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The following is a '''list of [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] [[software]]''' – notable computer applications for current [[macOS]] operating systems.

For software designed for the [[Classic Mac OS]], see [[List of Classic Mac OS software]].

==Audio software==
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=== Digital audio workstations ===
{{Further information|Digital audio workstation}}
*[[Ableton Live]]
*[[Ardour (software)|Ardour]]
*[[Cubase]]
*[[Digital Performer]]
*[[GarageBand]]
*[[Logic Pro]] and [[MainStage (software)|MainStage]]
*[[REAPER]]
*[[Reason Studios|Reason]]
*[[Renoise]]
*[[Steinberg Nuendo]]

=== Audio editing ===

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

=== DJing ===

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

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

* [[Dorico]]
* [[Impro-Visor]] – notation software with a particular orientation towards jazz solos
* [[LilyPond]]
* [[Overture (software)|Overture]]
* [[MuseScore]]

=== Misc audio tools ===

* [[Audio Hijack]] – audio recorder
* [[baudline]] – signal analyzer
* [[BeaTunes]] - BPM analyzer and iTunes companion tool
* [[Cog (software)|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 (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
* [[ReCycle|Recycle]] – music loop editor

=== Discontinued audio apps ===

* [[Adobe Soundbooth]] – music and soundtrack editing
* [[Audion (software)|Audion]] – media player
* [[BIAS Peak]] – mastering
* [[Finale (scorewriter)|Finale]] – proprietary music notation software
* [[iTunes]] – audio/video Jukebox by Apple
* [[Logic Express]] – [[prosumer]] music production by Apple
* [[Logic Studio]] – music writing studio package by Apple
** [[Apple Loops Utility]] – production and organisation of Apple Loops
** [[Apple Qmaster]] and [[Apple Qadministrator|Qadministrator]]
** [[Mainstage (software)|Mainstage]] – program to play [[Software synthesizer|software synthesizers]] live
** [[QuickTime Pro]] – pro version of QuickTime
** [[Soundtrack Pro]] – post production audio editor
** [[WaveBurner]] – CD mastering and production software
* [[RiffWorks]] – guitar recording and online song collaboration software

==Chat (text, voice, image, and video)==
===Active===
[[File:AdiumX screenshot.png|thumb|right|160px|Adium on Mac OS X]]
*[[Adium]] – multi-protocol [[Instant messaging|IM]] client
*[[Colloquy (IRC client)|Colloquy]] – freeware advanced [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] client
*[[Discord (software)|Discord]] – IM and VoIP social platform
*[[FaceTime]] – [[videoconferencing]] between [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]]
*[[iMessage]] – instant messaging between [[Macintosh|Mac]], and iDevices 
*[[Irssi]] – IrssiX and MacIrssi
*[[Kopete]] – free multi-protocol IM client
*[[LiveChat]] – online customer service software
*[[Microsoft Teams]] – team collaboration application
*[[Palringo]]
*[[Psi (instant messenger)]] – free IM client for the [[XMPP]] protocol
*[[Signal (software)|Signal]] – open-source, [[Encryption|encrypted]] messaging service for IM, [[Telephone call|voice calls]] and [[Videotelephony|video calls]]
*[[Snak]] – IRC client (shareware)
*[[Ventrilo]] – audio chatroom application
*[[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] – cross-platform, encrypted IM client

===Discontinued===
*[[aMSN]] – free [[Windows Live Messenger]] clone
*[[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>
*[[ChitChat]] – open-source IM client supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol
*[[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 |archive-date=2024-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310215749/https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Skype]] – telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based [[videotelephony]] retired as of May 5, 2025<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |last2=Neuman |first2=Scott |date=2025-05-05 |title=It's last call for Skype as the once-popular video calling app shuts down |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387436/skype-shutting-down |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ircle]] – IRC client ([[shareware]])
*[[Microsoft Messenger for Mac]] – cross-platform IM client
*[[Yahoo! Messenger]] – IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting

==Children's software==
*[[Kid Pix|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]] – free and open-source web server software
*[[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
*[[Clozure CL]] – an [[Open-source software|open source]] [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) for building Common Lisp applications
*[[Code::Blocks]] – open source IDE for [[C++]]
*[[CodeWarrior]] – development environment, framework
*[[Coldstone game engine]] – game engine specializing in role-playing and adventure-style games
*[[Cursor (code editor)|Cursor]] – code editor integrating advanced artificial intelligence features
*[[Dylan (programming language)|Dylan]] – programming language
*[[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
*[[Free Pascal]] – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
*[[GNU Compiler Collection]] – collection of compilers for different programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems
*[[Glasgow Haskell Compiler]]
*[[Helix (database)|Helix]] – relational database IDE
*[[Homebrew (package manager)|Homebrew]] - Package manager for installing many open source, mostly terminal based, utilities. Includes Apache, PHP, Python and many more.
*[[HotSpot (virtual machine)|HotSpot]] – Sun's Java Virtual Machine
*[[IntelliJ IDEA]] – a JAVA IDE by [[JetBrains]] (free limited community edition)
*[[ActiveState Komodo|Komodo]] – commercial multi-language IDE from [[ActiveState]]
*[[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]] – cross-platform IDE to develop software with [[Free Pascal]], specialized in graphical software
*[[LiveCode]] – high-level cross-platform IDE
*[[MacApp]] – application development framework for [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] and [[C++]]
*[[Macintosh Programmer's Workshop]] (MPW)
*[[Macports]] – a package management system that simplifies the installation of [[free software|free]]/[[open source software]] on the macOS. 
*[[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
*[[Mono (software)|Mono]] – open source implementation of Microsoft [[.NET Framework]] with a [[C Sharp (programming language)|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 macOS, Windows, Linux, Solaris
*[[Panorama (database engine)|Panorama]] – database engine
*[[Perl]] – programming language
*[[PHP]] – programming language
*[[Python (programming language)|Python]] – programming language
*[[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]] Creator – an IDE for C++ GUI applications, by [[Trolltech]]
*[[Real Studio]] – cross-platform compiled [[REALbasic]] [[BASIC]] programming language IDE
*[[ResEdit]] – resource editor
*[[Script Debugger]] – an [[AppleScript]] and [[Open Scripting Architecture]] IDE
*[[SuperCard]] – high-level IDE
*[[Tcl/tk]] – scripting shell & GUI utility that allows cross platform development. Included with macOS.
*[[TextMate]] – multipurpose text editor that supports Ruby, PHP, and Python
*[[Torque (game engine)]] – game creation software
*[[Visual Studio Code]] – code editor and IDE with debugging features
*[[WebKit]] – open source application framework for [[Safari (web browser)]]
*[[WebObjects]] – Java web application server and a server-based web application framework
*[[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

==Email==
===Email clients===
*[[Apple Mail]] – the bundled email client
*[[Claris Emailer]] – classic Mac OS only, no longer available
*[[Microsoft Entourage|Entourage]] – email client by [[Microsoft]]; analogous to [[Microsoft Outlook]]
*[[Eudora (e-mail client)|Eudora]]
*[[Foxmail]]
*[[Lotus Notes]]
*[[Mailbird]]
*[[Mailplane (software)|Mailplane]] – a WebKit-based client for Gmail
*[[Microsoft Outlook]] 
*[[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
*[[Mulberry (e-mail client)|Mulberry]] – open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
*[[Outlook Express]]
*[[Postbox (email client)|Postbox]]
*[[Proton Mail]]
*[[Sparrow (e-mail client)|Sparrow]] – as well as Sparrow Lite

===Other email software===
*[[Gmail Notifier]]

==FTP clients==
*[[Classic FTP]]
*[[Cyberduck]]
*[[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
*[[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
*[[FileZilla]]
*[[ForkLift (file manager)|ForkLift]]
*[[Interarchy]]
*[[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
*[[WebDrive]] – FTP and cloud client
*[[Yummy FTP]]

==Games==
{{main|List of Macintosh games}}
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*[[Steam (service)|Steam]] – digital distribution software for video games and related media

== Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing ==
===[[Computer-aided design|CAD]], 3D graphics===
*[[3D-Coat]]
*[[Autodesk Alias]]
*[[Ashlar-Vellum]] – 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
*[[ArchiCAD]]
*[[AutoCAD]]
*[[Blender (software)|Blender]]
*[[BricsCAD]]
*[[Cheetah3D]]
*[[Cinema 4D]]
*[[FreeCAD]]
*[[SketchUp]] – 3D modeling software
*[[Houdini (software)|Houdini]]
*[[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]]
*[[MacDraft]] - 2D CAD<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.microspot.com/products/macdraft/ | title=MacDraft Professional &#124; Powerful 2D CAD, drafting, technical illustration and more for Mac &#124; Microspot Ltd }}</ref>
*[[Maya (software)|Maya]]
*[[Modo (software)|Modo]]
*[[PowerCADD]]
*[[ZBrush]]

===Distributed document authoring===
*[[Adobe Acrobat]]  – software to view, create, manipulate, print and manage [[PDF]] files
*[[Preview (Mac OS)|Preview]] – built-in [[image viewer]] and [[PDF viewer]] of the [[macOS]] operating system

===Icon editors, viewers===
*[[Apple Developer Tools#Icon Composer|Icon Composer]] – part of Apple Developer Tools
*[[IconBuilder]] – plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Fireworks for the editing and creation of icons
*[[Microsoft Office]]

===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, opens/converts a wide range of file formats
*[[Photos (Apple)|Photos]] – photo management application

====Discontinued====
*[[iPhoto]] – discontinued photo management application

===Layout and desktop publishing===
====Active====
*[[Adobe InDesign]] – page layout
*[[iCalamus]] – page layout
*[[iStudio Publisher]] – page layout
*[[Pages (iWork)|Pages]] – part of [[iWork]]
*[[QuarkXPress]] – page layout
*[[Ready, Set, Go! (software)|Ready, Set, Go!]] – page layout
*[[Scribus]] – page layout
*[[TeX]] – publishing
**[[MacTeX]] – TeX redistribution of [[TeX Live]] for Mac
**[[Comparison of TeX editors|Comparison of TeX Editors]]
*[[The Print Shop]] – page layout

====Discontinued====
*[[iBooks Author]] – created interactive books for [[Apple Books]]

===Raster and vector graphics===
This section lists [[bitmap graphics editor]]s and [[vector graphics editor]]s.
====Active====
*[[Adobe Illustrator]] – vector graphics editor
*[[Adobe Photoshop]] – also offers some vector graphics features
*[[Affinity Designer]] – vector graphics editor for Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows
*[[Anime Studio]] – 2D based vector animation
*[[Collabora Online]] – enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
*[[Corel Painter]]
*[[EazyDraw]] – vector graphics editor; versions available that can convert old formats such as [[MacDraw]] files
*[[Fontographer]]
*[[GIMP]] – free bitmap graphics editor
*[[GraphicConverter]] – displays and edits raster graphics files
*[[Inkscape]] – free vector graphics editor
*[[Luminar (software)|Luminar]]
*[[Paintbrush (software)|Paintbrush]] – free simple bitmap graphics program
*[[Photos (Apple)|Photos]] – official photo management and editing application developed by Apple
*[[Photo Booth]] – photo camera, video recorder
*[[Pixelmator]] – hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
*[[Polarr]] – photo editing app
*[[Retouch4me]] Arams – AI-based photo editor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retouch4me — Advantages of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Retouching |url=https://retouch4.me/arams |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=retouch4me.oxem.dev |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[Seashore (software)|Seashore]] – open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native macOS (Cocoa) [[user interface|UI]]

==== Discontinued ====
*[[Adobe Fireworks]] – supports GIF animation
*[[Adobe FreeHand]] – vector graphics editor

*[[Apple Aperture|Aperture]] – Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
*[[GIMPShop]] – free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
*[[MacPaint]] – painting software by Apple (discontinued)

