Macintosh Helper and Viewer Applications

Compression Utilities

Stuffit Expander 3.5.2 (Binhex) (shareware)

If you don't have it already, download Stuffit Expander first, using Fetch, Anarchie or NCSA Telnet with the Macbinary option turned "ON." StuffIt Expander expands archives created by StuffIt and Compact Pro, as well as all non-encrypted archives created by any version of any member of the StuffIt family (StuffIt SpaceSaver, StuffIt Deluxe, StuffIt Lite, or DropStuff). It will also expand files which have been encoded in BinHex 4.0 format (.hqx), which are found on the many ftp and Web servers. Multipart BinHex files, such as Internet newsgroup postings, are fully supported. StuffIt Expander will ignore any headers from BinHex files.

Drop Stuff w/Expander Enhancer 3.5.2 (shareware)

Drop Stuff lets you compress files for transmission by dropping them on its icon. Expander Enhancer boosts StuffIt Expander to expand files compressed with virtually every compression format found on the Macintosh, Unix systems, and IBM-PCs and compatibles. These include: ZIP (.zip), ARC (.arc), AppleLink (.pkg), gzip (.gz), Unix Compress (.Z), UUencode (.uu), and StuffIt SpaceSaver files.

Document Viewers

Acrobat Reader 2.0 (freeware)

Adobe Acrobat software gives you instant access to documents in their original desktop published form. With the Acrobat Reader, you can view, navigate, print and present any Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

Image Viewers

GIF Converter 2.3.7 (shareware)

GIFConverter can open and read several graphic file formats, including GIF, TIFF, RIFF, PICT, JPEG (JFIF), MacPaint and Thunderscan. It can write these formats, as well as black-and-white EPS. It also prints on almost any Macintosh printer. You can use GIFConverter to convert files you find online for use in other programs, to view files, or to print them out.

JPEGView 3.31 (postcardware)

...JPEGView, a fast, powerful image viewer for both 680x0 and PowerPC Macintoshes. JPEGView can open and display images in JPEG, PICT, GIF, TIFF, BMP, MacPaint, or Startup Screen formats.

Graphic Converter 2.0.6 (shareware)

GraphicConverter imports PICT, Startup-Screen, MacPaint, TIFF (uncompressed, packbits, CCITT3/4 and lzw), RIFF, PICS, 8BIM, 8BPS/PSD, JPEG/JFIF, GIF, PCX/SCR, GEM-IMG/-XIMG, BMP (RLE compressed BMP+s also), ICO/ICN, PIC (16 bit), FLI/FLC, TGA, MSP, PIC (PC Paint), SCX (ColoRIX), SHP, WPG, PBM/PGM/PPM, CGM (only binary), SUN (uncompressed), RLE, XBM, PM, IFF/LBM, PAC, Degas, TINY, NeoChrome, PIC (ATARI), SPU/SPC, GEM-Metafile, Animated NeoChrome, Imagic, ImageLab/Print Technic, HP-GL/2, FITS, SGI, DL, XWD, WMF, Scitex-CT, DCX and KONTRON.

Sound Helpers

Sound Machine 2.1 (freeware)

Play and record SND/AU (mu-law, A-law, linear) and AIFF/AIFC (MACE3, MACE6) sound files. Plethora of buttons during play to change speed, play backwards, loop sounds, switch formats, etc. No restriction on file size; playing can take place in background.

Video Viewers

Fast Player 1.1.0 (freeware)

A free QuickTime movie player with special options for fast and smooth playback, it includes an option to create 'flattened' movies for use on non-Mac QuickTime players.

Sparkle 2.3.1 (freeware)

Sparkle.Sparkle plays MPEGs, PICTs and QT movies and converts between them. It is multifinder friendly and, with enough memory, will open multiple documents at once."