List of Macintosh software

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

See also: Apple Developer Tools

• 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

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

• Captain FTP
• Classic FTP
• Cyberduck
• Fetch
• Fugu
• FileZilla
• Interarchy
• Transmit

Games

Main article: List of Macintosh 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
• Siemens NX

Distributed document authoring

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Version Cue
• Preview

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

• Macintosh Finder
• MultiFinder
• Path Finder
• QuickTime
• Terminal (software)
• X11.app

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

• Boxee – Mac and Apple TV
• Front Row
• iTheater
• XBMC now Plex
• Centerstage
• MythTV
• SageTV
• Mira

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

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
  • Keynote
  • Pages
  • Numbers
• iSync – bundled with OS X
• KOffice
• LibreOffice
• MarinerPak for Mac, consisting of
  • Mariner Write
  • Mariner Calc
• Mellel
• Microsoft Office for Mac, consisting of
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Entourage
  • Microsoft Outlook
• 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
• Intego VirusBarrier for Mac - antivirus software
• 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
• Mac Data Recovery Guru – Deleted File Recovery
• 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
  • Apple Qmaster
  • Cinema Tools
  • Compressor
  • DVD Studio Pro
  • Final Cut Pro
  • LiveType
  • Motion 2
  • Soundtrack Pro
• 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

• Adobe Contribute
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe GoLive

• Claris Homepage
• Coda
• Freeway
• iWeb
• NVu
• Rapidweaver

Weblog clients

• ecto
• MarsEdit

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

See also

• List of Macintosh software published by Microsoft
• List of Unix utilities

References

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