You can find them: on Info-Mac (and on its mirror sites), on many FTP sites around the world, on several local BBSes (BTW: if your local BBS doesn't have any of programs below, please, upload it…), on several CD-Rom (such as BBS-In-A-Box), on several CD-ROM magazines, through many user groups, and so on…
Feel free to contact me, for any question.
• Overview.
Note: any program below (except the most recent) reports the Info-Mac directory from where you can download it.
Be careful: all programs require at least System 7 to run.
√…37thResEx 1.2.1 shareware $10
37thResEx 1.2.1 is an application to extract resources from files. It has two modes:
Mode 1: Drag&Drop (automatic extraction), to extract all resources of type 'snd ', 'TEXT', 'XCMD','XFCN', 'PICT', 'ppat', 'ICON' and icon family. Icon familes extracted by 37thResEx 1.2.1, show such icon on the desktop, 'snd ' resources extracted by 37thResEx 1.2.1 have type 'sfil" ad creator "movr" (to play them by double-clicking...), 'TEXT' resources are saved in text files, 'PICT' resources are saved in pict files.
Mode 2 : Application (custom extraction).
To extract any resource type.
Also 37thResEx 1.2.1 can move the extracted resources into an existing file (with 'Unique ID' option available), supports the dragging of multiple items and, in Drag&Drop mode, is able to work in background and tracks the command-period/escape-key typing.
√…DocJet 1.2.0 shareware$10
DocJet 1.2.0 is a wonderful utility for opening any file type, folders, disks, by means of an alternative application. With DocJet 1.2.0 you can also link any given application to a key (and you choose the key…): when you drag a file, or folder, or disk, while holding down that key, your file is opened by the linked application.
Last but not least, DocJet 1.2.0 can directly open any file type, including cdevs, desk accessories, disks, folders, simply by typing a key. At last, you can remove any alias from your desktop and leave there DocJet 1.2.0 only…
Besides, DocJet 1.2.0 is very very easy to configure.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/doc-jet-12.hqx; 52K]
√…Substitute 1.6.0 shareware$10
Substitute 1.6.0 can be used as Mini Finder but as well as Desktop Utility, the package contains a version for each use. It's neat and very small with several, useful, options:
-Processes management. Also it tracks the foreground process and returns any got info in the main window.
-It can format and/or initialize disks, removables and diskettes, with "verify" option on or off. A "Verification only" option is available.
-It can launch Applications and Desk Accessories with the skill to make lists of Applications and Desk Accessories, and run them from a proper menu.
-It's able to copy (even in background), to delete, to lock/unlock files.
-It can move/rename, files, folders, disks (a disk can't be moved :-) obviously).
-It can make full aliases of files, folders, disks.
-It can gather informations about files, folders and disks.
-SoundLevel and ApplicationFont management.
-It tracks all online volumes. Also it reports any Keyboard Layout available.
-Shutdown/Restart option available.
