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This list of software by Apple covers software written by Apple Inc., organised by category.
Archiving, backup, restore, and recovery
[edit]Current
[edit]- Archive Utility – built-in archive file handler[1][2]
- Time Machine – built-in backup software[3][4]
Discontinued
[edit]CD and DVD authoring
[edit]Discontinued
[edit]- DVD Studio Pro – DVD authoring application,[8] the final update was in 2009[citation needed] and was removed from Final Cut Studio in 2011[9]
- iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application,[10] last updated in 2010[11] and incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019[12] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]
Audio-specific software
[edit]Current
[edit]- GarageBand – an amateur-oriented digital audio workstation[14][15] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]
- Logic Pro – a digital audio workstation[16] (previously part of Logic Studio)[17]
- MainStage – music software for use in live performances[18]
Discontinued
[edit]- Logic Express – a prosumer music production,[19][20] discontinued in 2011[17]
- Logic Studio – a music-writing studio package,[21] discontinued in 2011 in favour of Logic Pro X[22]
- Apple Loops Utility – production and organisation of Apple Loops,[23] last updated in 2009 and has been discontinued,[citation needed] with its features integrated into Logic Pro[24]
- Apple Qmaster – app for automated work distribution for audio-visual rendering[25] and part of both Final Cut Studio[26] and Logic Studio,[27] discontinued as a standalone app and integrated into Compressor.[28] Incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019[12]
- Qadministrator – software to create and manage Qmaster clusters,[29] incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019[12]
- Soundtrack Pro – a musical composition and editing app and part of both Final Cut Studio[26] and Logic Studio,[30] discontinued with the release of Logic Pro 9 and Final Cut Pro X[17]
Chat (text, voice, image, video)
[edit]Current
[edit]- FaceTime – a videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch[31][32]
- iMessage – an instant messaging service between Mac, and other apple devices[33][34][35]
- Messages - an instant messaging software application for apple devices utilising SMS, MMS, iMessage and RCS[36][37]
Discontinued
[edit]- iChat – an instant messaging and videoconferencing application for Macs,[38] discontinued since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in favour of FaceTime and iMessage[39]
Developer tools, frameworks and IDEs
[edit]Current
[edit]- Xcode – IDE made by Apple,[40][41] available for MacOS.[42]
- Swift Playgrounds – an educational tool and development environment for the Swift programming language[43][44]
Discontinued
[edit]- Apple Media Tool – a multimedia authoring tool and programming environment for the Eiffel-based Apple Media Language (AML) object-oriented programming language[45][46]
- MacApp – an object oriented application framework for the classic Mac OS
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop – a software development environment for the Classic Mac OS operating system,[47][48] discontinued in favour of Project Builder
- Project Builder (PBX) – an IDE for software development,[49] rebranded for OS X Panther in 2003 and became Xcode[50][51]
Email clients
[edit]Current
[edit]- Apple Mail – the bundled email client[52][53]
Discontinued
[edit]- Claris Emailer – classic Mac OS only,[54][55] no longer supported[56][57]
Layout and desktop publishing
[edit]Current
[edit]- Preview (macOS) – basic image and PDF viewer and editor
Discontinued
[edit]- iBooks Author – an interactive book creating software for Apple Books, discontinued in 2020 and integrated its features into Pages[58]
Graphic and photo editors
[edit]Current
[edit]- Photos – a bundled image editing and management application[59]
- Photo Booth – an application for taking and editing photos and videos[60][61]
Discontinued
[edit]- Aperture – an image editing and organising application,[62] discontinued in 2015.[63]
- iPhoto – a photo editor application,[64] discontinued in 2015.[63] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]
- MacDraw – a vector graphic drawing application
- MacPaint – a raster graphics editor
Integrated software technologies
[edit]Current
[edit]- AVFoundation – a multimedia framework[65]
- Finder – the native file manager for MacOS[66][67]
- Terminal – a command line interface for Macs[68][69]
- XQuartz – a Mac port of the X11 windowing system (formerly known as X11.app)
Former
[edit]- HyperCard – a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers,[70] the last update was in 1998 but was officially discontinued in 2004[71]
- MacTerminal – Telecommunications and terminal emulation application software program.[72] Ceased development following the 1987 spin-off of Apple's software division into Claris.[citation needed]
- MacX – An display server implementation of the X11 windowing system for Macs[73] using the A/UX,[74] System 7, and Mac OS 8 and 9 operating systems.[73] Discontinued in 1998 following the transition to Mac OS X which had native support for X11.[citation needed]
- QuickTime – A multimedia architecture for streaming, encoding and transcoding media.[75][76] It was deprecated in favour of AVFoundation with OS X Lion.[77]
Music and podcasts
[edit]- iTunes – a media library and player[78][79][80]
- Music – a media player application[81][82]
- Apple Podcasts – a podcast streaming application[83]
Media center
[edit]Networking and telecommunications
[edit]- Apple Remote Desktop – a remote desktop program[84]
News aggregators
[edit]- Apple News – a news aggregator application[85][86]
Office and productivity
[edit]Current
[edit]- FileMaker – a relational database management system[87]
- Calendar – a bundled calendar app[88] (known as iCal until 2012)[89]
- Calculator – a basic calculator application[90]
- Contacts – a computerized address book[91] (known as Address Book prior to Mac OS X Mountain Lion)[92]
- Grapher – a graphing calculator application[93] bundled with macOS since Mac OS X Tiger[94]
