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I didn't want to hunt any further so I re-cloned my 'experience hard drive' software image back unto my test FireWire drive.
I'm looking for an application to STOP all caches, cookies and other website data unless I allow it…period! Any suggestions?
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TurboTax
Fsckthemembership! reviewed on 09 Mar 2012
After two weeks of dealing with TurboTax Customer and Technical Support regarding the lack of manually downloadable updates they "approved course of action for TurboTax Deluxe 2011 (Mac)" is to force you to create a TurboTax Support account membership! This gives them all your personally information and in exchange they "push" what is supposed to be the "current TurboTax .dmg" into your account.
The .dmg contains what appears to be a Windows/Mac hybrid image because if you open the package it's filled with Microslop files! Additionally, if you launch the TurboTax application it does NOT obey the User's Preferences file (i.e. do NOT check for Updates). It also automatically installs a price list…go figure! Additionally, watch your User Preferences, Cache and Application Support folder/files change after you launch TurboTax from this .dmg and collect the data stream sent to Intuit's servers. Totally different than the boxed version! This behavior breaks the trust between a company and the user!
Now I purchased the "boxed" Mac version and if behaves totally differently than Intuits "pushed current .dmg".
Having used Intuits tax software since the MacInTax days and tolerated the decline for years, this is the finally straw. I will be starting the refund process and moving unto H&R Block tax software which will import the previous years TurboTax data and does have manually downloadable updates.
Why the concern over manual updates? My personal financial information is my business and the US government (theirs only to get accessed for tax liabilities) NOT Intuit (i.e. read the EULA on how they use, sell, market and distribute your personal data worldwide)!
Although if might be convenient to eFile…if you have ever been through an IRS tax audit then you will be happy that you mailed a paper copy of your tax return via certified mail to the IRS, kept the tax software include the updates that you used at the time of tax submission. It eliminated a lot to the guess work and potential for, well, electronic misappropriating of your information…
As an aside, the issues with Quicken 2007 and Essentials is crazy! I'm looking into iBank today!
TurboTax
What would be a service is to provide the download files and/or download link for the "MANUAL UPDATES" as they are released!
This would be a great service for those who are on a painfully slow dialup (i.e. 28k speed via 56k modem) in the remote woods!
Attempting to do the "within the application update" is too problematic during winter/spring months with the weather changes.
Thank you for looking into this option as well as posting your findings. :-)
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No...MacUpdate would need to contact Intuit Mac Tech Support.
The individual manual update would be a great service to the Mac community since this is the Number two Mac site on the net and the "go to update site" :-)
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Apple Mac OS X
Fsckthemembership! reviewed on 23 Jul 2011
Clean install then Combo 10.6.7, Safari 5.0.4 and all is back to normal!
Go figure! Surprised that Apple pulled an Adobe or Microsloth with this need to track information…I'm open for payment if they want to negotiate my fees to provide this service! :-)
Smell of a hugh security breach, need to force Lion on us or I did something stupid…however, it's reproducible by updating to 10.6.8.
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Still a great piece of programming Marc! :-)
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ClickToFlash
Fsckthemembership! reviewed on 23 Jul 2011
How do I disable the "automatic update checking" feature (i.e. dial up, wireless, etc.) so that I can check for updates as needed?
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Adobe Flash Player
Reason: What company needs to have their own compression scheme and installer in OS X? What user wants their Mac compromised?
Problem: The Flash Preference Pane will "overwrite" the User Macromedia preference folder contents even if they have been changed to "Read Only…Apply to all items" then "Locking" the folder. Open the Flash Preference Pane and bam changes! Open Safari and go to a flash website and bam changes!
Safe Approach: Cover your camera and microphone, manually install the Flash Preference Pane and Internet Plugins. Launch the Preference Pane, set your preferences then remove the Flash Preference Pane. Configure the Macromedia preference folder to "Read Only…Apply to all items" then "Locking" it… Use Click to Flash and only allow flash to run on trusted sites.
Totally unbelievable because I would think that it should require the User or Administrative input to change the permission settings! Dang! Imagine what's going one if someone "just installs" this crap into the "first user/administrative acct"? What actually is Adobe, Flash, Flash site collecting and using that requires some covert changing of the permissions?