== Integrated software technologies ==
{{main|List of macOS components}}
*[[Bonjour (software)|Bonjour]] – [[service discovery]] on a [[local area network]]
*[[Finder (software)|Finder]]
*[[QuickTime]]
*[[Terminal (macOS)|Terminal]]
*[[X11.app]]

==Language and reference tools==
*[[Cram (software)]]
*[[Dictionary (software)]]
*[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
*[[Rosetta Stone (software)]] – proprietary language learning software
*[[Ultralingua]] – proprietary electronic dictionaries and language tools
*[[World Book Encyclopedia]] – multimedia

==Mathematics software==
*[[Fityk]]
*[[Grapher]]
*[[Maple (software)]]
*[[Mathematica]]
*[[MATLAB]]
*[[MathMagic]]
*[[Octave (software)]] – open source
*[[R (programming language)]]
*[[Sysquake]]
*[[SciLab]] – open source

==Media center==
*[[Boxee]] – Mac and Apple TV
*[[Front Row (software)|Front Row]]
*[[Mira]]
*[[MythTV]]
*[[SageTV]]
*[[Plex (software)|Plex]]
*[[Kodi (software)|Kodi]]

==Multimedia authoring==
*[[Adobe Director]] – animation/application development
*[[Adobe Flash]] – vector animation
*[[Adobe LiveMotion]] – a discontinued competitor to [[Adobe Animate|Flash]], until Adobe bought Macromedia
*[[Apple Media Tool]] – a discontinued multimedia authoring tool published by Apple
*[[Dragonframe]] - stop motion animation and time-lapse
*[[iBooks Author]] – created interactive books for [[Apple Books]] (discontinued)
*[[iLife]] – media suite by Apple
*[[Unity (game engine)|Unity]] – 3D authoring

==Networking and telecommunications==
*[[Apple Remote Desktop]]
*[[Google Earth]]
*[[iStumbler]] – find wireless networks and devices 
*[[Karelia Watson]] (defunct)
*[[KisMAC]]
*[[Little Snitch]] – network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
*[[NetSpot]] – software tool for wireless network assessment, scanning, and surveys, analyzing Wi-Fi coverage and performance
*[[Timbuktu (software)|Timbuktu]] – remote control
*[[WiFi Explorer]] – a wireless network scanner tool

==News aggregators==
{{main|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==
*[[AbiWord]]
*[[Adobe Acrobat]] – [[PDF]] viewer and editor
*[[Address Book (application)|Address Book]] – bundled with macOS
*[[AppleWorks]] – word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
*[[Banktivity]] – personal finance, budgeting, investments
*[[Bean (word processor)]] – free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
*[[Bear (app)|Bear]] – markdown note-taking application
*[[Celtx]]
*[[Collabora Online]] enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
*[[CricketGraph]] – graphmaker
*[[Delicious Library]]
*[[FileMaker]]
*[[FlowVella]]
*[[Fortora Fresh Finance]]
*[[Helix (database)]]
*[[IGG Software#iBank|iBank]] – personal finance application
*[[iCal]] – [[calendar]] management, bundled with [[macOS]]
*[[iWork]] – suite:
**[[Pages (iWork)|Pages]] – word processor application
**[[Numbers (software)|Numbers]] – spreadsheet application
**[[Keynote (presentation software)|Keynote]] – presentation application
*[[Journler]] – diary and personal information manager with personal wiki features
*[[KOffice]]
*[[LibreOffice]]
*[[MacLinkPlus Deluxe]] – file format translation tool for PowerPC-era Mac OS X, converting and opening files created in other operating systems 
*[[Mellel]]
*[[Microsoft Office]] – office suite:
**[[Microsoft Word]] – word processor application
**[[Microsoft Excel]] – spreadsheet application
**[[Microsoft PowerPoint]] – presentation application
**[[Microsoft Entourage]] – email application (replaced by Microsoft Outlook)
**[[Microsoft Outlook]] – email application
**[[Microsoft OneNote]] – note-taking application
**[[Microsoft Publisher]] – desktop publishing application
*[[MoneyWiz]] – personal finance application
*[[Montage (screenwriting software)|Montage]] – screenwriting software
*[[NeoOffice]] - discontinued
*[[Nisus Writer]]
*[[OmniFocus]]
*[[OpenOffice.org]] - discontinued
*[[WriteNow]]
*[[Taste (software)|Taste]] – word processor (discontinued)

