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Al's Macintosh Software - Utilities


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See AlSoftwareList.html for a complete list of software titles available for downloading.

NOTE: Software is compressed in StuffIt 3.x format (.sit). You may need StuffIt Expander to unstuff these files. If you have America Online, you can select Open from the File menu, then select the file you wish to unstuff.

This document revised 1/20/06


Al's AOL Color Patch

Al's AOL Color Patch replaces AOL's 25 color palette with either an 8, 16, 49, or 256 color palette. These palettes are the ones AOL uses for text styling and formatting in documents, IM windows, chat windows, and new mail windows. The 8 and 16 color palettes are provided mostly to speed up 68k Macs and slow PowerMacs as less colors will let AOL open windows faster when using AOL 4.0. Thus if AOL runs slow on your Mac, you may be able to get a slight speed increase by using this program to install either 8 or 16 colors. The 256 color palette is provided mainly for those who are using fast PPC Macs and want more color choices for text.

 

Version History

v1.2 - 11/3/00

 

v1.1 - 10/21/99

 

v1.0 - 8/3/99

 


AOL Guestapo

 

AOL Guestapo will disable the Guest sign on feature of America Online v4.0 or v5.0. This is useful for someone who wants to stop others from signing onto AOL from their computer using the Guest sign on feature.

To use AOL Guestapo, launch the AOL Guestapo application and then locate the America Online application from the Mac's Open File window (alternatively, you can drag the AOL application onto the AOL Guestapo application). If the guest feature is enabled, you'll be asked if you want to disabale it. Once you click OK to disable the guest feature, the Guest menu item will no longer show up on the America Online sign on window, thus disabling anyone from signing on as guest.

If the guest feature was already disabled, you'll be asked if you want to reinstall it. Once you click OK to reinstall the guest feature, the Guest sign on will work as it normally should.

 


FileLock

 

Big Al FileLock is a simple program which lets you password protect any file. Users will be forced to enter the correct password to open the file. FileLock can password protect documents or applications.

 

Improvements for v2.1

 


Hugo Game File Typer

Utility to convert Hugo games to the proper Mac file type.

Hugo games can be downloaded from http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXhugo.html. You also need a Hugo game interpreter. If you don't have one, download one of the Mac versions from http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXhugoXexecutables.html

Most of the Hugo downloads will not have the proper Mac file type and Hugo interpreters may not recognize them as Hugo game files. If the file type of the download is either "TEXT" or "????", dragging the file over The Hugo Game File Typer will set the file to a Hugo game file. Some downloaded games are in zip format and need to be decompressed with StuffIt Expander or similar decompression program first. If there are multiple files in the archive after decompressing it, the file needed to be dragged over Hugo Game File Typer will usually be the one with the .HEX suffix.


FindFont (No Longer Supported)

If you do any programming using several different fonts, or if you want to compare samples of different fonts, then FindFont is for you. Select a font by name or by ID number. FindFont will then display the name, ID number, size, and style number (textface). It also displays a sample of the current selection in the size and style that you choose.


Big Al Address Book (No Longer Supported)

If you want an easy to use personal address book, then Big Al Address Book may be just what you're looking for. It can handle up to 200 entries (cards), but only has room for one phone number in each card. However, it does contain a "Company" field and has several other good features:


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