Keynote is slide based presentation software designed by Apple
, Inc for MacOS computers and iOS devices. Keynote offers a similar feature set as Microsoft PowerPoint, but it differs stylistically by using a different set of transitions, themes, fonts, animations, and backgrounds.
Keynote is available for free with any computer running MacOS 10.9 Mavericks. Keynote can also be purchased for older Macs through the Apple App Store for $19.99.
Quicktime Player is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The basic player is built in to all versions of MacOS and is available for download for Windows. The player can be used to play a wide variety of audio, graphic, and video files, including some proprietary formats.
Quicktime X for Mac has several additional features including screen recording, movie recording, and audio recording. Audio and movie recording can be accomplished with a built-in microphone or webcam, or a compatible external microphone or webcam. Screen recording will only record the entire screen and will not allow you to record a single window or segment. Record microphone audio is an option when caturing. These features can be used to produce quick and easy recordings, videos, messages, or tutorials, but it does lack editing capabilities. Do do editing, try iMovie.
A basic version of Quicktime is integrated into the MacOS and is available on windows systems here. Quicktime Pro can be purchased through the Apple App Store.
Grab is an application created by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X that is used to take screenshots. It supports capturing a marquee selection, whole window, whole screen, and timed screen.
This application is pre-installed on all recent Macintosh systems. It can be found using the Spotlight function (keyboard shortcut: CMD SPACE) or in the Utilities folder under Applications. The Grab utility can also be found in the Finder as a menu item by selecting “Services”, then going to “Grab”.
The only image format for screenshots taken by Grab is TIFF.
