The System 7 Companion Pack! contains six great utilities for System 7.
1. QuickFinder - Mini-Finder and application launcher that lets you rename, copy, move, and get information about files. You can launch applications by simply double-clicking on a scrolling application list. And with the new “Add All Apps” button, you can install all applications on your hard drive with a single mouse click.
2. FKEY Master - Innovative program that lets you manage your FKEYs. You'll be able to easily install and remove FKEY's in your System file.
3. SuperFind - A universal find and replace command for your Finder. You specify search criteria (name, type, and/or creator) and SuperFind will change all such files to the type, creator, and/or name that you request.
4. Alias ---> Apple Menu - Simply drag and drop a file on top of the Alias ---> Apple Menu icon and an alias to the file will be put into the Apple Menu Items folder. From now on, you'll be able to access that file from the Apple Menu!
5. MultiAlias - Simply drag and drop one or more files on top of the MultiAlias icon. MultiAlias will then make aliases with the names and locations you provide.
6. SuperAlias - Drag and drop one or more application files on top of the SuperAlias file. SuperAlias will then create a "SuperAlias" file. SuperAlias files contain more than one application. When opened from the Finder, SuperAlias files can launch several applications. Regular aliases point to only one file. SuperAliases can point to an unlimited amount of applications!
Instructions for using the System 7 Pack Companion
QuickFinder
The QuickFinder window is divided into two sections: Finder Commands & Launch Commands.
The Finder Commands section contains five commands.
Move - To move a file, click on the Move button. The standard open file dialog will come up. Select the file you want to move. The standard save dialog will now come up. You can type a new name if you’d like to rename the file while moving it. Click the “Save” button when you’ve specified the correct folder to move the file to.
Copy - Follow the move instructions. Instead of moving the file, QuickFinder will copy the file.
Delete - Click on the Delete button. The standard open file dialog will come up. Select the file you want to delete. QuickFinder will then delete the file.
Rename - Click on the Rename button. A Rename Dialog box will come up. Type a new name into the rename text box. Then press OK.
File Information - To change the creator, type, or Finder flags of a file, click on the File Information button. The standard open file dialog will come up. Select the file you’d like to get information on. A dialog box will come up with the name, creator, type, and Finder flags of the file. You can now make the changes you’d like to make to the file. Press OK to save your changes.
The Launch Commands section contains four commands.
Launch - The Launch button launches the selected application in the Launch List.
Add Apps - Searches your disk for applications and adds them all to your Launch List. This exclusive feature is the easiest way to add applications to your launch list!
Add File… - Click on this button to add a new application (or the Finder) to your Launch List.
Remove… - Click on this button to remove the selected application from the Launch List.
The last section contains three more buttons.
Terminate Finder - Press this button to send the “quit” AppleEvent to the Finder. If you’re low on memory, you might want to terminate the Finder to save some memory.
Quit - Quits QuickFinder. (Say this line 10 times fast!)
About… - Yields an about box.
Just about all the buttons have command key equivalents. Just type the Command Key and the letter or number next to the slash in the buttons.
You can also launch an application by double-clicking on an application in the substitution list. And you can add the Finder to your list of applications if you’d like.
FKEY Master
FKEYs are small programs which can be launched by pressing command-shift and a number from 0 through 9. FKEYs have been written to do millions of things from changing the monitor depth to changing the volume.
FKEYs 1 and 2 are reserved by Apple. Command-shift-1 ejects the internal drive. Command-shift-2 ejects the external drive.
FKEY 3 is Apple's screen snapshot utility. You can replace this FKEY if you like.
FKEY 0 and FKEYs 3-9 are available for your own FKEYs. Those are the FKEYs "slots" that you'll be able to customize with FKEY Master.
FKEY Master is based on these slots. The best way to learn the interface is to follow along with your Mac as you read this document.
First, double-click on the FKEY Master icon in the Finder. You should see the FKEY Master window. The numbers 0 through 9 in the window represent the 10 FKEY slots. The "clipboard" on top of the screen will show you the FKEY last copied to the clipboard.
