The Mac or Macintosh is a series of personal computers designed by Apple. Although technically speaking it is a personal computer, but Apple seems to differentiate its Mac from a PC because it has many statements on its website saying things like “why get a PC…when you can get a Mac…”

The Mac was the first commercially successful personal computer to have a mouse and a graphical user interface instead of a command line interface. It was a big hit in 1980s but its sales slowly began to decline in 1990s with the advent of IBM PCs that ran on MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. But in 1998, Apple consolidated its multiple consumer-level desktop models into the iMac all in one. This revitalized the Macintosh brand and found success again in the market.

Today Apple’s products are known throughout the world for their stability and durability. I have a relative who is using the iPod from the past eight years. He says it has worked perfectly fine and in this large period has not even once needed any kind of repair.

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The most striking feature of the Macintosh is that the hardware and the software are both designed by the same company. If you buy any other PC then you will have to buy the hardware of one company and the software of another one. But in Mac both the things are designed literally for each other by the same designers.

Below I present you with 20 useful Mac applications (or apps) which are specifically targeted towards web designers.

1. BBEdit



2. Web Based WiFi Stumbler

A very clean and well implemented scanner using Java that works on Macs and PCs.


3. Things



4. Sparrow

Sparrow has been acquired by Google, As the team works on new projects, there will be no new features released for the Sparrow apps, other than minor maintenance and bug fixes.


5. Rapid Weaver

Rapid Weaver makes it ridiculously easy to create stunning websites on your Mac. Whether you’re building your very first website or your fiftieth, Rapid Weaver provides you with the know-how to quickly publish websites to be proud of.


6. Hues



7. Play by Play



8. Xee



9. PHP Tester

PHP Tester allows you to enter PHP code and preview the results on the fly. You either simply write code directly into the embedded editor, or you can load any saved php file. Once your code is ready, just switch to the results tab and it will automatically generate a visible webpage.


10. Pixel mator



11. Transmit


12. JSTalk Editor

JSTalk is a scripting language built on top of JavaScript. You can use it to automate applications on your Mac, or even write custom plug-ins for apps which support JSTalk.


13. Hype

Hype’s HTML5 output works on all modern browsers and mobile devices like I Phones and I Pads. No coding required.


14. Gitbox

Gitbox is a simple yet powerful Git repository manager.


15. Font case

Keep your fonts together with Font case, a font manager with an elegant and powerful workflow to help you perfectly organize and preview your fonts.


16. Color Snapper



17. Base App

All the activity happening in your Base camp accounts, delivered to your doorstep in a lightweight package.


18. Acorn

Everyone needs to edit images at some point, but not everyone has the time to learn super pricey wiz bang image editing programs. This is why we created Acorn. Add text and shapes to your digital pictures. Combine images together to create your own. Work with layers to touch up your favorites or make something new from scratch. Do all this and more with Acorn.


19. A clipboard manager

Clip Menu can manage clipboard history. You can record 8 clipboard types, from plain text to image.


20. CSS3 Toolkit


