The current Download link only leads to the curren release notes. You could download the current version from this link: http://www.bombich.com/software/download_ccc.php
While this is a good solution for people already working with ccc, it’s not a great advice for people downloading ccc for the first time. The MacUpdate download link should just do what it says – start a download of the current app.
Finally, TypeTool adds Lion compatibility and is an universal app. I have only tested it a few minutes on 10.6 Snow Leopard but the file info window displays a long awaited »Universal« letters. I’m happy to be able to use this tool, when I finally upgrade to Lion next year.
It works on my Mac (MBP with 10.6.8) without crashing on startup. The custom drawn interface feels a bit slow when dragging around the Winamp window (compared to other Windows).
While it shares the name with its Windows counterpart, it doesn’t share most of the fantastic features Winamp is known for. This early beta only can import your music from folders or iTunes and sync it with the Winamp mobile verion on an Android smartphone. It can also play back music on your Mac. You can manage simple (not Smart) Playlists like in iTunes and use the common player controls (pause, playback, volume, etc.)
There is no converter, there are no plugins for obscure or legacy audio formats, no visualizer, no virtual soundcard (write files to disks) only a very simple Player with playlists and a device sync (not tested).
If it’s that what you have searched all the time, then Winamp may be your tool of choice. Those searching for an simple non iTunes mp3 player should try Vox.
While it was nice to see Winamp again (as someone who switched to the Mac over ten years ago), I won’t use it in its current development state as I don’t need the Android sync. But maybe Winamp evolves to something really useful.
I also have spent the money to buy Page Layers after I’ve seen the sample Photoshop files on the developer’s website.
For the two pages I have tested it since, it worked fine and produced what it says on the tin.
If you need that functionality (every element of a website on a separate Photoshop layer) to fiddle around, analyze or test different designs, Page Layers is a great help.
It would be even better, if you have an option to generate Photoshop text layers out of the text in the website so you can alter the text in your design more quickly.
The app works in general but has a limitation in its window width. This causes some .nfo files to not be displayed properly as they use more than 80 characters per line. Those files are displayed with a lot of white lines in between the graphic lines because of some line wrapping.
In the original NFOViewer, you could adjust the window with and therefore the line width which caused those .nfo files to be displayed correctly.
Also the Icon of the NFOViewer is much nicer. Who actually wants a Windows XP or Linux window frame in an icon for a Mac app?
Aside from those points, I didn’t have any problems or stability issues.
Thanks to developer for bringing this to Mac OS but there is room for some improvements.
I would be happy to try this piece of Software as it really looks interesting to me. But without a demo, I’m left with a “eat or die“ kind of choice of the MAS.
I like the Mac App Store as a platform to buy software but this shouldn lead to tons of developers who are not providing any demo version of their sofware.
Thanks for your hint. I already own Layers but haven’t noticed it’s web capture ability. However, in contrast to »Page Layers« it captures all web elements into one Photoshop layer, while Page layers creates a new layer for every Element of the web page.
So while they share a subset of features (capturing the whole page), Page Layers is still a different kind of beast.
I really like PDF Key Pro and used it for several years. For example, I receive regular invoices via mail which are encrypted. I know the password to encrypt the PDF but I prefer to save the PDFs as unencrypted documents for easy review and QuickLook compatibility.
I also have a bunch of PDFs which I could not print or extract single pages. After squeezing them through PDF Key Pro, I can do all those things.
Works great and received several updates. If you need this kind of software, PDF Key is a good joice.
The current version (2.1.3) works as well as the prior ones on my Mac. I mostly use RipIt because of the better Interface but when RipIt fails, Mac DVDRipper Pro jumps in to the rescue and often could read those DVDs.
As mentioned above, the Interface won’t win a price for pure beauty but it works nonetheless.
I’ve bought v1 during a MacUpdate promo and got an update to the current v2 for free. The developer answered a question very fast via mail which is a nice icing on top of the cake.
