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The Full Utility'ware library:

37thResEx

• Version Number: 2.0.1
• Revision Date: February 3, 1999
• Byte Size: 144 k
• License: Shareware
• Resource extractor: sees, extracts, copies and transfers resources from files.

AliasCrony

• Version Number: 2.1.1
• Revision Date: August 22, 1998
• Byte Size: 500 k
• License: Shareware
• Since aliases of applications lose the capability to have files dropped on, when the original is on a different volume, AliasCrony can create SuperAlias, a new alias kind, having drag capability always active. It can create aliases or SuperAliases and put them into specific predefined folders, when you're using the Drag&Drop mode. From its menus, instead, you can

Big Secret

• Version Number: 4.2
• Revision Date: June 17, 1997
• Byte Size: 173 k
• License: Shareware
• Keep others from snooping around in your files. BigSecret offers an easy interface and password protection to hide files and folders by making them invisible.

BlackWatch

• Version Number: 1.4.1
• Revision Date: January 29, 1999
• Byte Size: 87 k
• License: Freeware
• BlackWatch is a simple innocuous screen saver with password protection & Y2K countdown.

The Block

• Version Number: 1.62
• Revision Date: April 6, 1997
• Byte Size: 404 k
• License: Shareware
• Block unwatnted users on your Mac.

Burn

• Version Number: 2.5
• Revision Date: November 25,1998
• Byte Size: 134 k
• License: Freeware
• Burn will delete files so that they can not be recovered with an undelete program. If you have some files you want to delete and don't want anyone else recovering, then use this. Use this with caution! This version is OS 8.5 and HFS compatible.

Clip Dragon

• Version Number: 1.2
• Revision Date: July 15, 1997
• Byte Size: 298 k
• License: Shareware
• PPC Version
• To take advantage of Apple's clipping files, the Clipping Extension must be present in the Extensions folder of the System Folder. This extension is installed by System 7.1 through 7.6.1. The Clipping Extension is not necessary in MacOS 8. Clippings can be viewed by simply double-clicking the icons within Finder.

CPU-View

• Version Number: 6.5.2
• Revision Date: July 6, 1997
• Byte Size: 212 k
• License: Freeware
• This little application is a very useless one. It just shows the Macintosh CPU usage. However, if you have ever seen those X-Window users showing off their nifty little CPU usage windows, you now can blast them away with CPU-View. Because, this one uses textures! Ha!

ConvertMachine

• Version Number: 1.2.0
• Revision Date: November 11, 1997
• Byte Size: 319 k
• License: Shareware
• This is mostly a batch processing utility to convert sound format files to a desired type. This means it performs one or more of the following without user interaction: decompression, resampling (sample rate conversion), mixing (stereo to mono) and compression.

Cross Platform

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: November 2, 1997
• Byte Size: 238 k
• License: Shareware
• Cross Platform provides information about how the programs and files on a Macintosh can be used with Windows-based computers. It also functions as an excellent disk-cataloguing tool.

Disk Ex plorer

• Version Number: 1.0b8
• Revision Date: September 18, 1998
• Byte Size: 227 k
• License: Demo
• Helps show where all your disk space is being used. This program expires 11/30/98

DVD-Player

• Version Number: 0.91.07
• Revision Date: March 2, 1999
• Byte Size: 49 K
• License: Shareware
• DVD-Player, plays DVD files without needing a MPEG-2 card, but you still need a DVD drive.

ExpertFile

• Version Number: 1.1
• Revision Date:January 30, 1999
• Byte Size: 859 k
• License: Shareware
• A file management utility. An alternative to File-Buddy.

FileSplitter

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: October 22, 1995
• Byte Size: 456 k
• License: Freeware
• A utility to read text files dropped onto it, and split them up into a series of numbered output text files. To set up the program, just run it and fill in the options. To use the program just drag one or more TEXT files onto it.

