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Aaron Light (v1.2.3) 101K (Mac OS 8 / 8.1 only) Shareware |
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Aaron Light is an extension that makes Mac OS 8 look more like Mac OS 8! It patches the progress bars, floating windows, dialog box backgrounds, and menu glitches in third party applications that are not yet Appearance-savvy to help them conform to the Mac OS 8 Platinum interface. It also substitutes Espi Sans Bold 10 for Chicago 12. |
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ACTION! Utilities (Try also ACTION! Files, Menu's, GoMac and WYSIWYG.) Commercial |
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I was a big fan of Now Utilities even through all the crashes! :) I was doubtful any version could exist that would work flawlessly. Power On may just have pulled it off though. Components released so far have proven very stable on my machine. Action Files will allow full customizing of the Open/Save dialog boxes, Action Menu's will provide you with just about any menu customizing you can think of. Action WYSIWYG will give you a visually informative font menu in most applications and GoMac will give you the (only) desirable feature of Windoze machines – the Task Bar. A Resexcellence Edit will beef up almost any version of GoMac you may have! |
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A-Dock (v1.3) 98K Shareware Compatible with Mac OS 9.0.x |
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A-Dock by Jérome Foucher is like the Application Switcher that comes built-in with Mac OS but on steroids... What is different about it: A-Dock is minimized to one icon when you don't use it. So it saves space on your monitor. A-Dock is stuck to the screen edges. Switching your monitor resolution will not move the dock to a place you don't want like the App Switcher does everytime I play Quake 2. A-Dock displays a menu when you control-click (or click&hold with FinderPop) from where you can quit or hide an application. If Wapp pro 2.7 or newer is also installed, you have access to all the windows of each application. |
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AliasMenu (v2.2) 268K Shareware |
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Adds additional menus to the Finder (icons or text!), that contain aliases to your favorite items. This is especially useful on smaller screens when menu bar space is at a premium. AliasMenu is now compatible with Mac OS 8.5.x |
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Amico (v.2.1.1) 106K (compatible with Mac OS 9) Shareware |
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Amico by Dennis Chronopoulos is a utility for the apple menu. It simply lets you change the order of the items that appear in the apple menu, in a very easy way. In addition, you can insert divider lines to group related items together. Multi-Languages available also. |
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AOL Instant Messenger (v4.0) beta version available Free |
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In todays world even emails are sometimes not immediate enough for communication. In steps AOL with a real time chat client. Provided as a cross-platform application, you will find both casual and business productivity increasing as you use this wonderful tool to communicate with friends and business partners alike. The answer to your question is yes!! We have provided several edits to help IM become even better. |
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ApplWindows (v2.0.2) 40K Freeware |
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ApplWindows is an older but stable Control Panel that seems to remain a viable candidate for Mac OS 7.0 through 9.0. It will replace the need to use Apple's Application Switcher and provides many very useful additions to program switching such as keyboard shortcut and program launching. |
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AppTab (v1.6.2) 153K Shareware |
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AppTab by DragonOne Software provides you with a hot-key combination, such as command + Tab, similar to that is found on Windoze machines, that lists all open applications in a pop up window and provides a way to navigate them. "AppTab is a control panel which lets you accomplish this task with an attractive 3D dialog and color icons of all open applications! You can also quit any open application without manually switching to the application. Now compatible with Mac OS 9. |
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Appearance Editor (v1.0) 16K Freeware |
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Specially made Apple script for the readers of ResExcellence by a reader of ResExcellence. This script will configure the scroll bars and Application palette using friendly dialogs. |
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AppearanceHopper (v1.9.1) 962K (compatible with Mac OS 9) Shareware |
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Weedhopper Press says it all: "AppearanceHopper fills customization holes in the standard Mac OS 8.5" With this control panel installed (as well as the included font) you will be able to customise the System fonts, Application Switcher, Scrolling and the Finder Views settings! |
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AutoPurge™ (v2.3.1) 416K Freeware (compatible with Mac OS 9.04) |
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AutoPurge by John Schilling is yet another way to get rid of the unwanted files found in the Temp Folder. It is still needed for Mac OS 9.0.4 as the problem has not been fixed. Works for all foriegn languages of the Mac OS. (see also EmptyTempFolder and Eradicator) |
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Back-Drop (v2.0) 22K Freeware |
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Back-Drop by Nedwerk From the webpage: "Just drag a picture file onto Back-Drop's icon, and that picture becomes your desktop background! You no longer need to trudge through the Appearance control panel every time you see a picture you want on your desktop." |
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Bail (v2.0.3) 106K Shareware |
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Bail from Poppybank is an older control panel that provides a very useful action. It will allow you to stop an application from loading if you accidentally launched it. From the read me all one must do is "click the mouse button or hit command period while the application icon is flashing and the application will quit, before it even had a chance to start. |
