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{{macOS topics}}
{{macOS topics}}
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2022}}
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2022}}
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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For software designed for the [[Classic Mac OS]], see [[List of old Macintosh software]].


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For software designed for the [[Classic Mac OS]], see [[List of old Macintosh software]].{{Short description|None}}
==Audio software<!-- sorted by importance (i.e. DAWs first), not alphabetically -->==
==Audio software<!-- sorted by importance (i.e. DAWs first), not alphabetically -->==


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* [[Audio Hijack]] – audio recorder
* [[Audio Hijack]] – audio recorder
* [[baudline]] – signal analyzer
* [[baudline]] – signal analyzer
* [[BeaTunes]] - BPM analyzer and iTunes companion tool
* [[Cog (software)|Cog]] – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
* [[Cog (software)|Cog]] – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
* [[fre:ac]] – open source audio converter and [[CD ripper]]
* [[fre:ac]] – open source audio converter and [[CD ripper]]
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* [[Jaikoz]] – music file mass tagger
* [[Jaikoz]] – music file mass tagger
* [[Max (software)|Max]] – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
* [[Max (software)|Max]] – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
* [[Music MiniPlayer]] - miniplayer for [[Apple Music]]
* [[ReBirth RB-338|ReBirth]] – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
* [[ReBirth RB-338|ReBirth]] – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
* [[ReCycle|Recycle]] – music loop editor
* [[ReCycle|Recycle]] – music loop editor
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===Active===
===Active===
[[File:AdiumX screenshot.png|thumb|right|160px|Adium on Mac OS X]]
[[File:AdiumX screenshot.png|thumb|right|160px|Adium on Mac OS X]]
*[[Adium]] – multi-protocol IM client
*[[Adium]] – multi-protocol [[Instant messaging|IM]] client
*[[aMSN]] – free [[Windows Live Messenger]] clone
*[[aMSN]]
*[[ChitChat]] – open-source IM client supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol
*[[ChitChat]]
*[[Colloquy (IRC client)|Colloquy]] – freeware advanced [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] client
*[[Colloquy (IRC client)|Colloquy]] – freeware advanced [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] client
*[[Discord (software)|Discord]]
*[[Discord (software)|Discord]] – IM and VoIP social platform
*Fire – open source, multiprotocol IM client
*Fire – open source, multiprotocol IM client
*[[FaceTime]] – [[videoconferencing]] between [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]]
*[[FaceTime]] – [[videoconferencing]] between [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]]
*[[iMessage]] – instant messaging between [[Macintosh|Mac]], and iDevices
*[[iMessage]] – instant messaging between [[Macintosh|Mac]], and iDevices
*[[Ircle]]
*[[Ircle]] – IRC client ([[shareware]])
*[[Irssi]] – IrssiX and MacIrssi
*[[Irssi]] – IrssiX and MacIrssi
*[[Kopete]]
*[[Kopete]] – free multi-protocol IM client
*[[LiveChat]]
*[[LiveChat]] – online customer service software
*[[Microsoft Messenger for Mac]]
*[[Microsoft Messenger for Mac]] – cross-paltform IM client
*[[Microsoft Teams]]
*[[Microsoft Teams]] – team collaboration application
*[[Palringo]]
*[[Palringo]]
*[[Psi (instant messenger)]]
*[[Psi (instant messenger)]] – free IM client for the [[XMPP]] protocol
*[[Skype]] – telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based [[videotelephony]]
*[[Skype]]
*[[Snak]]
*[[Snak]] – IRC client (shareware)
*[[Ventrilo]] – audio chatroom application
*[[Ventrilo]] – audio chatroom application
*[[Yahoo! Messenger]] – IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting
*[[X-Chat Aqua]]
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*[[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] – cross-platform, encrypted IM client
*[[Yahoo! Messenger]]
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*[[Telegram (software)|Telegram]]


===Discontinued===
===Discontinued===
{{update section|changing the reference(s)|date=September 2022}}
{{update section|changing the reference(s)|date=September 2022}}
*[[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>
*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>


