App Store The Mac App Store is macOS's
digital distribution platform for
macOS apps, created and maintained by
Apple based on the iOS version, the platform was announced on October 20, 2010, at Apple's "Back to the Mac" event. First launched on January 6, 2011, as part of the free Mac OS X 10.6.6 update for all current
Snow Leopard users, After 24 hours of release, Apple announced that there were over one million downloads.
Automator Automator is an app used to create
workflows for automating repetitive tasks into
batches for quicker alteration via point-and-click (or
drag and drop). This saves time and effort over human intervention to manually change each file separately. Automator enables the repetition of tasks across a wide variety of programs, including
Finder,
Safari,
Calendar,
Contacts and others. It can also work with third-party applications such as
Microsoft Office,
Adobe Photoshop or
Pixelmator.
Books Books, previously known as iBooks, is an
eBook reading application first released with
OS X Mavericks. It allows users to read and purchase digital books, as well as listen to audiobooks. Reading goals can be set which encourage users to read for an amount of time each day.
Calculator Calculator is a basic
calculator application made by
Apple and bundled with
macOS. It has three modes: basic, scientific, and programmer. Basic includes a number pad, buttons for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, as well as memory keys. Scientific mode supports exponents and trigonometric functions, and programmer mode gives the user access to more options related to
computer programming. The Calculator program has a long history going back to the very beginning of the Macintosh platform, where a simple four-function calculator program was a standard
desk accessory from the earliest system versions. Though no
higher math capability was included, third-party developers provided upgrades, and Apple released the
Graphing Calculator application with the first
PowerPC release (7.1.2) of the Mac OS, and it was a standard component through Mac OS 9. Apple currently ships a different application called
Grapher. Calculator has
Reverse Polish notation support, and can also speak the buttons pressed and result returned.
Calendar Calendar, previously known as iCal before
OS X Mountain Lion, is a personal
calendar app made by
Apple, originally released as a free download for
Mac OS X v10.2 on September 10, 2002, before being bundled with the operating system as iCal 1.5 with the release of
Mac OS X v10.3. It tracks events and appointments added by the user and includes various holidays depending on the location the device is set to as well as birthdays from contacts. Users are also able to subscribe to other calendars from friends or third-parties. iCal was the first calendar application for Mac OS X to offer support for multiple
calendars and the ability to intermittently publish/subscribe to calendars on
WebDAV servers. Calendar also offers online cloud backup of calendars using Apple's
iCloud service, or it can synchronize with other calendar services, including
Google Calendar and
Microsoft Exchange Server.
Chess Chess is a
3D chess game for
macOS, developed by
Apple as a
fork of
GNOME Chess (formerly "glChess"). Its history dates back to
OpenStep and
Mac OS X 10.2. It supports
chess variants such as
crazyhouse and
losing chess. Apple redistributes the source code under its own Apple Sample Code License, after a special permission has been granted from the original authors of GNOME Chess (which is licensed under
GPL3). It allows users to view the current time in locations around the world, set alarms and timers, and use their phone as a
stopwatch. Alarms and timers will play a chime once completed, which the user can choose from their ringtone library.
Contacts Contacts, previously known as Address Book before
OS X Mountain Lion, is a computerized
address book. Contacts can be synchronized over
iCloud and other online address book services and allows for the storage of names, phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, job titles, birthdays, and social media usernames.
Dictionary Dictionary is an application introduced with OS X 10.4 that provides definitions and synonyms from various sources, serving as a built-in dictionary and thesaurus. The program also includes definitions for a list of Apple-related terms as well as access to
Wikipedia articles. Dictionary supports several languages and currently provides American-English definitions from the ''
New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.''
FaceTime FaceTime is a
videotelephony app introduced in
Mac OS X 10.6.6, replacing the video and audio calling functionality of
iChat on Mac. Users can also make standard phone calls through the FaceTime app if a connected iPhone under the same Apple ID is nearby. In 2018, Apple added group video and audio support to FaceTime which can support up to 32 people alongside the release of
macOS Mojave. With the release of
macOS Monterey, Apple introduced a feature called SharePlay, which allows users to simultaneously watch videos, listen to music together, or share their display.
Find My Find My is an app and service that enables users to track the locations of
iOS,
iPadOS,
macOS,
watchOS,
AirPods and
AirTags via iCloud. First introduced in
macOS Catalina, it replaces
Find My Mac and
Find My Friends from previous versions. Missing devices can be made to play a sound at maximum volume, flagged as lost and locked with a passcode, or remotely erased. Users are also able to share their
GPS locations with friends and family who own Apple devices of their own and can set notifications for when a person arrives or leaves a destination.
