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Microsoft Sharepoint Designer is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Bluefish Editor, which is both free and Open Source.
You can download, install, and use SharePoint Designer for free. After you install SharePoint Designer, use one of the following methods to open the tool: Press the Windows key and type SharePoint Designer into the search box. Click Start→All Programs→SharePoint→Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010.
If you are using it for branding, you can complete most branding tasks outside of SharePoint Designer if you are SharePoint 2013+. The ability to add a mapped network drive really opens up your branding tasks on a Mac with no SPD. Next thing is what is your SharePoint site access like?
Do you need OneDrive to use SharePoint on Mac?
However, to access SharePoint files you only need the “ OneDrive App ” (available to all Office 365 Personal, Office 365 Home or higher. Office 2011 does not have the OneDrive App and was not built to use OneDrive or SharePoint (even though you may have limited success using) Your mac should also be using Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) or later.
Is there such a thing as a SharePoint App?
There is no such thing as a “ SharePoint-App “. SharePoint is basically the Business version of OneDrive but your computer (Windows or Mac) uses the “ OneDrive-App ” as the program that syncs files between your computer and the Microsoft Cloud.
To setup SharePoint initially, you need at lease one licence of Microsoft Office 365 (Business, Business Essentials , Business Premium , Enterprise E1, E3, E5, SharePoint Plan 1 and 2) However, to access SharePoint files you only need the “ OneDrive App ” (available to all Office 365 Personal, Office 365 Home or higher.