Web browsers are a matter of taste and OS X comes with a perfectly good offering in the form of Safari. If you’re an all-Apple person, Safari’s features like cross-device sync and Reading List make it a good choice.

Look no further than our list of the best Mac apps available around the internet, from excellent productivity tools to social media apps, entertainment, and security software! Mac App Store. This is the complete Xcode developer toolset for building apps that run on Apple TV, Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It includes the Xcode IDE, simulators, and all the required tools and frameworks to build apps for iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and OS X.

However, if (like many of The Next Web team) you mix and match an Apple computer with, say an Android or Windows Phone mobile device or a Windows 8 tablet, is a better bet. With history sync that allows you to open any tab on any other device, a rich ecosystem of extensions and apps, and desktop notification support, Chrome feels more like a platform than a humble browser these days. Chrome App Launcher was, bringing Google’s ubiquitous suite of services right to your OS X dock and allowing you to run things like Google Keep, Pocket and Wunderlist as standalone ‘apps’ using the Chrome framework. ➤ [Free] Email: Airmail Apple’s own OS X Mail app is just fine for many people, although some hanker after something a little more lightweight, and those with Gmail accounts have been blighted by compatibility problems with Mail in OS X Mavericks. Sparrow used to be the email client of choice for people unhappy with Mail, but it’s been abandoned following.

Stresses minimalism in its presentation but it doesn’t skimp on features. It supports Gmail, Exchange, iCloud, Yahoo, POP3, IMAP and more account types; attachments from Dropbox and Google Drive and plenty of presentation and customization options. Allflex reader for windows and mac free. If Mail doesn’t suit you, check this out. ➤ [$1.99] Calendar: Fantastical OS X comes with the essentials, like a calendar app, covered. For power users though, there’s. Although perhaps best known for its, Flexibits’ Mac version is designed with the knowledge that your calendar is a constant presence in your life but that you shouldn’t have to work too hard to make it work for you.

Fantastical lives in your Mac’s menu bar and features the ability to add an appointment using natural language. “Meet John at Starbucks at 3.30pm on Saturday” is transformed into a calendar entry without all the clicking and menu selections that usually accompany making a new appointment.

The way that event search and pop-up details for each entry are implemented make Fantastical the calendar app that Apple should have bundled with OS X. ➤ [$9.99] Pages, Numbers and Keynote Yes, we’re going to recommend Apple’s own software here, but for most people’s needs, this word processor, spreadsheet package and presentation creator will fulfil your needs. Having recently received significant overhauls, some have bemoaned the removal of specialist features like deep AppleScript support. Still, now that they’re free for anyone buying a new Mac, why pass Apple up on the offer? You can always opt for at a later date if you need to, and the ability to export to common file types like.docx and.pptx means that the files you create will be usable by most of the world – just be aware of the possibility of slight formatting discrepancies when people open your files in Microsoft’s suite. ➤ [Free with a Mac] ➤ [Free with a Mac] ➤ [Free with a Mac] Twitter: Tweetbot for Mac If Twitter’s website isn’t enough for your tweeting needs, is far and away your best option on the Mac.

Although Twitter has its own native Mac app with basic essentials like support for multiple accounts, Tapbots has taken a rare attention to detail in ensuring that Tweetbot is an advanced tweeter’s dream, just like. Highly-customizable notifications; support for multiple URL shorteners and image, video and read-later services; inline Instagram image previews; iCloud sync – these are just some of the features that have made Tweetbot a critically acclaimed hit. Also, consider Twitter’s app as an alternative.