A very famous (or infamous, due to all the stability issues it caused
~~ ~~later in its life~~ ~~ when outdated versions were used with
newer versions of OS X) tool used for hacking applications or
providing features as reusable modules. Its aim was to bring the
classic Mac OS's modularity to OS X. It can essentially be seen as the
proprietary competitor to [SimBL][1].
### Application Enhancer
Download #1 ? v2.6.1 released Sep 2, 2010 for Leopard and Snow Leopard
(10.5 & 10.6)
Download #2 ? v2.5.2 For Tiger (10.4)
Download #3 ? v2.0.3 For Panther (10.3)
Download #4 ? v1.5.1 For Jaguar (10.2)
Download #5 ? v1.3 For Puma (10.1)
### APE SDK
Download #6 ? v2.6.1 SDK For Leopard and Snow Leopard (10.5 & 10.6)
Download #7 ? v2.0.3 SDK For Panther (10.3)
Download #8 ? v1.5.1 SDK For Jaguar (10.2)
Download #9 ? v1.3 SDK For Puma (10.1)
### See Also
[FruitMenu][2], [ShapeShifter][3] \- examples of software that uses
Application Enhancer (APE) technology.
### Wanted
Version 2.52 of the SDK (latest version for 10.4 Tiger) is missing
### Info
Final Web Archive captures of [Unsanity's Application Enhancer][4] and
[APE SDK][5] downloads and documentation.
Further reading: [What happened to Unsanity?][6] and [Unsanity][7] (Wikipedia).
Compatibility
Architecture: PPC x86 (Intel:Mac)
Requires Rosetta for Intel Macs as parts of the program are still
PowerPC code.
[1]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/simbl
[2]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/fruitmenu
[3]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/unsanity-shapeshifter
[4]:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130309140933/http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape
[5]:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130215231544/http://unsanity.com/haxies/apesdk
[6]:
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=24502203
[7]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsanity
