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The following is a '''list of [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] [[software]]''' – notable computer applications for current [[macOS]] operating systems. |
The following is a '''list of [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] [[software]]''' – notable computer applications for current [[macOS]] operating systems . |
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==Audio software<!-- sorted by importance (i.e. DAWs first), not alphabetically -->== |
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*[[Steinberg Nuendo|Steinberg 2019 Mac Pro]] |
*[[Steinberg Nuendo|Steinberg 2019 Mac Pro]] |
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=== Audio |
=== Audio editing === |
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* [[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]] – digital audio editor |
* [[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]] – digital audio editor |
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===Active=== |
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[[File:AdiumX screenshot.png|thumb|right|160px|Adium on Mac OS X]] |
[[File:AdiumX screenshot.png|thumb|right|160px|Adium on Mac OS X]] |
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*[[Adium]] – multi-protocol IM client |
*[[Adium]] – multi-protocol [[Instant messaging|IM]] client |
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*[[aMSN]] – free [[Windows Live Messenger]] clone |
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*[[aMSN]] |
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*[[ChitChat]] – open-source IM client supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol |
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*[[ChitChat]] |
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*[[Colloquy (IRC client)|Colloquy]] – freeware advanced [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] |
*[[Colloquy (IRC client)|Colloquy]] – freeware advanced [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] client |
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*[[Discord (software)|Discord]] |
*[[Discord (software)|Discord]] – IM and VoIP social platform |
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*Fire – open source, multiprotocol IM client |
*Fire – open source, multiprotocol IM client |
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*[[FaceTime]] – [[videoconferencing]] between [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]] |
*[[FaceTime]] – [[videoconferencing]] between [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]] |
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*[[iMessage]] – instant messaging between [[Macintosh|Mac]], and iDevices |
*[[iMessage]] – instant messaging between [[Macintosh|Mac]], and iDevices |
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*[[Ircle]] |
*[[Ircle]] – IRC client ([[shareware]]) |
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*[[Irssi]] – IrssiX and MacIrssi |
*[[Irssi]] – IrssiX and MacIrssi |
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*[[Kopete]] |
*[[Kopete]] – free multi-protocol IM client |
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*[[LiveChat]] |
*[[LiveChat]] – online customer service software |
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*[[Microsoft Messenger for Mac]] |
*[[Microsoft Messenger for Mac]] – cross-paltform IM client |
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*[[Microsoft Teams]] |
*[[Microsoft Teams]] – team collaboration application |
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*[[Palringo]] |
*[[Palringo]] |
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*[[Psi (instant messenger)]] |
*[[Psi (instant messenger)]] – free IM client for the [[XMPP]] protocol |
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*[[Skype]] – telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based [[videotelephony]] |
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*[[Skype]] |
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*[[Snak]] |
*[[Snak]] – IRC client (shareware) |
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*[[Ventrilo]] – audio chatroom application |
*[[Ventrilo]] – audio chatroom application |
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*[[Yahoo! Messenger]] – IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting |
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*[[X-Chat Aqua]] |
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===Discontinued=== |
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*[[AOL Instant Messenger]] – discontinued as of December 15, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued|title=AIM has been discontinued as of December 15, 2017|website=help.aol.com/|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006155404/https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
*[[AOL Instant Messenger]] – discontinued as of December 15, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued|title=AIM has been discontinued as of December 15, 2017|website=help.aol.com/|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006155404/https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*HexChat – IRC client, discontinued as of February 9, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=2.16.2, The Final Release – HexChat |url=https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=hexchat.github.io}}</ref> |
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==Children's software== |
==Children's software== |
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==Developer tools and IDEs== |
==Developer tools and IDEs== |
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{{see also|Apple Developer Tools}} |
{{see also|Apple Developer Tools}} |
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*[[Apache Web Server]] |
*[[Apache Web Server]] – free and open-source web server software |
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*[[AppCode]] – an Objective-C [[integrated development environment|IDE]] by [[JetBrains]] for macOS and iOS development |
*[[AppCode]] – an Objective-C [[integrated development environment|IDE]] by [[JetBrains]] for macOS and iOS development |
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*[[Aptana]] – an [[Open-source software|open source]] [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) for building Ajax web applications |
*[[Aptana]] – an [[Open-source software|open source]] [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) for building Ajax web applications |
