The following is a list of Macintosh softwareâ"notable computer applications for current macOS systems. For software designed for the classic Mac OS, see List of old Macintosh software.
>Audio
- Ableton Live â" music production
- Adobe Soundbooth â" music and soundtrack editing
- Ardour â" hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation program
- Audacity â" digital audio editor
- Audion â" (development ceased)
- Audio Hijack â" audio recorder
- baudline â" signal analyzer
- BIAS Peak â" mastering
- Cog â" open source audio player, supports multiple formats
- Cubase â" professional music production program
- djay â" digital music mixing software
- Digital Performer â" MIDI sequencer with audio tracking
- Final Cut Express/Pro â" movie editor
- Finale â" scorewriter program
- GarageBand â" music/podcast production
- HyperNext â" freeware software development
- Impro-Visor â" educational notation and playback for music improvisation
- iTunes â" audio/video Jukebox
- iVolume â" volume normalization
- ixi software â" free improvisation and sketching tools
- Jaikoz â" mass tagger
- LilyPond â" scorewriter program
- Logic Express â" prosumer music production
- Logic Studio â" music writing studio package by Apple Inc.
- Apple Loops Utility â" production and organisation of Apple Loops
- Apple Qmaster and Qadministrator
- Logic Pro â" digital audio workstation
- Mainstage â" program to play software synthesizers live
- QuickTime Pro â" pro version of QuickTime
- Soundtrack Pro â" post production audio editor
- WaveBurner â" CD mastering and production software
- Mixxx â" DJ mix software available for the mac in the App Store
- Max â" Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
- Nuendo â" audio and post production editor
- Overture â" scorewriter program
- ReBirth â" virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
- REAPER â" digital audio workstation
- Reason â" digital audio workstation
- Recycle â" sample editor
- Renoise â" contemporary digital audio workstation, based upon the heritage and development of tracker software.
- RiffWorks â" guitar recording and online song collaboration software
- Senuti â" transfers music from iPod to computer
- Sibelius â" scorewriter program
- Sound Studio â" digital audio analyzer and editor
- virtualDJ - most popular DJ software for Windows and OS X
- Disco
- DVD Studio Pro â" professional DVD authoring application
- Adobe Encore
- iDVD â" a basic DVD-authoring application
- Roxio Toast â" DVD authoring application
Chat (text, voice, video)
- Adium â" multi-protocol IM client
- aMSN
- AOL Instant Messenger
- ChitChat
- Colloquy â" freeware advanced IRC and SILC client
- Fire â" open source, multiprotocol IM client
- FaceTime - videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
- iChat â" instant messaging and videoconferencing (discontinued since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion)
- iMessage - instant messaging between Mac, and iDevices
- Ircle
- Irssi â" IrssiX and MacIrssi
- Kopete
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac
- Palringo
- Psi (instant messenger)
- Skype
- Snak
- Ventrilo â" audio chatroom application
- X-Chat Aqua
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Photo Booth
Children's software
- Kid Pix Deluxe 3X â" bitmap drawing program
- Stagecast Creator â" programming and internet authoring for kids
Developer tools and IDEs
- Apache Web Server
- AppCode - an Objective-C IDE by JetBrains for OS X and iOS development
- Aptana â" 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 â" open source IDE for C++
- CodeWarrior â" development environment, framework
- Coldstone game engine
- Dylan
- Eclipse â" open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities
- Fink â" Debian package manager for ported Unix software
- Free Pascal â" Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
- GNU Compiler Collection
- Glasgow Haskell Compiler
- Helix â" relational database IDE
- HotSpot â" Sun's Java Virtual Machine
- IntelliJ IDEA - a JAVA IDE by JetBrains (free limited community edition)
- Komodo â" commercial multi-language IDE from ActiveState
- Lazarus â" cross-platform IDE to develop software with Free Pascal, specialized in graphical software
- LiveCode â" high-level cross-platform IDE
- MacApp â" application development framework Pascal and C++
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
- Macports â" a package management system that simplifies the installation of free/open source software on the Mac OS X.
