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Easy Keys (v.1.7) 94K Freeware |
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Easy Keys by Kerry Clendinning will provide you with a Control Panel that enables you to use Function keys or Key Combinations to launch applications, desk accessories or control panels. |
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8Tuner (v3.5.2) 598K (not compatible with Mac OS 9) Shareware
For 9Tuner go here! (9Tuner is compatible with OS 9) |
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8Tuner is an application that modifies certain resources in your System and Finder to change the appearances and functionalities of your Mac OS 8. Since all changes are modified directly in your system software, the changes do not require extra system memory to function. Mac OS 8, 68040 or PowerPC are required to run 8Tuner. Mac OS 8.x Only. Compatible with Mac OS 8.6 Final Release. |
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EmptyTempFolder (v1.6.3) 410K Freeware |
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EmptyTempFolder by John Schilling will look into the Temp Folder and allow you to empty it. Mac OS use to empty this temporary folder for you by placing the items in the Trash if you crashed. Currently with Mac OS 9 it will keep the items in there. This can grow over time to a very large size. (see Also Eradicator below or AutoPurge on Page 1) |
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Eradicator (v1.2.1) 624K Freeware |
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Eradicator by Scott Crick will look into the Temp Folder and allow you to empty it. Mac OS use to empty this temporary folder for you by placing the items in the Trash if you crashed. Currently with Mac OS 9 it will keep the items in there. This can grow over time to a very large size. (see Also EmptyTempFolder above or AutoPurge on Page 1) |
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ExtendIt (v1.0) 2K Freeware |
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Four FKeys to add the following commands to smaller keyboards: Home, End, PageUp, PageDown. |
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Extension Strip (v.1.9.3) 325K Beta (v2.0) Shareware (compatible with Mac OS9) |
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Extension Strip is my "Control Strip" of choice. This replacement for the Control Strip that ships with Mac OS is much more customizable. It's dynamic (read--no need to restart) add/remove feature is worth the shareware price alone. Add to this the fact that you can have more then one strip as needed makes this and indispensable piece of software on my machine. Find modules here. |
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EudoraThing 82K Optional $$ |
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EudoraThing, from Arlo Rose, allows you change the color of the reply-to text in Eudora. Go here for a plethora of edits for Eudora. |
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Finder Fixer (v.1.0) 8K (Limited usefullness with OS 9.0) |
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Finder Fixer is an older control panel that can still serve a use with the newer OS's. With this control panel you can assign more memory to the Finder which may help prevent error messages and actually increase performance. |
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File Freak (v.2.1) 196K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Freeware |
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File Freak by John Scalo is a wonderful search tool for the Mac. From The read me: File Freak (formerly known as The Apper) is a simple program that offers a new and better way to get at your files. Rather than navigating through several levels of folders in the Finder, or using Apple's relatively slow Sherlock search program, just start typing the name of the file you're looking for into the File Freak window. File Freak dynamically minimizes the matching list of files as you type. Then you have several commands at your disposal including open, move to trash, and open enclosing folder. File Freak also supports wildcard searching and drag-and-drop. |
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FinderNote (v2.1 beta 2) 278K Freeware |
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If you find yourself wishing you could edit the clippings files that you make, then you want to try this program out. FinderNote is a basic text editor that will also allow you to edit Text, URL and Pict clippings with ease. Although this version is in beta it is touted as having better stability then version 2, which is still available here! Alternate download may be here! |
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FinderPop (v1.8.6) 192K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Pintware Version 187fc6 fixes Nav problems and includes an HTML manual |
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A brilliant feature of Mac OS is the ability to have a contextual menu appear when the control key is held down and you mouse click. There are times however when you may not want to be bothered holding the control key down or can't. When? well when you are lounging back in your chair surfing!! FinderPop adds Control-free CMM popup -- just click and hold. It has so many other features and is so stable that you must try it to believe it. |
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Focus Bus Tool™ (v1.0.1) 55K Freeware |
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Focus Bus Tool™ by Focus Softworks will reset the mouse if it goes wacky. If your mouse starts to act jerky or you notice that typing text cause some letters to drop out this little program will help. |
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Forker (v1.3) 16K Freeware |
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From the read me: Forker is a little hack I put together which fools ResEdit into editing the data forks of files.When you open files in ResEdit with Forker active you will see an additional resource, type '<DF>', ID 128 in each file that you open. This resource contains the contents of the file's data fork, and editing it and saving your changes will likewise modify the file's data fork. For a demonstration go here. |
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Forward Delete (v1.1.4) 8K Freeware |
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Forward Delete is a small extension that enable the del on extended keyboards. This will allow you to delete the character directly in front of the cursor "I" beam. |
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Fractastic! (v1.0) 180K (Mac OS 9.0.x compatible) Freeware |