√…ToScrap 1.1.0 shareware$10
ToScrap 1.1.0 is a Drag&Drop application, it copies data from dragged file, without open it, directly into Clipboard. In other words, if you drag, for example, a 'PICT' file on ToScrap 1.1.0 icon, the PICT will be copied into Clipboard, but the file containing the PICT will remain closed. The data copied can be pasted, naturally, following the usual procedure, but ToScrap 1.1.0 is very useful to check, quickly, the contents of files. For example if you leave opened the Clipboard window then drag a 'TEXT' file on ToScrap 1.1.0 icon, you can read the text, comfortably and fast, without use a word
processor…There's another nice and useful feature: from ToScrap 1.1.0 about box you can gather info about current scrap file, also you can manage some its aspect, specifically clear the Scrap, read the Scrap into memory and put
the Scrap on disk.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/to-scrap-11.hqx; 35K]
√…YellowView 1.1.0 shareware$10
YellowView 1.1 is a documents creator/viewer with some useful option: you can create many documents and enclose, to every document, a pict, a sound, a text (even styled), an icon family, a file, a Registration Form.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/yellow-view-11.hqx; 85K]
√…The Musician 2.1.0 shareware$10
The Musician 2.1 is a Drag&Drop application to play 'snd ' resources from each dropped file. The Musician 2.1 is able to scan, quickly, many HD, CD, diskettes, folders, to find 'snd ' resources to play and returns a lot of informations, while
it's working. The Musician 2.1 can also work, very fast, in background and supports the Command-period/escape key tracking. DropKey: if you drag one or more items on its icon, while option key is down, when The Musician 2.1 finds 'snd ' resources in a file, tells you how many sounds that file contains and asks for consent, before to play them.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/the-musician-21.hqx; 34K]
√…HypnOptic 1.0.3 postcardware
HypnOptic 1.0.3, the mad, acid, savescreen application that will drive you crazy if you watch it carefully…
Postcardware. Enjoy.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/hypnoptic-103.hqx; 20K]
√…The Eraser 2.0.0 shareware$10
The Eraser 2.0.0 is a Drag&Drop utility to erase locked/unlocked files, nested folders, hard disks and diskettes. In "disk" mode The Eraser performs a complete deletion of disk catalog (without initializing/verifying process). In "file" mode, instead, The Eraser can perform a simple deletion (to allow the recovery of erased files by appropriate utilities) or a security deletion, by using a sophisticated procedure (to make impossible the recovery of erased files by whatever
utilities). You can choose many options to determine how The Eraser showld work in "Security Erasing" mode. The Eraser 2.0.0 returns a lot of informations while is working and allows to stop its performance at any time. It diversifies its action by drop keys, moreover works fine and fast in background.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/eraser-20.hqx; 53K]
√…FileT&C 2.0.0 shareware$10
FileT&C 2.0.0 is a Drag&Drop application to change file type & creator…It's very useful for normal use, but is really cool when works, quickly, with a lot of file, therefore supports the dragging of disks and folders and works fine and fast in background…FileT&C 2.0.0 has some useful drop keys to change, on the fly, using the preferred type and creator set in the preferences and skipping the "Request Dialog" . Also you can instruct FileT&C 2.0.0 to skip, during its performance, some file type.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-tc-20.hqx; 45K]
√…TranStile 1.0.1 shareware$5
Many applications and documents have 'styl' resources inside them. If you're running a non-Roman 2-byte script system (Japanese, Korean, Chinese…), and if your machine is not really fast, the first text drawing can be rather slow, when you open a file compiled under a Roman 1-byte script system. This is because your System should translate the style of text, before showing it. To dramatically increase the text drawing speed, you should drop your file onto TranStyle 1.0.1 before using it. TranStyle 1.0.1 has several option to translate styles, also it can zap all 'styl' resources from file dropped and works very fine in background…
TranStyle 1.0.1 works with any file type (applications or documents).
[Archived as /info-mac/text/trans-style-101.hqx; 41K]
√…Filelock 1.3.0 shareware$10
New version of the Drag&Drop application which locks/unlocks anything! Filelock 1.3.0 can lock/unlock, within few seconds, all files, diks,folders (even nested) dragged. It locks unlocked files and unlock the locked ones, but supports Drop Keys: all files dragged will be locked by pressing Option key, instead, by pressing Command key, all files will be unlocked. Also Filelock 1.3.0 supports the dragging of multiple items, is able to work in background and tracks the command-period/escape-key typing.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/filelock-13.hqx; 32K]
√…DragPack 1.0.0 shareware$5
DragPack 1.0 is a collection of simple Drag&Drop utilities. In this package you can find the first, out-of-date, version of some application above, furthermore you can find the following, not yet updated, applications:
•…Fileshow 1.0 to make files invisible/visible.
•…Filealias 1.0 to make full aliases of files, folders, disks.
•…FilePreSuf 1.0 to add same prefix or suffix to the name of all dragged files, folders, disks.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/drag-pack-10.hqx; 58K]