- Macromedia Authorware â" 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 â" C++ application framework
- Mono â" open source implementation of Microsoft .NET Framework with a C# compiler
- NetBeans â" modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java
- Omnis Studio â" cross-platform development environment for creating enterprise and web applications for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Solaris
- Panorama
- Perl
- Peppermint - multi-purpose editor supporting a wide range of languages and comes with a CoffeeScript/JavaScript API
- PHP
- Python
- Qt Creator â" an IDE for C++ GUI applications, by Trolltech
- Real Studio â" cross-platform compiled REALbasic BASIC programming language IDE
- ResEdit â" resource editor
- Script Debugger â" an AppleScript and Open Scripting Architecture IDE
- SuperCard â" high-level IDE
- Tcl/tk â" scripting shell & GUI utility that allows cross platform development. Included With Mac OS X.
- TextMate â" very type-efficient multipurpose text editor supports Ruby, PHP, Python, many more
- Torque (game engine) â" powerful professional game creation software
- WebKit â" open source application framework for Safari (web browser)
- WebObjects
- wxPython â" API merging Python and wxWidgets
- Xcode â" IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of OS X and is available as a download, was called Project Builder
Email clients
- Apple Mail â" the bundled email client
- Claris Emailer â" classic Mac OS only, no longer available
- Entourage â" email client by Microsoft; analogous to Microsoft Outlook
- Eudora
- Foxmail
- Lotus Notes
- Mailbird
- Mailplane â" a WebKit-based client for Gmail
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mulberry â" open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
- Opera Mail
- Outlook Express
- Postbox
- Sparrow â" as well as Sparrow Lite
Other email software
- SPAMfighter - Anti-Spam software
- Gmail Notifier
FTP clients
- Classic FTP
- Cyberduck
- Fetch
- Fugu
- FileZilla
- Interarchy
- Transmit
- Yummy FTP
Games
- Steam â" digital distribution software for video games and related media
Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing
CAD, 3D graphics
- 3D-Coat
- Autodesk Alias
- Ashlar-Vellum â" organic 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
- ArchiCAD
- AutoCAD
- Blender
- BricsCAD
- Cheetah3D
- Cinema 4D
- SketchUp â" 3D modeling software
- Houdini
- Lightwave
- Maya
- Modo
- PowerCADD
- VectorWorks
- ZBrush
- Adobe Acrobat
- Preview
Icon editors, viewers
- Icon Composer â" part of Apple Developer Tools
- IconBuilder
- Microsoft Office
File conversion and management
- Adobe Bridge â" digital asset management app
- BibDesk â" free bibliographic database app that organizes linked files
- Font Book â" font management tool
- GraphicConverter â" graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
- iPhoto â" photo management application
Layout and desktop publishing
- Adobe InDesign â" page layout
- iBooks Author â" create content for iBooks
- iCalamus â" page layout
- iStudio Publisher â" page layout
- Pages â" part of iWork
- QuarkXPress â" page layout
- Ready,_Set,_Go!_(software) â" page layout
- Scribus â" page layout
- TeX â" publishing
- MacTeX â" TeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac
- Comparison of TeX Editors
- The Print Shop â" page layout
Raster and vector graphics
- Adobe Fireworks â" supports GIF animation.
