Conflict Catcher

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]

Conflict Catcher
Developer(s)Casady & Greene
Stable release
9.0.1 / 2002
Operating systemClassic Mac OS
TypeUtility
LicenseShareware
Websiten/a

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
  1. Pogue, David (October 1994). "Conflict Catcher II 2.1.1". Macworld. p. 71.
  2. Taylor, Dave (January 10, 1994). "Conflict Catcher tames wild startups". InfoWorld. 16 (2): 100.
  3. Breen, Christopher (2002). Mac 911. pp. 128–129. ISBN 9780201773392.
  4. 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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