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BeHierarchic (v4.1.1) 290K (compatible with Mac OS 9) Shareware |
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Replaces the Apple Menu Options control panel. BeHierachic is faster and more full featured. Now comes with a Contextual Menu plug in. New version is compatible with Mac OS 9 and Multi-user login. |
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Button Key (v1.2) 24K Shareware |
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Button Key is a Control Panel which helps you to use dialog and alert boxes without using the mouse. When ButtonKey is running, simply typing the first few characters of a button’s name will have the same effect as a click on the button (for “button”, read button, check box or radio button) |
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clipEdit (v2.0.4) 836K (compatible with Mac OS 9) Shareware |
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This is one of these programs that sort of grows on you. I have been playing with it since its release and now find it almost indispensable. If you use clippings at all you will know they are absolutely great time savers, until you want to edit the information they contian. Then you are dead in the water. This program by everyday software will allow you to create & edit text, picture, and URL clippings. This program takes clippings a step further. |
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Clip Snippel (v1.0) 636K Freeware |
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Clip Snippel by FMR Software is a notepad or text clipping editor. It is very dynamic and accepts URL addrresses, email, and even website clippings. These can further beedited by dragging them onto Clip Snippel and making your changes there or just creating a clipping by the drag and drop action. |
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Coaster (1.0.6) 255K Coaster 1.0.7b1 Freeware |
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Coaster by Christian Roth From the read me: "Coaster is a little direct-to-disk recording utility writing standard AIFF files. It features setting of input source, sample rate and sample size, mono/stereo selection, input gain (stereo where available), accurate level meters with headroom indication, clipping detection. Further features: click elimination, automatic recording based on incoming signal level with file splitting, and manual file splitting on the fly; balloon help; supports AppleScript (timer recording script included). Performs very well in the background." |
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Cookie Cutter (v1.0) 165K Freeware |
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Cookie Cutter by Scott Burnham is a great little utility. From the read me: "There are a few applications available which trash the MagicCookie file on a regular basis. This stops any site from being able to track you, but it will also lose any useful cookies, such as ones used for user authentication. Cookie Cutter gives you more control of the MagicCookie file. It allows you to selectively remove cookies that have been placed in your MagicCookie file."
Because the page is in German I have uploaded the file to ResExcellence for easier download. The Homepage is here however. |
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CoolViews (v1.1.1) 740K (Mac OS 8 / 8.1 only) Shareware |
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CoolViews is a utility that adds functionality and visual enhancements to the MacOS 8.x Finder. With CoolViews installed, you can reorder and resize columns in Finder window list views, get rid of shaded sort columns and row separators, set global list view preferences, override the date and time formatting used by the Finder, and even enable "secret" columns. Some of CoolViews' functionality is now part of MacOS 8.5.x. For this reason CoolViews will not be updated for 8.5 or higher. |
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CopyPaste (v4.4.1) 884K (Now compatible with Mac OS 9.0 and 8.x) Shareware |
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Apple's great Copy and Paste feature has simply not kept up with the times. Virtually everyone uses this feature but often find themselves wishing that they did not have to limit the function to just one copy and paste execution. In steps CopyPaste by Script Software. Boasting many nice features such as the ability to select from a menu over over 100 clipboards, (wow-that is a lot of cutting and pasting) clip sets and drag and drop abilities to name just a few. |
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CursorWrap 4K Freeware |
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CursorWrap is an older extension that will allow you to move your cursor to the screens edge and keep going...suddenly it appears on the opposite side of your screen. This is really useful and once you get use to it allows you to cover a lot of screen real-estate quickly and easily. |
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Custom Menus (v1.1) 167K Shareware |
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Custom Menus by Marc Moini provides you with the ability to "tear" off menus and place them on the desktop for better use. Addtionally it will allow you to create your own menus filled with items that you use often. This is "officially" limited to OS 7.0-8.x. It is not confirmed for use on 8.6+. |
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Date Viewer (v1.3) 395K Shareware |
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Date Viewer by DouWere Software is a desktop calendar that floats on your desktop. It is designed with an interface similar to the "brushed metal" appearance of the new QuickTime interface. What makes it useful apart from giving you the date is its plugin capabilities and drag and drop features. You can quickly grab the date and drag it into a document. |
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Decor (v3.0.4) 700K Shareware |
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Decor is a very popular extension which lets you replace the dull desktop pattern with an image of your choice. It has more options than Apple's Desktop Pictures. Décor works fine under MacOS 8.0, 8.1 and 8.5.x. (Under 8.0 and 8.1, you will have to disable the Desktop Pictures control panel). |
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Default App (v1.0.1) 143K Compatible with Mac OS 9 Freeware |