==Children's software==
==Children's software==
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==Developer tools and IDEs==
==Developer tools and IDEs==
{{see also|Apple Developer Tools}}
{{see also|Apple Developer Tools}}
*[[Apache Web Server]]
*[[Apache Web Server]] – free and open-source web server software
*[[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
*[[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++]]
*[[CodeWarrior]] – development environment, framework
*[[CodeWarrior]] – development environment, framework
*[[Coldstone game engine]]
*[[Coldstone game engine]] – game engine specializing in role-playing and adventure-style games
*[[Dylan (programming language)|Dylan]]
*[[Dylan (programming language)|Dylan]]
*[[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
*[[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
*[[Free Pascal]] – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
*[[Free Pascal]] – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
*[[GNU Compiler Collection]]
*[[GNU Compiler Collection]] – collection of compilers for different programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems
*[[Glasgow Haskell Compiler]]
*[[Glasgow Haskell Compiler]]
*[[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
*[[LiveCode]] – high-level cross-platform IDE
*[[LiveCode]] – high-level cross-platform IDE
*[[MacApp]] – application development framework [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] and [[C++]]
*[[MacApp]] – application development framework [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]
*[[C++]] (high-level programming langlauge)
*[[Macintosh Programmer's Workshop]] (MPW)
*[[Macintosh Programmer's Workshop]] (MPW)
*[[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
*[[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
*[[Panorama (database engine)|Panorama]]
*[[Panorama (database engine)|Panorama]] – database engine
*[[Perl]]
*[[Perl]]
*[[PHP]]
*[[PHP]]
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*[[Torque (game engine)]] – game creation software
*[[Torque (game engine)]] – game creation software
*[[WebKit]] – open source application framework for [[Safari (web browser)]]
*[[WebKit]] – open source application framework for [[Safari (web browser)]]
*[[WebObjects]] – Java web application server and a server-based web application framework
*[[WebObjects]]
*[[wxPython]] – API merging [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[wxWidgets]]
*[[wxPython]] – API merging [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[wxWidgets]]
*[[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]]
*[[Postbox (email client)|Postbox]]
*[[Postbox (email client)|Postbox]]
*[[Proton Mail]]
*[[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==
{{main|List of Macintosh games}}
{{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]]
*[[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]]
*[[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]]
*[[MacDraft]] - 2D CAD <ref>https://www.microspot.com/products/macdraft/</ref>
*[[Maya (software)|Maya]]
*[[Maya (software)|Maya]]
*[[Modo (software)|Modo]]
*[[Modo (software)|Modo]]
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==Office and productivity==
==Office and productivity==
*[[AbiWord]]
*[[AbiWord]]
*[[Adobe Acrobat]]
*[[Adobe Acrobat]] – [[PDF]] viewer and editor
*[[Address Book (application)|Address Book]] – bundled with macOS
*[[Address Book (application)|Address Book]] – bundled with macOS
*[[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]]
*[[Helix (database)]]
*[[Helix (database)]]
*[[IGG Software#iBank|iBank]] – personal finance applicatio
*[[IGG Software#iBank|iBank]] – personal finance application
*[[iCal]] – [[calendar]] management, bundled with [[macOS]]
*[[iCal]] – [[calendar]] management, bundled with [[macOS]]
*[[iWork]] – suite:
*[[iWork]] – suite:
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**[[Microsoft OneNote]] – note-taking application
**[[Microsoft OneNote]] – note-taking application
*[[MoneyWiz]] – personal finance application
*[[MoneyWiz]] – personal finance application
*[[Montage (software)|Montage]] – screenwriting software
*[[Montage (screenwriting software)|Montage]] – screenwriting software
*[[NeoOffice]] - discontinued
*[[Nisus Writer]]
*[[Nisus Writer]]
*[[OmniFocus]]
*[[OmniFocus]]
*[[OpenOffice.org]] - discontinued
*[[WriteNow]]
*[[WriteNow]]
*[[Taste (software)|Taste]] – word processor (discontinued)
*[[Taste (software)|Taste]] – word processor (discontinued)
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*[[DaisyDisk]] – disk visualization tool
*[[DaisyDisk]] – disk visualization tool
*[[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] – built-in macOS widgets
*[[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] – built-in macOS widgets
*[[Grab (software)]] – built-in macOS screenshot utility
*[[Grab (macOS)|Grab]] – built-in macOS screenshot utility
*[[Growl (software)|Growl]] – global notifications system, free
*[[Growl (software)|Growl]] – global notifications system, free
*[[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==
*[[Adobe After Effects]]
*[[Adobe After Effects]] – digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing application
*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]]
*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]] – timeline-based video editing software
*[[Adobe Presenter Video Express]]
*[[Adobe Presenter Video Express]] – screencasting and video editing software
*[[ArKaos]] – VJ software
*[[ArKaos]] – VJ software
*[[Avid Technology|Avid]]
*[[Avid Technology|Avid]]
*[[DaVinci Resolve]] – Video Editing Suite
*[[DaVinci Resolve]] – video editing suite
*[[DivX]]
*[[DivX]]
*[[DivX Player]]
*[[DivX Player]]
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*[[QuickTime]] – including its Player and QuickTime Pro
*[[QuickTime]] – including its Player and QuickTime Pro
*[[RealPlayer]]
*[[RealPlayer]]
*[[Shotcut]] - An open source rich video editor
*[[Shotcut]] – open source rich video editor
*[[Shake (software)|Shake]]
*[[Shake (software)|Shake]]
*[[Windows Media Player]]
*[[Windows Media Player]]
*[[VLC media player]]
*[[VLC media player|VLC media player –]] free and open-source media player


