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Password tools

autoID Password Manager 1.92

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Shareware - 15 days trial
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://batista.org

autoID can be used to log you into web sites and fill in web forms automatically. In addition to managing your ID's and passwords, autoID can input personal and credit card information on web pages.

Web Confidential 3.6.1

Operating system: Mac OS 9/X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.web-confidential.com

Password organiser for the Internet with strong cryptography (448-bit encryption) supporting Safari, Explorer and OmniWeb among others.

Wallet 1.1.2

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.waterfallsw.com

Use Wallet to keep passwords, credit cards, serial numbers, contacts, and more. Wallet can store almost anything you want.

Home improvements

Design Your Own Home Architecture

Operating system: Mac OS X in classic mode
Licence: Demo
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.abracadata.com

Design Your Own Home Architecture is a full featured drawing program. With this tool driven design program, planning and drawing your new floor plan in the precise 2D top view is a snap.

Design Your Own Home Landscape

Operating system: Mac OS X in classic mode
Licence: Demo
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.abracadata.com

Design Your Own Home Landscape provides you with the ability to draw landscape designs using inches or metric measurements. Plans are designed from the top view and then you can automatically see them from any of the four sides to give you a 3D perspective at 2D speed.

Swap

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.phelios.com/mac/

Play Swap FOREVER or for 60 seconds-or something in between. It's your choice, though you may want to play in Relax Mode, sit back and play without getting that knot in your neck. In Swap, work your mental agility and match similar bubbles. Your score can skyrocket if you explode the loads of bonuses. Choose your many options and game style then match it with your personality: Rush, Classic, Million, Relax. Which best describes YOUR personality?

Energy

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.phelios.com/mac/

Click on picture to enlarge Get the ball rolling and grab some Energy! No, we're not talking about those candy bars in the vending machines. Energy is a new 100-level puzzle to fill your free time with fun, and to give you that extra boost you need without copious amounts of sugar. Help out an old colourblind factory worker by sorting pétanque balls by colour. Once bases are filled with like-colored balls they energise, giving you the power to continue your colourful quest!

Crazy Golf 1.02

Operating system: Mac OS 9/X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://danlabgames.com

Crazy golf is a golf game in which the rules are a little different from traditional golf. The goal of the game is to get to the last hole. Additionally, you can play with a time assigned in the game mode "Against the clock".

Bugatron

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Demo
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.redmarblegames.com

Bugatron is an all-3D arcade shooter that sets itself apart from all the clones with creative level design that completely reinvents the genre.

SolarWolf 1.3

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.pygame.org/shredwheat/solarwolf/

SolarWolf is the recreation of a classic arcade game, SolarFox.


Movie trailer


Lord of the Rings: Return of the King trailer

Operating system: Mac/Windows
Licence: N/A
Minimum system requirements: Quicktime 6
Web: http://www.lordoftherings.net

Preview the final film in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. The Embassy Theatre, Wellington, NZ will be the home of the World Premiere screening on Monday, December 1st, 2003.

Christmas goodies

3D Christmas Ornaments

Operating system: Mac OS8/9/X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements: Shockwave Player (you should already have it, but if not, got to www.macromedia.com)
Web: http://www.sandiegoscreensavers.com/mac/ornaments-mac.html

Slowly drifting realistic 3D Christmas ornaments float with snowflakes. Music is big band version of Silent Night. Registered version has more ornament images and longer music file and doesn't have scrolling marquee.Contains animated images and MP3 sound

Mac OS 8&9

Mac OS X

3D Snowflakes

Operating system: Mac OS8/9/X
Licence: Shareware - Trial
Minimum system requirements: Shockwave Player (you should already have it, but if not, got to www.macromedia.com)
Web: http://www.sandiegoscreensavers.com/mac/snowflakes-mac.html

3D giant and smaller paterned snowflakes spin and fall against dark background. Background fiddle music lends an air of Winter Solstice. Registered version has more and larger snowflakes and doesn't have the registration reminder overlay text.

Frosted 1.2.1

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.skyrocketsoftware.com

Celebrate winter with your own digital snowman. Frosted comes to life and slides around his snowy world happy as can be. He even taunts you to throw snowballs at him. You may use Frosted for FREE, but if you register for $5.00, you get to throw snowball

NightLights 1.1.4

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.skyrocketsoftware.com

Decorate your Mac with lights and get ready for the Yuletide Season NightLights comes with both "Mini", and "C7" type light bulbs. You can choose to display either or both. You can also choose the blink time, or choose to have your lights burn steady. Y

Aqua Christmas Icons

Operating system: Mac OS X
Licence: Free
Minimum system requirements:
Web: http://www.xicons.com/details/605.html

Icons in this set: Candy Canes, Candy Canes in cup, Gingerbread House, Gingerbread Man, Heart (green, red), Holly, Mistletoe, Red Stocking, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus, Snowman, Wreath, Christmas Tree and Gifts, Xmas Trees.

