Blast from the Past > Anniversary of PowerPC

It’s still strange to me that this small blog is actually celebrating 7 years of anniversary.  The original idea was only to post a couple of posts/apps that worked on the PowerPC, but we kept finding more and more out there… I already have many bookmarked for future testing, because there are more to come for the PowerPC community.

We did take some time off, because we got busy with our standard jobs and at the end of the day I just wanted to come home and watch Survivor and Amazing Race and go to bed.  I kept procrastinating to login and write a new post, putting it off for “tomorrow” which ended up turning to weeks and months….

Now we are back, and I recently purchased a mint condition PowerBook G4 (15”/1.66GHz/1.5GB).  I’m very proud of it, it’s a great machine and I’m bringing this blog back to life one more time, and breathing life into my stainless steel PowerPC!

So, if you find yourself like me, coming into possession of a brand new “old” Mac – wondering what the top 5 essential apps you need to have on your computer…then read on!  Listed below are the Essential 5 apps for you (in my opinion):

TenFourFox – Yes, a trusted browser is a must for any PowerPC user.  TenFourFox is putting in great effort and keeping us updated! – http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

iWork 09’ – This office suite it’s fantastic, still very up to date and you can pull off great results using Keynote, Number and Pages.  Before I was using AppleWorks due to a nostalgic feeling, but iWork works amazing!  Also deserving of a mention here is LibreOffice 5 (but still under development > http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/manulix/other/libreoffice/). iWork 09′ you can find for a great price at https://www.ebay.com/ or https://www.craigslist.com/about/sites

VLC – If you choose to keep your Mac PowerPC free of excessive software, embracing the minimalist movement – then just install this app for your media player, because it will play any type of media movie format.  Super powerful! – https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

Gimp – A Classic of the classics – everybody needs to have this app because before the internet you would have a computer to play with apps like Gimp. – https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

AppDelete – They say you only need to drag your app to the garbage bin, but I personally do prefer to use an app to take care of that. – http://www.reggieashworth.com/appdelete

Now my friends, you are ready to start!

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Thank you 😀

FinderPop for MacPowerPC

FinderPop 2.5.7

Right in the middle of 2018, I’m doing my standard search for PowerPC apps and found FinderPop which has brought a whole new life to my “pretty” and “powerful” 15 year old Mac computer.

FinderPop is a simple, yet powerful and intricate app.  It will keep everything you need one-click away, for quick and easy access.  It’s great for shortcuts and it will help you organize your app like never before.

I’m also pleased to report that it runs on an Intel Mac and our good old friend, Tiger 10.4

Needless to say –  it’s Free, so don’t waste your time,  click on the link below and install it right away.  Just make sure to share your find on your favourite social media page, and don’t forget to tag the app and your favourite blog 😀

For more details, please watch the following video, posted by the developers >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVGlsRzJvw

Download FinderPop here for free > http://www.finderpop.com/

Screenium for Mac PowerPC

This week, I found a fantastic app that runs and works great on PowerPC – Leopard! Screenium 1.5 or 2.1.8 is software that allows the user to record what’s happening on the screen. Super convenient if you’re someone with a youtube channel, or someone who needs to create an instructional video or training for an online function or program!

There are nice features like recording a fixed area, full screen, mouse area or a single window. Also it has support for microphones, so you can add your comments as you record. You can use a camera as well!

It’s easy to use and the results are fantastic.

It’s not free – so please make sure to contact them before purchasing because you need to make sure they still providing license to this version. The currently version is 3.1.3 and it’s Intel only. This version does however allow a demo try.

I’m very satisfied with the results and this app has a great deal of potential, even being a bit outdated, it still gets the job done very well.

So ladies and gentlemen, this is another great reminder to take your PPC’s out and use them to their full potential!

Have fun with it!

Download version 1.5 or 2.1.8 from the official website > http://www.syniumsoftware.com/downloads

Or

Download the version 1.5 from this link: (use server 1) > http://mac.brothersoft.com/screenium-download.html

Audacity for MacPowerPC

Sometimes we have these apps that are a must to have installed and we always forget to mention them because we assume everybody already knows about them…

I realized that Audacity is one of these fantastic apps…so I am going to break the cycle of not mentioning the basics…right now.

Audacity is a powerful music editor, recorder and player (also it’s free open source). You can either record your music, edit your tracks for DJs or wannabe sound editors or even for the newest millennial podcastor! A lot of features that you would probably pay big bucks with other apps (that you’d have to purchase), you end up getting for free with Audacity.

So get your PowerPC out of the closet and start playing with Audacity.  It’s really fun and maybe we can find yourself with a new hobby or even a new profession.

Download here> https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/

 

 

iScroll2 + Scroll Reverser for MacPowerPC

I found these great apps that it may help someone out there having the same issue that I was couple of weeks ago.

