Mac OS X Experience
John Coggi and Ann Mazuk
Aerospace Macintosh Users Group
July 8, 2002
Introduction
Forget the introduction, move on to the demo!
Demonstration OS X Utilities (items in blue will be demoed)
ASM - Brings some OS 9 Finder features to OS X.
TinkerTool - System and Finder modification tool. Overseer - Shows processes, virtual memory
usage, etc. Sharity - Browse the network of the darkside. Brickhouse - Nice GUI front-end to X’s firewall. Ittec - Contextual-menu folder browser. BBedit - Great text editor. ‘nuff said! DragThing - Nice Launcher utility. SnapzPro - Screen capture utility. Unlike Grab,
SnapzPro can capture single window.
Demonstration Graphics
ImageBuddy - Image viewer, cataloger. PixelNhance - Image manipulator. GraphicConverter - Image viewer and
converter.
Demonstration Fun and Games
SigmaChess - Chess game carbonized for OS X.
Fern - Gnutella music download client WeatherPop - displays current weather
conditions in toolbar. Orbital Analysis
SOAP - (Shameless plug) Version 11.20 has been carbonized for OS X.
Demonstration Software that’s is in a category by
itself Lotus Notes 6.0PR2 - carbonized
version of your favorite 140 MB email client.
Demonstration iTools in OS X Firefly pocket Firewire hard drive Digital camera usage with OS X via USB Finder toolbar Tons of startup shortcuts
John’s Mac Links Mac info sites
Macintouch.com Macnn.com Www.macsurfer.com Macfixit.com Macosxhints.com Www.osxfaq.com
Download sites Versiontracker.com Www.macupdate.com
Rumor sites Thinksecret.com Www.macosrumors.com
Bargain sites Dealmac.com
Catherine’s Applications BatChmod - This utility has several functions, but it is especially useful for
changing the user permissions on a file that won't allow you to modify or move it. http://scoopnet.ca/macchampion/batchmod13.hqx
Xoptimize - Xoptimize pre-binds applications so that they load faster. What that means is that it helps applications to find where their associated files are so that they can load them more quickly. http://softrak.stepwise.com/Apps/WebObjects/Softrak.woa/wa/displayPackage?package=1887&os=20
EmptyTrashX - Have files in your trashcan that won't trash? This utility will quickly get rid of them whether they want to go or not. http://homepage.mac.com/kfkel/.Public/EmptyTrashX.hqx
ProcessWizard - ProcessWizard creates a nifty little menu that allows you to trash any active process. Useful when you get that odd system message that something can't be quit. It also allows you to change the UNIX "nice" value for an application. So, if you have an application that runs too slowly, like VirtualPC, you can reset its "nice" value for better performance. http://www.theinteractivething.com/index/lng/en/menu/products/p/processWizard/part/features/
LAUNCH BAR - App Switcher and QuicKeys smashed together and put on steroids. This is to X what 'Finder Pop' is to Classic.
CaptainFTP 1.3 - Here is a cute little ftp program that is free for personal use. http://captainftp.xdsnet.de/ftp/description.php
http://www.stimpsoft.com - the apps are just hysterical! It looks like the guy will not continue development but it looks like many will take them over and still work on them!