- Adobe Illustrator â" vector graphics editor
- Adobe Photoshop â" also offers some vector graphics features
- Affinity Designer - vector graphics editor for Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows
- Anime Studio â" 2D based vector animation
- Aperture â" Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
- Corel Painter
- Eazydraw
- Fontographer
- GIMP â" free bitmap graphics editor
- GIMPShop â" free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
- GraphicConverter â" displays and edits raster graphics files
- Inkscape â" free vector graphics editor
- MacPaint â" painting software by Apple (discontinued)
- Macromedia FreeHand â" vector graphics editor
- Paintbrush â" free simple bitmap graphics program
- Photos â" official photo management and editing application developed by Apple
- Photo Booth â" photo camera, video recorder
- Pixelmator â" hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
- Seashore â" open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native OS X (Cocoa) UI
Integrated software technologies
- Finder
- Path Finder
- QuickTime
- Terminal
- X11.app
Language and reference tools
- Cram (software)
- Dictionary (software)
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Rosetta Stone (software) â" proprietary language learning software
- Ultralingua â" proprietary electronic dictionaries and language tools
- World Book Encyclopedia â" multimedia
Mathematics software
- Fityk
- Grapher
- Maple (software)
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- MathMagic
- Octave (software) â" open source
- R (programming language)
- Sysquake
- SciLab â" open source
Media center
- Boxee â" Mac and Apple TV
- Front Row
- Mira
- MythTV
- SageTV
- Plex
- Kodi
- Adobe Director â" animation/application development
- Adobe Flash â" vector animation
- Adobe LiveMotion â" a discontinued competitor to Macromedia Flash, until Adobe bought Macromedia
- iBooks Author â" creates content for iBooks
- iLife â" creative media suite by Apple
- Unity â" 3D authoring
Networking and telecommunications
- Apple Remote Desktop
- Google Earth
- iStumbler â" find wireless networks and devices
- Karelia Watson (defunct)
- KisMAC
- Timbuktu â" remote control
News aggregators
- Feedly â" news aggregator, and news aggregator reading application
- NetNewsWire â" news aggregator reading application
- NewsFire â" news aggregator reading application
- RSSOwl â" news aggregator reading application
- Safari (web browser) - news aggregation via built-in RSS support
- Apple Mail â" news aggregation via (discontinued) built-in RSS support
Office and productivity
- AbiWord
- Adobe Acrobat
- Address Book â" bundled with OS X
- AppleWorks â" word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
- Bean (word processor) â" free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
- Celtx
- Circus Ponies NoteBook
- CricketGraph - graphmaker
- Delicious Library
- FileMaker
- FlowVella
- Fortora Fresh Finance
- Helix (database)
- iBank â" personal finance application
- iCal â" calendar management, bundled with OS X
- iWork â" suite:
- Pages â" word processor application
- Numbers â" spreadsheet application
- Keynote â" presentation application
- Journler â" diary and personal information manager with personal wiki features
- KOffice
- LibreOffice
- MarinerPak â" suite:
- Mariner Write
- Mariner Calc
- Mellel
- Microsoft Office â" office suite:
- Microsoft Word â" word processor application
- Microsoft Excel â" spreadsheet application
- Microsoft PowerPoint â" presentation application
- Microsoft Entourage â" email application
- Microsoft Outlook â" email application
- MoneyWiz â" personal finance application
- Montage â" screenwriting software
- NeoOffice
- Nisus Writer
- OmniFocus
- OpenOffice.org
- WriteNow
- Taste â" word processor (discontinued)
Operating systems
- Darwin â" the BSD-licensed core of macOS
- macOS â" originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016
- macOS Server â" the server computing variant of macOS
Outliners and mind-mapping
- 2-plan Desktop â" free project management software with integrated mind maps
- FreeMind
- Mindjet
- OmniOutliner
- OmniGraffle
- XMind
Peer-to-peer file sharing
- Acquisition
- aMule
- BitTorrent client
- BitTyrant
- Blog Torrent
- Cabos
- Folx
- FrostWire
- LimeWire
- Poisoned
- rTorrent
- Tomato Torrent
- Transmission (BitTorrent)
- μTorrent
- Vuze â" Bittorrent client, was Azureus
- XNap
Science
- Breve â" artificial life simulator
- Celestia â" 3D astronomy program
- Stellarium â" 3D astronomy program
Text editors
- ACE
- Aquamacs
- BBEdit
- BBEdit Lite
- Coda
- Emacs
- jEdit
- Komodo Edit
- Nano
- SimpleText
- Smultron
- SubEthaEdit
- Sublime Text 2
- TeachText
- TextEdit
- TextMate
- TextWrangler
- vim
- XEmacs
Utilities
- Activity Monitor â" default system monitor for hardware and software
