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Darktable for Mac

Edit digital negatives.

Free
In English
3.5
Based on 32 user rates

Darktable overview

Darktable is an open-source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable, and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.

What’s new in version 5.2.0

  • View snapshots side-by-side with the current image, instead of as a partial overlay, by clicking the button next to "take snapshot". The center viewport is divided in two equal panels and can be zoomed and panned (by dragging while holding the "a" key) as before. The dividing line can not be moved and any click without "a" rotates the layout.
  • The metadata module is now fully configurable and allows to add and maintain any tags which are supported by exiv2.
  • Added a new module "raster mask import". After setting up a root folder containing PFM files, a file can be selected to be used as a raster mask, it is scaled to full image size. You can also define what combination of the RGB channels of that PFM file will be used for the raster mask.
  • Sigmoid module is now the default tone-mapper selected for new installation.
  • The export module has got a new section multi-preset export which allows to export the selected images with multiple presets in one single export run.
  • Various UI/UX improvements, performance and other improvements.
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Darktable for Mac

Free
In English
Version 5.2.0
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3.5

(35 Reviews of Darktable)

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Holypoly
Holypoly
Feb 12 2025
5.0.1
0.0
Feb 12 2025
0.0
Version: 5.0.1
Version 5.x requires MacOS 13.5 as a minimum. MacUpdate people - please update 🙂
Naoh
Naoh
Jul 6 2022
3.8.1
0.0
Jul 6 2022
0.0
Version: 3.8.1
The current version on the Darktable website is version 4.0.0
Bill-601
Bill-601
Oct 18 2021
3.6.1.5
0.0
Oct 18 2021
0.0
Version: 3.6.1.5
I really wanted to give it a chance, but it exits every time I just click the Darkroom tab.
oznamjm
oznamjm
Jun 21 2020
3.0.2
2.0
Jun 21 2020
2.0
Version: 3.0.2
very good app but painfully slow on my late 2018 imac (16 GB ram, 3,8 GHz i5 cpu, Radeon Pro 580 8GB) . I have tried everything to configure it to run quickly but with no effect. due to very slow running almost unusable
dvsrl2007
dvsrl2007
Apr 17 2020
3.0.1.2
1.0
Apr 17 2020
1.0
Version: 3.0.1.2
I was able to run Darktable 3.0.1.2 for a while on my iMac and edited several photographs. But then it crashed while importing images. It now refuses to open at all. I uninstalled and reinstalled 3.0 and even tried the same with previous versions. None will open either from the dock or from clicking the icon. I wish it were more reliable. To those who complain about the small screen font size, it really is adjustable. You just need to know where to look to make the changes.
anonymous-nightingale-2470128
May 10 2025
5.0
Version: 5.0.1
anonymous-bison-2625035
anonymous-bison-2625035
Jul 26 2024
4.8.1
5.0
Jul 26 2024
5.0
Version: 4.8.1
makareim
makareim
Dec 24 2023
4.6.0
5.0
Dec 24 2023
5.0
Version: 4.6.0
firewall00110-1
firewall00110-1
Jun 16 2022
3.8.1
3.0
Jun 16 2022
3.0
Version: 3.8.1
firewall00110
firewall00110
Dec 26 2021
3.8.0
1.0
Dec 26 2021
1.0
Version: 3.8.0
WetNet
WetNet
Nov 5 2020
1.0
Nov 5 2020
1.0
Version: null
oznamjm
oznamjm
Jun 21 2020
2.0
Jun 21 2020
2.0
Version: null
dvsrl2007
dvsrl2007
Apr 17 2020
1.0
Apr 17 2020
1.0
Version: null
rileyjunksites
rileyjunksites
Jul 31 2019
0.5
Jul 31 2019
0.5
Version: null
cubanpete
cubanpete
Jul 11 2019
5.0
Jul 11 2019
5.0
Version: null
Eric•Woehler
Eric•Woehler
May 31 2019
0.5
May 31 2019
0.5
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Apr 14 2018
5.0
Apr 14 2018
5.0
Version: null
Leon-Azul
Leon-Azul
Apr 9 2017
4.5
Apr 9 2017
4.5
Version: null
MohnMohn
MohnMohn
Feb 1 2017
5.0
Feb 1 2017
5.0
Version: null
Zx81
Zx81
Dec 30 2016
5.0
Dec 30 2016
5.0
Version: null
Thе-Wаll
Thе-Wаll
Dec 29 2016
1.5
Dec 29 2016
1.5
Version: null
Visible-Evidence
Visible-Evidence
Nov 22 2016
2.0
Nov 22 2016
2.0
Version: null
Afmac
Afmac
Feb 17 2016
0.5
Feb 17 2016
0.5
Version: null
SmurfTurf
SmurfTurf
Feb 4 2016
5.0
Feb 4 2016
5.0
Version: null
MikeChip
MikeChip
Jan 26 2016
5.0
Jan 26 2016
5.0
Version: null
RougeCheese12
RougeCheese12
Aug 2 2015
5.0
Aug 2 2015
5.0
Version: null
Prologos
Prologos
Dec 15 2014
4.0
Dec 15 2014
4.0
Version: null
Tom-Fulery
Tom-Fulery
Nov 26 2014
4.0
Nov 26 2014
4.0
Version: null
Tschigg
Tschigg
Apr 26 2014
5.0
Apr 26 2014
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-pig-176437
Apr 8 2014
5.0
Version: null
Bill-Johnson
Bill-Johnson
Mar 17 2014
4.0
Mar 17 2014
4.0
Version: null
Leinad
Leinad
Jan 4 2014
4.0
Jan 4 2014
4.0
Version: null
Coolapic
Coolapic
Aug 8 2013
4.5
Aug 8 2013
4.5
Version: null
B-Jefferson-Le-Blanc
Apr 2 2013
3.5
Version: null
Ythara
Ythara
Nov 3 2012
3.0
Nov 3 2012
3.0
Version: null
sosufo07
sosufo07
Oct 19 2012
4.5
Oct 19 2012
4.5
Version: null
Macfoto
Macfoto
Sep 16 2012
4.0
Sep 16 2012
4.0
Version: null