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Whether you need to edit PDFs, images or scanned documents, extract text from them or just make them searchable, we’ve tested the most accurate OCR applications for Mac of 2019.
Optical Character Recognition software can scan, extract text and convert documents such as PDFs, images, handwriting, magazines, textbooks and more to make them searchable or editable.
Nowadays, powerful OCR apps like ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac are incredibly fast and accurate at scanning documents and preserving the formatting with accuracy rates of up to 99.8%.
Before diving in however, there’s a few things to be aware of to avoid disappointment when choosing the best scanner software for Macs.
With this in mind, here’s our selection of the top performing OCR tools for Mac in order of ranking.
1. FineReader Pro (Limited Offer: 25% Off)
ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac has been around for almost 20 years now and is still the most highly rated and specialized OCR software for both Mac and PC.
FineReader Pro has an accuracy rate of 99.8% and although this depends on the quality of the original document, the OCR text recognition performance is outstanding and easily the best on the market.
It certainly does the fastest job of accurately recognizing text and preserving the original formatting of the scanned document including text size, font styles, images, tables and layouts.
The FineReader Pro user interface is user friendly and straightforward. To get going, simply select the source of your scan and FineReader Pro will automatically detect which items can be scanned.
You can select three different sources:
You can then then choose to convert the document to a searchable PDF PDF/A or editable format such as Microsoft Word (DOCX), Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (XSLX) or HTML web page format.
FineReader Pro for Mac also allows you convert to Apple Pages, Apple Numbers, OpenOffice Writer (ODT), RTF, Powerpoint (PPTX) and eBook EPUB/FB2 formats. Note that it can only convert password protected PDF documents if you know the password.
eBook export is another useful touch as it allows you to read documents on iPad, Kindle and other devices which support the EPUB and FB2 formats.
FineReader Pro automatically detects the scanning language but you can choose to scan in 192 different languages or a mixture of several including right to left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew.
It doesn’t matter how long the document is as there’s no word limit on scans although the longer the document, the longer the scan will take.
One page takes no more than a few seconds to scan so even documents that run into hundreds of pages don’t take more than a minute or so.
FineReader Pro uses it’s own proprietary ADRT (Adaptive Document Recognition Technology) scanning engine which can detect everything from tables and headers to footnotes and page numbers. This even includes native formatting attributes meaning it’s easy to update or modify tables afterwards just as if you were editing the original document.
To speed things up however, you can highlight specific text or images on a page to scan if you don’t want it to scan the entire document.
This allows you to exclude specific page elements such as page numbers, headers, footers and pictures so that you just get the raw text.
In general, Finereader Pro is very good at recognizing all types of fonts and accurately digitizing them. The accuracy of any OCR tool often depends on the quality of the original document but Finereader Pro is remarkably good at detecting text on older and less than perfect text quality in documents.
For optimal results, ABBYY recommend using Grayscale/color mode with a resolution of 300 dpi and a font size 10 or larger and 400-600 dpi for smaller text.
On a clear PDF document you can expect almost 100% accuracy but it may be considerably less on other documents in bad condition or where the text is barely legible. Like most OCR apps however, FineReader Pro cannot recognize hand writing (this requires a different technology known as ICR).
This level of accuracy means less time having to manually edit or correct documents afterwards which is usually one of the biggest problems with OCR software.
FineReader Pro for Mac is easily the best we’ve tried when it comes to preserving the format and layout of the original document. When a scan is complete, Finereader Pro For Mac will highlight the text it has detected but displays the document in it’s original form.
One of the most convenient features of ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac is the ability to scan photos that you’ve taken on your phone. This is ideal for archiving receipts and other documents when you get home or back to the office.
The application analyzes and corrects the image before scanning to ensure that the scanned text is as accurate as possible. Even on blurred or photos taken in low lighting such as the magazine page below, this works surprisingly well.
If you need to OCR large batches of documents on a regular basis, you can also use macOS Automator to automatically run OCR scans using FineReader Pro.
For instance, you can specify a folder to drag and drop documents into that will automatically OCR scan documents periodically.
Overall, in terms of OCR accuracy, speed, format preservation and conversion formats, ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac is the best we’ve tried. The real test of OCR software is how it performs on documents with low text quality or images in poor lighting and ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac seems able to accurately read whatever you throw at it.