==Operating systems==
{{main|Macintosh operating systems}}
*[[Darwin (operating system)|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==
*[[FreeMind]]
*[[Mindjet]]
*[[OmniOutliner]]
*[[OmniGraffle]]
*[[XMIND|XMind]]

==Peer-to-peer file sharing==
*[[aMule]]
*[[BitTorrent (software)|BitTorrent client]]
*[[FrostWire]]
*[[LimeWire]]
*[[Poisoned]]
*[[rTorrent]]
*[[Transmission (BitTorrent)]]
*[[μTorrent]]
*[[Vuze]] – Bittorrent client, was Azureus

==Sciences ==
*[[Celestia]] – 3D astronomy program
*[[SimThyr]] – Simulation system for thyroid homeostasis
*[[Stellarium (software)|Stellarium]] – 3D astronomy program

==Text editors==
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*[[ACE (editor)|ACE]]
*[[BBEdit]]
*[[BBEdit Lite]]
*[[Coda (web development software)|Coda]]
*[[Emacs]]
*[[jEdit]]
*[[iA Writer]]
*[[Komodo Edit]]
*[[Nano (text editor)|Nano]]
*[[SimpleText]]
*[[Smultron]]
*[[SubEthaEdit]]
*[[TeachText]]
*[[TextEdit]]
*[[TextMate]]
*[[TextWrangler]]
*[[Vim (text editor)|vim]]
*[[XEmacs]]
*[[Ulysses (text editor)|Ulysses]]

==Utilities==
*[[4 Paws of Crab]]
*[[Activity Monitor (macOS)|Activity Monitor]] – default system monitor for hardware and software
*[[After Dark (software)|After Dark]] – [[computer]] [[screensaver]] [[software]]
*[[AppZapper]] – uninstaller (shareware)
*[[Automator (software)|Automator]] – built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks
*[[Butler (software)|Butler]] – free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
*[[CandyBar]] – system customization software (commercial)
*[[CDFinder]] – disk cataloging software (commercial)
*[[CleanMyMac]] – maintenance and optimisation utility
*[[DaisyDisk]] – disk visualization tool
*[[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] – built-in macOS widgets
*[[Grab (macOS)|Grab]] – built-in macOS screenshot utility
*[[Growl (software)|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
*[[MacKeeper]] – cleanup utility
*[[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 (software)|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 (software)|Sherlock]] – file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
*[[Stickies (software)|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 (macOS)|GateKeeper]].
The software listed in this section is [[antivirus software]] and [[malware]] removal software.
*[[BitDefender|BitDefender Antivirus for Mac]] – antivirus
*[[Intego|Intego VirusBarrier]] – antivirus
*[[MacScan]] – malware removal
*[[Malwarebytes]] — malware removal
*[[Virex|McAffee VirusScan]] – antivirus
*[[Norton Antivirus|Norton Antivirus for Mac]] – antivirus
*[[Sophos]] – antivirus

=== Archiving, backup, restore, recovery ===
This section lists software for [[file archiver|file archiving]], [[backup and restore]], [[data compression]] and [[data recovery]].
* [[Archive Utility]] – built-in archive file handler
*[[iArchiver|Archiver]] – paid, file archiving
*[[BetterZip]] – file archiver and compressor
* [[Compact Pro]] – data compression
*[[Disk Drill]]  – data recovery
*[[Stellar Data Recovery for Mac|Stellar Data Recovery]] – data recovery
*[[The Unarchiver]] — file archiving
*[[Time Machine (macOS)]] – built-in backup software
*[[WinZip]] – [[file archiver|file archiver and compressor]] utility

