaker
- Fortora Fresh Finance
- iBank – personal finance application
- iCal – calendar management, bundled with OS X
- iDocument – document management software
- iWork – suite:
- iSync – syncing software, bundled with OS X
- KOffice
- LibreOffice
- MarinerPak – suite:
- Mellel
- Microsoft Office – suite:
- Microsoft Word – word processor application
- Microsoft Excel – spreadsheet application
- Microsoft PowerPoint – presentation application
- Entourage – email application
- Microsoft Outlook – email application
- MoneyWiz – personal finance application
- Montage – screenwriting software
- NeoOffice
- Nisus Writer
- OmniFocus
- OpenOffice.org
- Tables – spreadsheet
- WriteNow
- Taste – word processor (discontinued)
Operating systems
- Darwin – the BSD-licensed core of OS X
- OS X
- OS X Server
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
Text editors
- ACE
- Aquamacs
- BBEdit
- BBEdit Lite
- Coda
- Emacs
- jEdit
- Komodo Edit
- MiJournal
- Nano
- SimpleText
- Smultron
- SubEthaEdit
- Sublime Text 2
- Textastic
- TeachText
- TextEdit
- TextMate
- TextWrangler
- vim
- XEmacs
Outliners and mind-mapping
- 2-plan Desktop – free project management software with integrated mind maps
- Inspiration
- FreeMind
- Mindjet
- NovaMind
- OmniOutliner
- OmniGraffle
- XMind
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
- Dashboard – built-in Mac OS X widgets
- Disk Expert – disk space analyzer, reporting and processing tool (shareware)
- Duplicate Annihilator – detects and removes duplicates in iPhoto or Aperture
- Endpoint Protector – Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Device Control for Mac
- Grab (software) – built-in Mac OS X screenshot utility
- Growl – global notifications system, free
- iArchiver – handles archives, commercial
- Intego VirusBarrier – antivirus software
- Launchpad Manager – utility to easily delete/organize Launchpad in Lion and Mountain Lion
- 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
- Live Wallpaper – beautiful wallpaper application with live clock and weather forecast.
- MacScan – malware removal program
- MarcoPolo (software) – context-aware computing
- 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
- Stuffit – data compression
- Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
- System Preferences – default Mac system option application
- Time Machine (Apple software) – built-in backup software
- UUTool – uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
- VirusScan – antivirus software
- WinZip – file archiver and compressor utility
- Xsan – storage network utility
- Yahoo! Widget Engine – JavaScript-based widget system
Support for non-Macintosh software
- Bochs
- Boot Camp – visualization software, built-in OS X from 10.5
- CrossOver – commercial implementation of Wine
- DaisyDisk – disk visualization tool
- DOSBox – DOS emulator
- Hercules emulator
- pcAnywhere – VNC-style remote control
- Parallels Workstation – commercial full virtualization software for desktop and server
- Q – emulates an IBM-compatible PC on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
- VSD Viewer – desktop tool allows opening MS Visio drawings on Mac
- VMware – visualization software
- Wine – Windows API reimplementation
- Wineskin – open source porting tool for Mac OS X using Wine
- Virtual PC – full virtualization software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and GNU/Linux, on PowerPC Macs (discontinued in 2007)
- VirtualBox
- vMac – emulates a Macintosh Plus and can run Apple Macintosh System versions 1.1 to 7.5.5.
Video
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Avid
- Debut – video capture and screen recording from NCH Software
- DivX
- DivX Player
- DVD Player (Apple) – DVD player software built into Mac OS X
- Ephnic Movie Maker – video editing software
- FFmpeg – heavy-duty audio/video converter
- Final Cut Express
- Final Cut Studio – professional audio-video editing suite:
- HandBrake – DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
- iMovie – basic video editing application
- Miro Media Player
- MPlayer
- Perian
- Prism – video converter from NCH Software
- QuickTime – including its Player and QuickTime Pro
- RealPlayer
- Shake
- Total video converter – audio/video converter
- Windows Media Player
- VLC media player
Web browsers
- 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
- Internet Explorer for Mac – free, by Microsoft
- WebKit – Safari application framework, also in the form of an application
Web design and content management
Weblog clients
Miscellaneous applications
- Steam – digital distribution software for Video Games and related media
- Breve – artificial life simulator
- Celestia – 3D astronomy program
- Stellarium – 3D astronomy program
- Cassiopeia – scientific word processing and symbolic algebra system
See also
- List of Macintosh software published by Microsoft
- List of Unix utilities
- List of the best Mac software
- Mac Automation – software downloads