Web browsers

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1.7 for "Classic" Mac OS

Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx
Operating System: OS 8.1 to 9.x
System Requirements:
Macintosh PowerPC; 16 MB of RAM. We also recommend that you turn on Virtual Memory by using the Memory control panel. 12 MB of available hard disk space; Apple QuickTime version 3.0 or later; 9600 bits per second (BPS) modem (28.8 Kbps or higher recommended). Open Transport 1.3 or later; for dial-up connections, Open Transport Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) software or similar PPP connection software, including a control panel and an extension.
License: Free

Whether you're searching for information, tracking online auctions, or browsing Web pages, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x makes it easy to make the most of the Web. With Mac-first innovations — such as Internet Scrapbook, which lets you collect pictures, receipts, and more — Internet Explorer makes the Web easy and fun. And perhaps best of all, it’s free!

This latest version — version 5.1.7 — resolves security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Internet Explorer 5.

Note Internet Explorer 5.1.7 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x is not compatible with Mac OS X. If you use Mac OS X, you can download and install Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS-X

Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx
Operating System: OS-X version 10.1.5 or later.
System Requirements:
Macintosh PowerPC; 128 MB of RAM; 19.9 MB of available hard disk space; Apple QuickTime version 5.0.2 or later; 9600 bits per second (BPS) modem (28.8 Kbps or higher recommended).
Internet connection through either an Internet service provider (ISP) or a network. Internet access might require a fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might also apply.
License: Free

This latest version — version 5.2.3 — enhances browser compatibility for users who work on a network with secure authentication or with proxy servers. It also provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS X.

Note Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X is not compatible with Mac OS 9.x or earlier. It requires features that are available only in Mac OS X. If you use Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x, you can download and install Internet Explorer 5.1.6 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x.

 

Compression utilities (programs that 'unpack' software you have downloaded)

Stuffit Expander 7.0.3

Web Site: http://www.stuffit.com
System Requirements: PowerPC or higher; Mac OS® 8.6 or higher, including Mac OS X; 10.2 Jaguar compatible
License: Free

Free, award-winning StuffIt Expander™ gives you access to virtually any file you download from the Internet or receive in your email. Expander handles all common compression formats, including .sitx archives created by the new StuffIt X file format. Whether you come across a file compressed on a PC, Mac, or other platform, Expander helps you open it quickly and easily.

For Classic Mac OS

For Mac OS-X

NOTE: StuffIt Expander 7.0.3 is a FREE component of StuffIt Standard Edition 7.0.3. This means that installing StuffIt Expander will result in the install of an unregistered StuffIt Standard Edition package. Also included in the StuffIt Standard Edition installer are unregistered shareware versions of DropStuff™, DropZip™ and DropTar™.

 

File viewers and readers


Adobe Acrobat Reader

Web Site: http://www.adobe.com
Operating System: OS 8.6 up to Mac OS X (10.2.6)
License:
Free

Acrobat PDF files are the Web's version of electronic paper. Many documents are saved as PDFs to preserve the layout and fonts of the original document. When you view PDFs on screen, or print them on paper, they look exactly as the author intended. For this reason, Acrobat PDF files are very popular, and to read them, you need this program.


Acrobat 5.1 for OS 9.1 - 10.2.1

Acrobat 6 for OS 10.2.2 - 10.2.6


Microsoft Media Player 7.1

Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/
Operating System: OS 8.1 or later (Mac OS 8.6 or later recommended), Mac OS X
System Requirements (OS 8.1+): PowerPC 603e 180 MHz or higher processor; 32 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM; Virtual Memory turned on; 10 MB of free hard disk space; Monitor color depth of 256 colors (Millions of colors recommended); Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 or later (Internet Explorer 5 or later recommended), Netscape Navigator 4.x (PowerPC version), Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later (PowerPC version), or America Online for Macintosh 4.0 or 5.0
System Requirements (OS X): Apple Mac OS version 10.1; Any computer supported by Mac OS X version 10.1 with a processor that is 233 MHz or higher; 128 megabytes (MB) or higher; 10 MB of free hard disk space; Monitor color depth of 256 colors (Millions of colors recommended); Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac, or America Online for Mac OS X
License:
Free

You can use this for playing a whole range of media formats, including Microsoft's Windows-based audio and video clips

for Classic OS

for OS-X only

Chat clients


ICQ for Mac

Web Site: http://www.icq.com
License: Free

ICQ is one of the world's largest cross-platform online community for chatting.

ICQ 3.02 for Mac OS 8.1 - 8.5

ICQ 3.2 for Mac OS 8.6

ICQ 3.4 for Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS-X

 

 

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