Every Mac comes with a collection of great apps for things you do every day, like Safari for surfing the web, Photos for managing your photos and videos, Pages for creating documents, Numbers for making spreadsheets, and Keynote for preparing presentations. There are apps for sending email and text messages, taking notes, and staying up to date with your contacts and calendar. It even comes with the MacAppStore for finding new apps. Your Mac is more than fully featured, it’s fullyloaded.
Photos
All your photos. Always with you and picture perfect.
The Photos app for Mac makes it simple to manage a lifetime’s worth of photos and videos. Powerful yet easy-to-use editing tools let you edit like a pro even if you’re a beginner. And you can add to your toolkit with editing extensions from your favorite developers and access them right in the Photos app. Photos has also been fine-tuned to make it even easier to manage your library. Now you can add a location to a single image or a group of photos, and you can batch change photo titles, descriptions, and keywords. Naming your favorite people in Faces is faster with a streamlined workflow. And you can sort your albums — and the contents inside them — by date, title, andmore.
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iMovie
A major production. Without the major production.
With iMovie, you have a perfect home for all your home video. Easily browse and share your favorite clips. Or use simple editing tools to transform them into an unforgettable movie orHollywood-styletrailer. When you’re done, iCloud lets you watch your finished films in iMovie Theater on any device.
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GarageBand
Incredible music. In the key of easy.
Creating music on your Mac has never been easier. Or more fun. GarageBand gives you a dream collection of amps and stompboxes, an all‑new Sound Library of instruments and loops — even a virtual session drummer that follows your lead. And you can release your hit single to the world in seconds. From music lessons to mastering tools, GarageBand has everything you need to make and share great music, while having a blast doingit.
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Pages
Documents that stand apart. Created together.
Pages lets you easily create documents that look beautiful and read beautifully. Tools for whatever you’re doing appear right when you need them, so it’s easy to change fonts and styles or add a picture, movie, shape, or chart. And now with the beta release of new collaboration features,your team will be able to work together on a document at the same time on a Mac, iPad,or iPhone — even on a PC using iWorkforiCloud.1
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Numbers
Spreadsheets that bring everyone to the table.
With Numbers, you can build sophisticated spreadsheets that include impressive charts, tables, and images. Create some quick calculations with the help of the formula panel. Then visualize the numbers with a dazzling animated chart. And now with the beta release of new collaboration features,your team will be able to work together on a spreadsheet at the same time on a Mac, iPad,or iPhone — even on a PC using iWorkforiCloud.1
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Keynote
Beautiful presentations for everyone. By everyone.
Keynote makes it easy for you to create and share stunning presentations, with powerful graphics tools and cinematic effects that bring your ideas to life. With Keynote Live, viewers can watch your show live on their own devices, from across the room or across the globe. And now with the beta release of new collaboration features,your team will be able to work together on a presentation at the same time on a Mac, iPad,or iPhone — even on a PC using iWork for iCloud.1
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Safari
The smartest way to surf.
Safari is the best, fastest, and most secure way to surf the web on your Mac, with all kinds of innovative features that make your browsing more enjoyable. Keep favorite websites open and accessible with Pinned Sites. Quickly mute audio without hunting for the tab it’s coming from. And use AirPlay to stream video from a web page to your HDTV with AppleTV. It’s also easy to share the cool pages you find. Just click the Share button to tweet, post to Facebook, or send to a friend. Energy-saving technologies let you surf longer. And built-in privacy features protect you from being tracked as yougo.
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Mail
An inbox full of useful features.
Mail is the simple, powerful way to manage email on your Mac. It’s easy to set up and works with many popular email services like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft Exchange. Have multiple accounts? No problem. Add your accounts to Mail and you’ll be able to access all your email from one place. Use handy swipe gestures to delete messages or mark them as unread to make quick work of your correspondence. Or you can dig in with an enhanced full-screen view that lets you juggle multiple messages at a time. Mail even helps you manage your calendar and keep your contacts up to date with proactive suggestions, right from yourinbox.
Messages
Say hello to the only messaging app you need.
Love iMessage on your iPhone? You'll love it on your Mac, too. Messages lets yousend unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac, iOS device, or Apple Watch. Your messages can include photos, videos, documents, audio, and contacts, and you can even see when your message has been delivered and when someone’s typing a reply. With end-to-end encryption, your iMessage conversations stay safe and private. And those green SMS text messages on your iPhone? They’re also on your Mac. Because all your conversations are available across your devices, you can start a conversation on your iPhone and pick it up on yourMac.
