copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Apr 25, 1995
license: free, but don't redistribute"Verifies the directory structure of any Hierachial File System (HFS) based storage volume." Can also do some repairs.
copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Jan 21, 1999
license: free, but don't redistributeDisk image utility. For System "7.0.1 or later". When working with read/write disk images, "7.5 or greater" recommended .
copyright: John V. Holder
mod date: Jun 30, 1996
license: sharewareAssign "Hotkeys" to "up to fifty (50) applications, documents, Apple Menu Items, control panels, FKEYs, monitor depth (colors) or speaker volume settings." Also allows you to "have a menu pop up anywhere on the screen when you hold a key (option, command, control or shift in any combination)". For System "6.0.5" or later.
copyright: Daniel Azuma
mod date: Jul 31, 2000
license: shareware"For quickly changing types, creators, attribute flags and date stamps."
copyright: Andrew Trevorrow
mod date: May 22, 2000
license: sharewareA "collection of powerful file-processing tasks for the Mac." The application can create "joblets", onto which you can drag files "files/folders/disks" to perform tasks such as setting file type and creator, changing line endings, deleting power pc code, and more. For "System 7 or later."
copyright: Northwestern University
mod date: July 9, 1998
license: free for non-commercial useDetects and removes some Macintosh viruses. By John Norstad. The author strongly discourages using it, saying an antivirus program that isn't updated gives a false sense of security. But anyway, at least of historical interest.
copyright: Tom Dowdy
mod date: Apr 1, 1994
license: free for non-commercial use"Application screen saver that requires System 7". A later version, 5.0.6, is also available (as shareware), but it doesn't seem to work quite right on the Macintosh Plus. Version 2.5 also available for "System 6.0.x".
copyright: Herb Otto
mod date: Mar 28, 1997
license: free for non-commercial use"Developed to keep unauthorized people from gaining access to my computer systerm while I'm away from my desk." Has screen saver with password, and startup password, and some other features.
copyright: Clay Maeckel
mod date: Nov 20, 1996
license: shareware"This control panel allows you to replace your standard desktop patterns with color or black & white pictures". For "System 7.0 or higher".
copyright: Bruce Tomlin
mod date: Oct 28, 2003
license: Freeware, former sharewareA "utility that makes your Macintosh play sounds when certain system events occur (such as key clicks, disk insertion and ejection, and emptying the trash)." Requires "System 6.0.4 or later".
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Oct 17, 1997
license: FreewarePlays "a sound loop over and over during startup", and can also play a sound at shutdown time.
copyright: Al Staffieri Jr.
mod date: Jul 3, 1995
license: Freeware (shareware full version doesn't work on Mac Plus)A "System Extension (INIT) that will play a System 7 sound file or a file containing a 'snd ' resource whenever you start your computer." For System 6.0.5 or better.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Oct 19, 1998
license: FreewareAllows "live window dragging with real-time refresh". Also allows you to move windows that are not normally draggable.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Oct 1, 1997
license: FreewareCan "intercept and filter any menu command" in any application. For example, it can be configured to add a confirmation dialog to the "Clean Up Desktop" command in the Finder.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Apr 30, 1997
license: FreewareDisplays "a dialog at Restart and Shutdown time", to confirm or cancel. Would seem to be mostly superseded by "NoDesktopCleanup".
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Jul 3, 1996
license: FreewarePuts "a bouncing ball in your menu bar." It is "absolutely useless", except that "since the ball moves one step at each WaitNextEvent call, you can use it to monitor the system activity."
