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DESCRIPTION
The Application Enhancer system allows you to enhance or redefine certain behaviors for applications running on your system. It provides a way for third-party enhancer modules to modify how your applications work. Application Enhancers cannot affect the core system - they operate on an application level, therefore, they cannot cause a whole Mac OS X system to crash.

The technology behind Application Enhancer system has been in research and development for more than 4 years now, and many of our haxies (including WindowShade X, FruitMenu, Silk and others) are using it.

Features:

  • Provides capabilities to use Application Enhancer modules.
  • Completely free of charge.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.5.2:
  • Now works on G3s again.
  • Attempts to register the APE Launcher app with LaunchServices on install.
  • Compiled while the Colbert Report was on.
  • Addresses the problem of not being able to see and/or use the file downloaded by the Updater (will only be seen in updates after 2.5.2).
  • If you are seeing this from the Unsanity Updater with APE 2.5.1 or earlier, please go to http://www.haxies.com/ape to download this update.
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REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Unsanity LLC
Downloads:54,467
  - Version d/l:2,100
Development:Libraries
License:Free
Date:09 Aug 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel

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Sep 28 2009

MAC007  Here's Unsanity's postal address:

Unsanity LLC

4340 E. Indian School Rd Ste. 21-501

Phoenix, AZ 85018

USA

Maybe someone in Phoenix could visit them and see if they're still there. If they're not it could be that they've flown the coop so to speak.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Oct 6 2009

MAC007  They're baaaaaaack! Check out their weblog and see something that is very rare. Unsanity actually made a post!! Alert the media!!! :-0  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Dec 6 2009

PROKOS_J  Out of business from what I can tell. The office has a "For Lease" sign on it. I think I saw in the Phoenix Sun that the programmer was killed in a hit and run sometime around the release date of Snow Leopard. R.I.P. Usanity.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Dec 9 2009

TOMP  Could you provide more info on the hit and run? Name of the programmer? I couldn't find anything on a Nexis search. Without more details, I'm calling BS on your post.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Jul 12 2009

DANA SUTTON  You don't really need Menu Master or any other third-party utility , you can assign/reassign/eliminagte keyboard equivalents of menu commands just by going Leopard>Sys. Prefs.>Keyboafrd/Mouse>Keyboard Shortcuts, Play with it (you can use it to create commands for individual apps as well as globally - just hit the+ at the bottom of the page, specify what you want, type in the name of the menu command, and assign it a keyboard equiv.). Note: this can be used for Services commands as well, which I find hugely useful. Go to the MacWorld site, seach for "shortcuts," you'll come across links to several articles you'll probably find very useful in giving you ideas how to use this. No, there seems to be no substitute for Window Shades, but that's on my "can live without list." If Fruit Menu breaks again with Snow Leopard, there are some alternatives, not quite as good, but nearly so. X-Menu is the one that kept me going during months haxies were unavailable. Hope this all helps :)  
(Version 2.5.1)

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Jul 12 2009

EASER  Thanks  
(Version 2.5.1)

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Aug 9 2009

EASER  Actually, that's not entirely true. The System Prefs method does a universal key change. Menu Master allows me to change on a program by program basis. Thus, I can change the key for "cutting" from "Command X" to "Command 7" (or whatever) in one program, and I can change the same key to "Command 8" (or whatever) in another program.   
(Version 2.5.2)

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Aug 9 2009

THE GRAPHIC MAC  Use Spark instead - it's free.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Sep 1 2009

VITALY  menubrowser is better than xmenu i think  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Jul 11 2009

DANA SUTTON  For several years I used various Unsanity products, and never had any trouble with them. Then along came Leopard and, through no fault of Unsanity, their haxies ceased to work. Well, okay, but it took them many many months to react and get out Leopard-friendly versions. By that time, I had discovered very good substitutes for their haxies I really needed (Fruit Menu and Menu Master) and sort of got out of the haxie habit. And now I don't think I'm being entirely paranoid if I think that we may have a repeat of this with Snow Leopard. So thanks, but on the whole, I think I'll pass on anything from Unsanity until I see what way the cat jumps.  
(Version 2.5.1)

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Jul 12 2009

EASER  Can you please share what you used to replace Menu Master? Also, have you found anything even remotely comparable to WindowShade? I'd sure like to know what my options are. Thanks.  
(Version 2.5.1)

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Aug 30 2009

DANA SUTTON  Sorry, Eraser, Windowshade is one Haxie you can't replace. But since APE is indeed broken again under Snow Leopard, I'm using this as a reason to kick the Haxie habit once and for all (using anything that injects its code into the OS truly is a nasty habit). In S.L., as you'll see, it's easier than ever to assign keyboard equivalents to commands, and if you need to do more than that I highly recommend Keyboard Maestro. And XMenu works about as well as Fruit Menu (if you take the time, you can make aliases of frequently-used Control Panel panes). You don't really NEED Windowshade, and pretty much all the other Haxies deal with cosmetic issues that don't make your Mac any easier to use or improve you productivity.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Aug 19 2008

ZO219  TRIPLE YEA !!!!  
(Version 2.5)

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Sep 9 2009

ROBOTANK  I agree with a couple of previous posters. After witnessing Unsanity take an absurd amount of time to get Leopard-compatible betas out, I'm not going to waste my time hoping for Snow Leopard updates. I got rid of all my Unsanity haxies a few weeks ago in preparation for Snow Leopard, and I'm adjusting to life without them just fine. It's been fun, Unsanity, but I think it's time to move on.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Sep 2 2009

ROBERTCOOGAN  It's a shame that such a useful haxie won't be ready in time for Snow Leopard's release. It seems that Unsanity is perpetually behind the curve ball when it comes to timeliness. This shouldn't come as a surprise however, and Dana Sutton is right - all the more reason to break the haxie habit. It's a shame that the devs are so slow to update.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Aug 9 2009

DANA SUTTON  It just ain't so, Easer. Go to Keyboard>Keyboard Shortcuts tab, hit the + to create a new shortcut, up comes a dialogue box. First item on the box is Applications. This allows you to set shortcuts on an application-by-application basis, they don't have to be universal.  
(Version 2.5.2)

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Aug 30 2009

EASER  I stand utterly corrected. The method is a bit more time-consuming than MenuMaster, but it does work. And since Unsanity's site isn't even mentioning Snow Leopard, I think it shall be ages before we see anything from them. Thanks for the information. I don't suppose you know any ways to do window shading?   
(Version 2.5.2)

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Jul 11 2009

EASER  Is this a precursor to Snow Leopard? And what does "Addressed the version number" mean?  
(Version 2.5.1)

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Aug 19 2008

CLARUSAD  After installing that new version (2.5), the APE prefpane is still 2.5b2 !  
(Version 2.5)

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