== Virtualization, emulation, dual-booting ==
== Virtualization, emulation, dual-booting ==
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{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image1=Firefox 12 Mac.png|image2=Camino screenshot.png|width=300|caption1=[[Firefox]]|caption2=[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]]}}
{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image1=Firefox 12 Mac.png|image2=Camino screenshot.png|width=300|caption1=[[Firefox]]|caption2=[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]]}}
*[[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] – free
*[[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] – free
*[[Brave (web browser)|Brave]] – free and open-source, [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based
*[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] – open source
*[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] – open source
*[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] – free, Mozilla Firefox based
*[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] – free, Mozilla Firefox based
*[[Google Chrome]] – free, proprietary, [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based
*[[Google Chrome]] – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
*[[iCab]] – free
*[[iCab]] – free
*[[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

Further information: Digital audio workstation

Audio editing

DJing

  • djay – digital music mixing software
  • Mixxx – DJ mix software

Notation software

Further information: Scorewriter

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

Chat (text, voice, image, video)

Active

Adium on Mac OS X

Discontinued

Children's software

Developer tools and IDEs

See also: Apple Developer Tools

Email

Email clients

Other email software

FTP clients

Games

Main article: List of Macintosh games
  • Steam – digital distribution software for video games and related media

Graphics, layout, desktop publishing

CAD, 3D graphics

Distributed document authoring

Icon editors, viewers

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

Discontinued

Raster and vector graphics

This section lists bitmap graphics editors and vector graphics editors.

Active

Discontinued

  • Aperture – Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
  • MacPaint – painting software by Apple (discontinued)

Integrated software technologies

Main article: List of macOS components

Language and reference tools

Mathematics software

Media center

Multimedia authoring

Networking and telecommunications

News aggregators

Main article: News aggregator
  • 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

Operating systems

Main article: Macintosh 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

Science

Text editors

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.

Archiving, backup, restore, recovery

This section lists software for file archiving, backup and restore, data compression and data recovery.

Discontinued archiving apps

Disc burning apps

Discontinued disc burning apps

Video

Virtualization, emulation, dual-booting

Web browsers

Firefox
Camino

Web design and content management

Weblog clients

See also

References

  1. ^ "AIM has been discontinued as of December 15, 2017". help.aol.com/. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  2. ^ "2.16.2, The Final Release – HexChat". hexchat.github.io. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. ^ https://www.microspot.com/products/macdraft/
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