David Nine
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Apple Final Cut Pro X
D9 rated on 11 Apr 2012
[Version 10.0.4]
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A Better Finder Rename
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AirPort Utility
D9 reviewed on 31 Jan 2012
Along with the firmware update, I've noticed no real changes in performance, which is a good thing in my case.
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DVD2oneX
D9 reviewed on 23 Dec 2011
Can't say I'll buy this as such, but I'd advise anyone else to first try it on your own to see if it's worth a steep $50.
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+5
Acorn
Now I know a good portion of today's graphics are going to be portrayed and consumed on the internet, an RGB mode, but still a great bit of 4-color items are created everyday, including photo prints on the home inkjet printer.
Why is it such an obstacle for these programs to incorporate the CMYK mode?
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In dealing with 30-40 packaging print vendors all over the world, I can tell you it is critical to get your CMYK values properly set. I'm not about to send RGB files that are not properly SWOP adjusted or using color mgt profiles for printer setups...the consequence would be variant packaging tones which is unacceptable.
1Password
However, when it comes to importing data from another program (in my case, SplashID and Bento), 1Password is very limited in its capabilities. While 1Password offers imports for a number of alternates, its execution of those is quite poor. Even for CVS files, it limits the import to either the Login or Secure Notes categories; no others such as Wallet or Software.
With the amount of data I have, I cannot even consider 1Password as a solution under its current import setup. The amount of time to manually enter the data is not worth the 1Password features.
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NeoOffice
https://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/mirrors.php?file=NeoOffice-3.2-Intel.dmg
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http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/mirrors.php?file=NeoOffice-3.1.2-Intel.dmg
That's the previous version, possibly the version you have. In no way has it quit working or is going to quit working. It does not have a subscription tied to it thus preventing it from working if you don't pay.
Bait & Switch means you paid for something but instead received something of lesser value; that didn't happen here. You've neither paid for it nor have you tried 3.2 to know if it's a lesser value than 3.1.2. The time and effort you spent learning about it is not wasted; those "skills" can be used on 99% of the free 3.1.2 version, accomplishing the same tasks.
And finally, we're talking $10. Have you ever donated to this "free" software's development? Are you prepared to continue its development for free? Do you know for certain that in 8 years, Libre Office will remain free and actively developed for Macs?
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Plenty of companies have paid support for their products that seems outlandish...Adobe, Parallels, etc. I agree that it is ludicrous to charge $100 just to even get on the community forums; they certainly will not get that from me.
However, my beef with many of these posts are from people complaining that the work done on NeoOffice and providing it should not be charged for. That 8 years worth of work with little financial support should continue to be free.
My point about the 8 years is that I doubt Libre Office will be free in 8 years like NeoOffice has been since 2003.
I just don't understand people's disdain for supporting those willing to do the work to provide us alternatives to Microsoft Office. Go use Libre Office, but don't tear down NeoOffice because it can no longer afford to provide its solution for free...especially for $10!
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Adobe Contribute CS5
D9 reviewed on 08 Feb 2011
Adobe simply is the worst developer of Mac software out there now!
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+3
Adobe Creative Suite
As we found out the hard way, Adobe will not allow you to upgrade your previous (in this case) Illustrator software if it was part of the Creative Suite bundle; no upgrading individual CS components from a previous suite. So regardless of the fact that you have a folder on your computer that is named Adobe Illustrator CSx with a program inside named Adobe Illustrator CSx that when opened presents a splash screen stating Adobe Illustrator CSx, you cannot upgrade to Illustrator CS5. In addition, other than a small link at the bottom of the product page leading you to an upgrade eligibility "tool" page (which in turn gives a rather ambiguous answer), nothing on the page or in the store page informs you of what is or is not required to upgrade other than a copy of "Adobe Illustrator CS4, CS3 or CS2"...of which I indeed have.
This is a ludicrous money-grabbing policy that has pretty much cemented our department and company (on my strong advice) to stay away from upgrades for Adobe software. Remember when Quark did this crap...and remember what happened to Quark?!
(FYI...I'd rather read a Russian newspaper than watch a Flash ad!)
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Adobe Illustrator CS6
D9 reviewed on 26 Jan 2011
As we found out the hard way, Adobe will not allow you to upgrade your previous (in this case) Illustrator software if it was part of the Creative Suite bundle. So regardless of the fact that you have a folder on your computer that is named Adobe Illustrator CSx with a program inside named Adobe Illustrator CSx that when opened presents a splash screen stating Adobe Illustrator CSx, you in fact do not have an eligible version. In addition, other than a small link at the bottom of the page leading you to an upgrade eligibility "tool" page (which in turn gives a rather ambiguous answer), nothing informs you of what is or is not required to upgrade other than a copy of "Adobe Illustrator CS4, CS3 or CS2"...of which I indeed have.
After 30 minute of inane questions from online chat support, they agreed to provide a refund w/ my Amazon.com receipt. We shall see if Adobe, first indeed provides a full refund, and second, how long it will take such a refund to emerge.
In any case, this is a terrible policy and further evidence that ADOBE SUCKS!!!! SO PLEASE BE CERTAIN BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS UPGRADE THAT YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM AN INDIVIDUAL COPY OF ILLUSTRATOR; NOT ONE THAT CAME WITH CREATIVE SUITE.
(FYI...I'd rather read a Russian newspaper upside-down than watch a Flash ad!)
EasyEnvelopes
No word when or if Easy Envelopes will be updated to work with 10.6 by the developers, Ambrosia Software.
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+1
Toast Titanium
TBD...
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Apple iWeb
But of course, none of that is actually true. iWeb 1.1 has a serious bug that will need updating. Check out this AppleCare link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303789