The very low marks are due to the performance hit when the Flash Preference Pane is active, covert behavior and overall lack of "Mac like" approach to this aging crap!
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Drive Genius
Fsckthemembership! reviewed on 10 May 2011
It's going to be difficult using TechTool Pro in the future with how the company takes care of it's customers!
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TechTool Pro
Fsckthemembership! reviewed on 05 Apr 2011
Need to be able to disable the request to update the Preference pane if not installed (e.g. CPU hog).
Need to be able to update without purchasing a new DVD (i.e. Micromat should license Alsoft code)
Since Apple has eliminated TechTool Deluxe from the AppleCare bundle and they use Drive Genius in the Apple retail stores, I think Micromat needs to step up their game or greatly lower the price.
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Toast Titanium
1 slow
2 holy chit, dang near a 1 GB of space needed for the install
3 expensive
4 bloat ware
5 Windows Restore installed on a Mac!
6 CPU hog
7 butt ugly non-Apple conforming icon
8 sourced programming in which everyone wants a piece of the HD
9 not 64bit
10 not universal
11 what happened to 'drag-n-drop' installs?
12 HD hog of unequaled portions
Pros:
1 early versions available for purchase at a discount
2 second DVD delivered scratched and thank gawd customer service agreed to a full refund!
If you have version 8 then keep using it! Apple iLife will take care of 90% of a typical users needs. Any of the software that comes with Toast is available free or via shareware.
And before you think I just railing on Roxio, I've been using Toast since before they owned the software and with each version it slips further away from the Mac experience in that it needs to be a 'clean simple and easy to use program' and not a Microso$t or Adope attempt to be one application that does everything.
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1. Try a Mac with the minimum System requirements -> slow.
2. 1 GB of space is a lot compared to version 8 with iLife installed...most of this is for the embedded video Help tutorials which you can't opt-out of during the install.
5. Roxio Restore (Windows) - Owner 'root', Group 'admin' Permissions 'drwxrwxr-x'.
6. I'm not talking about crunching numbers. After launching Toast 11.x on a current iMac with 8 GB, Activity Monitor shows 10.3 % of CPU being used for 11 Threads for Toast just doing nothing (i.e. without Enhanced Animation)! Turn on Enhanced Animation and the CPU jumps to over 50%.
7. Review Apples developer notes (e.g. Look at Pixelmator).
10. There's still PowerPC code within the install package...remove it if the System Requirements are MacIntel only. PowerMac G5 workstation with loaded memory still does heavy lifting in my lab and it's nice to be able to incorporate medical research results on the label for colleagues.
11. Apple's iWork and iLife have "tentacles" into the heart and belly of the OS, okay. Office and Adobe do the same thing for evil purposes and will never, have never been on my Mac not even when I started desktop publishing... The point, Roxio wants Administrative privileges to install the program, okay but there's no mention of Growl and Sparkle installation in the EULA or Privacy Statement. If you read Roxio, Growl and Sparkle EULA that you have to dig out then it a concern about the data that's incorporated unto the discs, labels, etc that are created. What's more, a non-Admin user is just that, limited if it needs to be...and for gawd sake "sandboxed"!
12. After launching Toast 11.x on a current iMac with 8 GB of memory the Activity Monitor shows 10.3 % of CPU being used for 11 Threads just doing nothing (i.e. without Enhanced Animation)! Turn on Enhanced Animation and the CPU jumps to over 50%.
After numerous e-mail requests (i.e. they seem to pop in ever couple of months despite my return of Toast 11 DVD) from Roxio Mac Tech Dept regarding the comment that I had about Windows Restore, Growl and Sparkle (i.e. what was my concern, etc.) they still having answered the question (i.e. Why is a Windows application installed within Roxio Toast unto a computer running Mac OS X)!
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Drive Genius
1. Why no RAID rebuilding of the directory? DiskWarrior make a go of it...
2. How does the rebuilding of the directory compare with TechTool Pro and/or DiskWarrior's approach?
3. Is it true that the Apple Genius's use Drive Genius in the back "test bench"?
Looking to jump ship for TechTool Pro and DiskWarrior for new blood…
Thanks