Social & Messaging

Enigma Messenger

• Free

Secure and Versatile: Enigma Messenger Review

AIM for Mac

• Free

AOL chat messenger for Mac

Apple iChat AV

• Free

Apple iChat AV - A Comprehensive Online Product

WordPress

• Free

How to Make Your WordPress Site Mobile Friendly

Linkinus

• Trial version

A trial version program for Mac, by Linkinus.

Canary Mail

• Free

Canary Mail is an beautiful, fresh looking mail client for the Mac platform, which is not only pleasing to the eyes, but it also comes with a set of powerful, secure features as well. Key Features include: Read tracking: Instant read notifications. Unified inbox: Unified inbox supporting Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook, FastMail and universal IMAP. Email snooze: Declutter and prioritise your Inbox at your connivence. Attachments browser: Quickly find, download, and open all files. Quick reply: Inline replies and direct keyboard shortcuts for favorite contacts. Powerful search: Instantly locate emails with powerful predicate-based, with offline support. Amazing Performance: Canary uses minimal CPU and RAM. Secure: Emails are encrypted and stored locally and securely on your Mac, not on an online server. Gmail labels and filters: Canary supports labels and social/promotional email segregation. Canary Mail features quality management capabilities, such as email snooze, an attachments browser and a powerful search function. It also allows you to connect multiple accounts, managed separately, or via a unified inbox. Canary Mail lets you easily configure your email accounts via a setup assistant that automatically recognizes your email services and configures the client accordingly. The app is able to work with Yahoo, Gmail, Fastmail Outlook, and any other email service that provides support for the IMAP protocol. Additionally, you can also set up an avatar and an account name so that you can easily recognize what account you are working with. Overall, Canary Mail is a really cool alternative email client, which has a stylish user interface that is packed with functionality. It is lightweight, easy to configure and it is very easy to use. If you are in the market for something a little different that Apple’s stock Apple Mail client, then you should check this out. Who knows, you might switch?

Qumana

• Free

Qumana: Blog Editor and Blogging Tools

iTwist n' Go

• Trial version

iTwist n' Go: One-Click Calling and Answering

Message2net

• Trial version

SMS and Phonebook Management Made Easy with Message2net

Chat Transcript Manager

• Trial version

Index all your chats in a snap

FoursquareX

• Free

FoursquareX Review

Google Voice and Video

• Free

Google Voice and Video - What You Need to Know

Badoo

• Free

ShowMacster

• Trial version

A trial version program for Mac, by Showmacster.

Express Talk

• Free

Virtual Telephone Compatible with Most VOIP Services

Pixfeed

• Free

Pixfeed: A Free Mac Program for Chat and Instant Messaging

Whistle Phone

• Free

A free app for Mac, by Vail Systems Inc..

Messages

• Free

Apple's Messages: A Seamless Chat Client for Mac Users

Airmail

• Paid

Airmail is one of the slicker and more dependable email clients available on Macs. Easily manage multiple email accounts from one interface. The message organization capabilities are impressive and easy to use. The good thing about the Airmail setup is that it is fairly easy and copying a whole batch of email folders between your Macs is straight forward. You simply need to go to the Show Airmail Data and everything is synced. The interface is simple but pretty. You will find the icons for all your accounts on the left hand pane. For some email accounts, the Airmail application drags in your picture to make it the profile icon. There have been reports this feature is a bit buggy. Thankfully, you can always change icons manually. Airmail picks up accounts from Google, iCloud and even Gravatar to make contacts icons. The spam filtering is also very clear but you have to right click and mark the emails as spam. You can switch between accounts by clicking their respective icons. This is a simple and appealing email client that works flawlessly with Gmail.

FaceTime

• Paid

FaceTime, Apple's answer to Skype, is one of the favorite video calling apps that allows you to keep in touch with family and friends through Apple devices. Getting started is easy, when you open FaceTime, you will see yourself on the screen and be required to enter your Apple ID. It sets up quickly, adding your address book directly from the Mac so that you can immediately call anyone who is available to chat with you. You can use every inch of the Mac display with the full screen display option, while the wide aspect ratio makes it easier for the whole family to participate in a group call. If a caller is using an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and they rotate the device, then the view smoothly transitions from portrait to landscape and vice versa. With a minimal interface FaceTime is a great video chat application that is easy to use and is certainly one of the best options for helping you communicate between your Mac and family or friends using Apple devices.