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Sys Menu 1.0  | |
| System Requirements: Mac OS 8.5 or later | Price: $15 |
| Sys Menu is a control panel that will add extra items to your menu bar. Open folders, change system settings, launch application, and more.. With subfolders, and complete customizability, you can set up this control panel any way you like. Plus, with plugins, you can make it do special things, for different applications. However, I have to give it a lower rating, because it's an extra load on your system, that you don't really need. Other than that, it works great. | |
Simple Diary 1.6  | |
| System Requirements: Mac OS 8.0 or later | Price: $15 |
| Ever want to jot stuff down on your computer, but at the same time keep it secret? Well this little application will do that fo you, quickly and easily. It let's you create password protected "Diaries" that can be used to store whatever personal notes you want. It's organized by date, so finding old notes is a breeze. Also, you can print out your notes, import text files, and even export to text or HTML files. It would be a perfect little app if it wasn't quite so overpriced for the features. | |
Iconizer Pro 1.3.8  | |
| System Requirements: Mac OS 8.6 or later | Price: $0 |
| Ever get one of those CDs, or download a program that has a bunch of icons lined up perfectly to make a picture? Ever wonder how in the world they do that? Well, they could use photoshop or some other graphics program, to take a long time cutting up the image, and making icons for empty folders. Or, they use this program. Iconizer will take your picture, cut it up, and make icons out of it all in one quick swoop. It fast, easy to use, and even lines up the icons for you. Make your folders look like the professionals. | |
Dot What 1.2  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac with Mac OS 8.0 or higher | Price: $15 |
| If you have ever downloaded a file, or received a file from a friend, but have no idea what it is, you can use this little program to help you identify it. By entering the three character extension, you will see what kind of file it is, what application(s) is belongs to, and a list of websites where you can get that application. If it wasn't for a steep $15 price tag, this program would be perfect for what it does. | |
ICQ 2.5b  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac or 68k | Price: $0 |
| ICQ is a small application that acts somewhat like and Instant Messanger, with some nice extra features. For instance, it takes up less memory and system resources, has message waiting when you aren't signed on, and includes free email. However, it doesn't have some other nice features like a stock ticker (yes, I like that), and makes you remember a huge string of numbers for your 'name' (mine is:107085458). But, with such a large user database, it can be hard to ignore. | |
Expression 1.3.5  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac with MacOs 8.0 or later, Microsoft Outlook Express 5.x or Entourage 2001 | Price: $0 |
| Expression is a one of a kind program. It easily lets you create sound sets that can be used with Outlook Express 5.x or Entourage 2001. In fact, this is really the only way to create sounds sets unless you want to use ResEdit. With an attarctive interface, no cost, and exclusivity, this is a program you need if you are using Outlok Express or Entourage. | |
Aquamatic 1.0  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac with MacOs 8.0 or later | Price: $10 |
| Aquamatic is a very nice little application that can be used to make aqua-esque buttons and title bars. You can select button size, text attributes, button type, and even button color. Plus, you can add downloadable pluggins to make even more colors. Simply the quickest and easiest way to create aqua stuff for a web page. | |
Finder Menu Tuner 1.5  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac with MacOs 8.5 or later | Price: $15 |
| Finder Menuy Tuner is a simple control panel that lets you assign menu icons, and keyboard shortcuts to various Finder tasks. With a very simple interface, you can quickly asign your favorite key commands to those things you do most. Empty the trash, put your Mac to sleep, clean up the icons, whatever you like, you can do faster than ever. Navigate your Mac like never before. | |
Birthdays and Such 1.4  | |
| 68020 or later running Mac OS 6.0 or later | Price: Contribution |
| Birthdays and Such is a simple program that will display your important dates. Bills, apointments, birthdays, holidays, and whatever else you want. You can set it up so the window will come up when you want, or every time you start up your Mac. However, editing dates can be a challenge. You have to edit an external file, that can be hard to understand unless you actually read the readme. This could be a very helpful application if it wasn't for that. | |
Crush FTP 2b6  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac with the latest version of MRJ, SWING | Price: $20 |
| Do you need a FTP server, but don't have big bucks to set one up? Well then, Crush FTP is for you. By using JAVA, this small applet is the simplest way to set up a FTP server on your Mac. With tons of features, customization, and everything you will find in a commercial application, you can't lose with this app. | |
Game Maker 3.09  | |
| System Requirements: 68020 or later, Mac OS 7.0 or later, 2.5 MB RAM, 16 colors | Price: $20 |
| So, you want to make games, but don't want to learn a programming language? The GameMaker is for you. Create some graphics, enter some text, hit a button here and there, and you have yourself a game. Plus, for more advanced users, there is an option to use a BASIC like code to break the boundries of this application. Easily the fastest and simpliest way to create adventure games. | |
Geometry Calculator 1.5.1  | |
| System Requirements: 68k or PowerMac with Mac OS 7.6 or later, including Mac OS X | Price: $19 |
| Geometery Claculator will take shapes, and calculate area and surface area. It can do this in nonspecific units, or convert units to metric, engligh, etc. While it does work good, I think the $19 price is unreasonable for what it does. If it included parameter, length, centery of mass/gravity, center of inertia, volume, etc, then it might be worth it. But the few calculations it does doesn't even justify a $3 price let alone a $19 price tag. | |
MaxNews 0.80  | |
| System Requirements: PowerMac | Price: $0 |
| MaxNews is a very useful program for those people who use usenet services. It contains the ability to reply and forward by mail, Contact list, Authentican for posting, ROT-13 encoding/decoding, and even veiwing usenet messages offline. That last of which being the most helpflu as it can grab the latest posting from your favorite boards, save them to a disk, and have them ready for later veiwing. A program such as this is a must if you are a usenet regular. | |
Uptime 1.0  | |
| System Requirements: 68040 or PowerMac with Mac OS 8.0 or later. | Price: $9 |
| Uptime is a program that tracks how long your computer was on between restarts, shutdowns, and even crashes. With it's easy to use interface, major customization, and being an application (instead of a control panel or extension), this is the perfect application for Macs being used as servers. But, it also has a use for those not using it as a server. You can check out how much time you or someone else is on your computer, see the exact time of crashes (helpful if you are away), and much more. All in all, a very useful program. | |
Who Installed 1.1.3  | |
| System Requirements: Any Mac with Mac OS 7.0.1 or later | Price: $6 |
| Who Installed is a program that will watch your System Folder, so you know exactly what gets installed, overwritten, etc. This is great news for those who want to keep their system running at it's peek, while installing all of the latest and greatest software. However, this interface for this program is difficult to learn, but once you have done it a few times, there is nothing to it. Try this program to make sure your System Folder isn't messed up by another installation. | |
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