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There are a lot of shareware or shareware-like desktop Mac apps that I have been relying on for many years. The programs continue to be updated regularly and do

There are a lot of shareware or shareware-like desktop Mac apps that I have been relying on for many years. The programs continue to be updated regularly and don’t seem to be hobby projects, so I assume the developers are supporting themselves. Some are sold through Apple’s App Store, and some are sold directly by the developer. Here are the ones that I use most and the companies that develop them: Fission; Audio Hijack (Rogue Amoeba): https://www.rogueamoeba.com https://www.rogueamoeba.com Amadeus Pro (HairerSoft): https://www.hairersoft.com/index.html https://www.hairersoft.com/index.html Transmit (Panic): https://panic.com https://panic.com Jedit Ω (Artman 21): http://www.artman21.com/en/ http://www.artman21.com/en/ BBEdit (Bare Bones): https://www.barebones.com https://www.barebones.com GraphicConverter (Lemke Software): https://www.lemkesoft.de/ https://www.lemkesoft.de/

ziml77 5y ago
MacOS seems to be a good place to be if you're making paid desktop software. There's a lot of Windows utilities that are freeware and of course Linux is loaded with FOSS. I only run macOS on my laptop and yet it's where I've spent the most money on various utilities. MacOS-only software I've paid for: Bartender, BetterTouchTool, Forklift, SoundSource, Pixelmator Pro, iStat Menus, Nova, Alfred, DaisyDisk, and some other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.
- huhtenberg 5y ago
  The state of affairs is that Mac users are more willing to pay for software than Windows users, but not by a factor of 10, which is the Windows/Mac desktop market share ratio.
  - ziml77 5y ago
    This wikipedia page shows that it's a bit under a factor of 5 difference between the two (based on StatCounter data): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste... But as you can see later on in the entry, StackOverflow's survey shows the numbers as being much closer. So your target audience matters. I'd expect that software developers aren't the only set of users where the ratio is far off of the average.

ziml77 5y ago

MacOS seems to be a good place to be if you're making paid desktop software. There's a lot of Windows utilities that are freeware and of course Linux is loaded with FOSS. I only run macOS on my laptop and yet it's where I've spent the most money on various utilities. MacOS-only software I've paid for: Bartender, BetterTouchTool, Forklift, SoundSource, Pixelmator Pro, iStat Menus, Nova, Alfred, DaisyDisk, and some other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.

huhtenberg 5y ago
The state of affairs is that Mac users are more willing to pay for software than Windows users, but not by a factor of 10, which is the Windows/Mac desktop market share ratio.
- ziml77 5y ago
  This wikipedia page shows that it's a bit under a factor of 5 difference between the two (based on StatCounter data): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste... But as you can see later on in the entry, StackOverflow's survey shows the numbers as being much closer. So your target audience matters. I'd expect that software developers aren't the only set of users where the ratio is far off of the average.