The first step is to select an FKEY ID Slot you'd like to work with. Let's pick ID Slot 3. Most likely your Mac has Apple's screenshot FKEY in slot 3. Click anywhere in the box that surrounds that ID.
You should now see a dialog box containing 5 buttons: Copy, Paste, Remove, Install, and OK. The buttons do pretty much what you would expect them to.
"Copy" copies the selected FKEY into the clipboard (on top of the screen.)
"Paste" pastes the FKEY currently stored in the clipboard into the selected ID Slot. "Remove" removes the selected FKEY.
"Install" lets you install an FKEY from an outside file into the selected ID Slot.
Installing FKEYs from an outside file is easy. After clicking on an id slot, press on the "Install…" button. Then select the file that contains the FKEY you want to install. If the file only contains 1 FKEY, FKEY Master will install that FKEY automatically. However, if the file contains more than one FKEY, you'll have to tell FKEY Master which one you want.
If the file has more than one FKEY, a new dialog box will appear with three buttons: OK, Cancel, and Next. "OK" will install the FKEY named in the dialog. (If the name is not present, it will display its ID Number.) "Cancel" will cancel the entire installation operation. "Next" will go to the next FKEY in the file. Keep on pressing "Next" until you see the FKEY you want to install. Then Press "OK."
To save all your changes, simply select the "Save Changes" menu item from the File Menu. Then select "Quit" to quit the program.
SuperFind
SuperFind searches your volume based on three search criteria: name, type, and/or creator. It then changes all found files to a new name, type, and/or creator that you specify.
SuperFind is very easy to use and does not require much explanation.
First, specify your search criteria. To turn a specification on, check its checkbox. Then, type in the type, creator, or name in the box.
The “type” of a file contains 4 characters that tell the Finder what kind of file it is. They are case sensitive. For example, all applications are type “APPL” Text files are type “TEXT”
The “creator” of a file contains 4 characters that tell the Finder which application made the file. For example, Microsoft Word files have the creator “MSWD” TeachText files have the creator “ttxt”.
The “name” can contain any part of a filename. If you search for “Write”, SuperFind will find both “WriteNow” and “MacWrite”.
Now, set the Change options.
To change the type of found files, check the Type box and enter a four character type.
To change the creator of found files, check the Creator box and enter a four character creator.
To rename found files, check the “Name” box and enter a new name.
Finally, click on the “Find” button. SuperFind will search your volume for all files that meet your search criteria and make the changes you requested.
Example: Changing all text files to Microsoft Word files.
If you wanted to change all text files on your disk to Microsoft Word text files, you would take the following steps:
1) Check the Search section’s Type checkbox. Then, type in “TEXT” into the type box.
2) Check the Change section’s Creator checkbox. Then, type in “MSWD” into the creator box.
3) Click on the Find button. SuperFind will start searching and changing all found files. Quit the SuperFind program and check the files in the Finder to see your changes!
Found files are then listed in the scrolling list box. To change one of these files, simply select it and press one of the file command buttons on the right.
SuperAlias
Simply drag two or more applications onto the SuperAlias icon. SuperAlias will then allow you to choose a name for the new SuperAlias so that you can save it on your disk. From now on you can double-click on your newly created SuperAlias to open several applications!
MultiAlias
Simply drag one or more files onto the MultiAlias. MultiAlias will then allow you to choose the names and locations to save the aliases to those files.
Alias ---> Apple Menu
Simply drag one or more files onto the Alias ---> Apple Menu icon. Alias ---> Apple Menu will then install an alias in the Apple menu.
Technical Support
Technical support is available to all users of the System 7 Companion Pack! at no charge. You may contact our technical support staff (i.e., the author!) if you have any problems with or questions about the System 7 Companion Pack! We’re also very open to suggestions for improvements to the program.
You can call the author direct at (908) 549-0590 between the hours of 3 P.M. and 9 P.M. Ask for Adam Stein and he’ll be glad to be of service. He still believes in old-fashioned service with a smile!
