NONTROPPO  Conceptually, I like the concept behind Filedefense. I like to have control over what new applications do and don't do on my machine.

But the implementation of this program is horrible. First, I encountered a number of glaring bugs: 1) "Allow All" often asks me more than once for the same app. 2) On restarts, applications I've already whitelisted keep reasking for validation.3) The ON/OFF button fails to keep state on restart.

Then the UI is so inflexible. I may wat to allow read access but not write access, or limit access to Application Support/* — but I cannot do this. I can only allow/deny on a per file basis any file operation. That causes a requestor hell that makes Vista look good. The program UI has a horrid application list that is not editable, and an always visible help file for no reason. The application list is the real problem, no filter, no sorting, no fast editing.

I want to like this application but it is so badly implemented it makes it far more tedious to use than it needs be. I hope the developers seriously expand its flexibility and usability and prompt me to write a more positive review. Additionally, I'd like to see it more like a Sandbox, with the ability, like the windows nagware SandboxIE to allow new apps only to work on copies of files. That would make OS X solid against future trojan attack.  (Version 1.0)