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Aaron
1.61 (218K) this extension gives your Mac the Tempo User Interface (System
8). It gives everything a 3D look and adds few useful enhancements. Also
Check out Kaleidoscope.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader 3.0 (6334K) this software package contains everything
you need to view pdf (portable document format) files. Pdf documents
are useful if you want to make a document and send it to someone else, while
retaining the exact fonts and look it was meant to have. This package also
includes Adobe Type Manager 4.0 which allows
your system to print and display anti-aliased fonts, which is worth the download!
After
Dark Online 2.0 (3847K) this online news reader / screen saver is the
newest version of After Dark 4.0, for free. It also includes an ability to
download Online magazines, including ZD Net, Sports Illustrated, USA Today,
and stocks.
Apple
Easter Eggs 1.4 (387K) this manual guides you through all the hidden
secrets your system has to offer, AKA "Easter Eggs". Try dragging the text
"secret about box" out of a text editor, onto your desktop (highlight it
first) to get a taste of what wonders you can find.
Audio
Strip GH 1.33 (231K) this control strip module allows you to eject CD's,
play, pause, stop and select audio tracks on audio CD's with just one button
on your control strip.
Auto Menus
Pro 3.23 PPC (283K) or
68K (279K)
this control panel drops down your menus automatically without holding down
the mouse or clicking. Warning: If you use this program ,too long you might
forget how to work your mouse.
AVI
to QT Kit (217K) this small collection of extensions and an application,
allows you to watch AVI movies, using Quicktime
Technology. It includes AVI to QT utility and the Intel Raw Video, Indeo
Video and windows compressors extensions.
Behierarchic
3.1b9 (109K) this control panel replaces Apple's "Apple menu options"
control panel. It gives you a lot of enhancements and options not available
in "apple menu options".
BombShelter
1.01 (8K) this system extension helps keep your computer from crashing.
Instead of a dialogue box with only the restart button, there is also a resume
button so you can save your unsaved work before you restart it yourself.
Warning, if you use this, don't hit resume unless you HAVE to, then restart
the computer!
Burn
2.4 (117K) this drag and drop application will permanently remove any
"Top Secret" files you may have on you computer, by renaming and overwriting
the file with ones and zeros before deleting it.
CD
Menu 1.32 (55K) This small control panel allows you to control your music
CD's easily with a menu on the right side of your menubar.
Color
Switch Pro 1.0 (895K) This control panel competes with Apple's control
strip control pannel by giving you access to many of the same features, in
a handy icon in the menubar. It includes with it many modules, including:
audio volume, displays (resolution and colors), auidio CD control and shortcuts.
Copy Paste 3.31a
(390K) This useful extension allows you to have 10 clipboards instead
of only one. All you have to do is choose which clipboard you want to use
under the edit menu.
Decor 3.03
(663K) This application / extension allows you to put a picture as your
desktop instead of a pattern. The only problem is finding a picture to cover
the entire screen, check out the
programers home page, he
has tons.
Default Folder
2.71 (294K) This control panel makes the open / save dialog boxes much
easier. It gives you access to your last used folders, and allows you to
customize which folders it displays for each application.
Desktop
Textures Suit 2.1 (1159K) This application allows you to install any
kind of pattern on your desktop. It includes tons of patterns, and allows
you to make your own collections. It can open any res-edit files with patterns
stored in them.
Dimmer
1.0 (6K) This control panel is the smallest screensaver in the world.
It allows you to dim your screen as dark as you want, when you want and only
takes up 1K of RAM. (what a deal!) I personally use it.
Disinfectant
3.6 (232K) This application/extension is a free antivirus utility to
keep you free from all the nasty things a virus can do to your computer.
Alternatives are commercial products such as SAM and Virex.
Discolour
1.02 (41K) This extension from Ambrosia inc. makes your boring black
and white disk icon a little more interesting.
Disklosure
1.32 (73K) this small application allows you to quickly and easily initialize
disks or erase their catalog files. Useful if you have many disks to initialize.
Disk
Surveyor 1.3 (219K) This application shows you what's taking up all the
space on your hard drive. I threw away 150MB of movies and music that was
taking up way too much room.
Disk
Wizard 2.0 (283K) this application/extension catalogs all your disks
automatically, so you can find files in your software library, easily.
Double
Scroll 2.12 (142K) this control pannel gives you two arrows at each end
of the finders scroll bar. Some people might find this function useful.
Eclipse 3.02 (765K)
This screensaver-application from Ambrosia Inc. is very system friendly and
is a good choice if your shopping for a nice configurable screensaver. You
can have a picture of your kids or a company logo dancing across your screen.
Eject
Disk 2.1 (117K) this control panel sets any key to eject and put away
any disk, CD-ROM or any other removable disk in your drives. It's useful
if you have a lot of windows open, and easier than dragging it to the trash.
Eject
Me Not 1.0 (178K) this extension keeps a user from using the Eject Disk
command under the Special menu, to eliminate "ghost disks" which can cause
many problems for network administrators.
File
Buddy 4.03 (406K) this application does many useful things on your system,
including: finds invisible items, finds duplicate files, extends get info,
restarts the finder, rebuilds the desktop, finds files, and many others.
Finder
Heap Fix 1.01 (2K) this small application allows you to increases the
finders memory partition (if you need to), which can prevent many crashes
found under System 7.5.5.
Font
Clerk 6.2 (464K) this handy application displays information on all your
fonts, displays special keys, and converts fonts to and from Microsoft Windows
format.
Gauge Series
(177K) this package includes 5 useful applications: Cache-22 v1.41 -
tells you your CPU type and Cache 1 & 2 sizes. Clockometer v1.96 - tells
you your CPU type & speed and Bus speed. RAMometer v1.22 - tells you
how much RAM you have and tests the memory not currently in use. SCSI Info
v1.0a3 - tells you the SCSI numbers of the SCSI devices attached to you computer.
Slot Info v1.0a2 - tells you what versions of ROMs are on cards in you computer
and what Motherboard-based video controller is in your Mac.
Get More
Info 1.5 (45K) this extension extends the capabilities of the get info
command, under the file menu. You can change a files creator and type, as
well as invisibility and other things.
Glidel
3.42 (39K) this extension allows you to drag items into menus for drag
and drop launching. I use it to open documents and pictures with an alias
of an application in the apple menu or to drag items to the applications
menu.
Go
Mac 1.1 (104K) this control panel gives you a program bar at the bottom
of your screen, similar to the one found in Windows 95. It has a handy "Start"
button which can come in useful.
Hidden Finder Features
1.03 (5K) the control panel allows you to enable parts of the finder
that weren't used before, such as control drag to make an alias, command
delete to move selected items to the trash and command R to reveal an alias.
InformInit 1.3
(489K) this is a guide to almost everything about your MacOS system,
extensions, control panels, and which ones you need to keep. You can cut
your RAM consumption considerably by reading this after installing the
latest system software. This guide is very comprehensive
and can answer all your questions you may have.
Internet
Config 1.3 (120K) this application/extension allows you to set preferences
of many Internet applications via this application, in one step.
Kaleidoscope
1.51 (619K) This control panel, from the makers of Aaron, lets you spice
up your Macintosh user interface even more! It includes everything that came
with Aaron but let's you decide what you want your Mac to look like. Hundreds
of schemes are now found on-line.(Don't use Aaron and Kaleidoscope together)
LibMotoSh
1.0 this Power Macintosh Extension by Motorola speeds up your math processor
up to 4 times, check it out.
MacOs
Purge 1.01 (8K) This extremely small application purges any old or unused
blocks of memory (without restarting), so you have more for applications,
and it usually works.
Menu
Tasking Enabler 1.0 (6K) this extension prevents your processor from
stopping when you select a menu. This is a must with Netscape,
because it prevents losing a download because you were messing around in
the menus.
Network
Time 2.01 (209K) this control panel allows you to set your menubar clock
to the exact time it really is. Just set your time zone and specify a server,
try "bitsy.mit.edu" or "clock.isc.org". It can be put into the control panels
folder only if you want it to set the time automatically.
Now
Startup Manager 7.5 (881K) this commercial control panel / extension
replaces Apple's extension manager, with some useful enhancements. It is
free for a limited time only, so download and give it a test drive.
OT/PPP
Strip 1.0 (56K) this control strip module allows you to open and close
your PPP connection, indicates your connection speed and time on-line. It
requires Open Transport to run.
Pop Char
Lite 2.72 (81K) this control panel puts a popup font window in your menu.
It displays all the possible hidden keys such as ©®, for whatever
font you have selected at the time, and it even works on HTML documents!
Power
Windows 1.21 (76K) this extension allows you to drag filled windows compared
to the usual dotted line ones. I don't recommend using the Translucent Power
Windows unless you have a very fast computer.
PPP Menu 2.03
(144K) this control panel gives you a button in your menu bar to open
and close your PPP account and can also launch Internet Applications.
This utility supports both FreePPP and OT/PPP.
RAM Charger
3.01 Demo (713K) this commercial control panel manages your memory giving
you more available for applications. It also reduces out of memory errors.
Smooth
Windows 1.2 (121K) this control panel gives you translucent windows,
and allows you to adjust the degree of translucency. This program is an
alternative to Power Windows, but watch out, they
can both slow your computer down.
SnapzPro
1.01 (875K) the best screen capture utility out there . It can capture
the screen any time during startup, a game or anything! It also saves the
picture in a convenient folder and gives it the file type of your favorite
image editor. This new version allows you to select part of the screen, a
window etc...
Snitch
2.11 (348K) this control panel allows you to change about anything with
a file: it's creator, type, invisibility and many others. It's a lot like
"Get More Info" but has more options. It uses a lot of RAM though.
Software
FPU 3.04 (366K) this control panel makes your computer think it had a
FPU even if it doesn't, it's also useful for people who get errors like Floating
Coprocessor Unit not installed, even if they have one. The FPU is used in
many applications such as ones involving complex math computations.
Symboints
2.7 (180K) this extension/control panel combination replaces Apple's
extension manager control panel and EM extension. It has vast improvements
over Extension Manager, such as font management, ram use information on
everything, and many others. This program is a must.
TechTool
1.1.4 (547K) this application does 3 very useful things, which help prevent
system problems. It rebuilds your desktop without remembering any complicated
key combinations, it zaps your PRAM which stores your mouse speed..etc.,and
sometimes some nasty bugs, and finally it analyzes your system and tells
you what you have. This version is compatible with System 7.6.1.
Turbo Find
2.22 (357K) this application can find any file on your computer by searching
through text in files, not just the files name.
Ultra Find
2.52 (505K) this application can find any file, faster than any other
search program you have ever used.
WDEF Leopard
1.23 (16K) this control panel prevents several system crashes on your
Mac. Programmers may have marked several resources in applications purgable,
and this application simply marks them non-purgable and prevents your computer
from crashing.
Window Monkey
1.1.1 (527K) this control panel changes the background in each of the
finders windows, to any background you want. It also has a small icon in
the menu bar that allows you to switch between open windows.
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