Software for Vintage and Obsolete Computers
If you are using an old operating system or computer which is no longer supported by Apple, you might still find software products for your Mac here. In some cases, we even develop new or updated software products targeted to old systems.
Please use the following, alphabetically sorted list of applications to find the software product you may be looking for.
Note that these applications must not be used on up-to-date versions of macOS. Those operating systems were unknown at the time the software was developed, so technical conflicts could arise that might result in data loss. Most programs have an internal safety feature which prevents you from using them with incompatible operating systems.
| Application | Version | Release Date | For the Operating Systems | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware Monitor | 4.99 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on Macs released between August 2002 and November 2012. |
 4.2 MB(old license required) |
| Hardware Monitor | 4.99 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Lion OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion OS X 10.9 Mavericks on Macs released between August 2002 and November 2012. |
6.1 MB |
| Hardware Monitor Remote | 4.95 | September 8, 2011 | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |
881 KB (old license required) |
| Hardware Monitor Remote | 4.98 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.7 Lion OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion |
4.5 MB |
| Hardware Monitor Remote | 4.99 | June 1, 2016 | OS X 10.9 Mavericks | 4.4 MB |
| NFS Manager | 2.94a | May 26, 2007 |
Mac OS X 10.2.5 Jaguar |
805 KB (old license required) |
| NFS Manager | 3.5 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard | 2.4 MB (old license required) |
| NFS Manager | 3.92 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Lion OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion OS X 10.9 Mavericks (not recommended) OS X 10.10 Yosemite (not recommended) |
8.4 MB |
| PrefEdit | 1.2 | February 27, 2006 | Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger |
296 KB |
| PrefEdit | 2.2 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | 1.8 MB (old license required) |
| PrefEdit | 2.4 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard | 1.6 MB |
| PrefEdit | 3.6 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion |
8.1 MB |
| Sync Checker | 1.0 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | 2.1 MB (old license required) |
| Sync Checker | 1.4 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Lion OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion OS X 10.9 Mavericks |
5.5 MB |
| SystemLoad | 1.3 | March 25, 2009 | Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard |
326 KB |
| Temperature Monitor | 4.7 | March 24, 2009 | Mac OS X 10.3.8 Panther | 3.1 MB |
| Temperature Monitor | 4.98 | September 20, 2013 | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (not recommended) OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (not recommended) OS X 10.9 Mavericks (not recommended) |
3.7 MB |
| TinkerTool Classic | 3.95 | August 28, 2009 | Mac OS X 10.1 Puma Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Mac OS X 10.3 Panther |
690 KB |
| TinkerTool Classic Generation 2 | 4.5 | March 17, 2011 | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard |
1.2 MB |
| TinkerTool System (1) | 1.94 | July 20, 2011 |
Mac OS X 10.3.8 Panther |
2.5 MB (old license required) |
| TinkerTool System Release 2 | 2.7 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | 5.2 MB (old license required) |
| TinkerTool System Release 2 | 3.32 | June 1, 2016 | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on 32 Bit CPU |
19.4 MB |
Old license required?
For technical reasons, legacy application versions with the note âold license requiredâ in the Download column are not compatible with registrations sold after May 2016. You can only unlock and fully use the downloaded legacy version if you had purchased a license prior to that date. New licenses for old software versions targeting Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or earlier operating systems are no longer available through the software reseller.