Font Book Font Book is a
font manager first released with Mac OS X Panther in 2003. It allows users to browse and view all fonts installed on device, as well as install new fonts from
.otf and
.tff files. A font can be selected to see its alphabets, complete repertoire of characters, and how it sets a sample text of the user's choice.
Freeform Freeform is a virtual
brainstorming app first made available on alongside
macOS 13.1. It allows users to create canvases called "boards", which can display a range of inputs including text notes, photos, documents, and web links. The app offers real-time collaboration between users, with support for
FaceTime and
iCloud syncing.
Home Home is a
smart-home management app released with
macOS 10.14 Mojave, that serves as the front-end for Apple's HomeKit software framework. It lets users configure, communicate with, and control their HomeKit enabled smart appliances from a single application. Appliances can be divided into separate rooms and access to home controls can be shared with others.
Image Capture Image Capture is an application that enables users to upload pictures from
digital cameras or
scanners which are either connected directly to their computer or network. It provides no organizational tools like
Photos but is useful for collating pictures from a variety of sources with no need for
drivers.
Mail Mail is an
email client first originating in
NeXTstep, before being carried over to Mac OS X. It is preconfigured to work with popular
email providers, such as
Yahoo! Mail,
AOL Mail,
Gmail,
Outlook and
iCloud (formerly
MobileMe) and supports
Exchange. Mail includes the ability to read and write emails, file emails into folders, search for emails, automatically append signatures to outgoing emails,
filter out junk mail, and automatically unsubscribe from newsletters.
Maps Maps is a
web mapping app and service introduced to macOS with
OS X Mavericks. It provides directions and estimated times of arrival for automobile, pedestrian, cycling and
public transportation navigation. Apple Maps features a
Flyover mode that enables a user to explore certain densely populated urban centers and other places of interest in a 3D landscape composed of models of buildings and structures, as well as
Look Around, which allows the user to view 360° street-level imagery.
Messages Messages is an
instant messaging app introduced with
OS X, replacing the messaging component of
iChat in prior versions while providing support for the
iMessage protocol from iOS. A number of upgrades have been introduced to the iMessage platform over time, including message effects, editing and deleting messages within a fifteen-minute window, and a dedicated iMessage App Store which allows users to download sticker packs that can be sent in conversations.
Music Music is a
media player first introduced macOS Catalina, replacing the music-playing capabilities of iTunes. It can play music files stored locally on devices and allows users to curate their song library into playlists. Songs can be purchased directly from the
iTunes Store or streamed through
Apple Music if the user has an active subscription.
Internet radio stations can also be found within the app, with both local and international broadcasters available. Music supports lossless and spatial audio, and is capable of video playback, used primarily for music videos, artist interviews, and live performances.
News News is a
news aggregator first introduced in selected regions with the release of macOS Mojave 10.14. Users can read
news articles with it, based on publishers, websites and topics they select, such as technology or politics. On March 25, 2019, Apple News+ was made available within the News app, which is a subscription service allowing access to content from a number magazines and newspapers.
Notes Notes is a
notetaking app first introduced with
OS X Mountain Lion. It functions as a service for making text notes and sketches, which can be synchronised between devices using Apple's
iCloud service. Notes features support for advanced
text formatting options, several styles of lists, rich web and
map link previews, support for more file type attachments, a corresponding dedicated attachment browser, and a system share extension point for saving web links and images.
Passwords Passwords is an app for managing passwords, introduced in
macOS Sequoia. It replaces Keychain Access.
Photo Booth Photo Booth is a camera application first introduced on devices running
Mac OS X Tiger with a built-in iSight camera, allowing users to take picture and video. Photo Booth displays a preview showing the camera's view in real time, while thumbnails of saved photos and videos are displayed along the bottom of this window, obscuring the bottom of the video preview. These can be shown or played by clicking on the thumbnails. Users can also apply a variety of effects to a photo, which act similarly to
social media filters.
Photos Photos is a
photo management and
editing application first introduced with
OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, replacing both
iPhoto and
Aperture. Photos is based on the rebuilt version of the in-built app released for
iOS 8. The photos library is organized chronologically on a timeline, determined by the
metadata attached to the photo. Photos can also be sorted manually into albums, searched by location or by tagged persons. Photos can be synced and backed up through the
iCloud Photo Library and shared albums. Photos contains a number of simple editing tools which allow users to crop, rotate, and adjust their photos, with a limited number of editing tools available for videos.