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*[[Code::Blocks]] – open source IDE for [[C++]] |
*[[Code::Blocks]] – open source IDE for [[C++]] |
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*[[CodeWarrior]] – development environment, framework |
*[[CodeWarrior]] – development environment, framework |
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*[[Coldstone game engine]] |
*[[Coldstone game engine]] – game engine specializing in role-playing and adventure-style games |
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*[[Dylan (programming language)|Dylan]] |
*[[Dylan (programming language)|Dylan]] |
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*[[Eclipse (computing)|Eclipse]] – open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities |
*[[Eclipse (computing)|Eclipse]] – open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities |
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*[[Fink (software)|Fink]] – [[Deb (file format)|Debian package manager]] for [[porting|ported]] [[Unix]] software |
*[[Fink (software)|Fink]] – [[Deb (file format)|Debian package manager]] for [[porting|ported]] [[Unix]] software |
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*[[Free Pascal]] – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available |
*[[Free Pascal]] – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available |
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*[[GNU Compiler Collection]] |
*[[GNU Compiler Collection]] – collection of compilers for different programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems |
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*[[Glasgow Haskell Compiler]] |
*[[Glasgow Haskell Compiler]] |
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*[[Helix (database)|Helix]] – relational database IDE |
*[[Helix (database)|Helix]] – relational database IDE |
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*[[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]] – cross-platform IDE to develop software with [[Free Pascal]], specialized in graphical software |
*[[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]] – cross-platform IDE to develop software with [[Free Pascal]], specialized in graphical software |
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*[[LiveCode]] – high-level cross-platform IDE |
*[[LiveCode]] – high-level cross-platform IDE |
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*[[MacApp]] – application development framework [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] |
*[[MacApp]] – application development framework [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] |
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*[[C++]] (high-level programming langlauge) |
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*[[Macintosh Programmer's Workshop]] (MPW) |
*[[Macintosh Programmer's Workshop]] (MPW) |
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*[[Macports]] – a package management system that simplifies the installation of [[free software|free]]/[[open source software]] on the macOS. |
*[[Macports]] – a package management system that simplifies the installation of [[free software|free]]/[[open source software]] on the macOS. |
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*[[NetBeans]] – modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java |
*[[NetBeans]] – modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java |
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*[[Omnis Studio]] – cross-platform development environment for creating enterprise and web applications for macOS, Windows, Linux, Solaris |
*[[Omnis Studio]] – cross-platform development environment for creating enterprise and web applications for macOS, Windows, Linux, Solaris |
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*[[Panorama (database engine)|Panorama]] |
*[[Panorama (database engine)|Panorama]] – database engine |
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*[[Perl]] |
*[[Perl]] |
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*[[PHP]] |
*[[PHP]] |
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*[[Torque (game engine)]] – game creation software |
*[[Torque (game engine)]] – game creation software |
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*[[WebKit]] – open source application framework for [[Safari (web browser)]] |
*[[WebKit]] – open source application framework for [[Safari (web browser)]] |
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*[[WebObjects]] – Java web application server and a server-based web application framework |
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*[[WebObjects]] |
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*[[wxPython]] – API merging [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[wxWidgets]] |
*[[wxPython]] – API merging [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[wxWidgets]] |
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*[[Xcode]] – IDE made by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], which comes as a part of [[macOS]] and is available as a downloadon, was called Project Builders of Florida tech |
*[[Xcode]] – IDE made by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], which comes as a part of [[macOS]] and is available as a downloadon, was called Project Builders of Florida tech |
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*[[Outlook Express]] |
*[[Outlook Express]] |
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*[[Postbox (email client)|Postbox]] |
*[[Postbox (email client)|Postbox]] |
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*[[Proton Mail]] |
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*[[Sparrow (e-mail client)|Sparrow]] – as well as Sparrow Lite |
*[[Sparrow (e-mail client)|Sparrow]] – as well as Sparrow Lite |
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==Games== |
==Games== |
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{{main|List of Macintosh games}} |
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*[[Steam (service)|Steam]] – digital distribution software for video games and related media |
*[[Steam (service)|Steam]] – digital distribution software for video games and related media |
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*[[Houdini (software)|Houdini]] |
*[[Houdini (software)|Houdini]] |
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*[[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]] |
*[[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]] |