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Jul 3, 1996
license: FreewareIt "can make a key combination act just like the mouse button", and "can make another key combination toggle the mouse button".
copyright: Paul SextonZoomie 1.0.3
mod date: Nov 18, 1999
license: former shareware, license key free on requestAllows you to move the mouse pointer with the keyboard one pixel at a time, while the mouse button is pressed. Mini vMac must be in Full Screen mode for this to work (to activate the lower level mouse emulation). When tested in System 7.5.5, the "Key Repeat ON" option doesn't work, causing the emulated machine to hang. NudgeMouser 1.5.1 is included with NudgeMouser 2 (the later version doesn't seem to work on a MacPlus).
copyright: Paul Sexton
mod date: Apr 25, 2000
license: FreewareAn extension to "improve the operation of Zoom boxes." When a window zooms, the mouse pointer is moved to stay on the zoom box, so that you can easily click on it again. Mini vMac must be in Full Screen mode for this to work (to activate the lower level mouse emulation). For "System 7 or greater."
copyright: Paul Sexton
mod date: Mar 9, 1998
license: FreewareAn extension that modifies the behavior of menus. After releasing the mouse button, the mouse pointer snaps "back to the original click location." Mini vMac must be in Full Screen mode for this to work (to activate the lower level mouse emulation). The author says that "it has only been tested on OS 8.1", but it seemed to work for me in System 7.5.5.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Jan 14, 1998
license: FreewareA "system enhancement that automatically jumps to specified folders as you type a file's name in the 'Save As...' dialog box."
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Jan 3, 2000
license: Freeware"When you save a file and get the 'Replace existing
?' dialog, this extension will make the Replace button, rather than the Cancel button, be the default. Requires System 7 or later."
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Feb 11, 1996
license: FreewareAllows you to add features to text editing in other applications. The patches are applied to specific applications instead of the entire system, which may reduce incompatibilities. Not all the available patches will work on a Mac Plus (some require color quickdraw and will crash).
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Jan 21, 2001
license: sharewareCreates "a system-wide hierarchical menu somewhat like the Apple menu. Besides opening applications and documents, it runs 28 little utilities called externals. In a directory dialog (Open/Save dialog), you can use the menu to select a file or folder. Compatible with System 7 through 9.1.".
copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Aug 9, 1993
license: free, but don't redistribute"Provides configuration information, Disk First Aid (7.2) verification code, system file corruption detection, duplicate System Folder detection, and a logic board test." It "will run on all 7.0 and above". Mini vMac, as of version 2.7.1, will pass the tests.
copyright: Decision Maker's Software, Inc
mod date: Mar 15, 1998
license: shareware"provides very complete information about your computer, peripherals, and system softare." For System 7 or higher. Version 2.17 is also available, for System 6.0.4 or higher.
copyright: John V. Holder
mod date: Mar 15, 2000
license: sharewareSend to and retrieve from scrap files with user definable hot keys. For System "7 on up".
copyright: John V. Holder
mod date: Jun 20, 2000
license: sharewareA much fancier replacement for the Scrapbook Desk Accessory. For System "7 on up".
copyright: Stuart Cheshire
mod date: Feb 23, 1997
license: free for non-commercial useA "System Extension that improves the sorting order that your Macintosh uses when it displays lists of items that have numbers in the name." Source code is included.
copyright: John V. Holder
mod date: Dec 22, 2000
license: sharewareWhen installed "every key you press (you can define which keys to save or ignore) will be saved to a file". "This is an excellent way to make sure you won't lose any typing because of a crash". For System "7 on up".
copyright: John V. Holder
mod date: Dec 31, 1996
license: shareware"Reminds you to take a break from the computer once in a while". Can show a window, play a sound, or play a QuickTime movie. (Except that, while there might perhaps once have been a version of QuickTime that worked on the Mac Plus, I don't see any sign of it now.) For System "6.0.5" or later.
copyright: Michael Love
mod date: Apr 11, 1994
license: freeware"This utility will move, delete, shred or make aliases of files that are dropped on it." "System 7 dependent".
