Macintosh VersionTracker

Apple Software Restore Help
This folder is a collection of documents, tools and web links that give you all of the information for creating an Apple Restore disk.

-- Text Editors --

BBEdit Lite (free)
A great text-based HTML editor for those not afraid of raw HTML
http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit_lite.html

TexEdit Plus Trans-Tex Software's($5)
A scriptable, styled text editor that fills the gap between Apple's bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor
http://www.nearside.com/trans-tex/

textSOAP by Unmarked Software ($20)
clean up Internet and email text littered with extraneous characters and poor formatting
http://www.unmarked.com/

TypeIt4Me (free)
I use it probably at least every ten minutes for filling in forms, adding signature lines to letters and emails, addresses, auto-correcting spelling errors
http://members.aol.com/rettore/AboutTypeIt4Me.html

CopyPaste ($20)
Multiple clipboards and so much more
http://www.scriptsoftware.com/copypaste/

-- Screen Capture --

Snapz Pro from Ambrosia Software ($49)
Screen capture tool can create stills and QuickTime movies.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/

-- Graphics --

ACDSee ($40)
An award-winning picture viewer, graphic converter and digital image management tool
http://www.acdsystems.com/

AVI To QT Kit 1.1 (free)
converts AVI files to Quicktime
http://www.tucows.com

Graphic Converter by Lemke Software's ($35)
Imports about 145 graphic file formats and exports about 45 graphic file formats
http://www.lemkesoft.com

GifBuilder (free)
A scriptable utility to create animated GIF files
http://www.amerinfoserv.com/maverick/gifbuilder.html

DemoGod_FKEY ($25)
Gives educators and presenters eye-catching effects with which to enliven and clarify demonstrations
http://members.aol.com/billkarsh/MacProdPages/DemoGod_FKEY.html

-- Network --

Mac Ping ($99)
IP and AppleTalk network testing tool
http://www.dartware.com/macping/

Intermapper by Dartmouth ($299-$1299 beta is free)
Make maps of your network and see its state at a glance
http://www.dartware.com/intermapper/

IPNetMonitor by Sustainable Softwarks ($30)
integrated suite (shareware) of all the classic tools
http://www.sustworks.com/

PGP Security Freeware by PGP
email encryption and authentication including secure e-mail, file encryption and peer-to-peer VPN
http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware/

Local Talk Bridge from Apple

FoolProof by Smartstuff (commercial)
Security and management
http://www.smartstuff.com/

OTTool 1.0 from Neon Software Inc. (Free)
IP and AppleTalk utility, now has support for Mac OS X, in addition to Classic Mac OS! OTTool makes DNS queries, pings devices, traceroutes and scans ranges of IP addresses
ftp://ftp2.neon.com/pub/goodies/OTTool11.sit.hqx

AGNetTools/iNetTools ($50)
The suite features functions like Ping, Ping Scan, Port Scan, Service Scan, Throughput, Traceroute, and more. iNetTools is Carbonized, so it'll run on Mac OS 8.6 through X (pre-X versions of Mac OS will need CarbonLib installed, which is available from Apple as a free download).
http://www.wildpackets.com/products/inettools

Mac TCP Watcher 2.0 ($10)
http://www.pctip.ch/downloads/dl/18183.asp

WhatRoute 1.5.0b5(PPC) (free)
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~bryanc/

-- Web and FTP --

Transmit FTP Client ($25)
An award winning shareware
http://www.panic.com/transmit/

URL Manager Pro ($25)
"URL-Manager is worth rounding up an older Mac just to run this software!"
http://www.url-manager.com/

Mac Web Cookbook: Web Servers
Links to all the shareware/freeware for servers
http://hart-mac.sdsc.edu/forms/cookbook/db-webserver.html

Eudora (Free)
email client
http://www.eudora.com/products/eudora/download/

StuffIt by Alladdin (varies)
Deluxe, Express, DropStuff, etc. Decompresses and compresses stuffit and zip files

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Fetch by Fetch Softwarks ($25)
an easy-to-use, full-featured FTP client for the Apple Macintosh
http://fetchsoftworks.com/

MacZIP (free)
Zip compression utility for Mac
http://www.sitec.net/maczip/

ZipIt ($15)
file compression when you need to send stuff to or open files from your Windoze friends
http://www.maczipit.com/

BetterTelnet by Sassy Software (free)
a significantly enhanced version of NCSA Telnet
http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/mac/telnet/

NiftyTelnet (free)
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/andrew2/dist/niftytelnet.html

-- Music --

QuickTime Pro & Player ($30 & free)
Play video and sound files from the web
http://www.aladdinsys.com/products/stuffit/

WinAmp by Nullsoft (free)
Features player controls, a play-list editor, a graphical equalizer, and SHOUTcast radio support
http://www.winamp.com/download/mac/

MacAmp ($15)
MP3 player
http://www.subband.com/macamp/macamp.html

SoundApp (free)
Sound editing and file conversion
http://www.spies.com/~franke/SoundApp/

-- Utilities --

Carbon Copy Cloner (Free - donation)
create a NetBoot image from a fully customized Mac OS X installation
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

Net Restore (Free - donation)
A nice imaging utilities that uses the poser of Unix and the network
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

Black & Bleu ($29)
A database of Apple error codes and explanations
http://www.bleurose.com/blableu.html

iClean by Alladin ($30)
Toss cookies, cache files, histories and more
http://www.aladdinsys.com/iclean/

DiskWarrior by Alsoft ($69)
the highest decorated disk repair utility. http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/

TechTool Lite by Micromat (free)
Award winning utility to rebuild desktops, analyze system components, zap PRAM
http://www.micromat.com/

SCSI Probe by Adaptec (free)
determines the type, version and product name for every device connected
http://allmacintosh.ii.net/preview/2268.html

-- Shareware Sites to Consider --

ChezMark - http://www.chezmark.com

MacShare - http://www.macshare.com/

MacUpdate - http://www.macupdate.com/

TUCOWS Macintosh - http://mac.tucows.com/macintosh.html

ZDNET MacDownload - http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/mac/download.html