Pixelmator (Image Editor) for Mac PowerPC

Pixelmator (1.5.1) for Mac PowerPC

Alright, this is not the latest version of Pixelmator but we need to be happy with what we can get.  Pixelmator is a great image editor with great features to work with which allows you to customize pictures or create Images.  It’s not free but you can download a demo version and have a taste what it’s like to work with this powerful image editor.  This app would be perfect if we could update it to the latest versiont, but they say “PowerPC can not handle it!”  Sorry to tell them that the PowerMac G5 is built like a horse!  If you are tired of working with Gimp and want to challenge yourself to try something new, then Pixelmator is the software to start with.

*Pixelmator (1.5.1) PowerPC Leopard 10.5 – http://www.pixelmator.com/  or you can download the PowerPC version here:  http://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2010/02/11/pixelmator-1-5-1-is-now-available/

* If you guys are having any problem you can download 1.4 and then update to 1.5.1 – http://download.cnet.com/Pixelmator/3000-2192_4-11006491.html

 

P.S.:  Before you purchase this application, please send an e-mail to Pixelmator to make sure they still providing the right license for this old version.  Thank You!

Torrent Clients for Mac PowerPC

At one time we mentioned some options for Torrent clients for PowerPC and I think a lot of people use torrents to download “things” because it’s one of the most accessible posts on our blog and you can check it out here: https://macpowerpc.com/2011/06/01/client-bit-torrent-for-powerpc/.  In this post you will find reviews on applications like: Transmission – 2.42, Vuze – 4.7.1.2 (seems to be compatible with 10.3 Panther), Bits on Wheels, Frostwire 5.3.6 and Tomato Torrent.  But we’ve found some more options and present you with 3 more options that will make your PowerPC able to download files from the most popular web-sites like: PirateBay, IsoHunt, etc.

* Tribles 5.9.27 (Free) 10.5 Leopard/PowerPC – http://www.tribler.org/trac – Is a very different BitTorrent client and will work just fine.  It’s has fast content search, wiki-style channels, video-on-demand support, no ads, etc.  This application actually makes us think about a second post of Torrent clients and I hope you guys like it.

* BitTorrent 7.3.4 (Free) 10.5 Leopard/PowerPC – http://www.bittorrent.com/ – It’s another BitTorrent client that is very PowerPC friendly.  Previously, I didn’t mention this application because we were looking for options specifically for Tiger.  You can not go wrong with this very powerful application.

* uTorrent 1.6.4 (Free) 10.5 Leopard/PowerPC – http://mac.utorrent.com/ – Well this application is probably one of the most popular apps for Torrent downloads and there is a reason for that fame!  uTorrent is a very powerful Torrent client and it’s light too!  It has a clean interface and features like; search for torrents or browse content directly from your software interface, download torrents and manage your files in the torrent manage.  I like that it has buttons for playing and streaming right where you can see them!

P.S.: uTorrent 1.6.5 – http://www.oldapps.com/mac/utorrent.php?app=5B8E3CF6A72E46E65F594DC38C8948EF

* Folx 2.0.1029 (Free or Pro – 19.95) 10.4 Tiger /10.5 Leopard/ PowerPC – http://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html – This application I posted as a bonus because is a download manager that also download torrents and works with Tiger so why not?!

These latest additions are very powerful Torrent clients for the PowerPC.  I hope you guys like them and if you find some other applications that we’ve missed,  please share with us and we will review and post them here as soon as possible.  Also, if you have time please click in one of the advertisements on our page or make some donations to help to keep this blog up and running.  We run this blog for our own interests, and all donations will be very much appreciated, and help cover our costs.  We appreciate anything you can do to help!!

iPodBackUp for Mac PowerPC

iPodBackup is fully compatible with 10.3 (Panther) or later and that is more than enough reason to share this great Free application.  The name says it all!  This fantastic app  backs up your iPod and allows you to customize a list of items to be excluded by dragging and dropping. If you still have your iPod playing your favorite tunes, let’s back up.