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*[[MacDraft]] - 2D CAD <ref>https://www.microspot.com/products/macdraft/</ref> |
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*[[Maya (software)|Maya]] |
*[[Maya (software)|Maya]] |
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*[[Modo (software)|Modo]] |
*[[Modo (software)|Modo]] |
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==Office and productivity== |
==Office and productivity== |
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*[[AbiWord]] |
*[[AbiWord]] |
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*[[Adobe Acrobat]] |
*[[Adobe Acrobat]] – [[PDF]] viewer and editor |
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*[[Address Book (application)|Address Book]] – bundled with macOS |
*[[Address Book (application)|Address Book]] – bundled with macOS |
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*[[AppleWorks]] – word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued) |
*[[AppleWorks]] – word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued) |
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*[[Fortora Fresh Finance]] |
*[[Fortora Fresh Finance]] |
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*[[Helix (database)]] |
*[[Helix (database)]] |
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*[[IGG Software#iBank|iBank]] – personal finance |
*[[IGG Software#iBank|iBank]] – personal finance application |
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*[[iCal]] – [[calendar]] management, bundled with [[macOS]] |
*[[iCal]] – [[calendar]] management, bundled with [[macOS]] |
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*[[iWork]] – suite: |
*[[iWork]] – suite: |
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**[[Microsoft OneNote]] – note-taking application |
**[[Microsoft OneNote]] – note-taking application |
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*[[MoneyWiz]] – personal finance application |
*[[MoneyWiz]] – personal finance application |
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*[[Montage (software)|Montage]] – screenwriting software |
*[[Montage (screenwriting software)|Montage]] – screenwriting software |
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*[[NeoOffice]] - discontinued |
*[[NeoOffice]] - discontinued |
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*[[Nisus Writer]] |
*[[Nisus Writer]] |
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*[[DaisyDisk]] – disk visualization tool |
*[[DaisyDisk]] – disk visualization tool |
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*[[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] – built-in macOS widgets |
*[[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] – built-in macOS widgets |
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*[[Grab ( |
*[[Grab (macOS)|Grab]] – built-in macOS screenshot utility |
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*[[Growl (software)|Growl]] – global notifications system, free |
*[[Growl (software)|Growl]] – global notifications system, free |
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*[[iSync]] – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to 10.6 |
*[[iSync]] – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to 10.6 |
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==Video== |
==Video== |
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*[[Adobe After Effects]] |
*[[Adobe After Effects]] – digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing application |
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*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]] |
*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]] – timeline-based video editing software |
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*[[Adobe Presenter Video Express]] |
*[[Adobe Presenter Video Express]] – screencasting and video editing software |
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*[[ArKaos]] – VJ software |
*[[ArKaos]] – VJ software |
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*[[Avid Technology|Avid]] |
*[[Avid Technology|Avid]] |
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*[[DaVinci Resolve]] – |
*[[DaVinci Resolve]] – video editing suite |
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*[[DivX]] |
*[[DivX]] |
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*[[DivX Player]] |
*[[DivX Player]] |
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*[[QuickTime]] – including its Player and QuickTime Pro |
*[[QuickTime]] – including its Player and QuickTime Pro |
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*[[RealPlayer]] |
*[[RealPlayer]] |
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*[[Shotcut]] |
*[[Shotcut]] – open source rich video editor |
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*[[Shake (software)|Shake]] |
*[[Shake (software)|Shake]] |
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*[[Windows Media Player]] |
*[[Windows Media Player]] |
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*[[VLC media player]] |
*[[VLC media player|VLC media player –]] free and open-source media player |
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== Virtualization, emulation, dual-booting == |
== Virtualization, emulation, dual-booting == |
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*[[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] – free |
*[[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] – free |
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*[[Brave (web browser)|Brave]] – free and open-source, [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based |
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*[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] – open source |
*[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] – open source |
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*[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] – free, Mozilla Firefox based |
*[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] – free, Mozilla Firefox based |
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*[[Google Chrome]] – free, proprietary, |
*[[Google Chrome]] – free, proprietary, Chromium-based |
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*[[iCab]] – free |
*[[iCab]] – free |
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*[[Konqueror]] – open source |
*[[Konqueror]] – open source |
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The following is a list of Mac software – notable computer applications for current macOS operating systems .