Although you can buy it through other vendors, we recommend buying direct from ABBYY as you will get updates to the software much quicker. You also get free phone support from ABBYY which is another bonus compared to most products which only offer support online or via email.
It usually retails for $119.99 but for a limited period ABBYY is currently offering 25% off FineReader Promeaning it costs $89.99.
Note that if you’re based in the UK or Europe, you need to go via the ABBYY Europe store to get 10% off.
Students and teachers can also get a 30% educational discount.
For more you can also check out our FineReader Pro For Mac review.
Pros:
The best for OCR accuracy and speed
Converts to edit PDF, Word, Excel and more
Maintains formatting of the original document
Cons:
No support for older TWAIN scanners
2. Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
At one time, Adobe Acrobat Pro was the only software for turning PDFs into something editable or searchable on Mac.
In fact Adobe invented the PDF file format.
Nowadays that’s completely changed but when it comes to doing pretty much anything with a PDF, Acrobat Pro is still incredibly powerful.
It’s important to be aware that unlike ABBYY Finereader Pro for Mac, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is not primarily a dedicated OCR software. Rather it’s a PDF conversion software that has an in-built OCR engine that can take PDFs or other formats and turn tjem into something that can be searched by keywords or edited.
If you just want to make the text editable or searchable in a PDF document, it’s very straightforward.
If you want to perform an OCR scan of an image, scanned document or other file, the process is as follows:
If there are images in your document, the PDF Output Style options allow you to create 3 different types of PDF and relate to how Adobe Acrobat handles images.
You can choose to create a Searchable Image, Exact Searchable Image and Editable Text & Images.
There’s also a Downsampling option which allows you to reduce the resolution and thus the file size of the document you want to OCR which is useful if it has a lot images. Downsampling decreases the number of pixels in images after OCR scanning is complete.
The difference between Adobe Acrobat Pro and ABBYY Finereader Pro is that in Acrobat, you can instantly start editing the PDF including formatting, text and images. ABBYY’s product meanwhile requires you to export to another format first – such as Word, Excel or Pages – in order to edit.
Acrobat even allows you to add video and audio to PDF files and edit them in the Abobe Scan mobile app.
The OCR engine in previous versions of Acrobat was quite slow and inaccurate but Adobe has improved it significantly nowadays. One big improvement has been the introduction of “Preflight” which will go through a document you have scanned and check for character recognition errors.
It does this by analyzing bitmaps of text and then inserts words and characters it thinks are correct. If Acrobat Pro is uncertain, it highlights the word as suspect so that you can easily see it and then check it manually yourself.
To use this feature, simply search for “Preflight” in the Search Tools box on the top right-hand side of the interface.In the OCR Preflight search bar, type OCR and select Make OCR text visible.
Then just click the Analyze and fix button at the bottom.
After Analysis, save the file and close the Preflight tool.
Finally, open the Layer panel on the left to reveal the new layers. If you click on the eye symbol to the left of Invisible text, you can toggle the layers on and off to compare and decide whether to keep the corrections Adobe Acrobat has suggested. Overall, when it comes to OCR converting and editing in PDF format, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is still the most powerful PDF editing software for Mac out there. If you need to edit PDF documents after scanning, or sign and send them instantly, there is still no better application than Adobe’s Acrobat Pro.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of how Adobe Acrobat Pro DC compares with its closest rival ABBYY Finereader Pro For Mac.
Finereader Pro vs Acrobat Pro DC
On it’s own, Adobe Acrobat Pro costs $14.99 per month. Adobe Acrobat Standard DC is slightly cheaper at $12.99 per month but there is no Mac version of it – it’s Windows only. Adobe does not provide telephone support for Acrobat Pro but it does offer user forums and online live chat support.
If you use other Adobe products however, it makes more economic sense to subscribe to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite. A subscription to Creative Cloud costs $49.99 but includes access to all of Adobe’s industry leading apps such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro.
Students and teachers get 60% off the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
You can also try a free trial of Adobe Acrobat Pro to judge it for yourself.
