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Apple App Store 1.1.1
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iBored 1.1.10
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Tofu 2.0.1
(Free)

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235
(Free)

Mailit 5.0.2.53
(Shareware)

Growl 1.3.3
(Commercial)

Video Monkey 0.12
(Free)

Prizmo 1.5.8
(Demo)

PGnJ 1.2
(Free)

QT Sync 0.3.3
(Free)

Bean 3.0.9
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1Password Plugin for... 2.2.0
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Mailit

Krioni commented on 28 Nov 2011

The icon displayed here is completely wrong. This is the icon used by Microsoft for Add-ins specific to Powerpoint.

Perhaps you meant to use the FileMaker plugin icon, which can be found at: http://www.fileinfo.com/images/icons/files/128/fmplugin-5492.png

Or, Dacon seems to have a logo at: http://www.dacons.net/images/banners/newmailit5.jpg

[Version 5.0.1b45]

MIDITrail

Krioni reviewed on 05 Apr 2011

This program is a lot of fun! I enjoyed flying around the 3D piano keyboard array as the MIDI notes fell onto it like rain. Try it out!

Important note, though: Follow the Quick Start instructions above to pick MIDI Out from the Options menu and choose Port A = Apple DLS Music Device, or you won't hear any music.

[Version 1.1.2]

-5

PDF Editor

Krioni commented on 06 Feb 2011

[not a review]
Two comments:
1. People are complaining about not getting a trial version of a $3 piece of software? Wow.
2. I don't see that this does anything not accomplished by the very well-done piece of software named Skim. So, I don't need a trial to save enough money to buy a cup of coffee, if I was desperate to do so.

[Version 1.0]

1 Reply

+61

Krioni replied on 12 Feb 2011

Here's the problem: this app seems to say it can "edit them" when referring to PDFs, but it is NOT clear on what it means. The Feature list actually doesn't mention being able to EDIT the existing text of PDFs.

So, basically, this thing seems suspicious. Does it actually let you modify existing text and images within PDFs, or just put your own notes on top? If the latter, then Skim already does that. For example, in Skim, you can put a white rectangle over a section of a PDF, then put new text over that (trying to match fonts), then save that as a final PDF. However, you have not truly "edited" the existing text/images of the original PDF.

I suspect that this thing does no more than Skim, and perhaps not as well as Skim. Interestingly, the screen-shot shows similar tools to Skim. Also, Skim is open source, and under a BSD license, so there's a chance (without my knowing this or even looking!) that this was based on Skim's source code, since the license would probably allow that. Still, if that is the case, it seems deceptive to call (name!!) this a PDF "editor" when it is really an annotator. Adobe Acrobat is a PDF editor - you can change the existing text and images of PDFs.

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Google Chrome

Krioni commented on 05 Feb 2011

Google removed the ability to play H.264 natively in Chrome. Now, it plays it via Flash. That's right - they claim to be avoiding support for a proprietary standard by making it only available via a different proprietary standard. They refuse to indemnify people who use their alternative WebM. In other words, if it turns out that WebM infringes on someone's patents, Google won't protect you from the fact that you believed Google when they said that WebM was open source, free, and unencumbered by patents. If someone thinks Google is wrong and has patents they believe WebM infringes, they can sue any website that uses WebM, and Google won't help.
Removing H.264 was a move by Google to hurt Apple, Microsoft, and anyone else who thought we FINALLY had a standard for web video that wasn't Flash. It doesn't help users - it brings back a lot of hassle to the process of trying to make video available on the web.
[Note that, since I'm not reviewing Chrome itself, I'm being honest and not calling this a Review, so no affect on its rating.]

[Version 9.0.597.84]

GraphicConverter

Krioni commented on 03 Oct 2010

MacUpdate has an outdated link (older build) for GraphicConverter. Here's where ot go to get the most up-to-date build (click on GraphicConverter):
http://www.lemkesoft.com/content/24/downloadall.html

[Version 7.0]

MobileSyncBrowser

Krioni commented on 27 Jun 2010

It's working for me. iPhone 3GS, running iOS 4. Was able to export all my SMS messages and my Call History (I have the purchases license). Can clean this stuff off my phone now that it's saved to my computer in a legible fashion.

Every now and then the interface gets a little funny, but a quit and re-launch seems to clear it up.

[Version 4.0.3]

MozyHome

Krioni reviewed on 01 Feb 2010

Just tried this new version after having it not installed for a couple months (and totally non-functional for a couple before that!). Still _KILLS_ the performance on your computer. I have mine throttled as far as upload, but that didn't stop it from immediately attempting a backup process. After examining files for a half hour, it showed that it was starting a backup, which involved another ten minutes of "Communicating with server." MozyHome.app crashed the first time I tried to open it. The Console.app shows the following error multiple times: CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type FREF (id 129, length 7, native = no)
Whatever that means.

In short, still the same slow, bloated mess. Find something else would be my recommendation - it's clear to me that whoever is developing this software cannot build a product that runs well on Macs.

Oh, when I clicked Stop it took several minutes to do so. And, my fans kicked into gear once it showed that it HAD stopped. I opened Activity Monitor and found that the MozyHomeBackup process was using about 100% CPU (maxing out one of my MacBook Pro's dual cores), heating up my Mac when it was supposed to be doing nothing! Force Quit that. Uninstalling again.

Don't tell me to contact Support - last time I tried to work with them was a nightmare. I clearly described a problem with the Mac OS X version and they responded with Windows troubleshooting steps. Once I finally got through to a "Mac" support person, the troubleshooting advice was to wipe out everything and start from a clean install. Did so, it worked for less than a week before the same problems came back. Of course, if you have more than 10 or 20 GB of backup data, that week-long window of functionality is less time than it takes to make a successful full backup.

[Version 1.6.1]

Lyrics

Krioni commented on 23 Jan 2010

For what it's worth, it DOES function properly now. Apparently there has been an update since the reviews that said it couldn't get lyrics.

It does exactly what it says: a simple display of the lyrics in a simple window that you can set a font size for. I probably won't use it (I use GimmeSomeTune with its universal key-command to toggle show/hide the lyrics window), but it works.

[Version 1.3]

Myth II: Soulblighter

Krioni commented on 01 Jan 2010

The download link is to the still-current-stable version 1.7.0. Whoever updated the description is describing the BETA 1.7.1. If you want to try out the BETA 1.7.1, go to the following page and read the details:
http://tain.totalcodex.net/items/show/myth-ii-1-7-1-public-beta

Seems to me someone jumped the gun on posting this as an update.

[Version 1.7.1]

Quicksilver

Krioni commented on 07 Oct 2009

Strangely, every Modification Date is from June 2009. Have the developers waited 4 months to release something they finished in June, or did the computer they put this together on have a really bad Date setting?

I'm looking forward to using this, but thought that was very strange.

[Version 1.0b56a7]

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