List of software by Apple Inc.

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This list of software by Apple covers software written by Apple Inc., organised by category.

## Archiving, backup, restore, and recovery

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### Current

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* Archive Utility – built-in archive file handler[1][2]
* Time Machine – built-in backup software[3][4]

### Discontinued

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* Backup – built-in backup software,[5][6] discontinued in 2012 with MobileMe[7]

## CD and DVD authoring

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### Discontinued

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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, and video)

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* 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

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* 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

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### Current

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* 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

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* 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

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### Current

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* Apple Mail – the bundled email client[52][53]

### Discontinued

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* Claris Emailer – classic Mac OS only,[54][55] no longer supported[56][57]

## Layout and desktop publishing

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### Current

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* Preview (macOS) – basic image and PDF viewer and editor

### Discontinued

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* iBooks Author – an interactive book creating software for Apple Books, discontinued in 2020 and integrated its features into Pages[58]

## Graphic and photo editors

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### Current

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* Photos – a bundled image editing and management application[59]
* Photo Booth – an application for taking and editing photos and videos[60][61]

### Discontinued

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* 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

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Main article: List of macOS components

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* 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

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* 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 – A 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]

## Media

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* iTunes – a media library and player[78][79][80]
* Music – a media player application[81][82]
* Apple Podcasts – a podcast streaming application[83]
* Apple Books – an e-book reading and store application[84] (previously known as iBooks until iOS 12 and macOS Mojave)[85]

### Former

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* Front Row (software) \- a media center application for navigating and viewing video, photos, podcasts and music from a computer, optical disc or the Internet

## Networking and telecommunications

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* Apple Remote Desktop – a remote desktop program[86]

## News aggregators

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* Apple News – a news aggregator application[87][88]

## Office and productivity

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### Current

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* FileMaker – a relational database management system[89]
* Calendar – a bundled calendar app[90] (known as iCal until 2012)[91]
* Calculator – a basic calculator application[92]
* Contacts – a computerized address book[93] (known as Address Book prior to Mac OS X Mountain Lion)[94]
* Grapher – a graphing calculator application[95] bundled with macOS since Mac OS X Tiger[96]
* iWork – suite:[97]
* Pages – word processor application[97]
* Numbers – spreadsheet application[97]
* Keynote – presentation application[97]
* Notes – a note-taking app[98][99]
* Reminders – a task management program[100][101]

### Discontinued

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* AppleWorks – An office suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.[102] Discontinued in 2007 and replaced by iWork.[103]
* Claris Resolve \- a spreadsheet computer program,[104] discontinued in 1994 with support ending in 1995[105][106]
* MacProject\- a project management and scheduling business application,[107][108] later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998[109]
* MacWrite \- word processor application,[110] later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998[109]

## Operating systems

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Main articles: List of Apple operating systems and Macintosh operating systems

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* Darwin – the BSD-licensed and XNU-based core of macOS[111]
* iOS – operating System for iPhones[112][113] (known as iPhoneOS until version 4 in 2010)[113]
* iPadOS – operating System for iPads[114][115] (called iOS until version 13.1 in 2019)[115]
* macOS – A Darwin-based Operating system for Macintosh computers.[111][116][117] Originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012[118] and then "OS X" until 2016.[119]
* tvOS – operating System for Apple TV[120][121] (called Apple TV Software until version 9 in 2015)[122]
* visionOS – operating System for Apple Vision Pro[123]
* WatchOS – operating System for Apple Watch[124]
* XNU – a kernel based on Mach that is used as the core of apple operating systems[125][126][127]

### Discontinued

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* A/UX – a Unix-based operating system for Macintosh computers,[128][129] discontinued in 1995[130]
* Apple DOS – a disk operating system (DOS) for Apple II,[131][132] discontinued in 1983 and succeeded by ProDOS[133]
* Apple GS/OS – an operating system for Apple IIGS,[134] it was a core component of System Software (now Classic MacOS) from System 4.0 through System 6.0.1[135][136][137]
* Apple Pascal – An operating system based on UCSD Pascal created for Apple's implementation of the Pascal programming language.[138] The final update for it was in 1983 with version 1.1.[139]
* Apple ProDOS – A disk operating system for Apple IIs,[140] with 8-bit and 16-bit versions.[141] Discontinued in 1993, with the 16-bit version succeeded by GS/OS.
* Apple SOS – a disk operating system for Apple III[141][142] (discontinued after version 1.3 in 1982)[143]
* 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)[144]
* System 2, 3 & 4 (discontinued in 1985, 1988, and 1987 respectively)
* System 5 (final release in 1987, succeeded by System 6 in 1988)[145]
* System 6 (succeeded by System 7 in 1991,[146] and discontinued in 1992)[147]
* System 7 (became Mac OS after version 7.6, discontinued in 1997)[148]
* Mac OS 8 (discontinued in 1999)[10]
* Mac OS 9 (discontinued in 2001)[149][150]
* Lisa OS – An operating system based on Apple SOS developed 3 years prior.[151] It was discontinued in 1986 alongside the Lisa line of computers,[152] with System Software being partially based on it.[153]
* macOS Server – the server computing variant of macOS
* MkLinux – an open-source Linux-based software computer operating system,[154][155] support dropped by Apple in 2002[156][157]
* Newton OS – a mobile operating system for the Apple Newton, discontinued in 1997[158]