* iPodBackup 1.5.4 (Free) PowerPC – 10.3 / 10.4 / 10.5 (Panther / Tiger / Leopard).  http://cl.ly/3o0I2N011332

 

 

ICQ for MacPowerPC UH-OH

Who remembers the ORIGINAL (if I’m not wrong) Instant Messenger ICQ?  Yeah, those days are way gone but since 2010, ICQ was purchased for the Mail.ru Group and they are trying to bring ICQ back for popular use.  I’m not sure if this blast from the past will gain back the popularity it had back in 1996, but it’s worth a try!  (The name ICQ is a homophone for the phrase “I seek you”. This is an adaptation of the Morse code callout “CQ“, which means “calling any station”. From Wikipedia).

Now there are ICQ apps for most of mobile phones and OSs, but if you want to install it in your PowerPC machine, you can look for the ICQ 3.4.23 (the legacy version) and start searching for friends and invite others to join this chat client (that I think will be around for awhile!)

I see that MSN is trying everything to keep connecting people but Facebook took over everything!  Now time will only tell where this will end up and the question is “Who and what will be the next big thing on the internet?”

* ICQ – 3.4.23 (Free) PowerPC – http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/4142/icq

* If you don’t have a ICQ account you have to create one here: http://www.icq.com/

Black Lab for Mac PowerPC

Damp / Lamp & Frank Synth

Just when most developers are trying to get away from the “old” OS, we got contacted by Mauro from Black Lab offering Mac PowerPC some cool apps for us to test and the results are very satisfactory.  It’s one of those apps that you think you don’t need until you start using it…after which, it just feels like a new feature added to your OS!  So without further adieu:  Here is the list:

* Damp / Lamp – It’s a great app that helps you to show and hide all your hidden files, it’s simple but very convenient to use on a daily basis.  The most important thing is the fact that it’s easy to access and you can hide and protect important folders, especially if you have kids at home…and files you don’t want them to see or use.

* Frank Synth – This is another great app with 2 buttons: Synth and “Prueba de Sonido” which essentially means Soundcheck.  Soundcheck will check your sound system and Synth, and programs such as “Dictation & Speech” Text to Speech on Mountain Lion.  This electronic voice system will speak every word you type, which can be used for hundreds of things.  A few example that comes to my mind right now are:  it could be used to give captions to photos in video or could be used for listening to what you are writing so you can have an idea of how it sounds.   You could also make yourself an audio book, or just make the computer say dirty things aloud!  Hahaha  the possibilities are endless!

* http://blacklab.com.ar

I also want to mention that Black Lab is developing various things for Mac and are open to develop applications for all your needs, in case you guys are looking for something specific contact Mauro.  You can drop him a line at eldritch[at]blacklab.com.ar and he will be more than happy to help you!  Thanks Mauro!

SeaMonkey for Mac PowerPC

A short time ago I mentioned this great browser called SeaMonkey on my second Mac PowerPC post, and after that we started paying more attention to browsers like TenFourFox and Aurora because it seemed more promising and up to date.  But recently I got an e-mail that looked like it was from SeaMonkey, advising I could get new updates from July 27th!  Turns out that they released the 2.11 version advising, “it’s building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it delivers the latest developments in web technologies such as HTML5, hardware acceleration and improved JavaScript speed”.

If you got a little bit excited by this, you can download the 2.12 Beta 2 as they encourage testers and will be more than happy for you to discuss and report problems you may encounter, as they work to improve their product.

* SeaMonkey 2.11 or 2.12 (Free) Leopard 10.5 PowerPC – http://code.google.com/p/seamonkey-ppc/downloads/list

* For other language or OS – http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

This Web browser also contains e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client and HTML editor

PowerMail for Mac PowerPC

This software probably has a different kind of user in mind.  I don’t think “home users” would pay $70 for an e-mail client, but perhaps business users or someone that has to deal with thousands of e-mails everyday should take a look at this application.

One of the most important things to know about PowerMail is that it’s a heavy duty application and it will help you to manage your e-mail very fast/easy.  For more information visit: http://ctmdev.com

* PowerMail (10.4 Tiger / 10.5 Leopard) (Demo) – http://www.ctmdev.com/powermail/

Multiples Dock (Dockyard) for Mac PowerPC

Let’s start with the bad news:  “this application is no longer developed or supported” referring to both PowerPC and Intel.  PowerPC users from all over are so used to it that they it doesn’t phase them anymore.  There’s an application called Dockyard which is a dock switcher that will allow you to have multiples dock and you can access all with just one click.  You can also have multiple dashboards with the docks but you can choose not to, if you don’t want them.