Pros:
Excellent PDF editing and customization features
Integrated with rest of Adobe Creative Cloud suite
Cons:
OCR scanning not as accurate as ABBYY Finereader Pro
Not a dedicated OCR tool
Subscription pricing model
3. Readiris Pro
Readiris Pro is one of the most established OCR programs on the market. It was originally designed for Windows only but more recently has launched a version for macOS.
Readiris is a powerful OCR app that can scan an impressive 130 different languages. Scanning with Readiris Pro is extremely accurate although less accurate than ABBYY on low resolution documents.
One of Readiris Pro’s strengths is that you can choose to export scans directly to a wide number of applications such as Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Pages, Numbers, Word, Excel, Evernote, Outlook and even iTunes. You can also covert OCR scans to audio book AIFF and eBook formats.
The exported document also preserves formatting extremely well so that it looks exactly the same as the original.
Readiris Pro is easy to use, allowing you to easily add or delete pages and drag and drop formatting any way you want.
Readiris also allows you to save documents to online services Box, SharePoint and OneDrive.
Readiris Pro is a specialized OCR software that focuses on getting scans right. It’s quite pricey however and you’ll need to Business version to avoid annoying limitations.
Readiris Pro is limited to importing 50 pages at once. Readiris Business allows unlimited pages at once and supports automatic file conversion but it costs $199 compared to $99 for the Pro version.
You can watch ReadIris Pro in action.
You can also sign-up for a free trial of Readiris for Mac.
Pros:
Very accurate scanning
Exports to a wide range of applications
Good format preservation
Cons:
Requires expensive Business edition to avoid OCR limitations
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4. Prizmo
Prizmo is a basic but very respectable OCR app for macOS. Prizmo does a partcularly good job on black and white documents and can handle images if they’re in high resolution.
Prizmo supports an impressive 23 different languages thanks to an extensive neural network.
Although Prizmo supports multiple languages however, you can only scan in one language mode which may be a problem for those scanning documents that aren’t just in English.
It’s also not very good at handling articles in a low resolution which is often one of the things that separates more expensive OCR software from budget alternatives such as Prizmo. You’ll need to make sure that any documents you scan with Prizmo are above around 200 dpi to get acceptable results.
Prizmo supports Handoff which means that if you take a photo of a document with the Prizmo iOS app for iPhone or iPad, you can access it in Prizmo straight away which is far more convenient than having to use a scanner.
Prizmo also has an OCR extension which can plug into macOS and allows you to OCR directly from within Finder any document or image you have open on your desktop.
Prizmo is available in a Standard ($49.99) and Pro ($74.99) version. The Pro version offers more language support, OCR batch processing of multiple documents in one go, Automator support and custom export scripts. You can see more on the differences here.
There is a free demo version of Prizmo which has no time limit but when you export a file, there is a watermark installed and some characters are omitted in business cards.
You can also see the sort of accuracy you can expect from Prizmo by checking the results gallery.
Pros:
Includes voice support to read PDFs to you
Syncs with an iOS app for photo scanning
Cons:
Accuracy can be hit and miss
No Microsoft Office export support
5. PDFpen
PDFpen is a powerful but user friendly PDF conversion and editing software that performs OCR scans of documents. PDFpen will mainly appeal to users that are looking for a cheaper version of Adobe Acrobat Pro as it’s main focus is PDF conversion and editing.
The accuracy of PDFpen is nevertheless very good as it uses the OmniPage OCR engine which is widely acclaimed for its scanning accuracy although the OmniPage app itself only works on Windows. Note however that if you’re scanning confidential documents, the OmniPage OCR engine is cloud based and all documents scanned in PDFpen will be uploaded to the OmniPage server.
When you open a PDF document in PDFpen, it automatically asks you whether you want to perform an OCR scan and in which language.
Simply click on “OCR Page” or OCR Document to start the scan. When the scan is complete, PDFpen overlays the text it has recognized which gives you the chance to edit any mistakes.
When done, you can then edit, annotate, search, copy and paste text from the PDF document.
Alternatively, you can export PDFs to Microsoft Word DOCX format for editing.
To help optimize documents for OCR scanning accuracy, PDFpen also has a useful “Deskew and Adjust Image” tool which straightens the image and adjusts image contrast and exposure.
Other useful features in PDFpen including the ability to digitally sign PDFs with your trackpad or mouse, scan documents using your iPad or iPhone and re-order and merge PDFs on your Mac.