Like Smtips, I’m not a fan of Google analytics so I’ve blocked access to it via HandsOff! This costs one star of in my overall rating which would otherwise have been five stars.
I really like I Love Stars and have used it for several months, even before it switched to the Mac App Store.
It works very well, and is the first app that really brought me to apply a star rating to most of my songs. The subtle blinking and the sound are a great “reminder“ to apply your rating now.
I would have preferred an non MAS-version as I dont’t like to wait for an Apple approved version if a new or bugfix version is to be released. But I have paid for it anyway simply to support the developer.
It never crashed on my Mac and makes me a happy camper. It would be a full 5 star rating but I have to cut a half star off because of the Mac App Store only approach.
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Carbon Copy Cloner
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TypeTool
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Winamp
Martin reviewed on 04 Nov 2011
While it shares the name with its Windows counterpart, it doesn’t share most of the fantastic features Winamp is known for. This early beta only can import your music from folders or iTunes and sync it with the Winamp mobile verion on an Android smartphone. It can also play back music on your Mac. You can manage simple (not Smart) Playlists like in iTunes and use the common player controls (pause, playback, volume, etc.)
There is no converter, there are no plugins for obscure or legacy audio formats, no visualizer, no virtual soundcard (write files to disks) only a very simple Player with playlists and a device sync (not tested).
If it’s that what you have searched all the time, then Winamp may be your tool of choice. Those searching for an simple non iTunes mp3 player should try Vox.
While it was nice to see Winamp again (as someone who switched to the Mac over ten years ago), I won’t use it in its current development state as I don’t need the Android sync. But maybe Winamp evolves to something really useful.
Keep up the work.
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Page Layers
Martin reviewed on 01 Nov 2011
For the two pages I have tested it since, it worked fine and produced what it says on the tin.
If you need that functionality (every element of a website on a separate Photoshop layer) to fiddle around, analyze or test different designs, Page Layers is a great help.
It would be even better, if you have an option to generate Photoshop text layers out of the text in the website so you can alter the text in your design more quickly.
Yet Another NFO Viewer
Martin reviewed on 07 Aug 2011
In the original NFOViewer, you could adjust the window with and therefore the line width which caused those .nfo files to be displayed correctly.
Also the Icon of the NFOViewer is much nicer. Who actually wants a Windows XP or Linux window frame in an icon for a Mac app?
Aside from those points, I didn’t have any problems or stability issues.
Thanks to developer for bringing this to Mac OS but there is room for some improvements.
Page Layers
I like the Mac App Store as a platform to buy software but this shouldn lead to tons of developers who are not providing any demo version of their sofware.
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So while they share a subset of features (capturing the whole page), Page Layers is still a different kind of beast.
PDFKey Pro
Martin reviewed on 10 Jul 2011
I also have a bunch of PDFs which I could not print or extract single pages. After squeezing them through PDF Key Pro, I can do all those things.
Works great and received several updates. If you need this kind of software, PDF Key is a good joice.
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ColorPaj
Just compare the screenshots of this an Color Schemer Studio (which I could recomend) and judge by yourself.
Mac DVDRipper Pro
Martin reviewed on 16 Jun 2011
As mentioned above, the Interface won’t win a price for pure beauty but it works nonetheless.
I’ve bought v1 during a MacUpdate promo and got an update to the current v2 for free. The developer answered a question very fast via mail which is a nice icing on top of the cake.
Like Smtips, I’m not a fan of Google analytics so I’ve blocked access to it via HandsOff! This costs one star of in my overall rating which would otherwise have been five stars.
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I Love Stars
Martin reviewed on 16 Jun 2011
It works very well, and is the first app that really brought me to apply a star rating to most of my songs. The subtle blinking and the sound are a great “reminder“ to apply your rating now.
I would have preferred an non MAS-version as I dont’t like to wait for an Apple approved version if a new or bugfix version is to be released. But I have paid for it anyway simply to support the developer.
It never crashed on my Mac and makes me a happy camper. It would be a full 5 star rating but I have to cut a half star off because of the Mac App Store only approach.