Gregory Jones
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MacProfile
MacProfile does as it says, nice and clean -- with a couple of observations. You have an "opportunity" to learn more ---which gives you a peek at TechToolPro and Protogo
Also, interestingly, my machine was assembled in E7. ( I have not been able to find that on a map) ;-P
Kintraks
Gregm reviewed on 04 Apr 2012
Quicken 2007
I booted from my normal SL, ran it from Lion and got the same first run info. It does run in Snow Leopard and seems to do all that I have used it for --- so I would change that "requirements" thing.
I have moved my finances to SEEFinance and will continue to use it. The ONLY reason I have done this "upgrade" is to avoid having to keep a different OS for old commented financial records.
By the way -- the "new" Q2007 still fails to succeed in doing an update check.
Sooo I have lost something in my menu and have nothing new/ nothing fixed/ other than being Intel instead of PPC
PDF Browser Plugin
CleanGenius
Gregm reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
I tested the uninstall on a simple app --- which totally disappeared ie nothing in the trash, no traces found with spotlight nor Find Any File.
Follow-up: Developer apparently finally grasped the concept of Mac app version numbers (previous bug fixes were all ver2, with no announcement). Now functions as advertised on my machine.
One small bug left --- ID's my OS as 10.8.0 --- notified developer.
Developer has been responsive re. support.
+1
MacScan
Gregm reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
Preliminary observations/comments:
1. Today is 31 Jan. Most current scan data is 2 Jan.
2. No "live" protection --- scan-on-demand only
3. I'm wondering what it will do with my remote admin assortment ( an "evil" type it looks for)
4. Frankly, I see no claims that it does anything that I haven't already got covered *LIVE* with browser prefs, OpenDNS, using my head when something asks for my admin level password, the free Sophos AV, and a cookie manager
Scan was still going when I went to bed. I woke up to see that it spotted four tracker cookies (that were no longer where it said they were). It did not say anything about my remote desktop apps ( for mac and for PC remote access). It did not spot my eicar test -- but that is virus, not spyware.
I have removed the software as not useful in my case.
+6
VpnOneClick Pro
+1
Pacifist
Gregm reviewed on 20 Jan 2012
I was pleasantly surprised to find that there is *NO* upgrade fee --- my old 2x registration was recognized at first launch.
Kintraks
Gregm reviewed on 22 Dec 2011
+1
EV Nova
Gregm reviewed on 22 Dec 2011
Bought it 10ish years ago and still find it "new" due to the various ways you can play it. The enhancements link opens the door to minor and major changes to freshen it.
Synk Pro
I wonder if you have Synk Pro set to "Issues and Activity" mode? The constant sorting and re-sorting of the items in that display seem to be the major CPU consumer when Synk Pro loads are high, so you might want to try setting that to "Issues Only" when not actively watching what Synk is doing.
Even better, just quit the Synk Pro application when creating a new sync (during which time Synk is creating a database of file metainfo, which is what takes so long)---it's actually the Synk Engine process that's doing all the heavy lifting, and the Synk Pro application isn't needed at this time.
Best,
Tony
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Tony Gonzalez
support@decimus.net
WhatRoute
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
1. By default, it checks for updates hourly -- and it does appear that they do frequently update their data because I see downloads happening during many of those checks.
You can change that frequency.
2. You can choose to have it look inside archives routinely or not. If you choose not -- it will still check the contents when you actually open an archive -- or manually select an archive to scan.
3. You can also tell it wether or not to do networked drives.
4. In addition to these "built-in" do-it-or-not choices, you can add specific files/folders/drives for it to ignore.
5. You can choose what it does when it finds a problem --- clean, block, move assorted sequences.
6. To save time for manual system back-ups, you can disable on-access scanning during the backup
7. Lastly --- if you out-geek yourself into the realms of outer darkness confussion --- there is allways the "restore to defaults" button. ;P
WhatRoute
CleanApp
Replaced the app with version 3.4.4 from my backups. Re-installed logger with version 3.4.4 ---- seems to have successfully recovered from the 345 bug without having to get into preference files/ support files.
+96
DiskWarrior
From the docs included with the updater:
To prevent problems from arising while using this updater, Alsoft strongly advises you to quit any running applications first. If possible, you should restart your Mac immediately before continuing. If you encounter any errors during the update process, you should restart your Mac in Safe Mode by holding down the shift key during start up. You can release the shift key when you see the words "Safe Boot."
coconutBattery
If you have a PPC, stick with your old one !
PDF OCR X
per the developer:
" Unfortunately the current version only runs on Intel based macs. We are working towards removing some dependencies to make it work on PowerPC, but for now, unfortunately it's Intel only."
Apple Security Update
My dock no longer functions beyond getting the command balloons up. They don't respond and just hang there 'til I move my cursor to "Finder" in my top menu bar. Grrrrr
Yes, I did run a permissions repair.
+1
+96
Tossed the Dock Prefs and .db file --- rebuilt the dock with my apps. works OK now
QuickBoot
One shot boot to another drive, then return to the normal on subsequent boot---
Failed to return on my machine (12" PowerBook, 1.5GHz G4, OS 10.5.8).
Jeremy Knope / Buttered Cat Software responded and confirmed that this does not work on PPC machines.
Nice idea for those of us who do bootable backups and do maintenance from another drive. I guess I'll continue to ride System Preferences/Startup Disk until I eventually replace my Mac