PDFpen is generally fast and for those that regularly need to edit and convert PDF documents, it’s a good budget alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro.
PDFpen costs $74.95 although there’s also PDFpen Pro for $124.95 which includes added features such as Microsoft Excel export support, ability to create and edit forms and turn websites into PDF. PDFpen support is via email only.
You can also download a free trial of PDFpen.
There’s also an PDFpen iOS app and you can see how they compare here.
Pros:
Allows you to edit PDFs directly
Exports to Microsoft Word
Cheaper than Adobe Acrobat Pro
Cons:
OCR engine uploads documents online
Accuracy not great with images
6. OCRKit
OCRKit is a no-nonsense, easy to use and very effective open source OCR tool that also popular on Windows. Note that although OCRKit is based on open source OCR technology, it’s a commercial product which costs $29.99.
OCRKIt is ideal if you just want to turn a PDF into a searchable PDF, RTF, HTML or TXT document. It’s easy to use, fast and supports long documents and batch processing.
Apart from PDFs, you can also scan images in TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PNG, PNM, BMP, PCX, GIF and OpenEXR formats.
OCRKit supports batch OCR scanning via macOS Automator and the accuracy is surprisingly good no matter what the condition or resolution of the original document.
Using OCRKit couldn’t be easier. Simply drag or drop any PDF, TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PNG, PNM, BMP, PCX, GIF or OpenEXR document into the OCRKit Dock icon or interface and it will prepare it for scanning.
Select a file name to save the OCR document to:
OCRKit is surprisingly fast even with documents over 100 pages and within a few seconds, it will display the searchable document:
There are a few other nice touches to OCRKit. The automatic rotation tool detects the orientation of each document automatically so you don’t need to manually organize a stack before scanning – very useful if you’re scanning multiple documents that aren’t organized very well.
OCRKit will also automatically detect most major languages which is very useful if you’re scanning documents in more than one language.
One other useful feature is that OCRKit is also integrated with Pages (Apple’s alternative to Microsoft Word) meaning you can drag a finished OCR document into Pages to edit it. However, it doesn’t work for converting a PDF to edit in Microsoft Word.
If you’re looking for an easy, inexpensive but surprisingly powerful Mac OCR tool that preserves formatting in PDFs, OCRKit is an impressive tool.
OCRKit costs a very reasonable $29.99 which is excellent value considering the results you get.
Pros:
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Decent OCR accuracy
Support batches of documents
Cons:
Very basic interface
Doesn’t export to MS Word
7. DEVONthink Pro Office
DEVONthink Pro Office is aimed at those that want to go completely paperless in their home or office. The developer DEVONthink only makes software for Mac and iOS and so all of its products are tailored for Macs.
DEVONthink Pro Office is ideal for small businesses that want to automatically OCR everything that comes in and goes out to reduce paperwork.
The OCR engine in DEVONthink Pro Office is actually the same as the one used in ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac. ABBYY license their OCR engine to integrate into other products and so in terms of accuracy, it’s very similar to ABBYY.
All documents you upload to DEVONthink Pro Office whether on your Mac or iOS device are automatically synced and OCR scanned by DEVONthink Pro Office.
DEVONthink Pro Office intelligently files your documents based on how you previously filed similar documents. You can then search and retrieve these documents easily similar to the way you can search and retrieve emails in an email client.
You can also tag and group documents manually enabling you to keep everything far better organized digitally than having piles of paper documents.
DEVONthink Pro Office is more of a document organizer than a dedicated OCR solution so there are fewer OCR features but lots of document organization, syncing and filing tools.
If your main aim of using OCR is to go paperless, DEVONthink Pro Office is a powerful solution to make PDFs searchable and organize your documents.
Note that DEVONthink Pro Office ($149.95) is the only DEVONthink product with OCR capabilities. DEVONthink Pro ($79.95) is more limited and only the Office version includes OCR, professional email archiving and a web server for team collaboration. DEVONthink Pro for Mac support is via email only but there are support forums too.
There’s also a free trial of DEVONthink Pro Office so you test drive it yourself.
Pros:
Excellent tool to go paperless at home or in the office
Syncs with the iOS app
Cons:
Focused more on document organization than OCR
8. VueScan Pro
Have you got a document scanner but the OCR software included with it doesn’t work very well?
