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Apple's knowledgebase article 86117 - This article contains all the necessary prerequisite firmware updates before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3

Mac OS X Updating FAQ

Apple's Macintosh Product Guide , its Sherlock 2 Plugin (only works with Mac OS 9 through X 10.1.5 or earlier) , and advanced search page

Macintosh Game Page - links to various resources for games on the Mac

Frames based search of the MacDownload software archive - From Ziff-Davis's MacDownload public domain search engine

Info-Mac (Sumex-aim) archives mirror list in HTML - The info-mac archives are topic based directory of lots of public domain software, with mirror locations worldwide.

Mac OS X speed FAQ - learn about optimizing techniques for Mac OS X


Mail attachment encoders


Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2's Mail.app requires that attachments be preencoded prior to being attached and prior to receiving from the other end. These utilities below help both Mac and Windows users encode properly for Mail to receive and send attachments. Mac OS X 10.3 has much fewer instances of needing one of these though attachments should be made Windows friendly by selecting Attach document from the toolbar of a new message window and marking the checkbox on the attach file dialog box: * Note above software marked for Mac OS 9 may work in earlier versions of Mac OS.

MIT Hyperarchive search engine - An info-mac archive in hypertext with built-in search engine


Parallel Mac Search Engine - Search from 5 Macintosh search engines starting from one frame.
Results will either appear in a frame or a new window.

Smart.net 's Internet connectivity for old Macs , OpenTransport , Mac OS X ,FreePPP , andOpenTransport modem/Mac OS X modem support list for use with OT/PPP and Remote Access under System 7.6 or later.

VersionTracker's Search Engine - A search engine of most of the Mac software available, both commercially and in public domain. Has information on version updates * some pages on Versiontracker won't load properly in Internet Explorer 5.0 *
Spin down fix - a short Applescript that prevents nonboot hard drives from spinning down in Mac OS X 10.2.2.

* Note: entries below where no link is present are links where the website address was not able to be verified at last check, and may be removed at the next update. If you have an updated entry, please e-mail me at the address on my guestbook page.
8.370 About.com's Windows XP to Mac OS X switcher guide

8.371 Actual Technologies - software developer of an ODBC driver for Microsoft SQL server on Mac OS X supporting Excel, Filemaker, Access

8.372 Adaptec card support under Mac OS X

8.373 Addressbook Exporter. Converts Mac OS X Addressbook entries to Palm and other popular Addressbook formats.

8.374 AppleLust's OS X World page - forums, news, and tips.

8.375-8.387 Apple Computer related Mac OS X links


Applescreensavers - Mac OS 5 through X compatible screensavers
8.388 Aquafiles - Let's you rank and add Mac OS X compatible software download, and inventorieseach file by category and reviews each program.

8.389 Aquafold - Relational crossplatform database software

8.390 Arboretum Systems - developer of several movie editing software packages

8.391 Atomic Learning's Tutorials for Mac OS X 10.2. Most are still valid for 10.3, and a very good overview of how to navigate Apple's operating system.

8.392 MacAttorney Mac OS X solutions page

8.393 Audio Hijack - record Realmedia as MP3, and other live recording features with this audio utility.

8.394 Azimuth - graphics-mapping software, imports shapefiles with attributes, projects vectors, text, and topographic images on the Mac platform.

8.395 Barebones software, the maker of Super Get Info and BBEdit

8.396 Bias Inc - Pro Audio Commercial programs for Mac OS X, Peak VST, and Deck VST

8.397 Blitzmax - crossplatform game development software for Windows and Mac OS X

8.398 Bluetooth cell phone support article from Macdevcenter

8.399 Bombich's Mac OS X tips - for anyone who is comfortable with Unix, here are some savvy methods of backing up, and other tricks with Mac OS X. Home of the backup software Carbon Copy Cloner

8.400 Bootable CD creation in Mac OS X

8.401 Brother printer support in Mac OS X. For more printer support visit this page's unofficial Mac OS X compatible printer driver site listing

CADintosh and CE Soft's Quickkeys are now Mac OS X native
8.402 Canon's guide to their Mac OS X compatible hardware. For more printer support visit this page's unofficial Mac OS X compatible printer driver site listing

