Productivity Tools

Microsoft Office

More and more scientists are using the Mac for their entire workflow — from experimental design and data acquisition to computational analysis to data storage to publishing to email and Internet browsing. The Mac has all the productivity apps favored by most researchers, including tools for writing and referencing, image enhancement and illustration, presentation graphs and charts, spreadsheet work, as well as a robust email client and the Safari Internet browser.

Image Enhancement & Illustration

Featured Applications:

  • Adobe Illustrator CS by Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Adobe Photoshop CS by Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Canvas X Professional Edition by ACD Systems of America
  • Fovea Pro by Reindeer Graphics, Inc.

Writing, Referencing and Publication Tools

Featured Applications:

  • Pages by Apple Inc.
  • Papers by Mekentosj.com
  • Adobe Acrobat by Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • BBEDIT by Bare Bones Software
  • EndNote by Thomson Scientific Research Software
  • LaTeX document preparation system
  • Mathmagic Pro Edition by nPINE, Inc.
  • Microsoft Office 2008 by Microsoft Corporation
  • NoteTaker by AquaMinds
  • QUOSA Information Manager by QUOSA
  • RefViz by Thomson Scientific Research Software
  • ThinkFree Office by ThinkFree.com Corporation

Chart, Graph and Presentation Tools

Featured Applications:

  • Chartsmith by Blacksmith
  • DeltaGraph 5 by Red Rock Software, Inc.
  • JMP Statistical Discovery Software by SAS Institute, Inc.
  • KaleidaGraph by Synergy Software
  • Keynote by Apple Inc.
  • Mathematica by Wolfram Research, Inc.
  • Powerpoint by Microsoft Corporation
  • ScienceSlides 2005 by VisiScience
  • SmileLab by Satimage Software

Digital Video

Featured Applications:

Web Publishing

Featured Applications:

  • Adobe GoLive CS by Adobe Systems Incorporated
  • BBEdit by Bare Bones Software
  • GraphicConverter by Lemke Software GmbH
  • Transmit2 by Panic
  • Web Devil by Chaotic Software
 

For Scientific Developers

If you’re interested in developing on the Mac platform, here’s how to get started.

Apple Developer Connection programs offer a full range of services for new and experienced developers.