As an Amazon Prime member I get a LOT of shipments via UPS (I'm practically on first name terms with my UPS guy) so having Delivery Status as a widget (with growl) and the iPhone app is a blessing. Now I have one app on the desktop and phone that keeps track of all carriers and some virtual storefronts (Amazon, Apple etc) directly. It just works without me even having to think much about it. That's the type of app I love.
The Lazarus of apps just came back to life. Hey I've gotta give credit where it's due here. AppZapper is the program I'd recommend to the neophyte Mac user. I run both AppZapper and CleanApp and I think the former is more easy to "get" just by looking at the user interface. AppZapper though has the magic bullet by deliver that aural delight when zapping files.
I would like to see use of Quick Look though so that I can view documents before deletion.
Hell I'd probably shell out the money because I'm OCD about my iTunes collection but both CoverScout and SongGenie produce a lot of "False Negatives' meaning when I analyze my collection of music both apps say I'm missing information (album/artist data and artwork) when in fact a quick check in iTunes shows that data to be present.
No sense in being redundant here. Maybe I'll contact Equinux and get their answer.
You can make some really cool sounds with this plugin. I had never heard of FabFilter before buying them in a bundle but stability has been excellent and sound quality very good. There's a lot of room to tweak.
I was lucky to get this in a bundle with Volcano and Twin. FabFilter has a unique interface but once you get the hang of it you pretty much know how all their plugins function. The stability is great (I use them in GarageBand and soon Logic) and the sound is good. I'll be looking for more of their plugins in the future
I've enjoyed the Beta test and will be purchasing the final version. The $20 annual fee is very palatable. I find that having MU pull the updates from my group of installed apps makes things go smoothly and I still check macupdate.com for review and updates on apps I don't own.
I've seen the stability and featureset improve and I've had few problems with the app recently. I do have one suggestion. When you download updates they are placed in a folder (often your Downloads folder) and they can take up a lot of space. In a future I'd suggest that you create a specific MUD folder that autodeletes files after a specific timeframe set by the user. This way I can keep the downloaded file long enough to ensure everything is working and them delete the files.
I've tried many of the free apps and they just don't give me the accuracy or featureset of MUD. I can afford the $1.67 monthly to easily keep my apps updated.
I do have Hazel would could easily take the contents of a MUD folder and delete them. I just don't know how feasible it would be for a future version of Desktop to do natively. Maybe a simple "Folder Action" or something. I'll tinker around later with Automator and see if there are other ways. It's not a biggie ..just housekeeping stuff.
Installed Trampoline to check it out. Nice app but it used roughly 70MB of system RAM which is way too much for this app. It needs to be down around 20-30MB which is were Overflow resides. When you have a Mac with 2GB maximum you can't afford to be giving up RAM in such chunks.
Due
Hmurchison reviewed on 15 May 2012
What it excels at is setting timers and quickly letting you see where you are in the process.
I have a varied work schedule and Due really helps keep me focused on upcoming tasks.
I plan to use it in conjunction with more full fledged task app like Omnifocus or The Hit List.
The Mac version adds natural language input. A very welcome feature. Dropbox or iCloud sync has been solid as well.
+5
Delivery Status
Hmurchison reviewed on 26 Feb 2010
AppZapper
Hmurchison reviewed on 05 Jan 2010
The Lazarus of apps just came back to life. Hey I've gotta give credit where it's due here. AppZapper is the program I'd recommend to the neophyte Mac user. I run both AppZapper and CleanApp and I think the former is more easy to "get" just by looking at the user interface. AppZapper though has the magic bullet by deliver that aural delight when zapping files.
I would like to see use of Quick Look though so that I can view documents before deletion.
CoverScout
No sense in being redundant here. Maybe I'll contact Equinux and get their answer.
FabFilter Volcano
Hmurchison reviewed on 09 Dec 2009
FabFilter Twin
Hmurchison reviewed on 09 Dec 2009
FabFilter Timeless
Hmurchison reviewed on 09 Dec 2009
Phone Amego
MacUpdate Desktop
Hmurchison reviewed on 29 Oct 2009
I've enjoyed the Beta test and will be purchasing the final version. The $20 annual fee is very palatable. I find that having MU pull the updates from my group of installed apps makes things go smoothly and I still check macupdate.com for review and updates on apps I don't own.
I've seen the stability and featureset improve and I've had few problems with the app recently. I do have one suggestion. When you download updates they are placed in a folder (often your Downloads folder) and they can take up a lot of space. In a future I'd suggest that you create a specific MUD folder that autodeletes files after a specific timeframe set by the user. This way I can keep the downloaded file long enough to ensure everything is working and them delete the files.
I've tried many of the free apps and they just don't give me the accuracy or featureset of MUD. I can afford the $1.67 monthly to easily keep my apps updated.
+95
I do have Hazel would could easily take the contents of a MUD folder and delete them. I just don't know how feasible it would be for a future version of Desktop to do natively. Maybe a simple "Folder Action" or something. I'll tinker around later with Automator and see if there are other ways. It's not a biggie ..just housekeeping stuff.
+4
Trampoline
MacUpdate Desktop
SOHO Notes updates fine but SOHO Organizer fails to install. This happened for the recent 8.09 to 8.10 and now 8.11 updates.
Is anyone else noticing this problem?
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