Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later (with BSD installed)
This handy and much appreciated mixture of disk utilities allows you to perform many Jaguar system tasks at will. With it you can enable or disable journaling, set your hard disk spindown time, repair permissions, run cron scripts, delete cache files, force empty the Trash, delete locked items, view log files, request an IP from the DHCP server, and a heckuva lot more.
Requirements: Power Mac, Mac OS 7.5.3-9.x, Appearance Manager 1.3 or later
This powerful cataloging utility helps you keep track of what’s on your CDs, Jaz disks, Zip disks, external hard drives, iPod, servers, and more. Plus, it features a handy disk labeling system to create and print professional disk labels. A truly excellent program, especially if you have a number of removable media disks. You’ll need this to view the MacAddict disc catalog, which was created with this program. Don’t forget to send in your shareware fee if you use it.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.0 or later
This powerful cataloging utility helps you keep track of what’s on your CDs, Jaz disks, Zip disks, external hard drives, iPod, servers, and more. Plus, it features a handy disk labeling system to create and print professional disk labels. A truly excellent program, especially if you have a number of removable media disks. You’ll need this to view the MacAddict disc catalog, which was created with this program. Don’t forget to send in your shareware fee if you use it.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later
If you’ve ever tried taking a screenshot of a DVD movie playing in Apple’s DVD Player, you know that you’ll end up with nothing but the Player and a blank, black screen where the movie graphic should be. Luckily, this little app allows you to capture it all—in window mode or full screen.
Here’s a Swiss Army-style tool for your Mac. Not only can it display a variety of test patterns on your screen, it includes other tools for a variety of other uses. The package includes color bar tests, convergence and alignment screens, various ramp and sweep screens, Quick Text for printer tests, and more. It also includes auxiliary tools that can show color under the cursor, a simple Mandelbrot pattern generator, RPN calculator with full fraction support, font character viewer, basic fraction and unit conversions, paper and image size calculator, scaling calculator, string and text viewer, volume info, file info, calendar and phase of the moon calculations, and more.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.1 or later
Here’s a Swiss Army-style tool for your Mac. Not only can it display a variety of test patterns on your screen, it includes other tools for a variety of other uses. The package includes color bar tests, convergence and alignment screens, various ramp and sweep screens, Quick Text for printer tests, and more. It also includes auxiliary tools that can show color under the cursor, a simple Mandelbrot pattern generator, RPN calculator with full fraction support, font character viewer, basic fraction and unit conversions, paper and image size calculator, scaling calculator, string and text viewer, volume info, file info, calendar and phase of the moon calculations, and more.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.0 or later
Peer under your Mac’s hood to see how well it’s running with this handy utility. iPulse displays a multitude of information about your Mac and network activity via gauges in a graphical, user-configurable interface. With it, you can view your CPU activity (single and dual), system load, network activity, memory activity and usage, disk usage, and the current time and date. Turn on or off any gauge so that it only displays what you want it to.
Requirements: Power Mac, Mac OS 9.x, compatible Nokia phone
Want to customize your Nokia cell phone? This app allows you to send logos, pictures, SMS text, phonebook info, and ring tones from your Mac to your cell phone through either the GSM network, or if you’ve got a Bluetooth or infrared (IrDA) supported Mac along with a compatible Nokia cell phone, you can send data from your Mac to the phone directly. Though the app supports just about all Nokia phones, only the following Nokia phones allow direct Mac connections: 7110, 7190, 7210, 7250, 6100, 6210, 6250, 6310, 6310i, 6510, 6610, 8210, 8290, 8310, 8390, 8810, 8850, 8890, 8910, and 8910i. Please see the included Read Me for compatibility specifics and instruction.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2.4 or later, compatible Nokia cell phone
Want to customize your Nokia cell phone? This app allows you to send logos, pictures, SMS text, phonebook info, and ring tones from your Mac to your cell phone through either the GSM network, or if you’ve got a Bluetooth or infrared (IrDA) supported Mac along with a compatible Nokia cell phone, you can send data from your Mac to the phone directly. Though the app supports just about all Nokia phones, only the following Nokia phones allow direct Mac connections: 7110, 7190, 7210, 7250, 6100, 6210, 6250, 6310, 6310i, 6510, 6610, 8210, 8290, 8310, 8390, 8810, 8850, 8890, 8910, and 8910i. Please see the included Read Me for compatibility specifics and instruction.
Requirements: Power Mac, Mac OS 7.6.1-9.x or OS X 10.1.5 or later
This nifty, full-featured tool allows you to get a grip on your Preferences folder and clean out any unnecessary or abandoned preference files. The app scans through your Preferences folder and can tell you which preference files are orphans (those whose original apps that created them are no longer on your hard drive), tell you which ones are unnecessary, and alert you to any damaged or corrupted files.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Got a printer? This app is an invaluable tool that’ll make your printing jobs an un-aggravating affair. The app is designed to help in situations where OS X’s Print Center won’t open, printers cant be added, and numerous other printing errors. Although the app can’t fix every problem, it’s highly capable of solving the most common ones.
Pseudo 1.2.3—Shareware
Brian Hill, brianhill@mac.com, http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.1 or later
Pseudo is a drag-and-drop application that allows you to launch other apps in OS X as a System Administrator, or the almighty root user. Just drop any application icon onto the Pseudo icon or into its interface, enter your password, and the program will launch with full administrative privileges.
Safari Enhancer 2.0.1—Freeware
Gordon Byrnes, gbyrnes@alaska.com, http://gordon.sourcecod.com/
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later, BSD subsystem installed
There’s a lot to like about Apple’s Safari Web browser—and a few things we don’t. Luckily, this app easily takes care of a few things without having to mess with Safari’s CSS doc by hand. With it, you can remove underlines from hyperlinks, enable the debug menu, make the status text in the Downloads window more readable, disable Safari’s cache, set a minimum font size, change hyperlink colors, remove and restore the brushed metal apperance, and more.
Requirements: Power Mac, Mac OS 9.2.2 or OS X 10.1.5 or later
It’s time to get a handle on all those fonts bloating your system. Suitcase allows you to preview, organize, and activate fonts for better font management. It allows you to automatically activate only the fonts you need when you need them, organize fonts into sets for better management, and includes FontDoctor to detect and repair fonts.
TinkerTool 2.32—Freeware
Marcel Bresink, http://www.bresink.de/osx/
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.1 or later
Do you want to control anti-aliasing of fonts? Would you like translucent terminal windows? Do you want to have all hidden files and folders displayed in the Finder? All that and many more hidden options of Mac OS X can be activated with the TinkerTool utility. TinkerTool lets you make all sorts of OS X system tweaks, such as put your Dock at the top of the screen, set the Suck In window-minimizing effect, and change the system fonts.
XBattery 0.6.1—Shareware
Jeremy Kezer, jbkezer@kagi.com, http://www.kezer.net/
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.1 or later
This OS X battery-monitoring utility allows you to view your i- or TiBook’s battery level and charging status in a user-configurable Dock icon. It also provides a variety of graphs that detail your ’Book’s battery info, such as its overall capacity and voltage level.