8.403 Captain FTP - shareware FTP client with sftp access

8.404 CD Restore - Commercial software by Subrosasoft to copy contents of a scratched CD to a new CD

8.405 Cellular modem setup for the Mac

8.406 Charismac's Discribe - a Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 native DVD and CD burning software

8.407 Charla - a Yahoo chat client for Mac OS X with support for buddy lists. Alternate clients include: Fire, Chitchat.

8.408 Macinchem - Macs in Chemistry website's listing of scientific and mathematical applications written for Mac OS X


8.409 Chimoosoft - software developer of GPS Connect, a freeware to download GPS waypoint data from Garmin GPS units

Chitchat A Yahoo chat client with buddy lists and webcams is now available in Carbon (for Mac OS X native)
8.410 Chronos - Home of the first commercial personal organizer software for Mac OS X called Personal Organizer

8.411 Cinematics by Einstein's Legacy. A shareware playlist based Quicktime and other multimedia format player.

8.412 Cisco product literature and drivers for their Mac products supporting 802.11a and 802.11b.

8.413 C!Net's Mac download search

8.414 Clickbook by Blue Squirrel Software is now Mac OS X compatible - supports printing of booklets which can be custom folded from any size paper

8.415 Click Here Design Cubic Navigator OpenGL VR Browser

8.416 Cocoa Account - a small checkbook management software

8.417 Codetech - publisher of Virtual Desktop a utility to extend the usable space of the Mac desktop in Mac OS X.

8.418 Conceptdraw - Visio like crossplatform software available for drawing and diagraming flowcharts, 3-d graphs, and family trees.

8.419 Copycat from Subrosasoft - utility to make clone backups of hard drives.

8.420 Corel Painter for Mac and Windows

8.421 Darwine - an open source initiative to bring Windows to the Mac without emulation.

Dantz Retrospect and Dataviz Maclinkplus are now Mac OS X native
8.422 DCResource's listing of compatible digital cameras with Mac OS X.

8.423 Delicious Library - shareware to catolog all your books, video and audio purchases, scan with an iSight the barcodes, and manage your entire library of barcoded items on your Mac

8.424 Devon Technologies - software publisher of several unusual utilities using the Services menu of Mac OS X Cocoa applications

Deneba Canvas Now is available for Mac OS X with GIS and mapping features for Windows 2000, XP, and Mac OS X
8.425 MacDevcenter - Macintosh open software development guide and projects from O'Reilly publishing with forums.

8.426 Digital Media Training Series (DMTS) - Adobe, Apple, Canon, Macromedia, and Panasonic multimedia training software

8.427 Discreet Media Cleaner - now published by Autodesk. "The industry-standard tool for importing, authoring, encoding and delivering interactive streaming media using popular streaming formats, including RealVideo, QuickTime, Windows Media, as well as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, Handheld devices video, and Video-CD" MPEG-2, Handheld devices video, and Video-CD"

8.428 Disc Blaze Ð An optical disk reader/writer that supports some UDF formats not supported by Mac OS X 10.4.

8.429 Dive Into X's Panther report - A detailed overview of the changes in Mac OS X 10.3 and helpful guide to finding new things about it.

8.430 Dominion Software - developers of Working Papers, a software that "lets you scan in business documents and color photos using many of today's leading scanners. Search by content, filename, volume name, comments, or categories of your making. Organize your documents into collections and find files stored on floppies, CDs, cartridges, or Zip drives."

8.431 Dragon Burn - CD and DVD burning software

8.432 DSS Menu - customizable TV schedules on your computer

8.433 EasyWMA - Converts Windows Meda music files to MP3

8.434 Echupa - Makers of Guitar Shed - software toolkit for guitar enthusiasts

8.435 Entourage and Outlook Express Applescripts for converting addressbook and other data to Mac OS X native programs

8.436 Daz3d (formerly known as Eovia) - 3d software graphics software developer of Carrara Studio.

8.437, 8.438 Epson scanner and printer support page. For more printer support visit this page's unofficial Mac OS X compatible printer driver site listing

8.439 Farallon/Proxim website. Support now only available to registered users.

8.440 Fire - an instant messanging client for Mac OS X able to IM in the following protocols:AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, IRC, MSN and Jabber IM.