Having multiple docks is an excellent option for organizing our apps as you can customize 2 or 3 different docks with themes for work, personal use etc.  For sure you will find dozens of themes which will make your life easier, thanks to this great Mac OS X feature.  Ah! you can now create an empty dock so you can work with only open applications.  The best part is coming: it’s compatible with 10.3 10.4 or later.  Way to go Tiger and Panther!

Dockyard 1.0.1 (Free) PowerPC 10.3 / 10.4 / 10.5 – Panther / Tiger / Leopard – http://belkadan.com/dockyard/

I think the only downside is that it would be nice if we could work with 2 docks simultaneously.  But…beggars cant be choosers!

From the same developer (Belkadan Software) you can download others apps called “menu extras” or “dockyard widgets”.  One allows you to control your dock from the menu bar and the second one lets you control your docks from the dashboard.  Cool!

Monolingual for Mac PowerPC

This program will remove all the unnecessary language resources from your Mac OS X.   It’ll also save some extra space on your Hard Drive, which is good for those of you who still have a G3/G4 with a limited storage.  For example, my iMac G3 Indigo only has a capacity of 10GB.  Honestly I’m not quite sure if I would like to remove all the extra languages from the system to save only 1.5GB.  But at the end it’s all up to you, we only give the options!

* Monolingual 1.4.5 (Leopard 10.5) – http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/

* Monolingual 1.3.9 (Tiger 10.4) – http://sourceforge.net/projects/monolingual/files/monolingual/

 

 

MyTunesRSS (streaming music) for Mac PowerPC

There is definitely a missing feature for PowerPC users!  I’ve recently discovered an application that will help us to catch up with one of the iCloud features.  You will now be able to access and listen to music and videos from your iTunes library (or any folder over the internet on any device with network access from anywhere in the world!!)

Tiger users show me your claws… because this application will be very handy and from now on must be installed in ALL PowerPCs.  It’s not free, but you can install the demo version and make sure if will be suitable for your needs.  MyTunesRSS is a kickass product that is yet another way for us to keep our outdated processors current and alive!

MyTunesRSS 4.3.3 (Demo – $20.00) – PowerPC – Tiger 10.4 / Leopard 10.5 – http://www.codewave.de/

If you want more info about all the features check out: http://www.codewave.de/

I’m browsing with Aurora + TenFouFox and both worked very well.

Defragmentation (iDefrag) for Mac PowerPC

Defragmentation!?  I didn’t know that we had to do that with Mac, but if by any chance you feel like your Mac needs a defrag to make it run faster, you can check out iDefrag.  This application will defragment your Hard Drive and optimize/improve the performance of your Mac.  As I mentioned before, the blog Mac PowerPC is always looking for free/open sources of applications/programs/apps, but sometimes we can not be limited to just these, as running a PowerPC becomes a challenge and often the applications will cost extra money.  If you want to have your system running to its full potential, you need to get the right software , to get the most out of the Mac PowerPCs.  I recommend that everyone takes their time and download the demo version in order to make their own decision!

* iDefrag 2.2.1 (Demo) $29.95 PowerPC Leopard 10.5 – http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php

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Golly (Game of Life) for Mac PowerPC

I get it, you have a Mac PowerPC and have some free time on weekends and you want to install some RPG games just for casual play, but nothing that would take too much of your time.  Go Golly!  Golly is a game of life simulator currently under development, for the Mac PowerPC.

Do you like math?  Do you like puzzles?  If you answer yes, go ahead and download the Game of Life Golly.  The Game of Life is also known as cellular automation and was developed in the 70’s.   It’s likely a really fun game for mathematicians or those who understand complex mathematical situations.  Go ahead take a look at Conway’s Game of Life and other cellular automation and let me know how you spent your week.  Golly is an open souce cross-platform application.

* Golly 2.4 (10.4 Tiger / 10.5 Leopard) (Free) PowerPC – http://golly.sourceforge.net/

MacLibre for Mac PowerPC

I’m downloading this application right now and decided to launch my favorite word processor to start writing about it.  This is a deal changer for the Mac PowerPC community and if it works how I think it will, we get our own AppStore!