- iWork – suite:[95]
- Notes – a notetaking app[96][97]
- Reminders – a task management program[98][99]
Discontinued
[edit]- AppleWorks – An office suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.[100] Discontinued in 2007 and replaced by iWork.[101]
- Claris Resolve - a spreadsheet computer program,[102] discontinued in 1994 with support ending in 1995[103][104]
- MacProject- a project management and scheduling business application,[105][106] later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998[107]
- MacWrite - word processor application,[108] later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998[107]
Operating systems
[edit]Current
[edit]- Darwin – the BSD-licensed and XNU-based core of macOS[109]
- iOS – operating System for iPhones[110][111] (known as iPhoneOS until version 4 in 2010)[111]
- iPadOS – operating System for iPads[112][113] (called iOS until version 13.1 in 2019)[113]
- macOS – A Darwin-based Operating system for Macintosh computers.[109][114][115] Originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012[116] and then "OS X" until 2016.[117]
- macOS Server – the server computing variant of macOS
- tvOS – operating System for Apple TV[118][119] (called Apple TV Software until version 9 in 2015)[120]
- visionOS – operating System for Apple Vision Pro[121]
- WatchOS – operating System for Apple Watch[122]
- XNU – a kernel based on Mach that is used as the core of apple operating systems[123][124][125]
Discontinued
[edit]- A/UX – a Unix-based operating system for Macintosh computers,[126][127] discontinued in 1995[128]
- Apple DOS – a disk operating system (DOS) for Apple II,[129][130] discontinued in 1983 and succeeded by ProDOS[131]
- Apple GS/OS – an operating system for Apple IIGS,[132] it was a core component of System Software (now Classic MacOS) from System 4.0 through System 6.0.1[133][134][135]
- Apple Pascal – An operating system based on USCD Pascal created for Apple's implementation of the Pascal programming language.[136] The final update for it was in 1983 with version 1.1.[137]
- Apple ProDOS – A disk operating system for Apple IIs,[138] with 8-bit and 16-bit versions.[139] Discontinued in 1993, with the 16-bit version succeeded by GS/OS.
- Apple SOS – a disk operating system for Apple III[139][140] (discontinued after version 1.3 in 1982)[141]
- Classic Mac OS – a series of operating systems developed for Macintosh computers, discontinued in 2001 and replaced with OS X
- System 1 (discontinued in 1984)[142]
- System 2, 3 & 4 (discontinued in 1985, 1988, and 1987 respectively)
- System 5 (final release in 1987, succeeded by System 6 in 1988)[143]
- System 6 (succeeded by System 7 in 1991,[144] and discontinued in 1992)[145]
- System 7 (became Mac OS after version 7.6, discontinued in 1997)[146]
- Mac OS 8 (discontinued in 1999)[10]
- Mac OS 9 (discontinued in 2001)[147][148]
- Lisa OS – An operating system based on Apple SOS developed 3 years prior.[149] It was discontinued in 1986 alongside the Lisa line of computers,[150] with System Software being partially based on it.[151]
- MkLinux – an open-source Linux-based software computer operating system,[152][153] support dropped by Apple in 2002[154][155]
- Newton OS – a mobile operating system for the Apple Newton, discontinued in 1997[156]
Text editors
[edit]Utilities
[edit]Current
[edit]- Activity Monitor – native system monitor for hardware and software with task manager functionality[159]
- Automator – built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks[160][161]
- Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop[162]
Discontinued
[edit]- Dashboard – Built-in macOS widgets,[163] removed in macOS Catalina.[164] With macOS Sonoma in 2023, widgets were reintroduced through the Notification Center.[165]
- Grab – built-in macOS screenshot utility, replaced with another tool in macOS Mojave[166]
- iSync – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to version 10.6
- Sherlock – File searching (version 2),[167][168] web services (version 3).[169] Discontinued with the introduction of Mac OS X Leopard.[170]
Support for non-Macintosh software
[edit]- Boot Camp – A multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5[171] Support dropped in transition from intel macs to Apple silicon.[172][173]
Video
[edit]Current
[edit]- Apple TV app – a media player software program[174][175]
- DVD Player – DVD player software built into macOS[176]
- Final Cut Pro – video-editing software[177][178] (formerly part of Final Cut Studio)[22]
- iMovie – basic video editing application[10] (previously part of iLife suite)[13]
- QuickTime Player
Discontinued
[edit]- Final Cut Express – A video editing suite,[179] a prosumer version of Final Cut Pro.[180] Discontinued in 2011 in favour of Final Cut Pro X.[180]
- Final Cut Studio – audio-video editing suite:
- QuickTime Pro – Video editor and encoder.[181] Support was dropped in 2018 when 32-bit support was dropped.[182][183]
Stores
[edit]- App Store – an app marketplace for iOS and iPadOS apps[184][185]
- Mac App Store – an app marketplace for macOS apps[186]
Others
[edit]- Apple Intelligence – an artificial intelligence suite integrated into Siri in iOS 18[187][188]
- Safari – a graphical web browser[189][190] based on WebKit[191]
- Apple Books – an e-book reading and store application[192] (previously known as iBooks until iOS 12 and macOS Mojave)[193]
- Find My – an asset tracking app and service utilising Bluetooth and UWB[194][195][196]
- Font Book – a font manager[197][198]
- Launchpad – an application launcher[199][200]
- Apple Maps – a web mapping app and service[201][202]
- Siri – a virtual assistant[203][204]
- Apple Devices – a managing software for Microsoft Windows[205]
Discontinued
[edit]- AppleLink/eWorld – Client software to access Apple's online service for its dealers, third-party developers, and users. The service was discontinued in 1997.[206][207]
- iWeb – a HTML editor for creating websites and blogs,[208] discontinued in 2012 alongside MobileMe[209] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]
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