# List of software by Apple Inc.

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

## Archiving, backup, restore, and recovery
### Current

* Archive Utility – built-in archive file handler
* Time Machine – built-in backup software

### Discontinued

* Backup – built-in backup software, discontinued in 2012 with MobileMe

## CD and DVD authoring
### Discontinued

* DVD Studio Pro – DVD authoring application, the final update was in 2009 and was removed from Final Cut Studio in 2011
* iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application, last updated in 2010 and incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019 (previously part of the iLife suite)

## Audio-specific software
### Current

* GarageBand – an amateur-oriented digital audio workstation (previously part of the iLife suite)
* Logic Pro – a digital audio workstation (previously part of Logic Studio)
* MainStage – music software for use in live performances

### Discontinued

* Logic Express – a prosumer music production, discontinued in 2011
* Logic Studio – a music-writing studio package, discontinued in 2011 in favour of Logic Pro X
** Apple Loops Utility – production and organisation of Apple Loops, last updated in 2009 and has been discontinued, with its features integrated into Logic Pro
** Apple Qmaster – app for automated work distribution for audio-visual rendering and part of both Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio, discontinued as a standalone app and integrated into Compressor. Incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019
** Qadministrator – software to create and manage Qmaster clusters, incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019
** Soundtrack Pro – a musical composition and editing app and part of both Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio, discontinued with the release of Logic Pro 9 and Final Cut Pro X

## Chat (text, voice, image, and video)
### Current

* FaceTime – a videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
* iMessage – an instant messaging service between Mac, and other apple devices
* Messages - an instant messaging software application for apple devices utilising SMS, MMS, iMessage and RCS

### Discontinued

* iChat – an instant messaging and videoconferencing application for Macs, discontinued since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in favour of FaceTime and iMessage

## Developer tools, frameworks, and IDEs
### Current

* Xcode – IDE made by Apple, available for MacOS
* Swift Playgrounds – an educational tool and development environment for the Swift programming language

### Discontinued

* Apple Media Tool – a multimedia authoring tool and programming environment for the Eiffel-based Apple Media Language (AML) object-oriented programming language
* 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, discontinued in favour of Project Builder
* Project Builder (PBX) – an IDE for software development, rebranded for OS X Panther in 2003 and became Xcode

## Email clients
### Current

* Apple Mail – the bundled email client

### Discontinued

* Claris Emailer – classic Mac OS only, no longer supported

## Layout and desktop publishing
### Current

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

### Discontinued

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

## Graphic and photo editors
### Current

* Photos – a bundled image editing and management application
* Photo Booth – an application for taking and editing photos and videos

### Discontinued

* Aperture – an image editing and organising application, discontinued in 2015.
* iPhoto – a photo editor application, discontinued in 2015. (previously part of the iLife suite)
* MacDraw – a vector graphic drawing application
* MacPaint – a raster graphics editor

## Integrated software technologies
### Current

* AVFoundation – a multimedia framework
* Finder – the native file manager for MacOS
* Terminal – a command line interface for Macs
* XQuartz – a Mac port of the X11 windowing system (formerly known as X11.app)

### Former

* HyperCard – a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers, the last update was in 1998 but was officially discontinued in 2004
* MacTerminal – Telecommunications and terminal emulation application software program. Ceased development following the 1987 spin-off of Apple's software division into Claris.
* MacX – A display server implementation of the X11 windowing system for Macs using the A/UX, System 7, and Mac OS 8 and 9 operating systems. Discontinued in 1998 following the transition to Mac OS X which had native support for X11.
* QuickTime – A multimedia architecture for streaming, encoding and transcoding media. It was deprecated in favour of AVFoundation with OS X Lion.

