This text editor is useful for anyone writing books, articles, essays, etc. Rather than focusing on formatting like word processors, AllWrite focuses on the text content itself by providing shortcuts for often-used words, removing double spaces and other typing errors, search and replacement of words, and more.
BBEdit Lite 4.1 - Freeware
Bare Bones Software, Voice 617-778-3100, bbsw@barebones.com, http://www.barebones.com/
This is a derivative of BBEdit 4.5, the popular text and HTML editor for Web authors, programmers, and anyone else who needs to edit plain-text files. You will need this to view some of the Read Me’s of software on this disc.
This complete bibliography/reference and information management system was designed with the professional in mind. You can rapidly collect and maintain references, citations, and notes; format to strict journal specifications; automatically generate bibliographies and footnotes; and publish your information on the Web.
Do visions of G3’s and iMacs dance in your head? Make your dream become a reality by letting Debt Wizard compute your monthly payments and scheduling to fit your financial situation. This program can help solve financial problems by creating portfolios and generating payment schedules that will help you resolve your debts. So go ahead and buy that Mac.
This personal checking, savings, and credit card account management program features quick and easy set-up, pop-up menus to speed data entry, automatic calculations, account overview, and more. And it’s Year 2000 compliant.
This little program allows you to print a catalog of all your fonts. A must for anyone like me who has exceeded the amount of fonts your System suitcase can hold.
This is the ultimate utility for anyone who works with graphical fonts everyday (Desktop Publishers, graphic artists, etc.). FontBook gives you an overview of every character in a given font, you can print reference cards of favorite or often-used fonts, and lets you see and compare styles, sizes, ascii, and much more!
Hardotheque 5.1 - Shareware
Stephane Megecaze, mgkz@kagi.com
This relational database of 8 FileMaker Pro files is the ultimate music resource management program. Keep track of your album collection including reviews, ratings, excerpts, lyrics; keep tabs on your favorite artists including pictures, biographies, internet addresses, discographies; catalog an entire record label; create cassette and CD booklets; and much, much more!
MacMidas 1.2 - Trial
Ken Philips, master@macmidas.com, http://www.macmidas.com
Worried about the future? Will Social Security be a reality by the time you retire? If you’re blankly staring at the investment trail, this program can help. MacMidas makes it easy to create accounts, track investments, and assess your progress by generating charts and reports that can import stock quotes and Quicken data.
Nag 1.2 - Shareware
Mark Tully, tnt@kagi.com, http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mtdesign/
This electronic personal organizer is a reminder program that will bring up a window on your Mac with a message detailing whatever it is that you set it to. It also gives you the time of your next programmed nag.
Formerly known as SysLog, sLog is a simple program that helps you keep track of when a Mac has started up, shut down, or crashed. You can track how often a computer is being used or find out if someone is using it who shouldn’t be. It’s also beneficial when troubleshooting your system.
Software & Hardware Tracker 3.1 - Shareware
DXoft, support@dxoft.com, http://www.dxoft.com
This collection of FileMaker Pro relational databases is designed to let you easily manage information about all of your computer products. It keeps track of contact information for software and hardware developers, distributors, and places of purchase. You can also keep track of what software is installed on each computer, licensing information for products, and more.
StoryProject 3.5 - Shareware
Karl Dolenc, kdolenc@hotmail.com, http://members.xoom.com/storyproject
Here’s something for all you budding or aspiring writers out there. This professional story development tool helps you write story outlines and provides non-linear tools suited to the development of story structure. These three features are Events, Threading, and Spotlighting.
This easy to use, lightweight spreadsheet program offers an alternative to other spreadsheet software in that it uses little memory and launches fast. This program handles basic calculations and formulas.
Tex-Edit Plus 2.3.4 - Encourage-future-development-and thank-you-ware
This scriptable, styled text editor fills the gap between Apple’s bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor. It supports drag & drop, Apple’s Speech Manager, and can even clean up text for transfer over the internet.
For Palm Pilot users only. This productive program enhances the way you work with the Palm organizer’s To Do and Datebook items. This demo will expire 21 days after launch.