Apps and More Freeware

In the course of developing internal projects, Apps & More sometimes identifies software modules that can be hived off as separate entities for release as freeware. This software is made available from this page. Additional free scripts meant to be scheduled with Script Timer are bundled with that program and are described on a separate page, except for Track Timer, which has its own page.
You may modify any of the freeware offerings described on this page and use them in any way you wish as long as there is an acknowledgment of the original author, including the Apps & More URL, should you pass one of these scripts or a modified version of it on to others.

Please Note: The software described here is provided on an "As Is" basis and is not warranted to be free of errors. Use at your own risk.

• Font Alert - detect unwanted fonts (OS 9)
• Line End Changer - change OS 9 line endings to Unix style
• play list length - accurately determine an iTunes play list length
• play list writer - make an iTunes play list into an album insert
• Shutdown Script - conveniently shut down an OS 9 computer
• Sleep Script - conveniently put your OS 9 computer to sleep
• TCPIP Configuration Switcher - as the name says, for OS 9
• Type Fixer - change type and creator codes of any file (OS 9 & OS X)
• Type Getter - quickly find type and creator code of any file (OS 9 & OS X)

Font Alert (for desktop publishing in Mac OS 9)
You may run into a situation where something you have downloaded from the Internet brings with it some unwanted fonts that end up in your fonts folder and cause problems. When this script is run it will examine your System Fonts Folder for files not on an approved list that you construct when the script is first run. If unapproved fonts are found, the script will alert the user, displaying a list of the names of the unapproved fonts. To allow for unattended operation, the dialog will disappear after one minute. For use with the AppleScript scheduling program Script Timer 1.2, it will return the list of unapproved fonts for logging in Script Timer's log file. Click here to download this little script. NOTE: The script is intended for OS 9 only.

Line End Changer (for Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X file conversion)
This script changes Macintosh style line endings (carriage return, ASCII 13) to Unix style line endings (line feed, ASCII 10) in a plain text file. As written, it is set up to do the conversion for Web Star log files, but can be easily modified to handle any plain text file you want to convert. Download it from here.

play list length (iTunes helper)
The duration of the current play list is displayed at the bottom of the iTunes window, but the value shown is in hours, minutes, and seconds. This little AppleScript script calculates the duration of the list and displays it in a dialog as minutes and seconds, which is handy if you want to determine just how much more music you can place on a CD-R you are about to burn. To use the script just save it in a folder called Scripts inside the iTunes folder in the Library folder in your Home folder. A Scripts menu will then appear in the iTunes menu bar and you can then run the script by choosing it in the menu. Click here to download.

play list writer (iTunes helper)
This little script is a poor man's CD case insert maker. It takes the play list showing in iTunes and places it in an AppleWorks document ready for printing. The duration of each track in the play list is also included. To use the script, save it in a folder called Scripts inside the iTunes folder in the Library folder in your Home folder. A Scripts menu containing the name of the script will then appear in the iTunes menu bar. To use it for the currently showing play list you just run the script by choosing it in the Scripts menu, modify the resulting AppleWorks document as you wish, then print the document out. If you cut the resulting page to 4.75 inches wide by 9.5 inches long and fold it in half it will be just the right size to slide into a CD case. Click here to download.

Shutdown Script (Mac OS 9)
The newer Macintosh models come with keyboards that do not sport a shutdown key. To shut down, you must go to the Finder's Special menu and choose "Shut Down". If you have one of these keyboards and would like to restore the convenience of the shutdown key, download this simple AppleScript and assign it to one of the existing function keys, say F15. Since it's an application, it's slightly slower than a true shutdown key (but otherwise just as convenient). Meant for Power PC Macs running OS 9.

Sleep Script (Mac OS 9)
If you want to put your Mac to sleep immediately you would normally switch to the Finder and select "Sleep" from the Special Menu. By assigning this handy AppleScript application to one of the function keys you can accomplish the same task with a single keystroke. To allow for an accidental function key hit, the script gives you five seconds to cancel or confirm (on later versions of the Mac Operating System) before putting your computer to sleep. This allows you to hit one key and walk away. Download it from here.

TCPIP Configuration Switcher (Mac OS 9)
If you find yourself switching among several TCP/IP configurations frequently (say between a dial up Internet connection and a local area network), you know that this procedure can become quite tedious. You must open the TCP/IP control panel, select 'Configurations...' from the File menu, activate the new configuration, then close the control panel. This AppleScript is designed to reduce the procedure to two or three quick key presses or mouse clicks by taking advantage of the 'Network Setup Scripting' scripting addition. You assign the script to a Function key, so that it is activated by pressing that key. Then you choose the desired TCP/IP configuration from a list, and the change is made automatically for you. You can download the script here. Note that if you need to switch among several dial up configurations, you will have to modify the script to also change the Remote Access configuration.

Type Fixer (Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X)
This AppleScript was originally written for Mac OS X, where sometimes plain text files without creator and type codes (such as those produced by TextEdit) are changed to SimpleText files, meaning that Classic will start up if you double click on the file. The creator and type codes for any file ending with ".txt" will be changed to the unknown code "????". This changes the owner application back to TextEdit. Open the droplet in the AppleScript Script Editor, change the codes and filter criterion as indicated in the script to suit your own needs, and resave it as either a Classic Applet for Mac OS 9 or earlier, or a Mac OS X Applet for Mac OS X. To download, just click here.

Type Getter (Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X)
This little droplet can be used to quickly find the type and creator codes of any file or application dropped on it. If you put its icon in the Dock in OS X, you only have to drag the icon or icons for your files onto the icon to find the file and creator types. To download, just click here.

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