Now Utilities

Now Utilities was a collection of file and system management utilities developed by Now Software for classic Mac OS.
==History==
Now Utilities was originally released for System 6 in 1990. Version 2 was released in 1991 with support for System 7.Now Utilities: Overview by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS #45. 1991. It was listed as a top 10 best seller by MacWEEK in that year. French and German versions were released in 1993. Version 5 shipped in 1994 and was localized for the Japanese market. Version 6 was released in 1996.Milestones in Now Software's History, Now Software. Archived 1996-11-12.
===Changes of ownership===
On November 10, 1997, announced that it had acquired Now Software, which at the time was the 71st-largest software company in the United States.Qualcomm Incorporated announces acquisition of Now Software, Now Software. 1997-11-10. Archived 1998-02-07. In August 1998, Power On Software acquired the Now Utilities product line from Qualcomm.News/Press Releases, Power On Software. Archived 2000-01-16.
===Discontinuation===
The final release was version 6.7, which supported up to Mac OS 7.6.1.Now Utilities FAQ, Power On Software. Archived 1999-02-24. It was not updated to support Mac OS 8 and was discontinued.Mac OS 8 and Now Utilities, Power On Software. Archived 1997-12-10. Power On Software attempted to replace Now Utilities with ACTION Utilities with support for Mac OS 9.Power On Software's ACTION Utilities Bundle, Power On Software. Archived 2000-04-11. However, it did not reach the same level of success and the company, which renamed itself to Now Software, went out of business in March 2010.Farewell by John Wallace. 2010-03-22.
==Software components==
===Version 6.x===
*Now Profile
*Now Startup Manager
*Now Tabs
*Super Boomerang
==References==
==External links==
*Now Utilities official website (archived 1998-06-11, 1996-12-28)
* at Wikipedia
Category:Discontinued utilities
Category:Classic Mac OS utilities
Category:1990 introductions