Apple ships every Mac with a free software package so you can get started right away. Cut videos on Mac from day one with iMovie. Put a table together with Numbers. Or record a hit single with Garageband. We'll tell you what you can do with the free apps on your Apple MacBook, iMac or Mac Mini.
You get these apps by default on your Mac
We have listed the most important free apps below. So you know immediately which apps to look for.
- iWork Suite (Pages, Numbers and Keynote)
- Garage tape
- iMovie
- Preview
iWork Suite
The Apple iWork Suite consists of a word processing program, a spreadsheet application and a presentation program. The programs can best be compared with Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint, but have a smaller range of functions. In Pages, you write reports that you can easily share with Word users. You use Numbers for spreadsheets. And you create presentations in Keynote. In addition, you will be working on the same document with several people at the same time. Even if not everyone uses an Apple device. iWork can also be used as a web application.
Garage tape
Always wanted to be a rock star? Or do you see yourself traveling around the world as a new DJ talent? Garageband gives you the tools you need to make your own music. You can play digital instruments or connect your MIDI keyboard and record your own performance. Are you lacking inspiration right now? Garageband has a large library of loops . You can combine and adapt these short music snippets to your heart's content. So you can dance to your own music in no time.
iMovie
Of course, a great hit also includes a good video clip. You don't need to buy separate programs to make videos. You can easily edit all of your videos with iMovie. Add photos and video recordings to your project, which you can then cut, insert, speed up and slow down. Put them in the right order and add some effects here and there. Apple iMovie makes creating professional-looking videos a breeze. Check out how many YouTube videos were created with these free apps.
preview
If you've worked on a Mac before, you probably already know the Preview. If you've set English as the system language, you may know the app better than Preview . Photos, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations and Photoshop files: You can open all of these with Preview. But that's not all. You can also edit PDF files and add notes in the preview. You can also use the preview to make simple edits to your photos.
But that's not all.
Above we discussed some of the free apps on your Mac. However, this is not all. You use Safari , for example, to surf the Internet. You save your backups with Time Machine . With Photo Booth and photos you take in photos and editing them. Or you can use FaceTime to video chat with all of your friends and family. So you see: the possibilities are endless.