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Fractastic! by Jake Olefsky is a full screen fractal drawing program that can draw the famous Mandelbrot, Julia and Newton equations among others. The images make perfect Desktop Pictures! To run this program you will need to get a copy of Apple's Draw Sprockets library and install it into your system folder, or place a copy of the library in the same folder as Fractastic! You can get the latest verstion of draw sprockets here. |
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FunKeys (v.1.5) 170K Shareware |
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FunKeys by Rampell Software From the homepage: "FunKeys is an incredibly useful utility for the Macintosh. What FunKeys allows you to do, basically, is "program" those function keys on the top of your keyboard to do things. (The keys F1, F2, F3, F4, etc. They are only on extended keyboards, which most Macs have). Most of us Mac users never even use those things, as they are unsupported by many programs; FunKeys not only gives them a use, but it also makes them really useful." |
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Gerry's ICQ (beta) 516K Freeware |
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Gerry's ICQ is another client for internet chatting. Similar to Miralibis and AOL it will allow a user to communicate in real-time with others on the internet who use this software. It is very MAC friendly and if you are already a user of Mirabilis's ICQ client, you can use your account in Gerry's ICQ too. You must first get your ICQ Number from the Mirablis client. |
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Glidel (v4.1) 205K Shareware |
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Glidel is a system extension that extends the Finder's drag-and-drop abilities within System 7. You can select any icon currently visible, either on your Desktop or in an open folder, and drag it to any icon in the menu bar. |
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Gramotki (v1.5.11) 704K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Shareware |
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This is a personal favorite. The amount of usability is virtually limitless. If you use Apple's Stickies then you will love the next step that Gramotki takes you towards this needed area. You can drag and drop text/URl's/ folders/images of any kind, and of course copy and paste. In fact when I am doing updates I have one open to drag and drop any and all the info I need to do the updates. Of course ResExcellence has found a way to further improve on Gramotki! |
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Gravité (v.2.0) 80K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) (email or postcard-ware) |
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Gravité by Sylvain Demongeot From the read me: "Gravité makes Macintosh Drag & Drop look and feel more like the real thing. When Gravité is installed, dragged objects (Finder icons, image clips…) behave according to laws of mechanics such as gravity, inertia and friction." |
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Greg's Browser (v2.6.1) 584K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Shareware |
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Greg's Browser is a fast and compact file navigation utility based on the NeXT directory browser, thus giving you a preview of how the Rhapsody Finder may look and behave. Version 2.6.x is now compatible with Mac OS 9 and updates the interface slightly. This version fixes problems with 32-bit icons. |
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Helpless (v1.1.1) 282K Shareware |
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HelpLess is a System Extension and Control Panel that helps people with extended keyboards avoid the annoying delay that occurs when the Help key is hit by accident instead of the delete key. In addition on machines running Mac OS8 HelpLess will allow you to restore the Help menu to the same location as it had on machines running System 7.x. But don't stop there, replace the Help menu text with an icon or completely rename the help menu under 8.5. |
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Help Lock (v.1.0) 8K Freeware |
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Help Lock by Lawrence D'Oliveiro "is an INIT that lets you use the caps lock key to turn help balloons on and off. That’s all it does, and that’s all it’ll ever do. I wrote it because I didn’t have any other use for my caps lock key. It doesn’t patch any traps, so it’s less likely to be the cause of conflicts than some other INITs." |
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Help To Icon (v. 2.1) 90K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) |
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Help To Icon by Jérome Foucher will let you "replace the Help menu title, the Print menu title and the FaxMenu title by icons. 9 icons are provided for the Help menu replacement: OS 8 Help bulb, System 7.5 Help bulb, System 7.1 Help bulb, LiteSwitch style icon (LiteSwitch is ©Proteron), 3 HTI bulbs, HiTech bulb, and a real bulb. 3 icons are provided for FaxMenu replacement, and 2 icons for the Print menu." |
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ICQ (beta) 1693K Freeware |
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ICQ is a real time chat program that can be used to communicate between friends and collegues while on the net. One extremely nice feature is that it tells you when one of your friends are on line and lets you contact them at any time. In ICQ's own words: "With ICQ, you can chat, send messages, files and URL's, play games, or just hang out with your fellow 'Netters' while still surfing the Net." See Patch Listed below! |
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ICQ X Patch (v1.0) 88K (compatible with Mac OS 9.0.x) |
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ICQ X Patch by Mariel Lohninger "dramatically changes ICQ 2.0b1 to a more simplistic, less bloated interface. The current version of the patch features smaller window frames (to save on precious space), smaller scrollbars in the ICQ window (to maximize viewability), a smaller, yet more outstanding font in message windows, new platinum-like icons, new application icon (credit to www.icons.cx), and many other small nicities." |
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Inquisitor (v1.0) 196K Freeware |
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Inquisitor by Ethan Jeremy Tira-Thompson "allows you to easily determine how your hard drive's space is being used. It displays a pie graph of the folders and files on the hard drive, allowing you to compare at a glance their relative sizes. You can add items to the graph by drag-and-dropping them onto the window, or through the "Add..." menu item. You can drag the graph around to see it from different angles, or click on one or more items to get some statistics, such as the amount of space taken up compared to the amount of data stored, the number of files, the average file size, etc." Also available at Info-Mac. |
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