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Gateway

Over time, we’ve gathered a collection of trusted tools, helpful references, and interesting resources — both for ourselves and for those we work with. Think of this page as a curated gateway to sites and software we believe are worth bookmarking. Some of these are practical tools we use every day, while others are places to explore and learn. We hope you find it useful!

Quick Index

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  • File Compression Utiltites

    • FreeZip - FreeZip is a small, fast and efficient Zip utility for compression and decompression of files and directories.
    • PkWare - Home of PkZip and PkZip for Windows.
    • RARLAB - Home of WinRAR and RAR archivers. WinRAR is sweet with small archives and a self-extractor that adds very little size! Highly recommended.
    • The Unarchiver - Nice utility for Apple OS X.

  • Graphics & Desktop Publishing Tools

    • Adobe - Home of a wide variety of creative software.
    • Affinity - Professional Creative Software
    • Corel Corporation - Home of CorelDraw!, Painter and other excellent illustration and image editing software.
    • Digital Workshop - Home of Illuminatus Opus, an extremely powerful, yet intuitive, multimedia development tool. It simply leaves the others in its dust.
    • Hash, Inc. - Home of Animation:Master. You may not have heard of Animation:Master, but you should check it out. You won't find better bang for the buck.
    • Inkscape - Open Source Vector Graphics Editor
    • Microangelo® - The "Grand-Daddy" of icon software.
    • Quark Incorporated - Home of QuarkXPress

  • Music, Sound & Video Tools

    • Adobe - Home of Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro)
    • Audacity® - Open source software for recording and editing sounds
    • Reaper - Complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.
    • Sony - Home of Acid Pro, Sound Forge and Vegas
    • XMP - Extended Module Player

  • Essential Utilities

    • CCleaner
    • Acronis - Home of Acronis backup and imaging software.
    • Disk State - From GeekCorp. This valuable utility shows you the size of the folders on your drives, helps you delete duplicate files and cleanup temporary/unnecessary files. We use this to keep our computers clean and smooth.
    • Eraser
    • Gibson Research Corporation - Home of the Spinrite Hard Drive Utility (the BEST) and the ChromaZone Screen Saver (the COOLEST). You'll also find some interesting security and computing information here.
    • Petges.lu - Home of Attribute Changer. This utility allows you to change date/time stamps and other file attributes on groups of files. Very nice.
    • RAXCO Software - Home of the PerfectDisk defragmentation utility. This program is part of our regular system maintenance.
    • Removal Tool to Fix .NET Framework Install Failures
    • AppZapper
    • Calibrate - Create and batch process iCal events
    • FUSE for OS X - FUSE for OS X allows you to extend OS X's native file handling capabilities via third-party file systems.
    • paragon software group - Home of NTFS for Mac®.
    • Titanium Software - Home of Onyx, Maintenance and Deeper. Excellent!