The search feature of hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu is broken. Here is a working download link.
copyright: Blue Globe Software
mod date: Mar 20, 1996
license: sharewareA "utility for finding, testing, renaming, deleting, and repairing all the alias files on your Macintosh."
copyright: Maurice Volaski
mod date: Sep 8, 1995
license: shareware"Enables your Macintosh to automatically delete all the alias files associated with an original file when the original file is emptied from the Trash." For System 7.
copyright: Michael S. Engber, T. Templemann
mod date: June 28, 2004
license: FreewareGets "the Finder to recognize changes in a file's BNDL resource without requiring rebuilding the Desktop Database or rebooting. It only runs under System 7.0 and later." Also, if you have multiple versions of an application, you can set which one is launched when you double click on a document.
copyright: Takahiro Sumiya
mod date: Aug 21, 1996
license: freewareReveals "the creator of a file. If you drag and drop TeachText document onto WIMM icon, it's reveal TeachText application on Finder."
copyright: Takahiro Sumiya
mod date: Aug 21, 1996
license: freeware"Reset the creation and modification date of files/folders." Requires "System 7.0 or later".
copyright: Takahiro Sumiya
mod date: Mar 14, 1996
license: freewarePerforms conversion between Text File and Text Clipping, and conversion between Pict File and Pict Clipping.
copyright: Takahiro Sumiya
mod date: Mar 14, 1996
license: freewareCan create a small application which launches another application and tells it to open the documents currently selected in the Finder. So, for example, you can have a command in the Apple menu to open the selected documents with BBEdit.
copyright: Peter N. Lewis, Quinn "The Eskimo!"
mod date: Aug 4, 1998
license: Public DomainCentral preferences database for Internet applications. "Requires System 7 or later". Official website (but not download site) is "http://www.anarchistturtle.com/Quinn/Config/".
copyright: Jason Townsend
mod date: Feb 28, 1999
license: FreewareA utility that "exports Internet Config file mappings into a text file". It "requires Internet Config 2.0 or later".
copyright: Niklas Frykholm
mod date: Sep 22, 1997
license: freewareA program such as MacWeb will send URLs it doesn't know about to helper applications specified in Internet Config. "Link GURL Handler" is a helper application that will open local files, folders, and applications.
copyright: Stairways Software Pty Ltd.
mod date: Feb 16, 1996
license: free for non-commercial use"To take the file mappings from Internet Config and insert them into the preference files of PC Exchange." By Mark Tearle.
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Feb 16, 1994
license: sharewareA "control panel that makes fonts, sounds, FKEYs, and keyboard layouts available to your programs without altering the System file. Specify certain folders, and Carpetbag opens all resource files therein at startup."
copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Feb 16, 1994
license: free, but don't redistributeLets "you copy fonts and desk accessories", "or remove them". This version, unlike the earlier version that comes with System 6.0.8, can move TrueType fonts. It can also run in System 7, though that is not usually useful.
copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Jan 28, 1991
license: free, but don't redistributeAllows "System 6.0.7 and System 6.0.8" to use TrueType fonts. A few TrueType fonts are available at the same location.
copyright: Chris Reed
mod date: Jul 5, 1993
license: sharewareConverts TrueType fonts between Mac and Windows formats.
copyright: John V. HolderMacFont 3.01
mod date: Jun 28, 1996
license: shareware"View and print installed fonts. You can also find out the exact key combinations to get any character!" "6.0.5 on up"
copyright: Bruno Di Gleria
mod date: May 16, 1998
license: shareware"Display/print a list of your TrueType™, PostScript™ and bitmapped fonts", "without installing them", and formatted "using editable templates". For "system 7.0 or greater".
copyright: Al Staffieri Jr.
mod date: Oct 22, 1994
license: sharewareCan quickly display an editable text sample in any font, size, and style you choose. For "System 4.1 or better".
