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The QPaint Reader application lets you copy images to other places on your Macintosh.

I looked at QPaint Reader, but didn't try installing QPaint itself.

Web to Pilot
Web to Pilot is a utility for downloading a list of Web pages and converting them to Doc format for reading on your PalmPilot. It runs on the Macintosh. It appears to be an AppleScript which links together a variety of separate utilities. The utilities are all separate from Web to Pilot, so you have to go on a scavenger hunt to get them first. However, they look like useful programs to have in any case, so you won't regret having gotten them.

I haven't tried Web to Pilot, partly because I'm not in the habit of reading web pages on my Pilot, and partly because I had trouble figuring out where, among the copious and otherwise clear instructions, was the link to the script itself!

Crossbow Filter
There are many other Mac applications for PalmPilot users, which are of more limited interest. Crossbow Filter, another free utility by Rusty Kay, coverts crossword puzzles from the form USA Today uses on their web site into a form you can view on your PalmPilot.

AlbumMaker
AlbumMaker is a US$10 shareware utility to convert PICT images into a format which you can view on the PalmPilot.

PDPatcher & DicConv
For those of you using your PalmPilots in Japanese, Shuji Fukumoto has come up with a freeware utility, PDPatcher15, to patch the PalmPilot Desktop app to accept Japanese text. See his web page above. Yukinari Suzuki has DicConv 0.2.0, a freeware utility to help you tune how Kana-Kanji conversion input works.

CodeWarrior & CoPilot
Finally, honorable mention must go to two excellent PalmPilot software development tools that run on the Macintosh. Metrowerks' CodeWarrior is the primary tool for developing PalmPilot applications. Their web site at http://www.metrowerks.com/games/pilot/

CoPilot 1.3 lets you run PalmPilot applications on your Power Macintosh. Originally by Greg Hewgill, it was ported to the Macintosh by Illumesoft.

On the horizon: relief, or a mirage?
In this series we've looked at several disappointing aspects of PalmPilot support for Macintosh users, and some very heartening responses by Macintosh users. The disappointing aspects all trace back to Palm Computing's initial second-class support for the Macintosh.