FTP Download Sites

Here is a list of my favorite software download sites. If you decide to keep a shareware program, please remember to read the licensing agreement and pay the usually trivial shareware fees - keep the good stuff coming by rewarding these clever and unselfish programmers. If you need help, go to the FTP help page.

Shareware Archives

Site Name
Mac/Win
Site Address
Site Characteristics

InfoMac HyperArchive

http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html

searchable, fast interface, but infrequently updated

Univ. of Michigan
Archive
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/msdos/

old, infrequently updated, but vast (education is under "misc")

ZDNet Mac Download

http://www.zdnet.com/mac/download.html
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/win95.html

awkward design, but up to date applications

CNET Download.com
CNET Shareware.com
http://download.cnet.com
http://shareware.cnet.com

small, but up to date, pretty good interface

TuCows.com

http://www.tucows.com/

clumsy, but expansive

Mac.org

http://www.mac.org/

good source for Mac utilities

Pure-Mac.com

http://www.pure-mac.com/

recent, well organized, good stuff

SoftSeek

http://www.softseek.com/Education_and_Science/

Quality Shareware

http://www.quality-shareware.com

Program Files (Education section)

http://www.ProgramFiles.com

Edu-Soft

http://www.edu-soft.org/library/index.shtml

Kids Domain

http://kidsdomain.com/down/index.html

Good for pre-K, early grades

WinFiles

http://winfiles.cnet.com/apps/

Commercial Software Updates

Apple Computer

http://asu.info.apple.com/

Mac operating system updates and Apple software updates.

Version Tracker

http://www.versiontracker.com/

The latest releases of everything...check it daily! Beautiful interface, searchable

Microsoft Corporation

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

http://www.microsoft.com/

Updates for Microsoft Mac and Windows applications, Internet software, and for Windows Operating Systems.