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Dec 5, 1992
license: FreewarePuts "the icon representing the active KCHR [keyboard layout] into the menu bar. Clicking on this icon makes the next available KCHR the active KCHR, without changing the startup KCHR." For System 6, it works but isn't needed in System 7. Some exampe keyboard layouts are included. The "Keyboard Menu" init, which is included but not documented, will not work in System 6 (crashes on boot).
copyright: Bruno Di Gleria
mod date: Mar 7, 1997
license: PostcardWareA "FKEY management utility. It allows you to easily install/copy/rename/remove/get info about an FKEY using drag & drop facilities. Five usefull FKEYs are included". "requires at least System 7.5".
copyright: Cliff Harris
mod date: Dec 25, 1998
license: FreewareAllows "you to create an FKEY that causes an application to start executing". It is also a utility to view installed FKEYs, install them from a file, and renumber, rename, and uninstall them. There is also a feature to "create an FKEY that will open a document with an application", but it doesn't work on the Mac Plus, and tends to crash the current application.
copyright: Cliff Harris
mod date: Jun 26, 1996
license: FreewareAllows you to invoke FKEYs using the functions keys on the keyboard. In combination with the option key, this allows up to 30 more FKEYs. The keyboard of the real Mac Plus doesn't have function keys, but Mini vMac will pass these keys to the emulated machine anyway, with exception of F1 and F2, which are used for an alternative way to type option and command.
copyright: Cliff Harris
mod date: Jul 10, 1996
license: Freeware"FKEY that displays the FKEYs currently installed. Can display the normal 10 FKEYs or up to 40 FKEYs if extended FKEY numbering is used (works with Function Key Enabler)."
copyright: Cliff Harris
mod date: Nov 9, 1997
license: Freeware"FKEY that zooms the currently active window."
copyright: Cliff Harris
mod date: Jan 3, 1999
license: Freeware"FKEY that displays the amount of heap space taken by the current application. Useful for determining memory requirements for applications."
copyright: David T. Pierson
mod date: June 9, 1997
license: FreewareProvides keyboard equivalents for move "frontmost window to the top left corner of the main screen", "open the 'About this Macintosh' window", "make the Finder the frontmost", "make the next application" frontmost, and "send the frontmost window" behind. Tested only for "System 7.5 and later".
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Sep 28, 1995
license: Freeware"This FKEY copies styled text from a window to the clipboard." "It works by forcing the application to update the window, and 'watching' as the text is redrawn."
copyright: Peirce Software
mod date: Apr 28, 1996
license: shareware"Allows you to modify an application's MultiFinder memory partition size as you launch it." "Tested with System software versions 6.08, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.5."
copyright: Mark N. Pirri
mod date: Aug 24, 1998
license: sharewareThe "complete disk cataloging and labeling system". For System "7.0 or higher".
copyright: Prairie Group, Inc.
mod date: Jun 15, 1999
license: free demo for commercial productProvides most of the functions of the Finder in a desk accessory. This is most useful pre System 7 without multifinder. But also people who prefer browsing files in a single window rather than the original mac os finder interface might like this. "demo requires System 7 or higher". Full version only needs "System 6.0.4 or higher". By Gil Beecher.
copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Jun 25, 1991
license: free, but don't redistributeFor System 7. "This utility can help you maximize your computer's memory usage by allowing you to 'Quit' Finder and then launch another application." By Ricardo Batista.
copyright: Fabrizio Oddone
mod date: Jul 11, 1995
license: sharewareMini finder replacement. Can launch applications, shutdown, or restart. Tested on System 1.1 and later.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Jun 10, 1997
license: FreewareProvides a window with buttons to "launch applications, open documents and folders, or handle URLs". You can use ResEdit (see the Programming Tools page) to define the buttons and background, including graphics and sounds.
copyright: Quin & Peter N. Lewis
mod date: Aug 15, 1994
license: freeware"Mounts DiskCopy and DART images". Source code is available. "Won't work in System 6."
copyright: Miles Software GmbH & T. Tempelmann
mod date: June 3, 2001
license: FreewareSupports the Joliet extension on volumes in ISO 9660 format. That is, supports long file names on CDs designed for Windows (or, in Mini vMac, disk images of them.) For "System 7.1 or later". (The new shareware version 2 needs System 7.6). I noticed that what I thought was a full install of System 7.5.5 didn't include the 'Foreign File Access' extension. Using the 7.5 installer to install the 'CD-ROM' feature of 'Multimedia Software' fixed that, allowing Joliet Volume Access to work.