For software designed for the Classic Mac OS, see List of old Macintosh software.
Audio software
Digital audio workstations
- Ableton Live
- Ardour
- Cubase
- Digital Performer
- GarageBand
- Logic Pro and MainStage
- REAPER
- Reason
- Renoise
- Steinberg 2019 Mac Pro
Audio editing
- Audacity – digital audio editor
DJing
Notation software
Misc audio tools
- Audio Hijack – audio recorder
- baudline – signal analyzer
- BeaTunes - BPM analyzer and iTunes companion tool
- Cog – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
- fre:ac – open source audio converter and CD ripper
- ixi software – free improvisation and sketching tools
- Jaikoz – music file mass tagger
- Max – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
- Music MiniPlayer - miniplayer for Apple Music
- ReBirth – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
- Recycle – music loop editor
Discontinued audio apps
- Adobe Soundbooth – music and soundtrack editing
- Audion – media player
- BIAS Peak – mastering
- iTunes – audio/video Jukebox by Apple
- Logic Express – prosumer music production by Apple
- Logic Studio – music writing studio package by Apple
- Apple Loops Utility – production and organisation of Apple Loops
- Apple Qmaster and Qadministrator
- 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
- RiffWorks – guitar recording and online song collaboration software
Chat (text, voice, image, video)
Active
- Adium – multi-protocol IM client
- aMSN – free Windows Live Messenger clone
- ChitChat – open-source IM client supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol
- Colloquy – freeware advanced IRC and SILC client
- Discord – IM and VoIP social platform
- Fire – open source, multiprotocol IM client
- FaceTime – videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
- iMessage – instant messaging between Mac, and iDevices
- Ircle – IRC client (shareware)
- Irssi – IrssiX and MacIrssi
- Kopete – free multi-protocol IM client
- LiveChat – online customer service software
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac – cross-paltform IM client
- Microsoft Teams – team collaboration application
- Palringo
- Psi (instant messenger) – free IM client for the XMPP protocol
- Skype – telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based videotelephony
- Snak – IRC client (shareware)
- Ventrilo – audio chatroom application
- Yahoo! Messenger – IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting
- Telegram – cross-platform, encrypted IM client
Discontinued
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- AOL Instant Messenger – discontinued as of December 15, 2017[1]
- HexChat – IRC client, discontinued as of February 9, 2024[2]
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 – free and open-source web server software
- AppCode – an Objective-C IDE by JetBrains for macOS 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 – game engine specializing in role-playing and adventure-style games
- 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 – collection of compilers for different programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems
- Glasgow Haskell Compiler
- Helix – relational database IDE
- Homebrew - Package manager for installing many open source, mostly terminal based, utilities. Includes Apache, PHP, Python and many more.
- 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
- C++ (high-level programming langlauge)
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
- Macports – a package management system that simplifies the installation of free/open source software on the macOS.
- 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 macOS, 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
- 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 macOS.
