The Mac comes with apps for writing notes, letters, and even books, but take the time to look further and there are superb writing apps for every aspect of writing.
You do already have Pages on your Mac — and on your iPhone and iPad too — and it is a world-class word processor. Pages tends to hide its features away, preferring to make it look simple and basic, but it is powerful.
Then, too, if you had to bet on which other word processor was on a given Mac, the smart money would be on Microsoft Word. It’s still a titan in the industry, though it’s fallen a long way since it was both ubiquitous with, and essential for, all writers.
Pages is free and Word is now a subscription app that costs from $70 per year. It is still possible to buy Word outright, and that starts with what’s called a Home edition for $150.
Before you spend that, though, take a look at the specialist writing tools which make the Mac extraordinarily useful for writers.
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