copyright: Aladdin Systems
mod date: Feb 11, 1993
license: free for non-commercial useFixes some kinds of corruption of the "FinderInfo for the root of the disk", where "hard disks would become inaccessible from the standard 'Open' dialogs," or "custom icons would disappear". "Requires System 6.0.4 or later". By Leonard Rosenthol.
copyright: James W. Walker
mod date: Apr 8, 1996
license: FreewareFixes problem where "When you rebuild your desktop, an alias to an application on a different volume loses its ability to support drag-and-drop." The application seemed to run fine and not do any damage, but I couldn't check if it fixes anything, since I wasn't able to recreate the alias problem by rebuilding the desktop in System 7.5.5 or in System 7.1.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Apr 30, 1997
license: FreewareAllows "you to use the shift, option and control keys with the arrows, delete, forward delete and clear keys in any standard text editing field, including basic text editors such as SimpleText."
copyright: John V. Holder
mod date: Oct 29, 1999
license: shareware"will allow you to use any key(s) you like to emulate other keys that your computer may not have (such as the Forward Delete key, the Page Up key, the End key, function keys F13-F15, Delete, Arrow keys, etc.)" For System "7 on up".
copyright: Quinn "The Eskimo!"
mod date: Apr 28, 1994
license: ?Dvorak keyboard layout for system 7.
copyright: Flux Software
mod date: Feb 3, 1997
license: shareware"Enables your Macintosh to keep the Finder Get Info comments from being erased when the desktop is rebuilt under versions of MacOS prior to 7.5.3. It also permits them to be viewed in the Open File dialogs and edited in the Save File dialogs." Requires System 7.
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Jul 3, 1996
license: FreewareCalculates the actual size a set of files will take up on a different disk with a different allocation block size, such as on a CD-R.
copyright: Quinn "The Eskimo!"
mod date: Feb 11, 1998
license: freeware"Allows you to take a snapshot of a folder and, at a later date, resore the position of the icon within the folder from the snapshot." Source code is included.
copyright: Maurice Volaski
mod date: Jun 28, 1995
license: freeware"Allows users to peek at a Macintosh's list of open files. It also provides information about these files on demand and can close ones that aren't crucial to system operation. Finally, when using System 6, it allows the maximum number of open files to be changed".
copyright: Fabrizio Oddone
mod date: Oct 1, 1999
license: sharewareErase, Verify, or Duplicate Floppy Disks. Mostly this isn't too useful for an emulated machine. For example, instead of copying disks, you can just duplicate a disk image in the host os. But it does have the ability to erase a disk with a percent or two more free space than normal, when only a few files will be placed on the disk. For "System 7 or later".
copyright: Maverick Software
mod date: Apr 10, 2004
license: sharewareA ramdisk program, which "lets you use some extra RAM memory as a really fast hard disk." This isn't so useful within Mini vMac, since a Mac Plus doesn't have much RAM, and you can instead put a disk image on a ramdisk of the host machine, and mount that in Mini vMac. But it does work, and perhaps could be used to try out things that will later be done on a real machine. "Written by Glenda Adams." For System "7.0 and up".
copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Apr 30, 1997
license: FreewareA utility that can find, and optionally remove, PowerPC code in applications and other files, within a folder.
copyright: Fabrizio Oddone
mod date: Aug 26, 1996
license: shareware"Lets you correctly get rid of those space and time wasting custom icons". For "System 7 or later".
copyright: Luc Pauwels
mod date: Apr 13, 1993
license: sharewareA 'Utility that removes "orphaned" preferences files (i.e. preferences files for which the application or whatever created them, can't be be found anymore on any of the mounted volumes) from the System Folder.' Requires "system 7.0".
copyright: Ralph S. Sutherland
mod date: Dec 30, 1992
license: freeware"Zeroes the resource fork of ANY file". Can be used to clear settings that some applications, such as MPW, store there.