==== Discontinued archiving apps ====
* [[Backup (backup software)|Backup]] – discontinued Apple backup utility, part of [[MobileMe]]
* [[Stuffit]] – data compression

=== Disc burning apps ===
* [[Roxio Toast]] – DVD authoring application

==== Discontinued disc burning apps ====
* [[Adobe Encore]]
* [[Disco (software)|Disco]] – disc burning
* [[DVD Studio Pro]] – DVD authoring application
* [[iDVD]] – a basic [[DVD]]-authoring application

==Video==
*[[Adobe After Effects]] – digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing application
*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]] – timeline-based video editing software
*[[Adobe Presenter Video Express]] – screencasting and video editing software
*[[ArKaos]] – VJ software
*[[Avid Technology|Avid]]
*[[DaVinci Resolve]] – video editing suite
*[[DivX]]
*[[DivX Player]]
*[[DVD Player (Apple)]] – DVD player software built into macOS
*[[FFmpeg]] – audio/video converter
*[[Final Cut Express]]
*[[Final Cut Studio]] – audio-video editing suite:
**[[Apple Qmaster]]
**[[Cinema Tools]]
**[[Compressor (software)|Compressor]]
**[[DVD Studio Pro]]
**[[Final Cut Pro]]
**[[LiveType]]
**[[Apple Motion|Motion 2]]
**[[Soundtrack Pro]]
*[[HandBrake]] – DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
*[[iMovie]] – basic [[non-linear editing system|video editing]] application
*[[Miro Media Player]]
*[[MPlayer]]
*[[Perian]]
*[[QuickTime]] – including its Player and QuickTime Pro
*[[RealPlayer]]
*[[Shotcut]] – open source rich video editor
*[[Shake (software)|Shake]]
*[[Windows Media Player]]
*[[VLC media player]] – free and open-source media player

== Virtualization, emulation, and dual-booting ==
*[[Bochs]]
*[[Boot Camp (software)|Boot Camp]] – a multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5 on Intel Macs only
*[[CrossOver]] – commercial implementation of [[Wine (software)|Wine]]
*[[DOSBox]] – DOS emulator
*[[Hercules emulator]]
*[[pcAnywhere]] – VNC-style remote control
*[[Parallels Workstation]] – commercial [[full virtualization]] software for [[Parallels Desktop for Mac|desktop]] and [[Parallels Server for Mac|server]]
*[[Q (emulator)|Q]] – emulates an [[IBM-compatible PC]] on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
*[[VMware Fusion]] – virtualization software
*[[Wine (software)|Wine]] – Windows API reimplementation
*[[Virtual PC]] – [[full virtualization]] software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and 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.

==Web browsers==
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*[[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] – free
*[[Brave (web browser)|Brave]] – free and open-source, [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based
*[[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] – open source
*[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] – free, Mozilla Firefox based
*[[Google Chrome]] – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
*[[iCab]] – free
*[[Konqueror]] – open source
*[[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]] – free
*[[Mozilla]] – open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
*[[Mozilla Firefox]] – open source
*[[Microsoft Edge]]  – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
*[[Netscape Navigator]] – free,  proprietary
*[[OmniWeb]] – free,  proprietary
*[[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
*[[Safari (web browser)]] – built-in from [[Mac OS X 10.3]], available as a separate download for [[Mac OS X 10.2]]
*[[SeaMonkey]] – open source Internet application suite
*[[Shiira]] – open source
*[[Sleipnir (web browser)|Sleipnir]] – free, by [[Fenrir Inc]]
*[[Tor (anonymity network)]] – free, open source
*[[Torch (web browser)]] – free, by Torch Media Inc.
*[[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]] – free,  proprietary, Chromium-based
*[[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 (web development software)|Coda]]
*[[Freeway (software)|Freeway]]
*[[iWeb]]
*[[NVu]]
*[[Realmac Software|RapidWeaver]] – a template-based website editor

==Weblog clients==
*[[ecto (software)|ecto]]
*[[MarsEdit]]

==See also==
*[[List of Macintosh software published by Microsoft]]
*[[List of Unix commands]]

==References==
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