Monday's Mac Gadget by John F. Braun Find Out Where Your Stuff Is with Package Tracker February 14th, 2000 Package Tracker 1.0 ($12 Shareware) Intelli Innovations, Inc. Although the state of Mac retail stores (such as the cool CompUSA we saw during Macworld) is improving, there are still some real stinkers out there. Fortunately, just about any Mac product you can think of is available via mail order. Fire up a site such as MacBuy.com and you'll be ordering stuff in no time. The only downside is that you have to wait for your stuff. If only you could find out exactly where your goodies are... Package Tracker eliminates the tedium of having to go to each shipper's web site to track your package. Instead, you can perform one-time tracking requests for Airborne, FedEx, UPS and USPS shipments. Although the level of detail varies, you should at least be able to tell if the package left the shipping dock, and if it has arrived in your area. Some systems also provide progress reports, so you know exactly where things are. Your Toys Have Been Delivered! But this is where Package Tracker goes beyond being just a browser front end. It also has a Tracking Manager mode. By clicking on the Add button in the Tracking Manager, you will be asked for an item name, a tracking number, and the shipper. This value will be saved so you can access it the next time you run Package Tracker, and eliminate the need for finding that scrap of paper you wrote the tracking number on. This mode is also great for those who are shipping stuff, and want a quick way to make sure everything has gone out. There are also buttons that will let you Modify, Delete or View an individual entry. Have any other Internet gadgets you'd like us to look at? Let John know via e-mail, or share it with the rest of us in the Mac Gadget Forum Useful Link Package Tracker Home Page Monday's Mac Gadget is here to help you with those cool things that we all just have to have on our Macs. Shareware, Freeware, Postcardware, Emailware, and even commercial apps, Monday's Mac Gadget is here to help you find and use the best of these programs. John is a software engineer who works in the corporate R&D group of a Fortune 500 company, focusing on all aspects of communications technology. He has several degrees that claim he knows what he's doing when it comes to computers. After watching co-workers reinstall Windows, search for device drivers, and experience other horrors during the day, he's glad that he comes home to a Mac (compatible) computer. Have any comments, suggestions, or favorite Gadgets? Drop John a line at You can also Post Your Comments below. Current Monday's Mac Gadget Want to Supercharge Your Dock? Check Out Todos! - August 21st Worried About Your Mac Getting Jacked? Get JackSMS - June 12th Want iChat with Tabs? Try Chax! - April 3rd Visit Monday's Mac Gadget Archives for more great Mac Gadgets!