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Recommended Macintosh Software!
Links to Recommended MacTCP Software
Check here for the latest releases of popular MacTCP software.
Eudora: The
best stand-alone Macintosh POP mail program. Highly recommended.
Color Mac Eudora Icons:
Spice up Eudora with color icons and better sounds, well done.
Notify Mail: Listens for a finger
connection, so you are alerted immediately when new mail arrives. It takes
a little bit of setting up, but you will love it once it's up and running.
Good help is provided. It is designed to work directly with Eudora. Worth checking out.
MacPPP: You probably already have some type of version of MacPPP if you are a dialup user. This is the best one we've seen. It's essential if you are connecting to the Internet over a modem. If you want to use Open Transport you need FreePPP instead.
MacTCP Monitor: This is a great little application which shows a line graph of how fast data is moving through MacTCP. It's a great way to see how fast your connection really is. Worth checking out.
NewsWatcher:
Possibly the best newsreading program for the Macintosh, although Netscape also
serves this function rather well, NewsWatcher is faster and lets you manage
lists better.
Note:Netscape 3.0 also does news in a very user-friendly manner.
May be worth checking out.
The Netscape Communications Universe: The home of the best Web browser available.
Aladdin: StufitExpander and DropStuff, great for converting files downloaded from the 'net. Note:You will probably need to get StuffitExpander from a non-Internet source unless you have something that can translate .hqx files. This is a case of the chicken or the egg problem.
Peter Lewis's Software: Talk, Finger, Chat, Anarchie, great little programs that give you the features of a shell account, but with Macintosh interfaces. Anarchie is a good way to get files from ftp servers to a Macintosh.
Fetch: Yes, We know that Netscape does FTP, but it also closes the FTP session between button clicks. On heavily used sites with limits on the number of FTP users, one often gets the "number of ... users exceeded. Please try ... later. User anonymous access denied." This can happen at every place that an FTP link is clicked in Netscape, which grows quickly annoying. When fetch gets through, it keeps the session until it is explicitly closed. Free from Dartmouth University. Very good quality.
RealAudio: It's now available for the Mac! Listen to realtime, live audio over a 14.4 bps connection.
MacPPP
Timer: This is a great little floating window utility that keeps track
of your time online. It will open your connection on launch and close the
connection when you quit. It is much more convenient then opening the
ConfigPPP Control Panel, plus it keeps track of your time, per session,
daily or monthly.
Internet
Logger: Internet Logger is a utility application allows you to keep
track of how much time you spend on your internet accounts. It requires
System 7 or later. It can also be used to track long distance telephone
use or to track time spent on client accounts. First, among many other
potential uses, Internet Logger will provide a convenient means to fully
document your internet connections. This has many more features than MacPPP
Timer. Note: On one machine this software did not work as described
above.
SiteMarker:This amazing program gives Mac Web users what they've been looking for--a truly powerful URL organization tool which blows the socks off what is available in Netscape. You can make catalogs of Web sites that you can easily share with others, export to HTML and more.
Homer:
an IRC client for the mac. It is not very reliable, kinda buggy, and is
a memory hog, but it is the best client for mac. It is the only Mac IRC
client that looks like it was designed for mac, and not just ported.
Note: contributed by Joshua Frankel.
Take me back to the menu.
Links to Some Useful Macintosh Software
Aladdin: StuffitExpander and DropStuff, essential for decoding and uncompressing software from the 'net.
Disinfectant: The leading virus software available on the 'net. If you don't have this or similiar software then you are risking trouble.
Peter Lewis's Software: He has also written some non-MacTCP software including MungeImage which lets you mount DiskCopy Images.
TechTool: This is a great little program which will zap your pram but also tell you everything you ever wanted to know about your Macintosh, including when it was first activated and how many hours of use it has.
HoverBar: A great little background application that lets you create bars that float above everything. You can store any kind of Finder icon on the bar and it will behave exactly like it would in the Finder. Drag files over a folder on the bar and it will place them inside that folder. It also supports Clip Bars which give you control over your clipboard. It's great for people who use many applications at the same time and their screens are always cluttered. Very customizable. It's only $5 shareware and well worth the money. Recommended in the June '95 MacWorld.
AliasMenu: a control panel which allows you to create multiple customized menus which become active in the Finder, either before or after the special menu.
MICN: a utility designed to "replace" the menu titles in the bar with CICN's (Color ICoNs), is a wonderful way to claim more space on the menu bar than should be possible.
HTML Pro: A very helpful HTML editor program. HTML is the format used to create web pages. This software doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but it works nicely.
BBedit: This is a great replacement to SimpleText. A must have for anyone who works with text files. It lets you open large files, search them, plus lots more.
Alpha @: A fully
customizable shareware editor/ It's a must for all who write their documents
in LaTeX, do a bit of programming in C, C++, Perl, Pascal etc...
Note: contributed by Jorgen Haug.
Key
Quencer: An excellent shareware macro utility. This can do everything
AppleScript can't. A must for anybody who finds themselves doing the same
things over and over again. Unfortunatly it only works with computers.
MacroEditor:
An editor that works with KeyQuencer.
OtherMenu: This adds a menu right next to the help menu for launch applications and OtherMenu Externals. The Externals can automate many mundane tasks and much more. This works well with KeyQuencer macros and Stuffit. Get the Externals here.
CD Menu: This gives you CD controls to your audio CDs via a menu next to the help menu. It also automatically starts playing audio CDs as soon as they are inserted.
Greg's
Buttons: Customize the appearance of your mac. This can change everything
from your system font, to your windows, to your buttons. It's very compatible.