FinderHelper

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: November 14, 1997
• Byte Size: 18 k
• License: Shareware
• FinderHelper cuts down on desktop clutter and speeds up working with folders, windows, and files. You can save commonly used files and folders in sets for quick retrieval. Open and print files from a menu. You can also manage your open Finder windows from a menu.

DiskEssentials

• Version Number: 1.0.3
• Revision Date: November 7, 1997
• Byte Size: 1199 k
• License: Demo
• This demo will NOT allow you to recover data. It is designed to show you the interface and recovery abilities of DiskEssentials. DiskEssentials repair and recovery features are disabled, and you can backup but not restore data.

FileView

• Version Number: 9.7.0
• Revision Date: August 29, 1997
• Byte Size: 116 k
• License: Freeware
• Quickly View the text of any Mac, Dos or Windows file. Learn info about the file such as type, creator etc. Great for viewing those word processing files for which you don't have a translator.

Font Box

• Version Number: 2.5
• Revision Date: November 5, 1997
• Byte Size: 392 k
• License: Demo
• PPC Version
• FontBox puts an end to font-related crashes, application errors, unpredictable output and other serious font management problems. At the same time, Font Box improves your system's performance and minimizes your fonts' memory and disk space requirements. By using Font box regularly, you keep your fonts organized and eliminate font integrity issues before they cause you major problems.

FontBuddy

• Version Number: 1.1
• Revision Date: April 1, 1999
• Byte Size: 450k
• License: Shareware
• This font utility allows you to view font samples, characters and keystrokes

Fonts Manager

• Version Number: 3.7.4
• Revision Date: November 2, 1997
• Byte Size: 454 k
• License: Shareware
• Fonts Manager is similar to the Mac OS Extensions Manager, but it is more like a Desk Accessory. It allows the enabling and disabling of font suitcases and printer fonts in 'Sets'. It supports export of 'Sets', import of saved 'Sets', Balloon Help, and a Help Topics system. It is NOT a Control Panel or Extension; thus it works on ALL Macs with System 7.1 or later, including Mac OS 8, without modifying the NORMAL startup and operation of your computer.

Gauge Series

• Version Number:1.0
• Revision Date: October 29, 1997
• Byte Size: 186 k
• License: Freeware
• A series of testing software including Clockometer, Cache-22, SCSI Info, Slot Info and RAMometer. Get info on speeds and proper functioning of your system, cache, RAM etc.

Grapple

• Version Number: 1.2
• Revision Date: July 22, 1997
• Byte Size: 432 k
• License: Shareware
• Grapple is a string finder for the Mac that is both friendly and intuitive to use. It was initially inspired by the GREP utility on Unix machines, but is a true Mac utility, with an attractive interface. Grapple is very simple to use and fun. You set up a string that you wish to find, tell it where to start and hit the search button. Grapple then searches recursively through the folder hierarchy for files of the type (or types) chosen containing the string you desire.

Insider Updates

• Version Number: 2.5
• Revision Date: November 11, 1998
• Byte Size: 508 k
• License: Shareware
• Don't waste another minute digging around for software updaters. Insider Updates automatically delivers all the software updaters for your Mac. It performs the following functions: 1) connects to Insider Software's server, 2) downloads a database of all the available updaters, 3) compares the database with your software, and, 4) downloads all the updaters you need. It can be set to launch on schedule and decompress the downloaded updaters. It does not install the updaters or transmit any information about your computer. The demonstration version updates all your Apple software including the MacOS at absolutely no charge. You can register for $7 per month to update all your third party (non Apple) Applications, Control Panels, Extensions, and Utilities.

iSearch

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: October 10, 1997
• Byte Size: 191 k
• License: Shareware
• iSearch lets you search folders, entire disks, or even CD's for text. Just type the text you want to find and define where you want to search. iSearch remembers the most frequent locations you search and lets you define search settings to constrain and direct searches.

Keep Out!

