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The following is a list of applications I (Wesley Fryer) am currently running on my Apple laptop. Past versions are available from:
November 2015 (see below current June 2025 version)
Lists of my iOS (iPhone / iPad) applications and Windows applications are also available. Check out the list of Best Mac Apps from MakeUseOf.com too.
Macintosh OS / Apple Computer Applications
Macintosh OS / Apple Computer Applications
All my Mac OS 15.3 Sequoia apps (listed in order of installation) as of June 21, 2025. I'm setting up a new personal laptop (Macbook Air M4) and will continue to update this list as I install additional apps.
In MacOS Settings - Apple Account - iCloud - Drive I turn ON "Sync this Mac - Desktop and Documents Folders" so I have local as well as remote /cloud saved versions of all my files in these locations.
Update November 2015
Update November 2015
All my installed Mac OS X apps (listed alphabetically) as of November 30, 2015. This list was generated via a Terminal command. 3rd Party apps are linked to their respective source websites.
AirServer.app
App Store.app
Audio Hijack.app
Audio Normalizer.app
Automator.app
Caffeine.app
Calculator.app
Calendar.app
Chess.app
Contacts.app
DVD Player.app
Dashboard.app
Dictionary.app
DiskWarrior.app
Drive Genius 4.app
Dropbox.app
EpocCam Viewer.app
FaceTime.app
FeedForAll.app
Firefox.app
Font Book.app
Game Center.app
GarageBand.app
GoToMeeting.app
Google Chrome.app
Image Capture.app
Keynote.app
Launchpad.app
MacID.app
Mail.app
Maps.app
Messages.app
Minecraft.app
Mission Control.app
Notes.app
Numbers.app
OpenDNS Updater.app
P-touch Editor 5.1 (from installer CD)
Pages.app
Photo Booth.app
PhotoSync.app
Photos.app
Preview.app
QuickTime Player.app
Reminders.app
Remote Desktop Connection.app (replaced by Microsoft Remote Desktop.app)
Remote Desktop.app
Safari.app
ScreenFlow.app
Scrivener.app
Seashore.app
Skitch.app
Skype.app
Stickies.app
System Preferences.app
TeamViewer.app
TextEdit.app
TextWrangler.app
Time Machine.app
TorBrowser.app
TripMode.app
Utilities
WMA to MP3 Pro.app
WiFi Explorer.app
Xcode.app
YNAB 4.app
iBooks Author.app
iBooks.app
iMovie.app
iTalk Sync.app
iTunes.app
My re-installed apps on a new laptop in late May 2015, in order of re-installation:
Skitch (new version)
Java (to run Minecraft, of course! This is a special version from Apple for OS X)
iTalk Sync (wifi transfer of iOS recorded audio to my laptop)
Audacity (free multi-track audio editor)
LAME Library (to export mp3 audio from Audacity)
TextWrangler (text editor)
Seashore (image editor)
FeedForAllMac (podcast RSS creator)
AirServer (makes my laptop function as an AppleTV for AirPlay mirroring of iOS devices)
Lexmark x4650 Printer Driver (auto-installed when I plugged in my printer USB cable)
Lexmark Wireless Printer Wifi Setup (sadly this just works with WPA Personal, not WPA2 encryption which we use on our AirPort Time Capsule router)
DropBox (required to enable iOS mobile app sync for YNAB)
You Need a Budget (budgeting app)
iMovie (via App store)
Keynote (via App store)
Numbers (via App store)
Pages (via App store)
PhotoSync (via App store - copy photos/videos to/from iOS devices & laptops)
Caffeine (via App store - prevent screen dimming during presentations)
iBooks Author (via App store)
Xcode (via App store)
WMA to MP3 Pro (via App store)
Skype (videoconferencing)
My re-installed apps on a new hard drive in mid-May 2014, in order of re-installation:
Microsoft Office 2011 (installed for me along with OS 10.9.2)
Skitch (I use the old 1.0.12 version)
Seashore (image editor)
MarsEdit (offline blog post editor)
TextWrangler (text editor)
Java (to run Minecraft, of course!)