If so, VueScan Pro for Mac could be for you. VueScan is a flatbed scanning OCR software that works with virtually all brands of scanners new and old. The default language for VueScan Pro is English but you can download language packs for another 32 languages.
VueScan does a very crude job of scanning text in a document or image and dumps it into a text file with no formatting but if you simply need to extract text from a scanned document, it does the job.
To create an OCR text file with Vuescan, make sure you’ve purchased the Professional version ($99) not the Standard version ($39.95) which which doesn’t support OCR. Also ensure that your scanner is connected to your Mac and to perform an OCR scan, make sure the “Input” tab is selected and then change the “Options” field to “Professional”. Then in the “Output” tab, simply select “OCR Output File”. Click “Scan” and then “View” to see the outputted text. The results won’t be perfect and you’ll have a lot of cleaning up to do but it’s definitely quicker than typing an entire document.
If you’re not bothered about formatting and just want a way to extract text from documents in a document scanner, VueScan Pro is an effective way to enhance the OCR capabilities of your document scanner.
Pros:
Enables your flatbed document scanner to OCR documents
Extracts text from documents
Cons:
Only useful for dumping text into a text file
9. Picatext
Picatext is an ultra basic and budget OCR app to simply scan and dump text from images. If you just want to extract text from screenshots for example, it’s a very good option. It does not support PDFs though.
Picatext is generally surprisingly good at extracting text from images or screenshots and supports over 40 languages. It does struggle with lower resolution images however and with font styles such as italics.
Picatext can only handle one image at a time making it fine for one-off or occasional OCR scanning needs.
Simply drag and drop documents into Picatext or access it from the Menu Bar. If you choose the Menu Bar option, Picatext shows a mini preview of the document and allows you to select all or part of the document that you want to scan.
Alternatively, you can access Picatext via hotkey combination TRL-CMD-ALT-P. Any text that extracted by Picatext is automatically copied to your clipboard when done.
For those that need an OCR app for images or screenshots on a very limited budget, Picatext is definitely worth a try at just $3.99.
Pros:
Good at extracting text from images
Quick and easy to use from Menu Bar
Cons:
No PDF support
Very basic
Only suitable for images
10. Condense
Condense is a cheap but effective German OCR app suitable for simple text dumps. If you just want to extract a paragraph or a few lines of text or code from a PDF or image on your desktop, it does an excellent job.
Note that Condense does not preserve any type of formatting – it’s very much a “churn and burn” tool for extracting text.
Condense supports 35 different languages and is generally a very quick, easy and effective solution for dumping text into file.
Condense sits in your Menu Bar and all you need to to do is select the “Scan” option and use the cross-hairs to select the text you want to scan. We found you need to zoom into a document as much as possible in order to get decent results.
Condense also has a handy “QuickFix” tool which can correct badly scanned text.
If you want a fast and convenient tool to extract text from images and PDFs on your Mac, Condense is a snip at just $4.99.
Pros:
Cheap, easy and fast text dumps
Supports PDF scanning
Cons:
Doesn’t edit PDFs
Poor accuracy depending on document
Conclusion
OCR technology on Mac has come a long way over the past ten years. ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac now produces results just as good as the PC version and is the best Mac OCR software for accuracy, speed, format preservation and ease of use.
If on the other hand you need features like digital signing of PDFs and you already use other Adobe products, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is still the PDF market leader.
Is There Any Free OCR Software On Mac?
There are some free OCR solutions that Mac users can use but they’re not very good and they’re mainly online. One of the better ones is the open source Tesseract project which is a text recognizer engine sponsored by Google. Unfortunately, there’s no official user interface as it’s designed mainly for programmers to integrate into their own apps and software but there are projects like PDF OCR X which are based on it. The accuracy of Tesseract is pretty good but it can only dump text into a file and like most free solutions, it doesn’t preserve the formatting of documents.
Advantages Of OCR Technology
There are many reasons for using OCR tools to make life easier. Here’s a few of the benefits of using the apps featured here.
If you have any problems and questions with any of apps featured here or have any suggestions, let us know in the comments below.
