Find the Best Mac Apps for Your Work
Discover curated, powerful applications that enhance your productivity, creativity, and workflow on macOS.
Emby
Emby unites your personal videos, music, and photos and streams them to your devices, organizing your media into an elegant display with artwork, rich metadata. Emby Server is required as part of your Emby install.
IINA
IINA is a modern media player for macOS, designed for a modern macOS user experience. It's based on mpv and written in Swift, offering a user-friendly interface with powerful features like customizable UI, online subtitle support, and excellent format compatibility.
Infuse
Infuse is a beautiful and versatile video player for macOS (and other Apple devices) that plays almost any video format. It offers powerful streaming options, Trakt sync, and excellent subtitle support, eliminating the need for file conversion. Enjoy a gorgeous interface, precise controls, and silky-smooth playback of your video content.
Jellyfin
Jellyfin is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It allows you to collect, manage, and stream your audio, video, photos, and more to various devices.
Kodi
Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player and entertainment hub for digital media. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Kodi features a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls and is available across multiple platforms including macOS.
Movist
Movist is an easy-to-use and powerful movie player for macOS based on QuickTime and FFmpeg. It offers high-quality playback with customizable settings, extensive subtitle support, and a beautiful user interface for an enhanced movie watching experience.
MPV
mpv is a free, open source, and cross-platform media player known for its high-quality video output and extensive format support. It is a command-line based player with a minimalist on-screen controller, offering powerful scripting capabilities and customization options for advanced users.
Musique
Musique is a free, lightweight music player for macOS designed for speed, simplicity, and style, allowing users to focus on their music. It supports various audio formats and offers browsing by artist, album, genre, and folder.
nPlayer
nPlayer is a versatile media player for macOS that supports a wide range of video and audio formats and codecs, eliminating the need for file conversion. It offers powerful network streaming capabilities and convenient gesture controls for playback, volume, and subtitles.
OmniPlayer
OmniPlayer for Mac is a comprehensive media player supporting virtually any video and audio format on macOS. It boasts powerful features within a modern and clean design, allowing users to smoothly play 4K/1080P/720P HD videos and lossless audio with hardware decoding.
OpenEmu
OpenEmu is a free and open-source multi-system video game emulator for macOS, designed with an intuitive 'iTunes-like' interface. It allows you to easily organize, browse, and play your retro game collection, supporting a wide range of consoles from Atari to PlayStation.
Outplayer
Outplayer is a simple and powerful video player for iOS that delivers lightning-fast performance and supports 4K HDR playback, Picture in Picture, and various video formats. It offers smooth controls, enhanced subtitle styling, and integration with the Files app.
Plex
Plex is a media server system that allows you to organize and stream your video, music, and photo collections. It consists of two main components: Plex Media Server, which you install on your Mac or another computer to manage your media, and Plex apps for various devices (including Mac) to play back that media. Plex also offers free ad-supported movies and TV shows, and live TV streaming.
PotPlayer
PotPlayer is a versatile and feature-rich multimedia player for Windows, known for its extensive codec support, customizable interface, and advanced features for high-quality playback of various audio and video formats. While officially not available for macOS, users can consider alternative media players that offer similar functionalities on Mac.
Provenance
Provenance is a multi-emulator frontend for macOS, iOS, and tvOS, supporting a wide range of retro gaming consoles. It allows you to play classic games from Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and other systems on your Apple devices.
SMPlayer
SMPlayer is a free and open-source media player for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS with built-in codecs. It supports a wide range of video and audio formats without requiring external codecs. SMPlayer remembers your settings for each file and offers advanced features like subtitle download, YouTube playback, and customizable interface.
SongOwl
SongOwl is a music player for iPhone, iPad, and Mac designed to enhance browsing and managing your Apple Music library. It offers flexible navigation paths and display options, allowing users to organize and experience their music in a personalized way.
Swinsian
Swinsian is a sophisticated music player for macOS with wide format support, folder watching, advanced tag editing and designed to be responsive even with the largest libraries. It is focused on playing and managing your music with a simple but flexible interface that fits in with the rest of macOS.
Tidal
TIDAL is a global music streaming service renowned for its high-fidelity sound quality, extensive music library, and curated content. It offers millions of tracks in lossless and Hi-Res audio, along with high-definition music videos and exclusive content, making it a top choice for audiophiles and music enthusiasts seeking the best possible listening experience on their Mac.
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is a free and open-source, cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It supports a wide range of audio and video formats without requiring extra codecs.
WavePad
WavePad Audio & Music Editor is a full-featured, professional audio recording and editing app for Mac OS X, suitable for both studio and home use. It allows users to easily record and edit music, voice, and other audio, offering tools to cut, copy, paste, add effects like echo, amplification, and noise reduction, and supports a wide range of file formats.