https://grok.lsu.edu/New Utilities articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18869 To Install the Unarchiver on a Mac OS X Operating System: 1. Visit The Unarchiver Official Website . 2. Click the Download button. 3. When the download is finished, open the .zip file from the Downloads folder. 4. Move The Unarchiver application fro18869Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:46:13 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18858 General Information The Unarchiver is a much more capable replacement for "BOMArchiveHelper.app", the built-in archive unpacker program in Mac OS X. The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than BOMArchiveHelper, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. Supporte18858Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:51:00 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18748 To Install WinDirStat on Your Windows Operating System: 1. Download WinDirStat from the provider's webpage. 2. The setup wizard will bring up the license agreement. Read through it and if you accept the terms, check the box that says I Accept then click next. 3. Choose the comp18748Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:51:22 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18731 General Information WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows (all current variants). WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views: the directory list, the treemap, and the extension list. Do18731Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:45:00 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17509 General Information 7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by17509Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:50:48 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17465 Mounting an Image with OSFMount: 1. Open the application. 2. From the home screen of OSFMount select Mount new. 3. Under Image file, select the box [...] , to find your ISO file. ( OSFMount can also deal with other files as well ). 4. Locate your ISO Fi17465Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:40:46 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17463 General Information OSFMount is a free utility that allows you to mount local disk image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows with a drive letter. It supports the creation of RAM disks, i.e. a disk mounted into RAM. This generally has a large speed benefit over usin17463Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:06:06 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17320 General Information RBrowser is a full-featured free graphic FTP-SFTP client. RBrowser allows the user to manage/browse files on the remote host with an easy-to-use graphic interface. File management commands include move, copy, duplicate, compress, delete, set permissions, make links, 17320Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:42:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17316 General Information LC ISO Creator is a portable Free ISO Maker software that allows a user to make an ISO image directly from any disk CD or DVD that is inserted in the client computer's CD/DVD-ROM drive. This tool makes for a great portable utility because the user can backup a CD or 17316Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:15:03 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17237 General Information PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. Pre-Installation Notes: Windows or Linux operating systems are needed to download and install this software. Also, it is offered free of charge 17237Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:51:41 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17153 General Information The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy certain families of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows imag17153Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:15:10 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716 General Information Solid State Drives (SSDs) are quickly replacing traditional, mechanical, hard disk drives due to their higher speed, lower power consumption, lighter weight, and being more shock proof. However, traditional whole disk erasing utilities like Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) d16716Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:20:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16663 General Information FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. System Requirements: Windows, Mac OS X, OR Linux Platform. Download and Installation Instructions Download FileZilla Fil16663Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:43:39 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16622 General Information Pismo File Mount Audit Package is a Windows application that allows users to mount the contents of ZIP, ISO, Compact ISO, Compact File Set and Private Folder files to the file system as virtual folders. Pre-Installation Notes System Requirements: Wind16622Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:02:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15534 Mount an .ISO File Important Note: You CANNOT use this method to install an Operating System, only to install Applications. 1. Browse to the .iso file that you want to Mount to install software. 2. Right-click the file and select PFM Mount from the drop-down menu. 3. S15534Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:33:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=14764 General Information Growl is a global notification system for Mac OS X. Any application can send a notification to Growl, which will display an attractive message on your screen. Growl currently works with a growing number of applications. System Requirements: Mac OS X or Mac OS X 114764Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:45:53 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=14755 General Information Fugu is a graphical frontend to the command line Secure File Transfer application (SFTP). SFTP is similar to FTP, but unlike FTP, the entire session is encrypted, meaning no passwords are sent in cleartext form and is thus much less vulnerable to third-party intercep14755Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:26:51 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=5395 Getting Started SFTP is an acronym for Secure File Transfer Protocol. There are various SFTP software packages available that allow you to securely transfer files from one computer to another computer. This is also known as Secure File Sharing. FileZilla is used as the SFTP progr5395Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:10:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=4885 General Information The program performs miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance such as deleting the cache, removing cumbersome files and folders, etc. It also allows you to view your system configuration, and preview the different logs and Crash Reporter reports. Pre4885Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:31:31 GMT