Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later
CiphSafe is a great little app for keeping track of passwords, Web site logins, and other info that you need to keep safe.
Cocktail 3.0—Freeware
Dicom Datautveckling AB, http://www.dicom.se/
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 9.x or OS X 10.1.2 or later
Dantz Retrospect Desktop for Mac is a powerful backup application for backing up whole systems or selected files to tape, hard disks, CD/DVD, removable media (like Zip), or even FTP sites.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later, 128MB RAM, second hard drive or network volume to store recovered files
When you think of disk utilities, you usually think disk repair, but Prosoft’s Data Rescue is concerned with more important things than a replaceable hard drive—namely, your irreplaceable data. Try this demo to see how many files Data Rescue can find on your fubarred drive, and even rescue them (but only one per session unless you buy the full version).
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Deja Vu is a super-simple backup utility that runs from within your System Preferences. The app allows you to schedule unattended backups of certain folders or even your entire system. Its simple elegance is worth the price alone.
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.1 or later
LaunchBar is a file-finding utility that allows you to find any folder, file, app, or what have you on your hard drive—just type a few letters of what you’re looking for and the app will find it for you, lickety-split. Use it to find documents, email addresses, preference panes, apps, bookmarks, and more.
ScriptSaver 2.0.1—Freeware
Matthew M. Swann, swannman@mac.com, http://homepage.mac.com/swannman
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X
This interesting screensaver module can execute any AppleScript when it activates. With it, you can have the app launch scripts to log you out, refresh a folder, empty the trash, launch an app, or anything else whenever the screensaver kicks in.
TinkerTool 3.01—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.