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Who is it for:
Enhanced Stereo in a Splashproof Speaker for MacsOontZ Angle 3
These speakers are compatible with Macs and the iOS and also with other Bluetooth capable devices. You can, therefore, use them no matter what device you are pairing it with. There is a Play and Pause button on the unit itself. The maximum value of sound output is 10Watts, which is enough for a small get together. The bass quality offered by the Passive Bass Radiator is also decent enough for you to enjoy the music.
You can use the OontZ Angle 3 speakers as an auxiliary speaker to make phone calls. Phone calls are audible and clear. It is compact with dimensions of 5.3 x 2.6 x 2.8 inches and it weighs 10 ounces. You can easily fit it in your pocket and it is easy to transport and listen to music while travelling. The battery life is good at about 12 hours and it has a rechargeable battery of 2200 mAh. It is comfortable for carrying around, without any square or sharp edges, is super light and can fit well in your backpack.
It comes with an IPX5 rating and is sturdy for using outdoors; so, you don’t have to worry much about rain or sand ruining the speakers. It is dustproof; rainproof as well as splash proof. It can stand some minor drops too, due to the rubber wrapping at the ends, which cushions the fall.
Who is it for:
Straightforward and Minimal Speakers for your MacAnker Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker
It consists of a simple black rectangle built of soft plastic covered with a grille and does have an overall aesthetic appeal. There is a LED light that flashes red when the battery is low. It comes with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity with a range of 66 feet. There is an auxiliary input for devices that are not compatible with Bluetooth. The battery life is around 24 hours of playback. The volume is reasonable for a speaker of this size. Stereo sound comes with a deep bass, which offers good clarity and no distortion.
The build is sturdy, with a drop proof feature, as it makes use of tactile materials with seamless controls.
Who is it for:
Top Quality Bluetooth Speakers for Macs at an Affordable PriceOontZ Angle 3 ULTRA
This is the mid-sized model with 2 drivers present on the front, for offering stereo sound. There is a passive bass radiator present on the rear for enhancing the bass sound. It comes with an IPX6 rate for water resistance. The battery allows a playback of up to 20 hours when charged fully. The box includes a micro-USB cable and one mini-plug cable. It also works as a speakerphone in addition to its wireless speakers, with the Bluetooth range being as high as 100 feet. The antenna design uses a special design along with Bluetooth 4.2 version to offer fast connection and a great range. It comes along with a micro USB charging cable of 6 feet and an audio cable of 3.5 mm. You can buy the carry case that is sold separately.
You can use the soft touch controls present on the side along with the input ports and charging ports, which are also present here. The sound quality is excellent for a speaker of this size, offering excellent audio for the music of all genres. The bass is ample and tight with a clean and clear treble and good tonal balance. The power delivered is 14 Watts and is enough to fill even a loud room. The bass radiator is a proprietary one and it comes with two precision stereo drivers so that there is no distortion of sound even at a high volume.
You can play the music to 2 ultra speakers by connecting them wirelessly. Play music from Amazon Echo; Echo Dot; your iPhone or any other smartphone. It is possible to play music in separate areas. You can get Siri support when you connect with your Apple devices.
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Other models worth buyingBest Bluetooth Speakers For Mac With Trendy DesignLibratone Zipp
As the name suggests, you can unzip the outer cover and swap it with another one as per your likes. Libratone Zipp is known for its long-lasting battery power. It comes with WIFI capabilities enabling Spotify Connect and AirPlay functionality. You can also stream live radio with it. The most remarkable feature of Libratone Zipp is that it comes with a USB port which you can use to charge your mobiles. As for the sound quality, it provides 360 degrees sound from 5 drivers which increases the bass and gives high-quality sound output.
See on AmazonBest Portable Bluetooth Speaker For MacLibratone Too
This is another Bluetooth Speaker which is best for traveling. Every traveler’s go-to product, Libratone Too is compact, portable and handy. The shape of this speaker is in the form of a tube with round edges. It is known for its sturdy built and trendy design. It is splash proof and apart from its portability, it has a lot to offer when it comes to design. This speaker comes at an affordable price and also is available in 4 color variants. It adds to its appeal and makes the speaker look more vivacious and vibrant.
