Disk Utilities

Apple DiskCopy 6.3.3  

(Freeware)

 For images in the new NDIF format. Disk Copy is a utility application that will mount disk images on your desktop, make exact copies of floppy disks from a disk image, convert disk images from one format to another, and create a disk image from a mounted volume or individual folder.

Disinfectant 3.7.1  

(Freeware)

 Disinfectant is a FREE virus prevention, scanning, and repair program. Created by John Norstad of Northwestern University, Disinfectant is the simplest and easiest to use of all the anti-virus utilities. Simply run the application and Disinfectant will automatically install its protection extension for you. It does its work without constantly being in your face. It can even detect when Disinfectant is infected itself!

In addition to its ease of use, Disinfectant comes with built-in online help. This very extensive documentation gives a very detailed description of viruses, which ones do what, and how to best eradicate them. No waiting for updates to come in the mail, Disinfectant is updated whenever necessary and is available immediately on all the major on-line services.

DiskDup+ v2.9.2

(Shareware)

 DiskDup+ will allow you to duplicate floppy disks quickly and easily.

Basic Features:

  • Performs sector duplication of either 400K, 720K, 800K, or 1440K floppies.
  • Allows you to Read/Write disk file images of floppy disks for fast access to copies.
  • Image files may be mounted from the Finder for easy access to the contents of the image.
  • Duplicates 800K on either 800K or 1440K copy disks.
  • Requires only a single floppy disk drive.
  • A Copy counter displays the number of duplications completed.
  • An optional warning tells you if you are about to write onto a formatted disk.
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    DropStuff 5.1.2 For Macintosh 5.5  

    (Shareware)

    1.72 MB

    		 Aladdin DropStuff consists of four components, all installed by our easy to use installer:

     
  • DropStuff application
  • Aladdin Compression control panel
  • StuffIt Engine
  • StuffIt Engine PowerPlug

    • The DropStuff application is the application you use to compress files into the StuffIt (.sit) format. We install an alias to this application on your desktop so that you can easilly access it.

    The Aladdin Compression control panel allows you to select the best compression method (Fast or Maximum) for your needs.

    The StuffIt Engine and the StuffIt Engine PowerPlug do the stuffing when you drag items onto DropStuff. These two components enhance Aladdin StuffIt Expander by giving Expander access to many more translators and decoders than are built-in to Expander. In addition, many third-party applications access these files to incorporate Compression and Expansion into their functionality. Although both the StuffIt Engine and the StuffIt Engine PowerPlug reside in the Extensions folder in the System Folder, neither of these patch any traps or are loaded at startup, so should not create any conflicts.

    DropStuff is designed to meet three needs:

    (1) Create StuffIt archives quickly and efficiently.
    Using DropStuff, you can create StuffIt archives by simply dragging & dropping your files and folders onto the DropStuff icon.

    (2) To enhance StuffIt Expander, so it can expand more formats.
    If you have our program StuffIt Expander also installed, the StuffIt Engine and the StuffIt Engine PowerPlug give it the ability to expand just about any file format you might encounter.

    StuffIt Expander can expand these file types for FREE: 

  • StuffIt (.sit, .sea)
  • Private File (.pf)
  • Disk images (.img, .smi)
  • BinHex (.hqx)
  • MacBinary (.bin)
  • UU (.uu, .uue)
  • Zip/GZip (.zip, .gz, .tgz)

    • With DropStuff and the StuffIt Engine installed, StuffIt Expander can expand these file types: 

  • MIME/Base 64 (.mime) - These files are expanded for free.
  • Compact Pro (.cpt) - These files are expanded for free.
  • Arc (.arc)
  • AppleLink Package (.pkg)
  • LHa (.lha, .lzh)
  • TAR (.tar)
  • Unix Compress (.z, .taz)

    • (3) Enhance third-party products that use the StuffIt Engine.
    There are many programs written by other companies that will take advantage of the StuffIt Engine if it is present. Once you have installed DropStuff, these products can stuff and expand files.

    System Requirements - Aladdin DropStuff 5.1.2 requires System 7.5.3 or higher or Mac OS 8.x. The minimum supported Macintosh is 68020 machine with a minimum of 8MB installed memory. DropStuff is Apple event aware, 32-bit clean, '040 cache and virtual memory compatible.

    File Buddy 5.3.1 68K

    (Demo)

    611 K

    		File Buddy is quite simply the best utility available for working with files and folders on your Macintosh. First released more than six years ago, it has been continually enhanced, improved, and supported since that time. Be sure to visit the File Buddy home page and read what users are saying about it.

    The complete File Buddy package includes the File Buddy application, the File Buddy CP control panel for opening the File Buddy Find window, two contextual menus plug-ins for opening items in File Buddy, online help in HTML format for use with Apple's Help Viewer (or your web browser), and Read Me documentation.

