Classic Mac Wares is a user guide to the best Mac freeware and shareware for the classic Mac OS. Reviews are written by those who know and love these programs.

• ramBunctious 1.6.2, Dan Knight, 2002.02.04. "ramBunctious is probably the best RAM disk software for the Mac...."
• BBEdit Lite 4.6, Dan Knight, 2001.07.10. A freeware text editor with amazing power and speed.
• SpellTools freestanding spell checker, Charles Moore, 2001.07.02. Why you might want a freestanding spell checker - and other things SpellTools can do for you.
• Click different with FinderPop 1.9.2, Jonathan Ploudre, 2001.05.22. FinderPop provides powerful control over contextual menus.
• SmoothType 2.2.2, Dan Knight, 2001.02.13. SmoothType displays type more legibly than Apple's or Adobe's font smoothing technologies.
• Clean-Install Assistant 1.5.1, Dan Knight, 2001.02.05. Incredibly useful utility helps with clean installs, system updates, and moving to a new Mac.
• Battery Amnesia 1.5.2, Chris Lawson and Dan Knight, 2000.12.14. Shareware utility rejuvenates old PowerBook batteries.
• Extensions Strip 1.9.3, Chris Lawson, 2000.12.04. The best Control Strip replacement available for the Mac.
• AOL Instant Messenger 4.2, Chris Lawson, 2000.11.22:. AIM has become an indispensable part of an Internet user's toolbox.
• MenuChoice 2.1, Dan Knight, 2000.11.17. Many users still consider this five-year-old shareware superior to Apple Menu Options.

Other Wares Articles on Low End Mac

• Freeware I wouldn't want to be without, Beverly Woods, Acoustic Mac, 2002.01.22. A free launcher, program switcher (both better than Apple's), and a POP mail checker for dumping spam.
• High-end word processing for a low-end price: Free, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2001.02.12. A look at Word Perfect, now free for Mac users.
• Tex-Edit Enhancer, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2000.10.09. "Tex-Edit Enhancer is a shareware add-on that provides Tex-Edit or Tex-Edit Plus with a Tool Bar for quick, single-click access to many of Tex-Edit's features."
• RAM Charger, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 1997.12.08. An efficient memory manager for Mac OS 7.x-8.x.

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