- TextMate – multipurpose text editor that supports Ruby, PHP, and Python
- Torque (game engine) – game creation software
- WebKit – open source application framework for Safari (web browser)
- WebObjects – Java web application server and a server-based web application framework
- wxPython – API merging Python and wxWidgets
- Xcode – IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of macOS and is available as a downloadon, was called Project Builders of Florida tech
Email clients
- 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
- Foxmail
- 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
- Proton Mail
- Sparrow – as well as Sparrow Lite
Other email software
FTP clients
- Classic FTP
- Cyberduck
- Fetch
- Fugu
- FileZilla
- ForkLift
- Interarchy
- Transmit
- WebDrive – FTP and cloud client
- Yummy FTP
Games
- Steam – digital distribution software for video games and related media
Graphics, layout, desktop publishing
CAD, 3D graphics
- 3D-Coat
- Autodesk Alias
- Ashlar-Vellum – 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
- ArchiCAD
- AutoCAD
- Blender
- BricsCAD
- Cheetah3D
- Cinema 4D
- SketchUp – 3D modeling software
- Houdini
- Lightwave
- MacDraft - 2D CAD [3]
- Maya
- Modo
- PowerCADD
- ZBrush
Distributed document authoring
Icon editors, viewers
- Icon Composer – part of Apple Developer Tools
- IconBuilder
- Microsoft Office
File conversion and management
Active
- Adobe Bridge – digital asset management app
- BibDesk – free bibliographic database app that organizes linked files
- Font Book – font management tool
- GraphicConverter – graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
- Photos – photo management application
Discontinued
- iPhoto – discontinued photo management application
Layout and desktop publishing
Active
- Adobe InDesign – page layout
- iCalamus – page layout
- iStudio Publisher – page layout
- Pages – part of iWork
- QuarkXPress – page layout
- Ready, Set, Go! – page layout
- Scribus – page layout
- TeX – publishing
- MacTeX – TeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac
- Comparison of TeX Editors
- The Print Shop – page layout
Discontinued
- iBooks Author – created interactive books for Apple Books
Raster and vector graphics
This section lists bitmap graphics editors and vector graphics editors.
Active
- Adobe Fireworks – supports GIF animation
- Adobe Illustrator – vector graphics editor
- Adobe Photoshop – also offers some vector graphics features
- Affinity Designer – vector graphics editor for Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows
- Anime Studio – 2D based vector animation
- Collabora Online - enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
- Corel Painter
- EazyDraw – vector graphics editor; versions available that can convert old formats such as MacDraw files
- Fontographer
- GIMP – free bitmap graphics editor
- GIMPShop – free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
- GraphicConverter – displays and edits raster graphics files
- Inkscape – free vector graphics editor
- Luminar
- Macromedia FreeHand – vector graphics editor
- Paintbrush – free simple bitmap graphics program
- Photos – official photo management and editing application developed by Apple
- Photo Booth – photo camera, video recorder
- Pixelmator – hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
- Polarr – photo editing app
- Seashore – open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native macOS (Cocoa) UI
Discontinued
- Aperture – Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
- MacPaint – painting software by Apple (discontinued)
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
Multimedia authoring
- Adobe Director – animation/application development
- Adobe Flash – vector animation
- Adobe LiveMotion – a discontinued competitor to Flash, until Adobe bought Macromedia
- Apple Media Tool – a discontinued multimedia authoring tool published by Apple
- Dragonframe - stop motion animation and time-lapse
- iBooks Author – created interactive books for Apple Books (discontinued)
- iLife – 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
- Little Snitch – network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
- 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 – PDF viewer and editor
- Address Book – bundled with macOS
- AppleWorks – word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
- Banktivity – personal finance, budgeting, investments
- Bean (word processor) – free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
- Celtx
- Collabora Online enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
- CricketGraph – graphmaker
- Delicious Library
- FileMaker
- FlowVella
- Fortora Fresh Finance
- Helix (database)
- iBank – personal finance application
- iCal – calendar management, bundled with macOS
- iWork – suite:
- 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
- Mellel
- 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
- Microsoft OneNote – note-taking application
- MoneyWiz – personal finance application
- Montage – screenwriting software
- NeoOffice - discontinued
- Nisus Writer
- OmniFocus
