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Lawrence Crawford

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I'm a software developer from Hillborough, NC where I specialize in 4D software. I like productivity utilities because I am a one man shop and must be efficient.

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Back-In-Time 2.2.1
(Demo)

iRip 2.1.4
(Shareware)

ResFork 1.0.4b2
(Free)

Zepheer 1.1
(Shareware)

Strom 1.2
(Shareware)

PDF Nomad 1.3.1
(Demo)

InerziaIcon 2.6
(Free)

Vitamin-R 1.79
(Shareware)

X Lossless Decoder 20120407
(Free)

Yojimbo 3.0.3
(Demo)

VMware Fusion 4.1.2
(Demo)

Toast Titanium 11.0.6
(Updater)

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Pixelmator

Randy Crawford commented on 21 Jan 2012

Sold only on Mac App Store. That rules it out for me. Hopefully there will always be software companies with fine products that won't let themselves be run by Apple.

[Version 2.0]

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+34

Randy Crawford replied on 21 Jan 2012

I made what turned out to be a mistake by buying Pixelmator before it was Mac App Store only. The developer of this product provides no upgrade path, thereby screwing the existing customers. Really faithless.

Cocoa Cookies

Randy Crawford commented on 06 Dec 2011

This one really really helped me out in an emergency. It seems to be the only thing that does what it does, and it works perfectly. Much much thanks to the developer for giving away such a fine and helpful tool!

[Version 0.9]

DropCopy

Randy Crawford reviewed on 23 Oct 2011

I've been using DropCopy for quite a while. I paid for the upgraded version to be able to use it on a family network with several machines. It is really great to the extent that it works. However, it really doesn't work that well. Always there are destinations missing. That really is my main gripe. I feel like it should show all the destinations on the network correctly. I make sure to keep the most current version on all machines. The fact that is constantly complains about transferring large file sizes is only mildly annoying (but it comes up a lot). DropBox is not really the same because with DropCopy you are not synching remotely. It is a file transfer utility. Given the large amount of time it has been on the market, they have had time to get it debugged, but it is very buggy. My recommendation is to go with the free version and remind yourself that free is incredible. It isn't worth paying for only because it does not function correctly most of the time.

[Version 1.75]

IconBox

Randy Crawford commented on 28 Sep 2011

My use for IconBxo is really pretty simple. I need a way to store and organize a large number of icons and then visualize them or search them. This does that perfectly. It also converts the icons to pngs for me whenever I need that. Everything I've needed so far, this app has done very nicely. I would not hesitate to recommend it, especially considering there are very few other apps out there that do what this does.

[Version 2.1.3]

Ulysses

Randy Crawford commented on 27 Aug 2011

Available only on MacApp Store. Any software that this is true of is useless to me.

[Version 2.0.6]

EagleFiler

Randy Crawford reviewed on 25 Jul 2011

I'm a very long term Devon user. Before that I used MarcoPolo (any really old Mac users reading this?). I found I wanted something smaller, lighter, faster and separate from Devon to use just for code snippets and resources such as icons, screen captures, etc. as I develop a project.

Eagle Filer is the answer and then some. I tried Yojimbo but there are too many file types that it simply won't accept. With Eagle Filer, whatever I drag into the window or drop pane goes right in the database with no problem (so far). It is fast and simple to use. It can be password protected (paranoid programmer that I am).

This simplifies my work environment. No separate code snippet tools, no graphics library manager. Between Eagle Filer and ShadowClipboard (my preferred clipboard manager), I can leave out everything else and have exactly what I need to be productive and not waste time fiddling with all my productivity tools, as I'm so prone to doing.

[Version 1.5.4]

Isolator

Randy Crawford reviewed on 04 Jun 2011

I've been blessed to find a few really great pieces of software lately. Isolator is one of them. It is useful to me because I run many applications concurrently and it can be difficult to keep up with which is the front app. I run 4 monitors which compounds the problem. Frequently I run 3-4 copies of 4D and I have modified the wrong code many times because of losing track of which is which. Isolator solves that perfectly. You can dim out the background apps so that you can see them, but also know they are not the front app.

One recommendation I would make is to turn of the "Filters" which control the look of the background apps. Filters cause a significant slow-down with no real benefit.

To make things even better, Isolator is Free! Can you beat that?!

[Version 4.76beta]

TextExpander

Randy Crawford reviewed on 03 Jun 2011

I'm a 4D database developer. I'm working on learning Javascript and HTML. This is the most useful program imaginable. This makes setting up tedious blocks of code a snap! I have trouble remember command syntax, but no problem. Just type in the abbreviation and TextExpander fills the whole thing out for me. I'm just getting started with Textexpander and it is already indispensable. It can do complex operations and I'm looking forward to taking it to that level. Textexpander is an absolute MUST HAVE app.

I also have to document most of the software I write and I expect Textexpander will be worth its weigh in gold when it comes to that.

[Version 3.3.0.1]

Flexiglass

Randy Crawford reviewed on 23 May 2011

This app is really great except that it crashes frequently (quite frequently) on my computer. I have the feeling it is because I have multiple monitors. It seems to crash most often when I move/resize a window to a monitor other than the main one. It kills zooom2. It's not much trouble to relaunch it, but I hope to see the crashing fixed.

[Version 1.0.6]

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+34

Randy Crawford replied on 05 Jun 2011

I've found that this app is always being worked on. As I've upgraded to the newest version, the problems have basically gone away. I use this continuously now, and if there is a question or problem the developer is very responsive. They seem determined to have a great product and as far as I'm concerned they've achieved just that!

ImageWell

Randy Crawford reviewed on 14 May 2011

I've been using ImageWell for quite some time, way over a year. I use it often. I came to MacUpdate to get a fresh copy and was amazed to see the ratings.

This is a fantastic app. I converts, resizes, and watermarks and it does it very fast and very simply. I have never had it crash or exhibit any kind of buggy behavior. It's extremely valuable to me a database application developer in the creation of interface buttons and icons.

I think it deserves 5 stars for sure.

Anyone interested in this kind of software should at least give it a try and make up their own mind.

[Version 4.0.7]

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