Podcasts Podcasts is a
media player used for playing and subscribing to
podcasts first introduced macOS Catalina to replace the podcasting capabilities of iTunes. It is capable of limited editing features, including triming video clips and exporting to one of four video resolutions or an audio-only format. QuickTime Player can also record video and audio from the device's camera and microphone, or record a user's display for screen recording.
Reminders Reminders is a task-managing app introduced to OS X Mountain Lion and later rebuilt from the ground up in
MacOS Catalina. The app allows users to create their own lists of reminders and set notifications for themselves. New reminders can be placed into lists or set as subtasks and can include several details including: a priority tag, a note about the reminder, and an image or URL attachment. Additionally, alarms can be set for reminders, sending a notification to users at a certain time and date, when a geofence around an area is crossed, or when a message starts being typed to a set contact.
Safari Safari is a graphical web browser based on the
WebKit engine, included with macOS since version
10.3 "Panther", where it replaces
Internet Explorer for Mac OS X. Websites can be bookmarked, added to a reading list, or saved to the home screen and are synced between devices through
iCloud. In 2010, Safari 5 introduced a reader mode, extensions, and developer tools. Safari 11, released in 2017, added Intelligent Tracking Prevention, which uses artificial intelligence to block
web tracking. Safari 13 added support for Apple Pay, and authentication with
FIDO2 security keys. Its interface was redesigned in Safari 15, including a new landing page.
Shortcuts Shortcuts, formerly Workflow, is a
visual scripting app that allows users to create
macros for executing specific tasks on their device. These task sequences can be created by the user and shared online through
iCloud. A number of curated shortcuts can also be downloaded from the integrated gallery.
Stickies Stickies is a
desktop note program first included in
System 7.5, later being re-written in
Cocoa during the transition to
Mac OS X in 2001. It allows a user to put
post-it note-like windows on the screen for to write short reminders, notes and other clippings. The ability to collapse note windows, which is present in all versions of Stickies, is a holdover from System 7.5's
WindowShade feature. The window button layout, which is unusual for a modern macOS application, is retained from
Mac OS 8.
Stocks Stocks is a stock market tracking app first introduced with
macOS Mojave. It allows users to check financial data of any company publicly listed, including the current value of a company and their increase or decrease percentage. A graph shows the trends of each company over time, with a green graph showing positive growth and a red graph showing a decline. Business News is provided when a stock is not selected, which shows
Apple News articles about companies a user is following.
System Settings System Settings, formerly System Preferences, is an application included with macOS. It allows users to access information about their device and modify various system settings and options on their device such as the desktop wallpaper,
screen saver, notifications,
Wi-Fi and
Bluetooth, display and brightness, keyboard and trackpad, accessibility features, and more. With the release of
macOS Catalina, a
Screen Time feature was introduced which is intended to help user's focus and combat screen addiction. Furthermore,
macOS Monterey introduces Focus modes, which expand on Apple's previous Do Not Disturb feature to filter notifications during scenarios such as sleeping or working.
TextEdit TextEdit is an open-source
word processor and text editor, first featured in NeXT's NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. TextEdit has support for formatted text, justification, and even the inclusion of graphics and other multimedia elements, as well as the ability to read and write to different
character encodings, including
Unicode (
UTF-8 and
UTF-16). It automatically adjusts letter spacing in addition to word spacing while justifying text. TextEdit does not support multiple columns of text.
TV TV, also known as
Apple TV, is a
media player first introduced macOS Catalina, replacing the video-playing capabilities of iTunes. The app can be used for viewing television shows and films purchased or rented through the
iTunes Store, which can be accessed from within the app. It also houses original content from the
Apple TV+ streaming service, and can even directly stream content from some third-party services through the
a la carte video on demand "Apple TV Channels" service. The TV app can be used to index and access content from other linked video on demand services, allowing programs watched in other apps to appear in a user's Up Next feed, even if they are not subscribed through the Channels service. The TV app is also capable of broadcasting live sports and events, such as through the
MLS Season Pass.
Voice Memos Voice Memos is a
voice recording app, first introduced in
macOS Mojave, designed for saving short snippets of audio for later playback. Saved voice memos can be shared as a
.m4a file or can be edited, which allows parts of a recording to be replaced, background noise to be removed, or the length of a recording to be trimmed. Other playback options include the ability to change playback speed, skip silent parts of a memo, or enhance a recording. Audio files can also be organised into different folders.
Weather Weather was introduced to macOS in
macOS Ventura. == Utilities ==