Conflict Catcher

{{short description|Third-party Mac OS utility}}

{{Infobox Software

| name = Conflict Catcher

| logo =

| screenshot = Image:Conflict catcher screenshot.png

| caption = Conflict Catcher 9 running on Mac OS 9.

| developer = Casady & Greene

| latest_release_version = 9.0.1

| latest_release_date = 2002

| operating_system = Classic Mac OS

| genre = Utility

| license = Shareware

| website = n/a

}}

Conflict Catcher is a discontinued utility software application that was written by Jeff Robbin and published by Casady & Greene for classic Mac OS. It aided Macintosh users in solving conflicts within Mac OS that could occur on startup when a large amount of extensions and control panels were installed (see Extension conflict).{{Cite magazine |last=Pogue |first=David |date=October 1994 |title=Conflict Catcher II 2.1.1 |magazine=Macworld |page=71}}{{cite journal |last=Taylor |first=Dave |date=January 10, 1994 |title=Conflict Catcher tames wild startups |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8joEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22conflict+catcher%22&pg=PA100 |journal=InfoWorld |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=100}} Later versions of Conflict Catcher included a playable Asteroids game as an easter egg in the About menu.{{cite book |last=Breen |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJBACgv2qsAC&dq=%22conflict+catcher%22&pg=PA129 |title=Mac 911 |year=2002 |isbn=9780201773392 |pages=128–129}} Conflict Catcher included a printed manual written by David Pogue.{{Cite news |last=Pogue |first=David |date=2002-09-19 |title=Survival of Software’s Fittest |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/19/technology/circuits/survival-of-softwares-fittest.html |access-date=2022-10-29 |issn=0362-4331}}

A Mac OS X version was never released, since the extension mechanisms in Mac OS X do not have extension conflicts. The last version of Conflict Catcher was version 9, for Mac OS 9. After declining sales, in 2003 Casady & Greene filed for bankruptcy. Conflict Catcher 9 was priced at $63, significantly higher than average prices for utility software.