Note: some of these (such as BurnXFree and CocoaZip) are in reality “Unix front ends,” which allow you to use Unix utilities without the hassle of the command line. Mac applications are notorious for not being “forward compatible” in a way that is worse in some respects than Windows. Have not tested these in all versions of OS X. When started, the Disk Copy utility automatically mounts it and shows you the files. Unless otherwise noted, programs are in a. zip files in the Mac “Classic” OS environment. Mindexpander :Mindexpander is a simple utility to expand. How you plan to contact the writer is another matter, though… Most of this is freeware, but some of it is shareware. Text editor BBEdit Lite (we offer this separately above.).Images utilities for GIF and JPG files (including the actual file specification for GIF files.).Compression and decompression programs, such as Stuffit and a range of utilities to expand and compress Mac and Unix formats and Zip files.
They include the following kinds of programs:
MacUtils :A collection of very old (1994) utilities for the Mac. FreePPP makes this easier for dial-up connections. If you’re running in OS X, you might want to use Cyberduck.įreePPP : In the early years of the Internet Macintoshes were a little tricky to connect to the internet. This version is freeware to specific users (read the licensing information with the program.) An excellent FTP client, similar in concept to WS_FTP for Windows.
Works in OS 8 and 9 (but does not work in OS X!).Įudora :An excellent email client for single users (groups operating in Windows are better off with Pegasus.) For OS 8 and 9.įetch :Originally a freeware program, Fetch is now a commercial program. Great for putting your old records, cassettes or even 8-tracks on CD. BBEdit 3.5 is an ideal companion for THINK C, THINK Pascal, MPW, and THINK Reference users.Ĭoaster :This fabulous little utility records audio input from the microphone or audio input of your Mac and digitizes it in AIFF format. BBEdit 3.5 is an industrial-strength text editor for use by software developers, engineers, scientists, telecommunications users, and anyone else who needs to view, edit and manipulate plain-text documents with maximum flexibility and performance. Some of these are for “Classic” Macintosh operating systems (OS 7, 8 or 9) and some are for OS X (mostly for the PowerPC.) “Classic” Downloads (Mac OS 7, 8 or 9)īBEdit Lite :This is a “freeware” version of the popular Macintosh text editor. Apple Macintosh is a great computer and operating system but is traditionally short of freeware.
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