- OpenOffice.org - discontinued
- 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
Peer-to-peer file sharing
- aMule
- BitTorrent client
- FrostWire
- LimeWire
- Poisoned
- rTorrent
- Transmission (BitTorrent)
- μTorrent
- Vuze – Bittorrent client, was Azureus
Science
- Celestia – 3D astronomy program
- SimThyr – Simulation system for thyroid homeostasis
- Stellarium – 3D astronomy program
Text editors
- ACE
- BBEdit
- BBEdit Lite
- Coda
- Emacs
- jEdit
- iA Writer
- Komodo Edit
- Nano
- SimpleText
- Smultron
- SubEthaEdit
- 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
- Butler – free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
- CandyBar – system customization software (commercial)
- CDFinder – disk cataloging software (commercial)
- DaisyDisk – disk visualization tool
- Dashboard – built-in macOS widgets
- Grab – built-in macOS screenshot utility
- Growl – global notifications system, free
- iSync – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to 10.6
- LaunchBar – provides instant access to local data, search engines and more by entering abbreviations of search item names, commercial
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing – proprietary, typing tutor
- OnyX – a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for macOS
- Path Finder – replacement for Apple's Finder
- Quicksilver – a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data
- SheepShaver – PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs
- Sherlock – file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
- Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
- System Settings – default Mac system option application
- UUTool – uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
- Xsan – storage network utility
- Yahoo! Widget Engine – JavaScript-based widget system
Anti-malware software
macOS includes the built-in XProtect antimalware as part of GateKeeper. The software listed in this section is antivirus software and malware removal software.
- BitDefender Antivirus for Mac – antivirus
- Intego VirusBarrier – antivirus
- MacScan – malware removal
- Malwarebytes — malware removal
- McAffee VirusScan – antivirus
- Norton Antivirus for Mac – antivirus
- Sophos – antivirus
Archiving, backup, restore, recovery
This section lists software for file archiving, backup and restore, data compression and data recovery.
- Archive Utility – built-in archive file handler
- Archiver – paid, file archiving
- BetterZip – file archiver and compressor
- Compact Pro – data compression
- Disk Drill – data recovery
- Stellar Data Recovery – data recovery
- The Unarchiver — file archiving
- Time Machine (macOS) – built-in backup software
- WinZip – file archiver and compressor utility
Discontinued archiving apps
Disc burning apps
- Roxio Toast – DVD authoring application
Discontinued disc burning apps
- Adobe Encore
- Disco – disc burning
- DVD Studio Pro – DVD authoring application
- iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application
Video
- Adobe After Effects – digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing application
- Adobe Premiere Pro – timeline-based video editing software
- Adobe Presenter Video Express – screencasting and video editing software
- ArKaos – VJ software
- Avid
- DaVinci Resolve – video editing suite
- DivX
- DivX Player
- DVD Player (Apple) – DVD player software built into macOS
- FFmpeg – audio/video converter
- Final Cut Express
- Final Cut Studio – audio-video editing suite:
- 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
- Shotcut – open source rich video editor
- Shake
- Windows Media Player
- VLC media player – free and open-source media player
Virtualization, emulation, dual-booting
- Bochs
- Boot Camp – a multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5 on Intel Macs only
- CrossOver – commercial implementation of Wine
- 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
- VMware Fusion – virtualization software
- Wine – Windows API reimplementation
- Virtual PC – full virtualization software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and 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.
Web browsers
- Amaya – free
- Brave – free and open-source, Chromium-based
- Camino – open source
- Flock – free, Mozilla Firefox based
- Google Chrome – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- iCab – free
- Konqueror – open source
- Lynx – free
- Mozilla – open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
- Mozilla Firefox – open source
- Microsoft Edge – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- Netscape Navigator – free, proprietary
- OmniWeb – free, proprietary
- Opera – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- 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.
- Vivaldi – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- 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
See also
References
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- ^ "2.16.2, The Final Release – HexChat". hexchat.github.io. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ https://www.microspot.com/products/macdraft/