It has a pair of 1.5 in full range drivers and a passive driver to add to its crisp sound quality. With 360-degree output and crisp and clear sound, it is best for outdoor purposes. It also comes with a microphone that you can use to make calls. The speaker is lightweight and has a sound grip which makes it an ideal choice for traveling.
See on AmazonBest Bluetooth Speakers For Mac With Great FeaturesCreative Sound Blaster Roar Pro
The Roar Pro is a compact Bluetooth Speaker, which is an addition to the range of roaring speakers. It can be charged enough to last for 8 to 10 hours. So, the shortage of power is not at all a concern. There are three mid-range drivers present with two bass radiators to give a firm and strong high-frequency sound.
There are some interesting features like the Roar button which kicks the speaker into overdrive, or the TerraBass button where you have a high-quality strong and firm bass output when you are listening to low volumes. Apart from these modes, there are switches for three other modes, namely warm, neutral and energetic. You can toggle between these modes depending on the sound you are listening to. Roar Pro comes with a microSD slot for you to slip in your memory card which makes it an all-encompassing and versatile Bluetooth Speaker.
See on AmazonBest Bluetooth Speaker For Mac Under $150Edifier MP700
The Edifier MP700 is a smart and sturdy Bluetooth Speaker which comes with a rechargeable battery. This ensures the speaker lasts for about 8 hours. Edifier MP700 is a compact and a little heavy speaker, owing to its all-aluminium body. But this casing also protects it from any damage in case of any bumps while you are traveling. There is an adjusting carrying handle in this speaker which also doubles up as a carrying stand if you want to make the speaker stand.
Bluetooth is the main wireless connection for your Mac but it also has an AptX codec for the devices that support it. The power output for this compact speaker is excellent for up to 36 W. There are 4 drivers present to provide an expansive and wide range of sound quality output. It also consists of a USB port for you to charge your mobile on the go. The port is covered with a rubber flap to protect from any kind of dust.
See on AmazonBest Cheap Bluetooth Speakers For MacJabra Solemate Max
The Jabra Solemate max has a rugged design and a fantastic sound quality. The only drawback of this Bluetooth Speaker is its heavy weight. Jabra Solemate Max weights a whopping 3 kg. It comes with a carrying handle. To compensate for its heavy weight, it has a high-power battery which makes the speaker last for more than 14 hours. So, if you are on the lookout to have a party night, this is the best choice for you! Apart from its defining battery power, it is extremely good on sound too.
The bass of this speaker is firm and strong. The output of 90 W ensures that you can use this speaker outside as well as inside without worrying about the sound reach. You can take the party outdoors without any worries and yet have a great sound punch. It is weatherproof, dust and dirt resistant.
See on AmazonBest Affordable Bluetooth Speakers For MacDenon Envaya Mini
Denon Envaya Mini is the trendiest Bluetooth speaker with a compact size and a trendy design. It is made of a metal grille which is the highlight of its appeal. The ends are made of rubber and the whole body resembles somewhat like a cuboidal tube. It is a solid speaker with just one drawback- that it weighs 558 g, which is a little on the higher side for a portable speaker. The users are happy with the audio quality of Denon Envaya Mini which boasts of a 40 mm full range drivers and passive drivers that make the audio quality sound crisp and strong. The audio experience is great, the sound produced by this speaker is by far the loudest. It also comes with an Apt X connection. The battery life is fantastic, with a lasting duration of 10 hours.
See on AmazonBest Bluetooth Speaker For Mac With Revolutionary DesignCowin Ark
Cowin Ark is the most interesting Bluetooth speaker available in the market. It comes in two parts. The lower part which supports the upper part is called the Ark and the upper part which is the speaker itself is called the Cruze. The Cruze on top of the Ark and the whole set looks nothing less than a space-age device! It has a rechargeable battery inside it. The Ark works on magnetic technology and charges the Cruze through it. The sound quality is excellent, thanks to its two speaker drivers and two passive radiators. If used with a sound bar, the power output is enough to fill a room with sound.
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Conclusion
Bluetooth speakers for Mac devices are becoming the preferred option, as they are portable and compact and are compatible with Macs as well as Android devices. They are quite easy to connect and use and offer a good quality of sound. They capture all the elements of your audio and also do not drain your wallet in the process. Most of them are available for a reasonable price without sacrificing quality.
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