• Version Number: 1.11
• Revision Date: January 12, 1997
• Byte Size: 125 k
• License: Shareware
• KO! is a simple, user-friendly login system whereby only 'registered users' can gain access to your mac. It can handle various levels of security, from transparent logging of startups, to access blocking.

Keystroke Recorder

• Version Number: 1.8
• Revision Date: November 8, 1997
• Byte Size: 97 k
• License: Shareware
• Keystroke Recorder is an extension that records each keystroke into a file for later retrieval

MacAmp

• Version Number: 1.0b5
• Revision Date: July 27, 1998
• Byte Size: 455 k
• License: Freeware
• An excellent implementation of the Unix Amp mpeg layer 3 player which takes full advantage of the wonders of the Mac. Although this player is still in alpha, it's still quite stable.

MacAuditor

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: October 21, 1997
• Byte Size: 112 k
• License: Shareware
• Mac Auditor, basically a cataloging program, allows you to scan volumes for Applications, Startup Documents, Control Panels, and Stacks. The best way to use the program is to put it on a floppy disk and go from machine to machine scanning hard disks (and even other floppies). After you launch the program, click on the options button to set what types of files you want to find. If you want, you can also extract the version from the file by selecting "include version information." Select the drive that you want to scan and click the scan button. After the program is done scanning, it will display what it found in the list box.

MacBench

• Version Number:1.0
• Revision Date: December 10, 1996
• Byte Size: 1803 k
• License: Freeware
• How fast is your Mac?

MacLights

• Version Number:1.0a1
• Revision Date: June 26, 1993
• Byte Size: 16 k
• License: Freeware
• MacLights is a utility which lets you program the lights on your extended keyboard. You can program these lights to show read/write activity on your floppy and hard drives.

MacLocksmith

• Version Number: 2.0.1
• Revision Date: September 27, 1997
• Byte Size: 166 k
• License: Shareware
• This file encrypter may not keep the CIA in the dark but it's sure to keep the spouse and kids or your nosy colleagues from looking at your personal files. This is the quickest and easiest file encrypter around.

MacResource 8.5 Handbook

• Version Number: 8.5.1
• Revision Date: January 12, 199
• Byte Size: 1.9 M
• License: Shareware
• MacResource 8.5 Handbook includes, tips, advice, troubleshooting, and tactics.

Memory Mapper

• Version Number: 1.5
• Revision Date: 96
• Byte Size: 66k
• License: Freeware
• Memory Mapper draws a graphical representation of the Mac's memory space. It shows where programs and objects reside in memory and makes things like memory fragmentation easy to see. Memory Mapper also displays virtual memory space so that you can see which parts of memory are paged out to disk.

MindExpander

• Version Number: 0.92
• Revision Date:February 1, 1999
• Byte Size: 224 K
• License: Freeware
• MindExpander will expand all popular internet files. MindExpander has built-in support for MacBinary, BinHex, StuffIt, Zip, etc. And for the files we don't support, we'll automatically use any available programs on your hard disk which do support those files. MindExpander is designed to be your "one-stop shop" for file expansion.

NameCleaner

• Version Number: 1.7.0
• Revision Date: September 4, 1997
• Byte Size: 208 k
• License: Shareware
• NameCleaner is a utility to manipulate file names and types. It's specially designed to help move files to and from foreign file systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows95, Windows NT, NetWare and Unix. Filters ("Cleaners").

PowerReplace

• Version Number: 6.3
• Revision Date: September 4, 1997
• Byte Size: 885 k
• License: Shareware
• PowerReplace will easily convert text files to other formats (e.g. Mac to Unix, Mac to Dos etc.). Get rid of ugly boxes in your SimpleText files or convert your scripts made on a Mac to be used on your Unix shell. PowerReplace will even make mini-applications for drag and drop conversions.

