Editors: a quick list to get started

[kareila]

Here's a list of a few well-known options in each "editors" category I've listed so far (not including the behemoth Microsoft or Adobe apps that everyone knows but probably can't afford). If you have more programs to add, please comment! If you want to review a particular program or compare similar programs, please do so in a new post!

Editors: Audio

• Fission ($32)
• Audacity (Free)
• QuickTime Player (included with Mac OS X)

Editors: Code

• BBEdit ($125/$49 edu)
• TextWrangler (Free)
• TextMate (€39)

Editors: PDF

• PDFpen ($50)
• Skim (Free)
• Preview (included with Mac OS X)

Editors: Pictures

• GraphicConverter ($35)
• Acorn ($50)
• Preview (included with Mac OS X)

Editors: Word Processing

• Nisus Writer Express ($45)
• Bean (Free)
• TextEdit (included with Mac OS X)

Comments

[jazzyjj]

I'm a bit late replying here, but does anybody know if Jarte works on the Mac? I used it for a brief period under Windows and it seemed to work very well. There is both a free and a paid version. The website is http://www.jarte.com . I haven't done much editing on the Mac, but I've done a bit with both TextEdit and Pages and they both seem pretty good. Regarding audio editing, I have never done that so can't really recommend anything. I've had a brief look at GarageBand, and it looks pretty cool. In addition it is said to work well with VoiceOver, which is Apple's built-in screen reader and which I've found to be quite good.