8.441 Macfixit's late breaking news

8.442 Flixton Software - developer of a front end software for viewing BBC radio and TV programs on Realplayer

8.443 Frontbase - Crossplatform relational database for FrontBase for Mac OS X, Solaris and RedHat

8.444 Fugu - freeware SFTP, SCP, SSH front end to Mac OS X

8.445 FWB - makers of the first backup utility for Mac OS X (presently not able to backup filesizes greater than 4 GB, Dantz Retrospect will do this). Backups to other volumes, both synchronizing andincremental backups, and has the ability to segment into

8.446 Gameranger - The Macintosh Multiplayer Gaming Service

8.447 GCC Printers. For more printer support visit this page's unofficial Mac OS X compatible printer driver site listing

8.448 Gigawiz - software developer of Aabel a charting and data analysis software for Mac OS X

8.449 MacGIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program, an open source projectto develop a Mac OS X image processing and editing program.

8.450 GPS NavX - GPS and mapping software for Mac OS X

8.451 MacGPS Pro - GPS software compatible Garmin and Magellan GPS units

8.452 GPSy - a GPS and GIS software for the Mac

8.453 Grass GIS for Mac OS X by Sourceforge

8.454 Grouplogic - software developer of crossplatform file server solutions

8.455 Hewlett Packard (HP) products driver download page

8.456 Hiketech - Garmin GPS support for Mac OS X topographic mapping

8.457 Hotmail plugin for Mac OS X Mail

8.458 Hyperjeff directory of Mac OS X applications

8.459 iCalshare - add calendars from your favorite events to Apple's iCal Calendar program site down on September 28, 2007. Please e-mail me when back up

8.460-8.466Apple's iChat AV (video, voice, instant messanging using .Mac, AIM, and ICQ names) and places you can find other people to iChat with:

8.467 Macidol - compositions shared by users of Apple's Garageband software.

8.468 Ilene's Machines full listing of Apple Tech Info Library articles and other Mac OS X related links and news

8.469 Ilexsoft - the maker of HighDesign, CAD software for the Mac. Supports AutoCAD DXF.

8.470 Macilife - Mac tutorial book author Jim Heid's website on using Apple's suite of video, phone and audio editing software titles of iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, Garageband, and iPhoto

8.471 IllumineX - game software developer.

8.472 iMap - software to design your own maps for data visualization on Mac OS X

8.473 iNeen - multiplatform videochat and VoIP software

8.474 Insider Software - the developer of Font Agent font management software for Mac OS X

8.475 Interactual - software player of special DVD content for Mac OS X

8.476 Interrogator - software to give multi-sized icons and labels to Finder files

8.477 IOExpert's 802.11b (Airport) driver for Mac OS X

8.478 iPartition - Partition Mac OS X drives without reformatting.

8.479 iPod Express and other software links by Art Coughlin. iPod Express converts your Outlook Express Address book to vCards - the first step in getting them migrated to Mac OS X's address book

8.480 iProof Systems - developer of Epson Raster Image Processing (RIP) software for Mac OS X
Ircle IRC chat with Applescript scripting, DCC video and soundchat available for Mac OS X. ISPq is for videochatting with 4 cameras in separate locations using both Windows and Macs


8.481 Iris OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Software's ReadIris for Mac OS X. Convert scanned images of texts into text files. Mac OS 9 and Windows versions also exist. http://www.irislink.com/

8.482 iSwipe - software compatible with Web, FTP, Hotline, Napster, OpenNapster, Gnutella, and Carracho. It is able to search for downloadable files in each protocol.

8.483 iTele - Digital TV viewer for Mac OS X

8.484 Kernelthread's "hacker over-friendly" guide to what is Mac OS X

8.485 Keyboard layouts for languages Apple did not include with Mac OS X

8.486 Launay Software - Software developer of Ebony and Ivory, a tool for musicians to see chords on barscales

8.487 Labo-Apple - News, tips, software, developer info about what is happening in Apple today

8.488 Lightworks for Mac OS X - Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) rendering for the Mac

8.489 Lookup Words Tutorial - An AppleScript Studio tutorial on creating Applescript Studio applications

8.490 Lotus Notes for Mac

Macmame now supports Mac OS X
8.491 Man(ual) pages - the complete help guide to all of the command line functions in Mac OS X

8.492 Marine Aquarium - Crossplatform realistic desktop and screen saver of underwater aquarium for Mac OS 9, X, and MS Windows.