  • View and edit a wide range of file and folder information.
  • Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items dropped on them, including the contents of folders.
  • Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria. Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities. Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP control panel.
  • Modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt" from the names of a group of files.
  • Use contextual menus to accomplish many tasks in a single step. Contextual menus are supported on all versions of the Macintosh operating systems.
  • Create custom icons: from PICTs on the clipboard; from other icons; for folders using a varitey of templates; with blank icons; using only small icons.
  • Create aliases.
  • Find empty files and folders, orphaned files, duplicate files, broken aliases, and unused preference files.
  • Automatically repair broken aliases
  • Rebuild the desktop file.
  • Move, delete, and copy files. Even copy invisible files and use the Replace Different option to skipping copying files that already exist.
  • Delete data and resource forks from files.
  • Erase files and unused disk space.
  • Create snapshots that can be used to track the changes on a disk, such as files installed by an installer. Use snapshots to uninstall applications

    • "File Buddy 5 is not shareware and may not be distributed or made available for download without our permission."  Therefore the link to the left will take you to their download page.

    ResEdit 2.1.3  

    (Freeware)

    		 Apple's resource editor. Allows you to do magical things with most Macintosh software. Dangerous in the wrong hands. I recommend going to http://www.resexcellence.com for ideas of what ResEdit can do. Search the web for other hacks possible with ResEdit. You can even mount HFS disk images on a real Mac using a ResEdit trick (see my Tips and Techniques page). This is an intermediate level of difficulty Macintosh program and is used by almost every Mac programmer. 

    ShrinkWrap 3.5

    (Demo)

    1123 K

    		This Aladdin utility mounts and copies disk image files on the desktop. ShrinkWrap mounts the images seamlessly on the desktop and can create disk images and more. 

    Version 3.5 includes read/write/mount support for NDIF (New Disk Image Format). It now supports HFS+ and the latest Navigation Services. You also have the option to not copy unused blocks, and the interface has been improved. The demo will expire after 30 days.

    Speedometer 4.02  

    (Shareware)

    		 Speedometer is a benchmarking program for the Macintosh and Power Macintosh computers.

    Stuffit Expander For Macintosh 5.5  

    (Freeware)

    		 StuffIt Expander is Aladdin's award-winning freeware product. No program is easier to use than StuffIt Expander to decompress or decode files downloaded from the Internet, sent via email, or delivered on a floppy disk. Just drag-and-drop a compressed or encoded file on StuffIt Expander and the application accesses the file automatically. Expander even works seamlessly with Internet browsers such as Internet Explorer(tm) and Netscape's Navigator(tm).

    Built-in File Types Supported By StuffIt Expander: 

  • StuffIt, versions 1.5.1 to 5.0 (.sit, .sea) - Including encrypted archives
  • BinHex (.hqx) - All versions
  • MacBinary (.bin) - All versions
  • Zip/GZip (.zip, .gz, .tgz) - Including encrypted Zip files
  • UU (.uu, .uue, .enc) - The PC/Unix equivalent of BinHex (.hqx ) on the Mac
  • Private File (.pf) - Aladdin's security software
  • Disk images (.img, .smi) - Expander mounts images created by ShrinkWrap(tm) or Apple's Disk Copy(tm)
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    StuffIt Lite 3.6  

    (Shareware)

    		 Aladdin StuffIt Lite is the award winning industry-standard shareware compression utility for the Macintosh. StuffIt Lite represents our continued support for System 6 users on the Macintosh.

    Accelerated for Power Macintosh, StuffIt Lite compresses files an average of 60%, creating a document called an archive. Archives save disk space, speed modem and network file transfers, and make backups easier. StuffIt is the international standard of file compression and archiving on all major online services (including America Online and CompuServe) and thousands of bulletin board systems.

    TechTool 1.1.8

    (Freeware)

    635 K

    		TechTool is a small utility which performs two tasks Macintosh users often need to perform: rebuilding the desktop and zapping the PRAM. TechTool makes these tasks easier by allowing the user to perform them without memorizing cryptic keystrokes.

    TechTool also shows lots of system and hardware information, including the date the computer was manufactured, the total hours of use, ROM version and sound capabilities. All this information may also be printed out in a report.

    The PRAM (parameter RAM) holds some basic configuration data that is kept between restarts of your Macintosh. This PRAM can sometimes become corrupted and scrambled, and zapping it can often cure seemingly unrepairable, recurring problems. In addition to zapping the PRAM, TechTool can save and restore PRAM data.

    TechTool rebuilds the desktop by deleting the desktop database file(s) that store your hard drive's directory information. Sometimes a corrupted desktop database won't rebuild properly with the standard COMMAND-OPTION on startup. The ability to bypass this problem, and TechTool's ease of use make it a good tool for desktop rebuilds.

    This is a GREAT disk utility to use on all the Mac emulators.

    Virex 6.1b1 

    (Demo)

    7.4 MB

    		 Virex 6.0b1, which is compatible with the technology used throughout Network Associates' range of antivirus products, utilizes Olympus technology to offer enhanced macro virus detection and repair capabilities. The Virex scheduling feature has expanded to allow you to schedule scan and repair operations, and to schedule updates to your virus definition files. This version allows you to update your virus definition files and scan engine files automatically.

    ZipIt 1.4

    (Shareware)

    905 K

    		Finally, a ZIP utility for the Mac with a Mac interface! ZipIt lets Mac users easily create and decompress PKZip-compatible ZIP archives. In addition, ZipIt is able to compress Macintosh files using the MacBinary format, which allows it to fully reconstruct any Macintosh file. Some of the many features include: folder support, multiple segment support, full PKZip 2.04g compatibility, selective linefeed stripping, and extension mapping.

    Registration gets rid of the initial dialog box, and allows encryption and decryption of archives.