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Revision as of 15:06, 21 October 2011
This list of Macintosh software reveals Mac OS computer programs. Since the library of Mac OS programs is unmanageable, this list is confined to those programs for which a Wikipedia article exists.
For old software, see List of old Macintosh software.
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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
- Final Cut Express/Pro – movie editor
- Finale – scorewriter program
- GarageBand – music/podcast production
- HyperNext – freeware software development
- iTunes – audio/video Jukebox
- iVolume - volume normalization
- ixi software – free improvisation and sketching tools
- Jaikoz – mass tagger
- Kontakt – sampler, sample editor
- LilyPond – A 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
- Max – free software CD ripper and audio transcoder
- 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
- ReBirth – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
- REAPER – digital audio workstation
- Reason – digital audio workstation
- Recycle – sample editor
- 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
- 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, for professionals
- iDVD, a basic DVD-authoring application
- Roxio Toast
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 AV – instant messaging and videoconferencing
- Ircle
- Irssi – IrssiX and MacIrssi
- Kopete
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac
- Palringo
- Proteus (instant messenger)
- 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
- 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 - A 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 – IDE merging Python and wxWidgets
- Xcode – IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of Mac OS X and is available as a download, was called Project Builder
E-mail clients
- Apple Mail – the bundled e-mail client
- Claris Emailer – classic Mac OS only, no longer available
- Entourage – e-mail client by Microsoft; analogous to Microsoft Outlook
- Eudora
- Lotus Notes
- Mailplane – a WebKit-based client for Gmail
- Mailsmith – free e-mail client with extensive mail filtering, HTML-free, but no IMAP support
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mulberry – open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
- Opera Mail
- Outlook Express
Other e-mail software
- Spamfire - spam filter, no longer available
- Gmail Notifier
FTP clients
Games
Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing
CAD, 3D graphics
- Ashlar-Vellum – organic 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
- ArchiCAD
- AutoCAD[1]
- Blender
- Cinema 4D
- Google SketchUp – 3D modeling software
- HighDesign
- Houdini (software)
- Lightwave
- Maya
- Modo
- PowerCADD
- VectorWorks
- ZBrush
Distributed document authoring
Icon editors, viewers
- IconBuilder
- Icon Composer part of Apple Developer Tools
File conversion and management
- Adobe Bridge
- Font Book – font management tool
- GraphicConverter - graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
- iPhoto - a photo management application
Layout and desktop publishing
- Adobe InDesign – 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 – a free, open source, cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
- Inkscape – a free vector graphics editor
- MacPaint – painting software by Apple (discontinued)
- Macromedia FreeHand – vector graphics editor
- Paintbrush – a 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 Mac OS X (Cocoa) UI
Integrated software technologies
Language and Reference Tools
- Dictionary (software)
- Cram (software)
- World Book Encyclopedia – multimedia
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Rosetta Stone (software) – proprietary, a language learning software
- Ultralingua – proprietary, electronic dictionaries and language tools
Mathematics software
- Fityk
- Grapher
- Maple (software)
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- Octave (software) – open source
- R (programming language)
- Sysquake
- SciLab – open source
Media Center
Multimedia authoring
- Adobe Flash – vector animation
- iLife, a creative media suite by Apple
- Adobe Director – animation/application development
- Unity – 3D authoring
Networking and telecommunications
- Apple Remote Desktop
- Google Earth
- iStumbler – find wireless networks and devices
- Karelia Watson (defunct)
- KisMAC
- Timbuktu – remote control
- NetSpot - free wireless site survey software for Mac OS X.
News aggregators
- NetNewsWire
- NewsFire
- RSSOwl
- Safari (web browser) - with built-in RSS support
- Apple Mail – with built-in RSS support
Office and productivity
- AbiWord
- Adobe Acrobat
- Address Book – bundled with OS X
- AppleWorks (discontinued)
- Bean (word processor) – free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
- Celtx
- Circus Ponies NoteBook
- Contactizer – a personal information manager, was called OD4Contact
- Delicious Library
- FileMaker
- iCal – calendar management – bundled with OS X
- iDocument, document management software
- iWork, consisting of
- iSync – bundled with OS X
- KOffice
- LibreOffice
- MarinerPak for Mac, consisting of
- Mellel
- Microsoft Office for Mac, consisting of
- Montage – screenwriting software
- NeoOffice
- Nisus Writer
- OmniFocus
- OpenOffice.org
- WriteNow
- Taste – word processor (defunct)
Operating systems
- Darwin, the BSD-licensed core of Mac OS X
- Mac OS X
- Mac OS X Server
Peer-to-peer file sharing
- Acquisition
- aMule
- BitTorrent client
- BitTyrant
- Blog Torrent
- Cabos
- 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
- Nano
- SimpleText
- Smultron
- SubEthaEdit
- TeachText
- TextEdit
- TextMate
- TextWrangler
- vim
- XEmacs
Outliners and MindMapping
- 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
- CandyBar – system customization software (commercial)
- CDFinder – disk cataloging software (commercial)
- Compact Pro – data compression
- Dashboard – built-in Mac OS X widgets
- Duplicate Annihilator - detects and removes duplicates in iPhoto or Aperture
- Grab (software) – built-in Mac OS X screenshot utility
- Growl – global notifications system, free
- iArchiver – handles archives, commercial
- 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
- 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 for Mac
- Stuffit – data compression
- Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
- System Preferences – default Mac system option application
- Time Machine (Apple software)
- UUTool – uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
- VirusScan for Mac
- WinZip for Mac
- Xsan – storage network
- Yahoo! Widget Engine – JavaScript-based widget system
Support for non-Macintosh software
- Bochs
- Boot Camp included with Mac OS X from v.10.5
- CrossOver- commercial implementation of Wine
- DaisyDisk – Disk visualization tool
- DOSBox – DOS emulator
- Hercules emulator
- pcAnywhere – VNC-style Remote control
- Parallels Workstation – full virtualization software for desktop and server, commercial
- Q – emulates an IBM-compatible PC on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
- VMware – virtualisation software
- Wine – Windows API reimplementation
- 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
- Chroma
- Debut - video capture and screen recording from NCH Software
- 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, a professional audio-video editing suite, consisting of
- HandBrake – DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
- iMovie, a basic video editing application
- Miro Media Player
- MPlayer
- Perian
- Prism - video converter from NCH Software
- QuickTime, including its Player and QuickTime Pro
- Real Player
- 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 v.10
- SeaMonkey – open source Internet application suite
- Shiira – open source
- 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 (Software) – Digital distribution software for Video Games and related media
- Breve – Artificial life simulator
- Celestia – 3D astronomy program
- Stellarium – 3D astronomy program