8.493 Mariner Software - makers of compatible Word and Excel alternative software Mariner Write and Mariner Calc

8.494-8.496 Mozilla (the crossplatform open source web browser that developed from Netscape), and its Java plugin for Mac OS X, and a pinstripe theme for Mozilla

Macintosh version for X and Classic of Windows Mediaplayer are on Mactopia listing at this site
8.497 Mac Network News's Mac OS X news section

8.498 Macron soft's GPRS cell phone modem script generator for Mac OS 8.6/Carbonlib and Mac OS X 10.2 and up.

8.499 Menu Calendar Clock - Shareware to add a full fledged calendar to your menubar clock with iCal integration

8.500 Microsoft Windows Media solutions for Mac OS 8 through X

8.501 Midnight Mage - software developer of Roll Call Directory, an enhancement program for Apple's Addressbook that offers album style printouts of your contacts and other neat features.

8.502 "MMISoftware - makers of iCalMaker, Power on X and Web Photos for Mac OS X"

8.503 Nisus Writer Express - Unicode support, multiple undos, grep, perl, Microsoft Word compatible word processor

8.504 Ogg Vorbis music protocol support for iTunes and Quicktime in Mac OS X

8.505 Openbase SQL server relational database for Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac OS 9, Linux, Solaris, and Windows 2000 supporting WebObjects, REALbasic, ODBC, Omnis Studio, Qilan, 4D and PHP

8.506 Open Office - developed from the source of Sun Microsystems StarOffice, a competitor of Microsoft Office, this software is currently being tested for Mac OS X.

8.507 OpenOSX - CD software reseller of XWindow programs ported to Mac. CDs include installation software requiring no prior knowledge of unix.

8.508 OPhoneX - MSN and Netmeeting compatible video conferencing for the Mac!

8.509 OSX Audio.com - Find all your Mac OS X audio resources here

8.510 OS X FAQ - Frequenty Answered Questions on the new operating system.

8.511 OSXGnu - GNU Unix packages for Mac OS X

8.512 OS X Guide - News, Forum, Macslash relevant articles, and a new link database.

8.513 MacOS X hints - A web based bulletin board of hints and tips using Apple's new operating system.

8.514 Mac OS X Labs - a website for making educational computer lab setups of Mac OS X easier.

8.515 Mac OS X printer support page.

8.516 Mac OS X speed FAQ - Find out how to install X for optimal performance. Last updated

8.517 OS X Zone - News and forums, as well as their Cube-Zone for news and forums on Apple's PowerMac G4 Cube.

8.518 PDF Plugin for Safari and Print Selection by Schubert-it

8.519 Phoenix - an alternative web browser for the Mac

8.520 Phone Valet - "Announces who is calling before you take the call!...Locates the number in your phonebook then dials it for you!...Reports to you how much time you spent on the phone and with whom...Acts on your behalf when calls come in; selectively sends email or invokes scripts." http://www.parliant.com/

8.521 Pianist Envy - 120 Quicktime Musical Instruments for use with Quicktime's MIDI for Mac OS 9 and X

8.522 Pigmoney - Quicken like financial management shareware

Macplay now has Mac OS X compatible version of Giants: Citizen Kabuto
8.523 Print Center repair - software solving issues with Mac OS X's Printing background application.

8.524 Print Magic for Mac OS X - printout enhancement tools

8.525 Quicksilver - file and application launcher with ability to launch libraries of iApps directly from Finder.

8.526 Microsoft Remote Desktop - access PCs from anywhere in the world using your Mac

8.527 RC Default App - A system pane to allow you to edit the default MIME types used for matching documents to Applications, eases the changing of the Open With preference in Mac OS X.

8.528 Read DVD - software with limited UDF format support for Mac OS X for data and movies on DVDs. Does not support the UDF format found on Sony Mavica Cameras. For Sony Mavica support, visit Apple's knowledgebase article 75503

8.529 ResExcellence's Mac OS X tips page

8.530 Route66 for Mac OS 9.1 through X, and Windows - road map software with GPS support coverage in the U.S.and Europe.

8.531 Safari importer of Mozilla bookmarks.

8.532 Mac OS X Screen Savers

8.533 MacScripter.net - a large repository of AppleScripts to do all sorts of fun automated tasks with the Mac. Includes bulletin board to discuss scripting programming

8.534 Security in Mac OS X - Apple's site geared towards understanding how to keep Mac OS X secure

8.535, 8.536Silverfast AI driver software for scanners on Mac OS X (listed at Versiontracker) and its homepage . Also see Vuescan for additional scanner support options.

