Conflict Catcher 9 running on Mac OS 9. | |
Developer(s) | Casady & Greene |
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Stable release | 9.0.1 / 2002 |
Operating system | Classic Mac OS |
Type | Utility |
License | Shareware |
Website | n/a |
Conflict Catcher is a discontinued utility software application that was written by Jeff Robbin and published by Casady & Greene for classic Mac OS. It aided Macintosh users in solving conflicts within Mac OS that could occur on startup when a large amount of extensions and control panels were installed (see Extension conflict). Later versions of Conflict Catcher included a playable Asteroids game as an easter egg in the About menu. Conflict Catcher included a printed manual written by David Pogue.
A Mac OS X version was never released, since the extension mechanisms in Mac OS X do not have extension conflicts. The last version of Conflict Catcher was version 9, for Mac OS 9. After declining sales, in 2003 Casady & Greene filed for bankruptcy. Conflict Catcher 9 was priced at $63, significantly higher than average prices for utility software.
References
- Pogue, David (October 1994). "Conflict Catcher II 2.1.1". Macworld. p. 71.
- Taylor, Dave (January 10, 1994). "Conflict Catcher tames wild startups". InfoWorld. 16 (2): 100.
- Breen, Christopher (2002). Mac 911. pp. 128–129. ISBN 9780201773392.
- Pogue, David (2002-09-19). "Survival of Software's Fittest". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
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