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For software designed for the classic Mac OS, see [[List of old Macintosh software]].
For software designed for the classic Mac OS, see [[List of old Macintosh software]].


==Audio software<!-- sorted by importance (i.e. DAWs first), not alphabetically -->==
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==Audio-specific software==
*[[Ableton Live]] – digital audio workstation
*[[Adobe Soundbooth]] – music and soundtrack editing
*[[Ardour (audio processor)|Ardour]] – [[hard disk recorder]] and [[digital audio workstation]] program
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*[[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]] – digital audio editor
*[[Audion (software)|Audion]] – media player (development ceased)
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*[[Audio Hijack]] – audio recorder
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*[[baudline]] – signal analyzer
*[[BIAS Peak]] – mastering
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*[[Cog (software)|Cog]] – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
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*[[Cubase]] – music production program
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*[[Djay (software)|djay]] – digital music mixing software
*[[Digital Performer]] – MIDI sequencer with audio tracking
*[[Final Cut Express]]/[[Final Cut Pro|Pro]] – movie editor
*[[Finale (software)|Finale]] – [[scorewriter]] program
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*[[fre:ac]] – open source audio converter and [[CD ripper]]
*[[GarageBand]] – music/podcast production
*[[Impro-Visor]] – educational notation and playback for music improvisation
*[[iTunes]] – audio/video Jukebox
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*[[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 [[Apple Qadministrator|Qadministrator]]
**[[Logic Pro]] – digital audio workstation
**[[Mainstage (software)|Mainstage]] – program to play [[software synthesizer]]s live
**[[QuickTime Pro]] – pro version of QuickTime
**[[Soundtrack Pro]] – post production audio editor
**[[WaveBurner]] – CD mastering and production software
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*[[Mixxx]] – DJ mix software
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*[[Max (software)|Max]] – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
*[[Nuendo]] – audio and post production editor
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*[[Overture (software)|Overture]] – [[scorewriter]] program
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*[[ReBirth RB-338|ReBirth]] – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
*[[REAPER]] – digital audio workstation
*[[Reason Studios]] – digital audio workstation
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*[[Recycle (program)|Recycle]] – sample editor
*[[Renoise]] – contemporary digital audio workstation, based upon the heritage and development of tracker software.
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*[[RiffWorks]] – guitar recording and online song collaboration software


=== Digital audio workstations ===
==[[CD-ROM|CD]] and DVD authoring==
{{Further information|Digital audio workstation}}
*[[Disco (software)|Disco]]
*[[Ableton Live]]
*[[DVD Studio Pro]] – DVD authoring application
*[[Adobe Encore]]
*[[Ardour (software)|Ardour]]
*[[Cubase]]
*[[iDVD]] – a basic [[DVD]]-authoring application
*[[Digital Performer]]
*[[Roxio Toast]] – DVD authoring application
*[[GarageBand]]
<!-- *Wondershare DVD Creator – Basic DVD authoring application -->
*[[Logic Pro]] and [[MainStage (software)|MainStage]]
*[[Steinberg Nuendo|Nuendo]]
*[[REAPER]]
*[[Reason Studios|Reason]]
*[[Renoise]]

=== Audio editing ===

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* [[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]] – digital audio editor

=== DJing ===

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* [[Djay (software)|djay]] – digital music mixing software
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* [[Mixxx]] – DJ mix software

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=== Notation software ===
{{Further information|Scorewriter}}

* [[Impro-Visor]]
* [[Finale (scorewriter)|Finale]]
* [[LilyPond]]
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* [[Overture (software)|Overture]]

=== Misc audio tools ===

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* [[Audio Hijack]] – audio recorder
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* [[baudline]] – signal analyzer
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* [[Cog (software)|Cog]] – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
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* [[fre:ac]] – open source audio converter and [[CD ripper]]
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* [[ixi software]] – free improvisation and sketching tools
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* [[Jaikoz]] – music file mass tagger
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* [[Max (software)|Max]] – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
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* [[ReBirth RB-338|ReBirth]] – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
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* [[ReCycle|Recycle]] – music loop editor
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* [[RiffWorks]] – guitar recording and online song collaboration software


==Chat (text, voice, image, video)==
==Chat (text, voice, image, video)==

Revision as of 12:01, 4 February 2023

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macOS
Features
Versions
Applications
Utilities
Related

The following is a list of Macintosh 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
  • 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
  • ReBirth – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
  • Recycle – music loop editor
  • RiffWorks – guitar recording and online song collaboration software

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
  • CleanGenius – free system optimization tool for macOS, disk cleaner, uninstaller, device ejector, disk monitor. (freeware)
  • CandyBar – system customization software (commercial)
  • CDFinder – disk cataloging software (commercial)
  • DaisyDisk – disk visualization tool
  • Dashboard – built-in macOS widgets
  • Grab (software) – 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
  • 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.

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. ^ Nintendo's Miiverse now accessible from PC and mobile devices
  3. ^ Miiverse Service Ending on November 7
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