## Music and podcasts

* iTunes – a media library and player
* Music – a media player application
* Apple Podcasts – a podcast streaming application

## Media center

* Front Row (software)

## Networking and telecommunications

* Apple Remote Desktop – a remote desktop program

## News aggregators

* Apple News – a news aggregator application

## Office and productivity
### Current

* FileMaker – a relational database management system
* Calendar – a bundled calendar app (known as iCal until 2012)
* Calculator – a basic calculator application
* Contacts – a computerized address book (known as Address Book prior to Mac OS X Mountain Lion)
* Grapher – a graphing calculator application bundled with macOS since Mac OS X Tiger
* iWork – suite:
** Pages – word processor application
** Numbers – spreadsheet application
** Keynote – presentation application
* Notes – a note-taking app
* Reminders – a task management program

### Discontinued

* AppleWorks – An office suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications. Discontinued in 2007 and replaced by iWork.
* Claris Resolve - a spreadsheet computer program, discontinued in 1994 with support ending in 1995
* MacProject- a project management and scheduling business application, later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998
* MacWrite - word processor application, later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998

## Operating systems
### Current

* Darwin – the BSD-licensed and XNU-based core of macOS
* iOS – operating System for iPhones (known as iPhoneOS until version 4 in 2010)
* iPadOS – operating System for iPads (called iOS until version 13.1 in 2019)
* macOS – A Darwin-based Operating system for Macintosh computers. Originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016.
* macOS Server – the server computing variant of macOS
* tvOS – operating System for Apple TV (called Apple TV Software until version 9 in 2015)
* visionOS – operating System for Apple Vision Pro
* WatchOS – operating System for Apple Watch
* XNU – a kernel based on Mach that is used as the core of apple operating systems

### Discontinued

* A/UX – a Unix-based operating system for Macintosh computers, discontinued in 1995
* Apple DOS – a disk operating system (DOS) for Apple II, discontinued in 1983 and succeeded by ProDOS
* Apple GS/OS – an operating system for Apple IIGS, it was a core component of System Software (now Classic MacOS) from System 4.0 through System 6.0.1
* Apple Pascal – An operating system based on UCSD Pascal created for Apple's implementation of the Pascal programming language. The final update for it was in 1983 with version 1.1.
* Apple ProDOS – A disk operating system for Apple IIs, with 8-bit and 16-bit versions. Discontinued in 1993, with the 16-bit version succeeded by GS/OS.
* Apple SOS – a disk operating system for Apple III (discontinued after version 1.3 in 1982)
* 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)
** System 2, 3 & 4 (discontinued in 1985, 1988, and 1987 respectively)
** System 5 (final release in 1987, succeeded by System 6 in 1988)
** System 6 (succeeded by System 7 in 1991, and discontinued in 1992)
** System 7 (became Mac OS after version 7.6, discontinued in 1997)
** Mac OS 8 (discontinued in 1999)
** Mac OS 9 (discontinued in 2001)
* Lisa OS – An operating system based on Apple SOS developed 3 years prior. It was discontinued in 1986 alongside the Lisa line of computers, with System Software being partially based on it.
* MkLinux – an open-source Linux-based software computer operating system, support dropped by Apple in 2002
* Newton OS – a mobile operating system for the Apple Newton, discontinued in 1997

## Text editors

* TextEdit – text editor and word processor

## Utilities
### Current

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

### Discontinued

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

#### Support for non-Macintosh software

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

## Video
### Current

* Apple TV app – a media player software program
* DVD Player – DVD player software built into macOS
* Final Cut Pro – video-editing software (formerly part of Final Cut Studio)
* iMovie – basic video editing application (previously part of iLife suite)
* QuickTime Player

### Discontinued

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

## Stores

* App Store – an app marketplace for iOS and iPadOS apps
* Mac App Store – an app marketplace for macOS apps

## Others

* Apple Intelligence – an artificial intelligence suite integrated into Siri in iOS 18
* Safari – a graphical web browser based on WebKit
* Apple Books – an e-book reading and store application (previously known as iBooks until iOS 12 and macOS Mojave)
* Find My – an asset tracking app and service utilising Bluetooth and UWB
* Font Book – a font manager
* Launchpad – an application launcher
* Apple Maps – a web mapping app and service
* Siri – a virtual assistant
* Apple Devices – a Microsoft Windows app for managing Apple devices

### Discontinued

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