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OS9 Software Collections

Macintosh softwares in this page are not compatible with OSX or OSX Classic.

Important notice: Softwares written in AppleScript in this page (softwares except LifeHex) may not be compatible with AppleScript 1.7 in MacOS 9.2.2 update due to drastic changes of specification about file path. Users of AppleScript 1.7 thru 1.8.2 should downgrade to version 1.6 or upgrade to version 1.8.3 both AppleScript extension and Standard Addition scripting addition.


CustomOpener

icon MacOS 8.x~9.x details download

CustomOpeneris a proxy for opening files implemented as an AppleScript droplet. For each file dropped on the dropplet, type/creator/name suffix are inspected, then the attributes are mapped to the application you specified and the file are opened with the application. (version 2.0.2 last updated Feb. 2003)


LifeHex

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A cellular automata system simulator (such like so called Jon Conway's Life Game) that attempts to be entertaining. Features fairly fast execution of generations, various rendering effects and lets you create new rules (over 50 interesting rules are initially builted in). (version 2.1 last updated April 7, 2003)

LifeHex additional rule files: Includes 58 new rules. download (This file is included in the latest version 2.1)


Stamp it!

icon icon MacOS 8.x~9.x download (version 1.0 last updated Jul. 21, 2001)

Stamps current date and time to the comment field of items dropped (droplet) or items added to a folder (folder action). It prefixes a count index to every stamps so that to be sortable in Finder as following example:

"0001 Monday, July 9, 2001 11:59:59 PM"

A useful tool for sorting Finder items with the date actually created in storage containers (e.g. extracted archives).


TileIcons

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An AppleScript applet that arranges icons in the front most window onto grid, sequenced by the sorting order of the window. (version 1.2 last updated Aug. 13, 2001)


StackWindows

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Stacks every folder windows in Finder with uniformizing their size to the size of topmost window. Written in AppleScript. (version 1.1 last updated Aug. 3, 2001)


UnifyView

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UnifyView unifies view of windows or folders, including deeply nested ones, to the view of the front window. Written in AppleScript. (version 1.0 last updated Aug. 12, 2001)


Share Bookmark

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Share Bookmark provides seamless sharing of URL bookmarks between various internet applications. (version 2.0 last updated Aug. 4, 2002)


Kitchen Timer

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A simple alarm timer applet which notifies you with a dialog and a sound when specified minutes has passed. (version 1.0 last updated Nov. 19, 2001)


AS Formatting juggler

icon MacOS 8.6~9.x download

For scripters who wants to switch between multi set of AppleScript code formattings (a set of font, style, size, color information used in script code) quickly. Requires AppleScript Formatting scripting addition (included in the download). (version 1.0.1 last updated Dec. 09, 2001)


Make RAM disk

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This applet creates a RAM disk (a DiskCopy's disk image) on the desktop. (version 1.0 last updated Dec. 20, 2001)


Dialog Factory

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Dialog Factory helps you to develop dialogs for using with Dialog Director scripting addition. It converts DITL or DLOG resources in file's resource folk to dialog records ready to use for Dialog Director. You can set placement of dialog items by WYSIWYG in ResEdit's DITL editor, where it allows you to define dialogs in ResEdit utilizing almost all functionality of Dialog Director. (version 1.2.1 last updated Jan. 18, 2002)


QuickSherlock + Sherlock 2 find file library

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QuickSherlock
This droplet tells Sherlock 2 to search dropped folders or disks with criteria selected from list dialog.
Sherlock 2 find file library
This library script provides a method of searching files with Sherlock 2, with specifying searching range (folders or volumes) and condition (the rest part of search criteria) separatelty.

(version 1.0 last updated Jan. 21, 2002)


Tile Folder Windows

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Tiles Folder windows in a grid together with uniformizing their view to the frontmost one. Number of windows in a row/column can be customized. (version 1.0 last updated Dec. 06, 2002)