Well, I installed and launched it, but unfortunately it did not work properly.  I’m stuck with this window that says “double click for selecting the package you want to install, re-install or update”.  I’m not sure what went wrong, but I certainly will try again later.  Too bad because it looks like with this application, it allows you to update and install all the free open source software.  Let me know if it worked out for you guys.  I’m currently running Leopard.

MacLibre 2.0.2 ( 10.3 Panther/ 10.4 Tiger/ 10.5 Leopard) (Free) PowerPC – http://www.maclibre.com/

Featured applications: • Audacity • Blender • Gimp • Inkscape • Adium • Colloquy • Cyberduck • Fire • Firefox • Nvu • Thunderbird • Vienna • Multimedia • HandBrake • MPlayer • VLC • AbiWord • NeoOffice • ClamXav • DesktopManager • iTerm • VirtueDesktops • X11

P.S.: Thank you “Starfighter” for sharing this fix, it works very well.

Guys check out comments from “Starfighter” if you are having the same issue.  He found out how to make it work.

iTunes Get Lyrical for Mac PowerPC

Alright, now that we’ve got iTunes updated (for Leopard only) we can enjoy this wonderful player just a little bit more.  I like iTunes and I use it all the time to manage and organize my music.  I learned how to work with it and how to get more from the smart library, which is simple.  Some users say that it uses a lot of memory but this is the price you have to pay…so let’s have some patience when everything slows down a bit.  I also would recommend to get this app/plugin called Get Lyrical, it’s free and it works perfectly.  A caution:  to get more from this program you’ll first need to organize all your Artists, Albums and Names of music really well!  After that, it will start looking for lyrics to your music!

The downside of this program is that sometimes it’s not 100% accurate.  Occasionally, it gets wrong lyrics but the errors are very minimum and you can always fix it very easily.  Never was it so easy to add lyrics to your iTunes library!

Get Lyrical 3.7 – (Free) – Leopard – http://shullian.com/get_lyrical.php

Now let’s attach an application that I checked today but for some reason it did not work on my Mac.  I understand that the minimum requirements for this app is PPC/Intel 10.6 and I was wondering why it asks for PPC 10.6 if 10.6 it’s not compatible with PowerPC in the first place.  So I installed an application called Cefipx and I did not have any issues with the installation.  My Mac recognized the app but when I launched the application it gave me the message“application not responding” and after that I had to “force to quit”.  So anyways, I decided to attach this name in this post because maybe someone would like to take a closer look at this app.  As far as I know, it helps to sync any device with your iTunes, share or transfer files like music, video, etc.

*Cefipx – http://www.imactools.com/cefipx/

Aurora for Mac PowerPC (The Missing Fox) – (AuroraFox Project)

Aurora 15.0a2

I was almost finished another post about Browsers, because Mac PowerPC users like to browse around and suddenly I got great news on my Twitter account that AuroraFox released the new Aurora 15.0a2 on July 6th and right away I downloaded this new version and it seems to be working like a well oiled machine:  very stable and fast with the same great layout!  Having Aurora in my PowerPC ensures that I won’t miss Google Chrome because it’s equally as good as Chrome.  These guys aren’t playing around, for more info take a look at:

Aurora (Free) 10.5 Leopard – http://aurorafox.wordpress.com/page/2/ –  The modern browser for PowerPC Macs.

I know that this is the third post about Aurora, but I felt I had to share the news of this update with you guys because it’s yet another compatible program for the PowerPC community.

Organized (widget) for Mac PowerPC

Some people don’t use their dashboard very often and disable it because it uses some memory ram to run all those widgets, but sometimes there are nice widgets that could help your day by day browsing, getting news or just using the computer regularly.  In fact, Apple was really smart to set up a location (like a desktop) for all your favorite widgets.  To take it a step further, there is a great widget I came across entitled Organized.  It’s a simple and fast way to check your calendar, events, world clocks, notes etc. All in a single widget.  If you like the idea, you should just visit the developer’s web site to gather more information.  It’s free to use and installation (and uninstallation) of this widget is VERY easy.

* Organized 1.11 (Free) PowerPC Leopard 10.5 – http://www.islayer.com/apps/organized/