 Conflict Catcher 9 running on Mac OS 9. | |
| Developer(s) | Casady & Greene |
|---|---|
| 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 between Mac OS that could occur on startup when a large amount of extensions and control panels were installed (see Extension conflict).[1][2] Later versions of Conflict Catcher included a playable Asteroids game as an easter egg in the About menu.[3] Conflict Catcher included a printed manual written by David Pogue.[4]
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, sales were already declining and 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.