8.537 Siteflex - iSight metalic bendable arm on a lamp stand designed to place your iSight anywhere you want it

8.538 Smile Software's Page Sender Fax software for Mac OS X

8.539 Softintegration - developer of crossplatform C++ graphics library called SIGL for 2d and 3d graph creation

8.540 Sonnet technologies - download page for upgrades to their processors for Mac OS X.

8.541-8.544 Sourceforge - home of open source downloads, discussions, and their full XFree86 download package for Mac OS, Aqua interface called Oroborosx for XFree86, and Currently ongoing Mac OS and Mac OS X open source projects, and GUI front end to software developed under fink called Finkcommander

8.545 SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Mac OS X

8.546 SQL Manager for Mac OS X from MacOS Guru. Supporting "Oracle 7, Oracle 8, Oracle 9i, MS SQL Server 7, MS SQL Server 2000, PostgreSQL, OpenBase, Sybase ASE 12.x and MySQL"

8.547 Steelray Project Viewer - view Microsoft Project files on your Mac without using Microsoft Project!

8.548 Stepwise - a programmer's guide to Mac OS X

8.549 Supercard - application builder for multimedia similar to Hypercard, and able to import many Hypercard programs.

8.550 The Tab - Graphics Animation software.

8.551 Tackyshirt.com - developer of a Mac OS X training DVD.

8.552 Digidesign now sells TC Tools. Used to be part of TC Electronic. Crossplatform audio editing software.

8.553 Think Free Office for Mac OS X. A multiplatform inexpensive Microsoft Office alternative

8.554 Timepalette - desktop animated maps of the world showing time of day for Mac OS8.6 through X

8.555 TNT Geospatial Analysis for Mac OS X, supports ESRI vector and raster formats!

8.556, 8.557 MacTeX - Typesetting computer programming language, now compatible with Mac OS 8, 9, and X. Visit the guide to TeX

8.558 Turboprint - alternative Brother, Canon, Epson, and HP drivers for Mac OS X

8.559 Unsanity - developer of several useful shareware utilities for Mac OS X, including Xounds, Fruitmenu, Windowshade X, Dock Detox, Shadow Killer, Mint Audio, Unsanity Echo, Echovision, and playback extra.

8.560 Macupdate's Mac OS X compatible software listing of numerous third party vendors

8.561 Verizon Broadband Support - software for the Express Network PC Card, PC 5220

8.562 Versiontracker's Mac OS X page
Viavoice is now available for Mac OS X


8.563 Mac video game reviews by John Hood, a frequent contributer to Inside Mac Games

8.564 Videoconferencing crossplatform guide for Mac OS X. Explains the software and hardware and setup you need for performing videoconferencing with Windows machines.

8.565 Virtual Screens - freeware menubar utility to navigate between ten window environments of existing open applications, hiding certain applications by switching environments.

8.566 Voice Commander - a Mac OS X voice based launcher and keyboard control program.

8.567 Vuescan - shareware by Hamrick, supports these scanners under Mac OS 9, X, and Windows also see Silverfast

8.568 Website Illumnator - Java software to verify links on websites

8.569, 8.570 Wireless support for third party wireless cards on Mac OS X can be found from: Sourceforge, and Orangeware.

8.571 Wolfram Research - Makers of Mathematica, a statistical and mathematical computation analysis package used by many different educators. Now available for Mac OS X

8.572 X Appeal - News about Apple's Mac OS X

8.573 Xenotype Unicode language kits for Mac OS X - language kits for language type not included with Mac OS X

8.574 XFree86 - an XWindows port for Mac OS X, BSD and Linux systems.

8.575 MacXM - XM Radio control for the Mac

8.576 X vs. XP - a website comparing the two major consumer operating systems

8.577 ZD.net's search results for Mac OS X software

8.578 Zork. The old command-line adventure game gets reborn in Mac OS X! Instructions for setting up Zork on Mac OS X!
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