Sigerson

• Version Number: 2.0 F
• Revision Date: March 2, 1999
• Byte Size: 668 k
• License: Shareware

SndSampler

• Version Number: 3.5
• Revision Date: December 1, 1997
• Byte Size: 284 k
• License: Shareware
• An easy to use yet effective sound recorder and editor.

Sound Machine

• Version Number: 2.71
• Revision Date: March 30, 1997
• Byte Size: 435 k
• License: Shareware
• A smooth efficient Sound Player that plays many of the commonly found sound files on the internet. It can be used as a stand-alone player or as a helper app with your web browser.

Stego

• Version Number: 1.0a2
• Revision Date: November 28, 1993
• Byte Size: 195 k
• License: Shareware
• If you need to send a message you don't want anyone snooping around in, hide it in a picture and send it as an attachment. No one would ever think of looking for it there. Well, unless they read this of course :-)

SwitchRes

• Version Number: 1.1.2
• Revision Date: December 4, 1997
• Byte Size: 95 k
• License: Freeware
• This Control Strip Module lets you change bit depth and resolution. You can customize it to show only the resolutions you need. No more confirmation messages either.

Substitute

• Version Number: 1.7.1
• Revision Date: August 21, 1998
• Byte Size: 135 k
• License: Shareware
• Removes extra code from FAT application, allowing you to select the code you want to remove. It can also scan disks and folders, searching for FAT items to optimize. Desktop rebuilding. Gathers accurate informations about files, folders and disks. Compacts the System Heap and the free memory.

Technical Snapshot

• Version Number:1.0a1
• Revision Date: August 19, 1997
• Byte Size: 742 k
• License: Demo
• Technical Snapshot checks your disks and files for various problems and also gives you information about your hardware and software configurations.

TrashCleaner

• Version Number: 2.0.1
• Revision Date: March 2, 1999
• Byte Size: 668 k
• License: Shareware
• Sort your trash. Contextual Menu Module allows you to sort and selectively delete files according to the drive/partition they belong to.

Universal Saver

• Version Number: 1.5.2
• Revision Date: January 19, 1999
• Byte Size: 1.1 MB
• License: Shareware
• Universal Saver automatically saves your work at an interval which you select.

Tilery

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: November 7, 1997
• Byte Size: 155 k
• License: Shareware
• The Tilery (formerly known as Applicon) is a small application that displays a tile for each running application, letting you switch quickly from one application to another by simply clicking an icon. The Tilery can also be used as an application launcher, since you can "remember" the tile of applications you use often and they sit there grayed out until you invoke them.

TrashDesktop

• Version Number: 1.2.1
• Revision Date:March 7, 1999
• Byte Size: 45 k
• License: Freeware
• TrashDesktop is Drag&Drop utility for deleting & rebuilding the desktop of any drive. Includes a script to automate deleting desktop files and restarting.

Unify

• Version Number: 1.0.1
• Revision Date: June 18, 1997
• Byte Size: 49 k
• License: Freeware
• This application will flatten and prepare QuickTime movies for cross-platform usage on the Web or CDs.

Visual Font

• Version Number: 1.04
• Revision Date: June 1, 1998
• Byte Size: 168 k
• License: Shareware
• >VisualFont is a font utility for Macintosh that will let you watch BitMap and TrueType fonts in any folder. It implements a full drag and drop interface which allows scanning of dropped folders and, when a font is displayed, to drag it onto the finder in order to copy its corresponding file. It can also display some help balloons. One of the most interesting features is however its ability to download or write a list of selected files. It works in any folder as well as on a CD-Rom. Some basic fonctions are also available: zooming and moving the font currently displayed. VisualFont also offers a dozen of settings in the Preferences dialog. It is handy for managing font archives.

YA-Decoder

• Version Number: 2.4.1
• Revision Date: January 7, 1999
• Byte Size: 225 K
• License: Shareware
• YA-Decoder is a decoder for BinHex, Base64, MacBinary & uucode encoded files

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