Apple Software Updates: Free tools, utilities, and MacOS updates and Darwin

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OS updates are available at the lower part of this page. If you need any links to other Apple Software Updates not listed here, drop me a line. If you are looking for other language versions, navigate from this page. Applications on the Apple ftp server are usually either in the sit.hqx or smi.bin format. If you are not sure, click on any of the .txt (text) files to obtain more information about the folder or the application itself

Download links checked: 12th Jan 2001

Apple Software Updates Homepage -- Here is Apple's search engine where you can use to find the relevant updates you need. Newer updates are located on the right side of the page.	Apple Software Updates Homepage
Appearance Extension -- direct download (contains the Appearance Lib 1.0.3)	Appearance Extension 1.0.3
Apple Game Sprockets -- Click here for more information and to download (826 KB)	Apple Game Sprockets
At Ease -- directs you to the At Ease folder in the Apple ftp site	At Ease
CarbonLib If you are running on MacOS 8.1 or later, install this extension, and you will be able to run many software that is already carbonized. More information is available here. For MacOS 8.6 or later only, a newer version of CarbonLib 1.2 is available. You can download it from here.	CarbonLib 1.0.4 (1.4 MB) CarbonLib 1.2
ColorSync -- directs you to the ColorSync folder in the Apple ftp site	ColorSync
DiskCopy Direct download. Useful utility to compress or expand img files	DiskCopy 6.3 (887 KB)
Disk First Aid -- direct download. This version recognizes the new HFS+ formatted hard disk	Disk First Aid 8.2 (130 KB)
Drive Setup -- direct download. Essential tool for initializing or partitioning your hard disk. Please make sure you know what you are doing before using this!	Drive Setup 1.3.1 (285 KB)
Drive Utilities -- direct download. An older version of Disk First Aid 7.2.2 and a lite version of Drive Setup 1.2.3 in a less than 0.6 MB package	Drive Utilities (357 KB)
HyperCard Player -- direct download. An essential download for viewing and interacting with the many hypercard stacks downloadable from the internet	HyperCard Player 2.4 (1.9 MB)
iMovie The easy to use digital video editing software from Apple is now available free. The CD (USD 19.95) is also available. Requirements include Firewire port, Quicktime 4.1 and later, MacOS 9.0.4 Check out the homepage for more information. (PS: i have read that some were able to run the application in MacOS 8.6. Also there are reports where people use Quicktime Pro to generate DV stream (export option) to be used by iMovie).	iMovie (19.2 MB)
iTunes--13th Jan 2001 The easy to use mp3 software from Apple is available free. MacOS 9 or later. You can rip songs from your CD, manage your song or play lists, encode into mp3s, and burn selected songs onto your CD. Check out the homepage for more information. If you are using an external CDR or CDRW, you might have to wait for either Apple or the manufacturer to develop the driver for it.	iTunes (4 MB)
Java -- directs you to the Java folder in the Apple ftp site. The latest MRJ (Java engine) is available here. MRJ also has a webpage presence on the Apple website. It would be easier to get the latest download links to Apple Java software from here.	Java
LocalTalk Bridge -- Direct download, click here for more information	LocalTalk Bridge 2.1 (266 KB)
MacsBug MacsBug is Apple's assembly-level 680x0 and PowerPC debugger for Mac OS. It can be used to debug code running in most execution environments, from applications to drivers, and everything in between. It's often used as a bug-reporting tool by many 3rd-party developers, as well as Mac OS system software developers. This is the latest version and works on all Macs released until summer 2000 (including Cube). The reference and debugging guide is here (pdf, 1.4 MB). Homepage. You can quickly learn how to make use of this tool here.	MacsBug 6.6.3 (499 KB)
Navigation Services -- direct download (inlcudes Navigation Lib 1.0.1)	Navigation Services 1.0
OpenGL --directs you to the OpenGL folder in the Apple ftp site	OpenGL
QuickDraw 3D -- directs you to the QuickDraw 3D folder in the Apple ftp site	QuickDraw 3D
QuickTime -- directs you to the QuickTime homepage where you can download the latest version of QuickTime player	QuickTime
Speech -- directs you to the Speech folder in the Apple ftp site where you can download the necessary Speech extensions or PlainTalk. You can get information on the Apple Text to Speech Software here	Speech
System Picker -- direct download. This software might be useful if you use more than one MacOS on your computer (use with caution)	System Picker 1.1a3 (23 KB)

Apple and Macintosh Operating Systems

System 7.5.3 -- this MacOS is available free	System 7.5.3
MacOS 7.6.1 Update -- directs you to the MacOS 7.6.1 update folder in the Apple ftp site	MacOS 7.6.1 Update
MacOS 8.1 Update -- directs you to the MacOS 8.1 update folder in the Apple ftp site	MacOS 8.1 Update
MacOS 8.5.1 Update -- directs you to the MacOS 8.5.1 update folder in the Apple ftp site	MacOS 8.5.1 Update
MacOS 8.6 Update -- this OS update is available here	MacOS 8.6 Update
MacOS 9.1 Update--13th Jan 2001 -- this OS update is available here	MacOS 9.1 Update
Darwin OS The base for the MacOS X. Only for those who knows UNIX, and is familiar with command line interface.	Darwin OS 1.2 (139 MB or 5 parts of 28 MB each)

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