If you're a skilled serial bit banger and programmer who isn't satisfied with ordinary Mac communications programs, you're a good candidate for SuperMac Software's Acknowledge. But if you can't tell Ring Detect from Ready to...

Grizzled Mac veterans may occasionally curl a lip at the blithe praises computers get for making complex tasks simple. (Remember your first experiences with telecommunications?) But Opcode Systems has a package that can really do the trick for those...

Get all your affairs in order for when you die.  A checklist and record of things you may have forgotten. Insurance, wills, inventory, holdings, etc. There are times when we all wish we had our lives better organized. This is as true...

FileMaker Plus is a Macintosh database and file management program, adding numerous new features to the original FileMaker program. It is a departure from traditional file managers, most notably in form design, allowing you to move around fields on...

MacTree is a program in search of a problem to solve. It could easily be the greatest Finder alternative, but it isn’t, it could be the best file locator, but it isn’t. In fact, what it does best isn't remarkably useful. MacTree...

On Cue is one of that rare breed of utilities that instantly attach themselves to my life and don't let go like Suitcase, DiskTap, and a few others. This application launching menu system makes living with MultiFinder and a large screen much...

MapMaker 3.0 is a combination digital cartographer, geographic analyst, and graph generator, all in one package. It gives you the power to see information, such as the demographic makeup of a sales territory, actually on a map. Best of all, it does...

Perhaps you've encountered this situation; An important Excel file you’ve been using for several weeks has been growing steadily, but you haven't paid attention. You make the last revisions and start to save the file. Suddenly, a...

To hear everyone tell it, HyperCard is going to change the world. So who am I to disagree? After all, to be colloquial about it, it’s one hell of a product. But how do you reach all that information when you’re in a word processor or...

PostScript has remained for most people that mysterious “something” in a laser printer that may or may not be hardware, software, or even a bizarre high-tech hybrid of the two. And as most fledgling PostScript hackers know all too well,...

You’ve probably noticed that computers haven’t met the promise of cutting down on the amount of paper and forms in offices. But TrueForm can manage those forms more efficiently. Bureaucrats, take note, this may be your dream come...

When TK!Solver was removed from the Macintosh software market, the market was left with a gap. Spreadsheets, programming languages and statistics pro grams could grind through calculations when the user had already worked out a path to the solution....

QUED is a very specialized word processor that doesn’t do many things that word processors must do. For example, it doesn’t word wrap on the screen, it doesn’t allow a choice of type styles and it can only create single-spaced...

Hippo Computer Almanac is a collection of interesting facts that users access using a question and answer format. This is a game or toy, not a real almanac. MacUser. (May 1986). MiniFinders. (pg. 134). New York, NY.

Mathematical equations arc difficult to work with and understand. But at least they won’t be a pain to get into print if you use Expressionist, a new equation processor that creates and edits professional-quality equations in no time. No...

Crunch is an icon-driven relational spreadsheet that features versatile charting and database capabilities. Strong financial logic, date and mathematical functions. Spreadsheets can be linked. The manual is clear and concisely written. Macros are...

StatWorks is a general-purpose statistics package that is both powerful and easy to use. Handles all standard tests and procedures. Single variable and multivariate statistics are supported. MacUser. (May 1986). MiniFinders. (pg. 126). New...

Cash Disbursements is a simple, one-write check writing system. Limited functionality, but does allow some detailed information. Menus clear and easy to follow, but check printing can be confusing. Other modules planned. MacUser. (May 1986)....

The ObjectPlant is a shareware program for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. The notation used by the ObjectPlant is based on the Object Modeling Technique, OMT but also supports a subset of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The ObjectPlant is...