I have an imac g3, 32 MB ram, 333 mhz, and 6 Mb of vram. It runs Mac OS 9.2.2. I remembered there are utilities for os 9 like Alsoft disk warrior 3. They are great utilities but it is just I want more options. Can anybody recommend some good, other utilities for os 9, such as disk checking, beside Norton Utilities (I have version 5 already)? Also does anybody have a problem with Norton antivirus for mac 7.0, and is it safe to use?
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2011, March 6 - 1:04am
#1
Utilities for mac os 9?
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2011, March 6 - 6:41am
#2
There are some good ones, let me check my backups and get back to you...
2011, March 6 - 5:20pm
#3
Ok and put up on a file hosting service like mediafire, and put it on a .sit archive which I CAN open with. One more thing, How will I transfer the sit archive to my Imac g3? USB? Email? Internet is really slow on my old Imac!
2011, March 6 - 9:49pm
#4
I do use Norton Antivirus 7.0.2; it has the latest antivirus definitions for Mac OS 9 native (August 2008). It is safe to use if you make wise use of the multi levelled preference options. Especially you should not allow Norton too much auto protect because this can be quite enervating. Also, disable automatic repair.
However, if you want to be safe against macro viruses after August 2008 do not install Microsoft products except Word 5.1a. A good protection against infected Word documents is IC Word (not abandonware), a Word file viewer which does not open macros.
Regarding disc utilities: DiskWarrior is not abandonware; TechTool Pro 3 is not abandonware either. Both are good an rock solid.
2011, March 9 - 1:26am
#5
Does norton slow down mac os 9 because I remember finding a log file from Norton antivirus saying error uninstalling and removing. I believe it was uninstalled by the previous owner.
2011, March 9 - 10:16am
#6
Norton Antivirus does not slow down my G3. If it does slow down pre-G3 processors I haven't tested. However, Norton can be quite nagging if you have, via preferences, allowed it to high a security level. Then all the time Norton pops up and interferes. That slows down indeed. Since there have not been written many virusses for classic Mac OS I put the security level to a minimum, i.e. Norton gets active only when I open a file but not when I insert a new disk or stick. I have also disabled security zones completely. With these preferences Norton has been getting active with some virusses contained in abandonware files also updated here when I tried to open thoses files. I also should note, however, that I do not download music and games. Thus, I do not know whether it would be necessary to have a higher security level for those files. Also, my old Mac is not connected to the web so I do not have to be careful about opening infected websites.
Norton Utilities, however, is a pain in the ass: Just yesterday I rescued a corrupted stick with DiskWarrior, and after this also let Norton DiskDoctor run over the stick. The result: The stick directory was damaged again! Fortunately, DiskWarrior was able to fix the directory a second time. To be fair, I have heard, that in some cases when DiskWarrior is unable to fix a stick, DiskDoctor might be able to fix.
2011, March 9 - 4:08pm
#7
When I ran SoftPC at its time on a PowerBook 145b, it crashed, something (or I) deleted its hard disk file (30 MB), but its hard disk space hasn't been set free. Norton Utilities detected this issue and gave me back the hard disk space...
2011, March 10 - 1:49am
#8
Norton utilities was said to be bad for Mac OS X. But the OS 9 version wasn't as bad as the OS X version. So, norton antivirus will not slow down G3 based mac's as long as I set the prefences to the minimum, right?
2011, March 10 - 11:09am
#9
Useful information on Norton Utilities here:
http://lowendmac.com/musings/02/0906.html
and here:
http://lowendmac.com/musings/03/0328.html
Regarding Norton Antivirus definitely enable auto protect when opening files. For the rest just try it out for yourself; you will note pretty quickly what you like or not just by doing such simple things like inserting a stick, opening files, scanning a volume, etc. Nothing dangerous can happen as long as you disable auto repair.
2011, May 21 - 8:41pm
#10
I recommend TechTool Pro(version 2 is here in macintoshgarden, most recent 3 is still available to buy from Micromat).
2011, May 22 - 3:29pm
#11
Maybe you find some interesting suggestions over here in the software section? (I need to update it badly, though..)