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DESCRIPTION
OSXplanet is a Cocoa program that is based on the popular program xplanet (by Hari Nair). It is able to generate live images of the earth as well as other planets in the solar system with additional informations such as the current clouds, storms, satellites, volcanos, earthquakes and times and locations of cities.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0b02 Universal - 09.04.08:
  • OSXplanet SHOULD work with Tiger. It has not been tested at all. Please give me feedback on this.
  • The version is now UNIVERSAL.
  • A few minor bugs have been fixed
  • PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF OSXPLANET. IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. PLEASE REPORT BUGS BY GOING TO WWW.OSXPLANET.COM

    OSXplanet is now UNIVERSAL, however, it has not been tested on a PPC machine, so please give me feedback on this. Thanks.

    REQUIREMENTS
    Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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    SCREENSHOT

    Developer:Gabriel Otte
    Downloads:55,937
      - Version d/l:2,803
    Utilities:Desktop
    License:Free
    Date:04 Sep 2008
    Platform:PPC/Intel
    DEVELOPER POLL
    Q: What other features would you like to see in OSXplanet?
    Multiple-Monitor Support
    Random Projection Option
    Windowed Image
    ScreenSaver Option
    Weather of Cities
    Presets
    OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST
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    OSXplanet User Reviews (74 posts)Write A Review
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    Sep 3 2008

    BOOMER  This is, and has been the best program of it's type, by FAR.

    The graphics are superior to Earth Desk and the program is donationware.

    I am so happy to see it finally being developed for OSX 10.5.

    I donated for earlier versions and I am donating for the latest version.

    Everyone should give it a try.

    I guarantee you'll find it superior to anything else out there.  
    (Version 2.0b02)

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    Sep 3 2008

    UGGERHOLT  Thank you Gabriel Otte!

    I stopped to use this wonderful little app. some time last year – as far as I remember, it didn't work properly on Leopard.

    Now it's back on my desktop. Very appreciated :-)  
    (Version 2.0b02)

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    Sep 2 2008

    GABRIEL OTTE  To the Tiger Users -

    Please understand that I have no intention of abandoning development of OSXplanet for Tiger. I will try to have a Tiger version out soon, however, I can't say for sure when that will be. Thank you for your support.  
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 2 2008

    BONOBO  Thanks a LOT for your kind comment, Gabriel!

    Very nice that you intend to keep us Tiger users also hapy, and I look forward to OSXplanet 2 for Tiger :-)

    Cheers, Tom  
    (Version 2.0b02)

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    Sep 2 2008
    *****

    CHIEFTED  Oh its back and just in time for the end of Hurricane season.

    The only quibble I have with this is that for now

    I can't get the second screen to run in the dual screen mode.

    Not a big deal at this point since as it is posted this is a beta version and I know that there will be bugs.  
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 2 2008
    *****

    JAZZYGUY  5 Stars on G5 (PPC) works great Thanks for the tip to remove the .bz from the .dmg file.   
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 2 2008

    BONOBO  Hello Gabriel Otte,

    this is just to beg you to PLEASE don't abandon users of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger".

    I for one am still running 10.4.11 and I'd LOVE to step up to OSXplanet 2. I'd even donate a second time if I could run OSXplanet 2 on my Tiger installation.

    Thanks, Tom  
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 2 2008

    JAZZYGUY  USING G5 (PPC) The file which is a zip file won't open. It opens into another zip file which then opens into a further zip file and so on.  
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 2 2008

    MACUPDATE ADMIN  The download is a .dmg file. The .bz2 suffix must be removed from the downloaded file and then the .dmg will mount. This is a well-known issue, here is one site that explains the problem:

    http://unsanity.org/archives/mac_os_x/my_dmg_is_bwoken_after_download.php  
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 2 2008

    MRMARCUZ  Unfortunately, the program cracks after running a couple of secs... I wait for the next update... :(

    using macbook (black) with 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

    4 GB RAM

    MAC OSX 10.5.4

    rgds

    MrMarcuz  
    (Version 2.0b01)

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    Sep 2 2008

    GABRIEL OTTE  Please file a bug report at www.osxplanet.com so that I may further assist you. Also try removing the following files before restarting OSXplanet.

    /Users/your home/Library/Application Support/OSXplanet

    /Users/your home/Library/Preferences/com.gabrielotte.osxplanet1.0.plist

    /Users/your home/Library/Preferences/com.gabrielotte.osxplanet2.0.plist

    Thanks.  
    (Version 2.0b01U)

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    Sep 1 2008
    *****

    FREEBSD  This is a phenomenal program. Working well for me on 10.5.4. Thanks so much for your continued work on this. It's a beautiful, lightweight app.

    Let's donate early and often!  
    (Version 2.0b01)

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    Sep 1 2008

    GABRIEL OTTE  Hello All. First off, I apologize for the long delay on version 2.0. My studies at Cornell University have been keeping me quite busy and having to work during the summer to make enough money to go there didn't help either. Version 2.0b01 has not been tested very much at all. I tried to test it on the computer that I have and a few others, but I didn't go through the normal private beta debugging procedures that I usually go through with my beta testers because I felt that I owed it to the users to have a version of OSXplanet that runs on Leopard ASAP. So please let me know of any bugs you find by going to www.osxplanet.com and I'll address them as soon as possible. Thank you for all your support.  
    (Version 2.0b01)

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    Sep 1 2008

    MACUPDATE ADMIN  This developer has been working on this app for some years now, it would be very nice if a few (or many) more people would consider donating a bit to the developer.

    You can do so at the developer's site:

    http://www.osxplanet.com/  
    (Version 2.0b01)

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