FaceTime lets you make video calls from your Mac, so you can talk, smile, and laugh with anyone on a Mac or iOS device.2 Catch up, hang out, and stay in touch with just a click. Simply find the person you want to see by typing their name, email address, or phone number to start a FaceTime call. You can also start a FaceTime call from Contacts, Messages, or Spotlight. When someone calls, you’ll receive a notification that you can accept, decline, reply to via Messages, or set a callback reminder. It works even if FaceTime isn’t running, so you never have to worry about making yourselfavailable.
Calendar
An app you’ll appreciate day after day.
Keep track of your busy schedule and share it with others using Calendar. Create separate calendars — one for home, another for school, a third for work, and so on. See all your calendars in a single window or choose to see only the calendars youwant. The inspector lets you add a location to your event, suggests locations as you type, provides maps and weather forecasts, and automatically alerts you when it’s time to leave. And when you use iCloud, every Calendar change you make on your Mac automatically appears on your iOS devices and Apple Watch.3 So no dinner dates are missed, no meeting goes unattended, and no anniversaryisforgotten.
Notes
Perfect for little tasks. And big ones too.
The powerful new Notes app is more than a great way to jot down a quick thought and keep track of it for later. Now you can turn a list into a checklist in a snap. Add links, photos, map locations, and more by clicking the Share button in apps like Safari, Photos, and Maps. All the attachments you’ve added to your notes are organized in one simple view: the Attachments Browser. And thanks to iCloud, all your notes and everything in them are kept up to date across all your devices. So you can create a note on your Mac and check it on your iPhone when you’re out andabout.
App Store
Get apps for your Mac from your Mac.
The MacAppStore lets you browse, purchase, and install apps, widgets, and extensions on your Mac. New apps install in one step to Launchpad. If you get a new Mac, you can quickly redownload all the apps you own. And the MacAppStore can automatically update your apps and even OS X for you, so you always have the latestversions.
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iTunes
Your music, movies, and TV shows take center stage.
iTunes is home to a universe of entertainment right on your Mac. It’s the best way to organize and enjoy the music, movies, and TV shows you already have, and shop for the content you want to get. Check out Beats 1 — our free Apple Music worldwide radio station — for the latest music, interviews, and culture, 24/7. With an Apple Music membership, you can tune in to on-demand music stations with handpicked songs and artists based on what you listen to and like, and explore artists, albums, and genres you never knew you’d love. And membership gives you unlimited access to the more than 30 million songs in the Apple Music library.
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iBooks
Always have something good to read.
iBooks is the best way to purchase, organize, and read books on your Mac. Download and read everything from classic novels to the latest page-turners. Reading is easy and intuitive — turn pages with a swipe and zoom in with a pinch. If you’re a student hitting the books, you can keep as many open as you like. When you purchase a book on your iOS device, it’s automatically available on your Mac. And when you take notes or highlight passages on your Mac, iCloud pushes them to all your devices automatically. It even remembers which page you’re on, so you can always pick up right where youleftoff.
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Maps
A destination unto itself.
Now you’ve got the whole world on your desktop. Get information on local points of interest like restaurants and hotels, with phone numbers, photos, and Yelp reviews. You can look up transit, driving, or walking directions on your Mac and send them to your iPhone for voice navigation on the way.4 Navigating with Maps is incredibly smooth and responsive, and you get gorgeous views using Flyover, a photo-realistic, interactive 3D experience that lets you soar high above selectcities.
Contacts
Contacts is a flexible and convenient place to store information for everyone you know. It’s easy to import names, numbers, addresses, and photos from Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, and even Microsoft Exchange. Contacts will automatically keep your friends’ and connections’ information and profile photos up to date. And iCloud updates your contacts on your Mac, iOS devices, and AppleWatch — so when you enter someone’s contact info once, you have iteverywhere.
Reminders
Set it and you won’t forget it.
You’ll never forget a task again with Reminders. Remind yourself to call a friend on a certain date and time, or to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home from work. You can set reminders to repeat at any interval you want. Create a reminder from almost anywhere in OSX from the Share menu, including a Safari web page, a contact, or an email. And with iCloud, reminders that you set on your Mac are available on your iOS devices and vice versa.
More Apps and Utilities
Activity MonitorTrack processor and memory usage.
Digital Color MeterExact color values when you need them.
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