- AppZapper â" uninstaller (shareware)
- Automator â" built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks
- Backup â" built-in
- BitDefender Antivirus 2009 for Mac OS â" antivirus software
- Butler â" free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
- CleanGenius â" free system optimization tool for Mac OS X, disk cleaner, uninstaller, device ejector, disk monitor. (freeware)
- CandyBar â" system customization software (commercial)
- CDFinder â" disk cataloging software (commercial)
- Compact Pro â" data compression
- Dashboard â" built-in Mac OS X widgets
- Disk Drill Basic â" data recovery software for Mac OS X
- Grab (software) â" built-in Mac OS X screenshot utility
- Growl â" global notifications system, free
- iArchiver â" handles archives, commercial
- Intego VirusBarrier â" antivirus software
- iSync â" syncing software, bundled with OS X
- LaunchBar â" provides instant access to local data, search engines and more by entering abbreviations of search item names, commercial
- Little Snitch â" network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
- MacScan â" malware removal program
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing â" proprietary, typing tutor
- Norton Antivirus for Mac â" an antivirus program specially made for Mac
- OnyX â" a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for Mac OS X
- Quicksilver â" a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data
- Screen Sharing
- SheepShaver â" PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs
- Sherlock â" file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
- Sophos - antivirus software
- Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery - Data Recovery Software for Mac Computers
- Stuffit â" data compression
- Stickies â" put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
- System Preferences â" default Mac system option application
- The Tilery - application switcher
- Time Machine (Apple software) â" built-in backup software
- UUTool â" uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
- VirusScan â" antivirus software
- WinZip â" file archiver and compressor utility
- Xsan â" storage network utility
- Yahoo! Widget Engine â" JavaScript-based widget system
Support for non-Macintosh software
- Bochs
- Boot Camp â" a multi-boot utility built into OS X from 10.5
- CrossOver â" commercial implementation of Wine
- DaisyDisk â" disk visualization tool
- DOSBox â" DOS emulator
- Hercules emulator
- pcAnywhere â" VNC-style remote control
- Parallels Workstation â" commercial full virtualization software for desktop and server
- Q â" emulates an IBM-compatible PC on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
- VSD Viewer â" desktop tool allows opening MS Visio drawings on Mac
- VMware â" virtualization software
- Wine â" Windows API reimplementation
- Virtual PC â" full virtualization software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and GNU/Linux, on PowerPC Macs (discontinued in 2007)
- VirtualBox
- vMac â" emulates a Macintosh Plus and can run Apple Macintosh System versions 1.1 to 7.5.5.
Video
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Presenter Video Express
- Avid
- DivX
- DivX Player
- DVD Player (Apple) â" DVD player software built into Mac OS X
- FFmpeg â" heavy-duty audio/video converter
- Final Cut Express
- Final Cut Studio â" professional audio-video editing suite:
- Apple Qmaster
- Cinema Tools
- Compressor
- DVD Studio Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- LiveType
- Motion 2
- Soundtrack Pro
- HandBrake â" DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
- iMovie â" basic video editing application
- Miro Media Player
- MPlayer
- Perian
- QuickTime â" including its Player and QuickTime Pro
- RealPlayer
- Shake
- Windows Media Player
- VLC media player
- 4K Video Downloader - free video downloader
Web browsers
- Amaya â" free
- Camino â" open source
- Flock â" free, Mozilla Firefox based
- Google Chrome â" free, proprietary
- iCab â" free
- Konqueror â" open source
- Lynx â" free
- Mozilla â" open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
- Mozilla Firefox â" open source
- Netscape Navigator â" free, proprietary
- OmniWeb â" free, proprietary
- Opera â" free
- Safari (web browser) â" built-in from Mac OS X 10.3, available as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.2
- SeaMonkey â" open source Internet application suite
- Shiira â" open source
- Sleipnir â" free, by Fenrir Inc
- Torch (web browser) - free, by Torch Media Inc.
- Internet Explorer for Mac â" free, by Microsoft
- WebKit â" 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
Weblog clients
- ecto
- MarsEdit
See also
- List of Macintosh software published by Microsoft
- List of Unix utilities
- List of old Macintosh software