iMovie (via App store)
Keynote (via App store)
Numbers (via App store)
Pages (via App store)
PhotoSync (via App store)
Caffeine (via App store)
iBooks Author (via App store)
Xcode (via App store)
AirServer (iOS mirroring like Apple TV to a laptop/desktop)
Handbrake (rip DVDs to mp4)
Perian (QuickTime codecs)
TubeTV (unfortunately no longer works to download YouTube videos)
Join.me (screensharing used during Videoconferencing)
iTalk Sync (wifi transfer of iOS recorded audio to my laptop)
Audacity (free multi-track audio editor)
LAME Library (to export mp3 audio from Audacity)
Screenflow (screencasting - $99, I still just have a license for the 3.0 version)
Audio Hijack Pro (free for recordings less than 10 min)
Microsoft Silverlight (free video codec)
Calibre (free eBook format converter)
Scrivener (eBook word processor)
Screencast-O-Matic (free)
Skype (free - videoconferencing)
Flip4Mac WMV Components for QuickTime (I have WMV Player Pro - $29)
LAME encoder (free - for mp3 exports)
Auphonic Leveler (normalize & improve quality of recorded spoken audio)
Neat Receipts Software (free but requires subscription)
Scrivener (commercial - eBook & book writing)
As of May 13, 2014, these are all the apps I had installed on my MacBook Air laptop. (I deleted some apps to make room since I just had a 60 GB hard drive, I'm upgrading to a larger one so I'll be re-adding some apps!)
Workshop curriculum by Wesley A. Fryer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
As of November 10, 2013, these are all the apps I had installed on my last Mac laptop.
In August 2013 I reinstalled all my Mac Apps onto a new-for-me-but-used laptop. These are the apps I installed in order of re-installation:
Google Chrome (free)
Skitch (free: old pre-2.0 version)
iWork 09 (Keynote & Pages)
Caffine (free)
TextWrangler (free)
Microsoft Office 2008 (last version I bought)
Seashore (free: with Softpedia mirror, SourceForge link broken)
CyberDuck (free)
Java SE Runtime (free: installs when you launch CyberDuck)
PhotoSync Companion (free)
Audacity (free - with LAME3 encoder for MP3 export)
iTalk Sync (free)
Silverlight (free)
FireFox (free)
Java (free - so I can join Blackboard Collaborate webinars)
Book Proofer (from Apple, requires Developer account)
Calibre (free)
Switch (free)
Levelator (free)
Fitbit Sync (free - Fitbit is not, however!)
Google Hangout Plugin (free - formerly Google Voice & Video)
MPEG Streamclip (convert video files)
Lexmark Wireless Setup Assistant application for Mac OS X 10.7
Flip For Mac (free)
Brushes Viewer (free)
uTorrent (free - to download legit content like PressPausePlay)
These are the software applications I have installed on my MacBook Air laptop as of 6/5/2013:
These are the software applications I have installed on my MacBook Air laptop as of 12/4/2012:
If I was to perform a "clean install" of my hard drive now (which I'm incidentally NOT planning to do) I'd just install a subset of these apps. The apps I'd exclude / not install are marked out of the screenshot below with yellow lines.
These are the applications I installed in December 2011 - January 2012 after updating my hard drive. These are listed in the order of re-installation.(last updated 28 Jan 2012)
Google Chrome (web browser)
iLife '11 (productivity & multimedia)
Evernote (productivity)
MarsEdit (blog editor)
Minecraft (virtual world builder and game)
Skype (VOIP, chat & videoconferencing)
Cyberduck (FTP)
TextWrangler (text editor, GREP find/replace)
Screenflow (screencasting)
Skitch (annotated screenshots, Flickr uploading)
Flip4Mac WMV 2 (video codec / converting support)
iDemo (iOS presentation utility)
Caffeine (presentation utility)
Google Notifier (enables Gmail to be default mail app)
Call Recorder (record Skype calls)
MPEG Streamclip (convert video files)
Perian (additional video codecs for QuickTime)
Audacity (multi-track audio editor)
Levelator (audio normalizer)
Switch (audio format converter)
FeedForAll for Mac (RSS feed editor)
Xcode4 (development software for iOS)
Burn (no-frills DVD burner)
Flickr Uploadr (bulk photo uploader)
Seashore (image editor)
Android SDK (development software for Android)
iTunes Producer (submit files to iTunes - available to registered users of iTunes Connect)
Book Proofer (proof/verify EPUB ebooks - available to registered users of iTunes Connect)
FireFox (web browser)
KompoZer (webpage editor)
Fluid (create apps for web apps)
CrashPlan (online & local backups)
iWebCamera Drivers (turns iPhone into a wireless computer webcam)
PhotoSync (desktop app for iOS media sync)
iTalk Sync (download audio to laptop/desktop from iOS app iTalk)
RecordPad (streamlined audio recorder, great for eBook audio)
Calibre (eBook conversion)
DiskAid (I use this to turn off automatic iTunes iOS backups, something "Backoff" used to do)
These WERE the applications I had on my previous hard drive before this reinstallation process.
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