# Mac Attack! I just bought a used powerbook and am looking for fun free/shareware

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**Created:** [June 16, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-attack-i-just-bought-a-used-powerbook-and-am-looking-for-fun-free-shareware/360986 "2006-06-16T20:10:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-attack-i-just-bought-a-used-powerbook-and-am-looking-for-fun-free-shareware/360986/1 "2006-06-16T20:10:10Z")

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I’m a complete newb to the Apple world, but a co-worker was selling his G4 Powerbook that had iLife on it cheap and I couldn’t resist getting it to play with Garageband.

So, after some noodling, I found pearlyrics [(sadly not available anymore)](http://www.pearworks.com/pages/pearLyrics.html) which brings up the lyrics of the song playing in iTunes. Awesome!Too bad it’s not out there anymore.

So Mac Users, what free/shareware are you using that you recommend? (Also I would be eternally grateful to find software that could take the vocals out of a song karaoke-style. My vocal teacher has a machine that can drop 'em and it’s fun especially on the obscure songs).