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Default App just makes life on the computer so much simplier! It will allow you to select default programs to open files you commonly use. For instance, I will tell you how I use it. I use Graphic Converter to open all my graphic files. When I get a Photoshop file and all I want to do is view it, I prefer not to have PS open up when I double click the file. This is where Default App kicks in. A double click will automatically select Graphic Converter as the application that opens it. Should I wish PS to open it I simply open PS and select the file to be opened. |
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Default Folder (v3.0.5) 895K Compatible with Mac OS 9 Shareware
Beta version available here |
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Default Folder by St. Clair Software is a control panel that will enhance the sub-optimal Apple Open and Save dialog boxes. Until you use a product like this you probably never realize what you have been missing. |
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Desktop Icon Manager (v1.3.1) 25K Freeware |
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Desktop Icon Manager by G.J. Parker will save your icon setting and restore them to their original position after a resolution change or whenever they get disarranged. It employs the use of Apple Script. There are several other applications that do this but this is free. Plus as the read me states: "DIM doesn't get confused when you store the icon positions at one screen resolution and then restore them at a different screen resolution. In other words, if an icon is at the bottom right corner of the display when the icon positions are stored then that icon will always be placed at the bottom right corner regardless of the screen resolution." |
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Desktop Resetter (v2.2.1) 552K Compatible with Mac OS 9 Shareware |
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Desktop Resetter by Nick D'Amato provides a quick way for you to reorganise your desktop after changing your screen resolutions. "This is good if you play games or change resolutions frequently. It is also useful since some programs tend to either change resolution or somehow cause things on the desktop to scatter randomly. Crashing can also cause desktop items to do this." |
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Desktop Screenshots (v1.0) 5K Freeware |
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Do you ever find yourself taking a screenshot or a picture of a specific window using command-shift-3 and command-shift-4 then having to go to the top level of your hard drive to retrieve it? This can be annoying. This simple extension will place those pictures directly on your desktop for easy access. NOTE: It appears that enabling Multiple-Users under System 9 breaks this extension. |
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DeskTray (v.2.0) 134K (Compatible with Mac OS 9)Shareware |
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Desk Tray by Jerome Foucher "is a floating tray that displays all the items from the desktop or all your desktop printers, or the content of one of your 5 favorite folders, for easy access in every application. DeskTray works like a drawer. When minimized, DeskTray only shows a small bar on one side of your screen that floats over all windows. Clicking on that bar will expand the drawer. Clicking back will collapse it." |
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DialogView (v2.3.3) 146K Shareware |
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Dialog View allows you to change the appearance of directory dialogs (Open and Save dialogs). You can control what kind of icons are used, increase the height and width of the file list, and set the font for the file list. Not compatible with Norton Directory Assistance. Now includes some PowerPC code. It is compatible with Mac OS 8.5.x. For the Platinum look check out this edit. |
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DividerLines (v1.0) 14K Freeware |
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DividerLines by Stefan Kurth is a small extension that will turn any item with a "$" at the end of the line into a grey line that can be then used as a divider in the Apple Menu. |
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Dock Manager Lite (v1.9) 446K - (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Freeware |
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With System 8.5 came a plethora of application menu tools. Dock Manager was one of the first and one of the best also. It had the ability in later versions to handle your Sherlock Plugins also. With the release of Mac OS 9 this function will no longer be needed as Sherlock 2 has this ability built into it. Everyday Software is recommending you use this Lite version when upgrading to OS 9 to prevent conflicts. |
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DockZone (v1.0.8) 93K (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Shareware |
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DockZone by Objective Software is a control panel that will allow you to place a "dock" area on the right side of your screen reserved for volumes and the trash. It is similar to the effect you see in BeOS or Rhapsody. The control panel allows full customization of colors and width. |
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DragThing (v2.8) 2.3MB (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Shareware |
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DragThing by James Thomson is a launcher program and so much more. It features a process dock to track your open applications, fully customizable colors to suit just about everyone and a plethora of dock styles. Additional features beside the basic launching abilities is the assignment of keyboard shortcuts. It is well worth a look. For more customising please check out the edit on the left! |
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Drop Drawers (v1.2) (Compatible with Mac OS 9.x) Shareware |
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Drop Drawers by Sig Software is without a doubt the one piece of software you want to get if you are only getting one. "Drop Drawers is a revolutionary user-interface enhancement which provides floating pull-out, snap-shut drawers on the sides of your screen to store text, URLs, aliases, pictures, sounds, movies and anything else." It literally replaces numerous individual programs. It is a very solid program I use everyday! |
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