## Text editors

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* TextEdit – text editor and word processor[159][160]

## Utilities

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* Activity Monitor – native system monitor for hardware and software with task manager functionality[161]
* Automator – built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks[162][163]
* Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop[164]

### Discontinued

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* Dashboard – Built-in macOS widgets,[165] removed in macOS Catalina.[166] With macOS Sonoma in 2023, widgets were reintroduced through the Notification Center.[167]
* Grab – built-in macOS screenshot utility, replaced with another tool[specify] in macOS Mojave[168]
* iSync – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to version 10.6
* Sherlock – File searching (version 2),[169][170] web services (version 3).[171] Discontinued with the introduction of Mac OS X Leopard.[172]

#### Support for non-Macintosh software

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* Boot Camp – A multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5[173] Support dropped in transition from intel macs to Apple silicon.[174][175]

## Video

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* Apple TV app – a media player software program[176][177]
* DVD Player – DVD player software built into macOS[178]
* Final Cut Pro – video-editing software[179][180] (formerly part of Final Cut Studio)[22]
* Final Cut Camera \- pro video recording app[181]
* iMovie – basic video editing application[10] (previously part of iLife suite)[13]
* QuickTime Player
* Clips

### Discontinued

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* Final Cut Express – A video editing suite,[182] a prosumer version of Final Cut Pro.[183] Discontinued in 2011 in favour of Final Cut Pro X.[183]
* Final Cut Studio – audio-video editing suite:
* Cinema Tools
* Compressor
* LiveType
* Motion 2
* QuickTime Pro – Video editor and encoder.[184] Support was dropped in 2018 when 32-bit support was dropped.[185][186]

## Stores

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* App Store – an app marketplace for iOS and iPadOS apps[187][188]
* Mac App Store – an app marketplace for macOS apps[189]

## Others

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* Apple Intelligence – an artificial intelligence suite integrated into Siri in iOS 18[190][191] and macOS 15 Sequoia (Apple Silicon Macs only)[192]
* Safari – a graphical web browser[193][194] based on WebKit[195]
* Find My – an asset tracking app and service utilising Bluetooth and UWB[196][197][198]
* Font Book – a font manager[199][200]
* Launchpad – an application launcher[201][202]
* Apple Maps – a web mapping app and service[203][204]
* Siri – a virtual assistant[205][206]

### Discontinued

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* AppleLink/eWorld – Client software to access Apple's online service for its dealers, third-party developers, and users. The service was discontinued in 1997.[207][208]
* iWeb – a HTML editor for creating websites and blogs,[209] discontinued in 2012 alongside MobileMe[210] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]

## Software for non-Apple operating systems

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### Current

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* Apple Music (Windows)
* Apple Maps (Web)
* iTunes (Windows)
* Apple Devices – a Microsoft Windows app for managing Apple devices[211]
* Apple TV (Windows)
* iCloud (Windows, Online)
* Photos (Windows, Online)
* Find My (Online)

### Discontinued

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* Safari (Windows)

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Software by Apple

Operating
systems|

* Apple DOS
* Apple III (SOS)
* Classic Mac OS
* Darwin
* iOS
* iPadOS
* GS/OS
* Lisa OS
* macOS (OS X)
* MacWorks XL
* ProDOS
* tvOS
* visionOS
* watchOS

Consumer|

* Bento
* Clips
* Final Cut Express
* Front Row
* GarageBand
* iCloud
* iDVD
* iLife
* iMovie
* iTunes
* iWork
* Keynote
* Pages
* Numbers
* iPhoto
* Logic Express
* Photomator
* Pixelmator
* Classic
* Pro

Professional|

* Aperture
* Apple Media Tool
* Apple Qmaster
* Color
* DVD Studio Pro
* FileMaker
* Final Cut Pro
* Motion
* Compressor
* Final Cut Studio
* Cinema Tools
* Logic Studio
* Logic Pro
* MacProject
* MacTerminal
* MainStage
* Shake
* Soundtrack Pro

Education|

* Classroom

Bundled|

* AppleWorks
* Books
* Calendar
* Contacts
* Mail
* Messages
* FaceTime
* MacDraw
* MacPaint
* MacWrite
* Music
* Passwords
* Photo Booth
* Photos
* Podcasts
* Safari
* TextEdit

Server|

* Apple Remote Desktop
* FoundationDB
* macOS Server
* WebObjects
* Xgrid
* Xsan

Developer|

* HyperCard
* iBooks Author
* Instruments
* Interface Builder
* Quartz Composer
* ResEdit
* Swift
* Xcode

Internet|

* .Mac
* Dashcode
* iAd Producer
* iChat
* iWeb
* MobileMe

on Windows|

* AirPort Utility
* AppleWorks
* Bonjour
* Boot Camp
* iCloud
* iTunes
* MobileMe
* QuickTime
* Software Update

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