Some of my browsers were really out of date and I found out that TenFourFox seems to be the one to use as default.

Browsing in an iBook it’s not a easy task if you don’t have a mouse plugged in. My trackpad doesn’t have features like scrolling so I found an app that it does the job for me.

iScroll2 – can be download here > http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net/

Second app is Scroll Reverser, well long short story it does reverse the scrolling.
Scroll Reverse – can be download here > https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

And if you are wondering TenFourFox > http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

iNotePad 2.4.2 for Mac PowerPC

Let’s start with a very good small app that it will help to keep your day organized.  Notepads it is.

This is a very powerfull note app to keep your reminds, notes and full size texts.

It does have great features and it’s super easy to use.

It’s a free ware and you can register

Name: free version

Code: 0057968178

Dowloand here: http://vojousoftware.weebly.com/inotepad.html

AirRadar for PowerPC

AirRadar 2.2.3

AirRadar 2.2.3 is an application which will allow you to scan for and connect to wireless networks nearby. AirRadar is easy to use and helps you find the best networks in your area.

You can create your own list of favourites, or filter out those that you don’t want to see.
Version 2.2.3 is PowerPC friendly and is free to try.

Download here: AirRadar

Neo for Leopard for Mac PowerPC

Neo for Leopard 1.0.33 (PowerPC friendly)

NeO is a powerful outliner built for MacOS X. Using NeO, you can efficiently manage and organize pieces of information. NeO supports basic outliner facilities, such as creating, moving, sorting, grouping, combining and gathering items. And the useful facilities help you manage and organize information.

 

For some reason I’m getting an issue when I launch this app, I sent report and I hope they will fix it soon, until there let’s wait.  The installation went well and seems to be promising app.

Download here > http://d-lit.com/macosx/neo2/download.php

ViJournal 2.3.9 for MacPowerPC

Happy New Year to all of us and 2016 just started and I think from now only the strongest PowerPC users will keep on keeping on.

viJournal 2.3.9 Lite – PowerPC friendly (10.5 (Leopard)  It is a free lightweight version of viJournal. It’s designed as an old-fashioned page-a-day bound diary.  You write your entries under dated headers and save them collectively by month and year. ViJournal has many powerful features, all added in such a way that they do not clutter the interface or detract from the original purpose of having viJournal work like a traditional bound diary.  It’s simple and light, runs very good on 10.5 and It a definitely an app to have installed.

Download here:  http://cl.ly/2E0f0E1R3f3A

You still have many things to do with your powerful PowerPC.

SJPhone – VOIP for PowerPC

SJphone® is a VOIP softphone that allows you to speak with any other softphone running on a PC/PDA, any stand-alone IP-phone, or using Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) with any traditional wired or mobile phone. It supports SIP and is fully inter-operable with most major VOIP vendors and ITSPs.

* http://www.sjlabs.com/sjp.html

Djay for Mac PowerPC

Who doesn’t want be DJ?

I would say that djaying is one of the most time consuming thing to do with your computer if you are into music and throw party to friends.

Sad news to get the newest Macbook Air or Macbook Pro just to djaying is very expensive, so why not look for an old cheap option like PowerBook  or iBook, most of people won’t know the different unless you are using a very cool colour iBook G3 or a PowerBook Pismo/Wallstreet that the Apple logo is upside down.

Either way you can install a old version of Djay (3.1.2) totally compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.  Of course there are some limitations when you compare the most recent 4.2.3, but the application run just fine and you will rock the party… …as long as your music rocks, of course.

Have fun guys.

 

* Djay 3.1.2 – Download here: http://adf.ly/tpP1G (Please wait 5 seconds and skip on top right corner).

Deeper – Titanium Software

Another good utility that still supporting PowerPC computers is Deeper from Titanium Software.

* Deeper is a personalization utility which allows you to enable and disable the hidden functions of the Finder, dock, etc.

– Tiger – 1.0.7

– Leopard – 1.1.5

Download here: http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloaddeeper.php

 

Maintenance for PowerPC

Titanium Software also has a very interesting application:

* Maintenance is a system maintenance and cleaning utility for Max OS X that allows you to run tasks of system maintenance: repair permission, run periodic scripts, reset spotlight’s index, delete application, font and system cache, check status of the hard drive, etc.

* Maintenance – 1.1.8 – Tiger

* Maintenance – 1.2.7 – Leopard

Download here: http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadmaintenance.php

 

Summer is very busy time for me.  I will put some more effort to it as soon as slow down a bit.

ONYX for Everybody

* Onyx available for all Macs PowerPC or Intel.

Onyx is a multifunction utility, it helps you to keep your mac healthy, it deletes caches, removes certain numbers of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.

ONYX – 1.3.1 – Jaguar

ONYX – 1.5.3 – Panther

ONYX – 1.8.6 – Tiger

ONYX – 2.0.6 – Leopard

Titanium Software – http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php