Wish there was a demo version of this so that I can see it in action, how easy it is to use (or not), what features it does/doesn't have, performance, usability, etc. Unfortunately the 'developers website' is just a Facebook page which tells you nothing about the feature set and the screenshots on the Mac App Store don't really tell you much either, plus there are no reviews (presumably because people don't want to take a punt at this price).
Help us out here, showcase the features or provide a demo version that's time-limited or has the save option disabled or something. That way I can make an informed choice.
As a long time Bevy user I thought I'd give Essentials a go to see what it's like. First impressions are good, it's pretty intuitive and I like the way you can separate items into different categories, e.g. music apps in one view, art/graphic apps in another, etc. Also the ability to colour-code items is nice.
A few things (preferences) that would go on my Essentials wish list are:
- Ability to automatically scan Applications or other specified folder to populate Essentials (rather than relying on drag & drop).
- Ability to change the transparency of the Essentials overlay.
- Ability to launch folders using something other than Finder (e.g. PathFinder).
Also, I noticed that for all the apps you put in Essentials it shows the name with the .app extension visible. Would be nice if you could strip these off when importing them (rather than having to edit/rename each one in turn).
Overall a nice app though, will be interested to see how it develops.
With a description that simply says "Encrypt your files..." and no mention of features anywhere in the app store or on the developers web site (and with no trial version available), it's difficult to justify dropping even $0.99 to see if the app is any good.
(Incidentally, it's not available in the UK app store at this time).
Don't know if it was there before as I've only just seen this ScanDrop app page for the first time, but it looks like there's a trial 'Lite' version you can download from the developer's web site.
This is a really handy little app for grabbing iOS screenshots.
I help a developer who writes iOS apps - he sends me the app to test and to produce the screenshots for both the iTunes store and his website. I just run the app in the iOS Simulator then set the counter, filename and save location, then it's as easy as navigating to the screen I want in the app being tested and clicking a button. There's a nice variety of output formats too. Saves me a lot of time.
Requirements could also mention that you need Adobe Digital Editions installed and running when you run ePub to PDF converter. Also, to use ePub to PDF converter you need to have the Accessibility API enabled in System Preferences, although the app will tell you that when it's launched for the first time.
Did find the UI a little unintuitive - you get some curious instructions about window size/placement at the start and a 'Convert' button. Clicking that gives you a 'Save' dialogue (as opposed to asking what file you want to convert), however I chose an existing ePub book, clicked OK then... nothing. The file was only 25 pages long and after 30 mins of 'not touching the computer' as instructed(?) the app didn't appear to have done anything and there's no progress indicator. This is on a quad-code Mac Pro running Lion. So, haven't had much success so far but will persevere.
(Note, if you go to the Adobe website to install Digital Editions, the installer defaults to requiring you to have Flash installed to download it. However, if you ignore that and click on the "If you have trouble installing Digital Editions, see the installation TechNote" link, then you can download the dmg directly without needing Flash).
Great little app, been using it for a while now. Unfortunately, since the 10.6.3 update it has stopped working for me. Icon just shows 'N/a' and there's a message saying "Couldn't connect to weather.com", even though my internet connection is fine, and I can browse weather.com without any problems.
Have tried using this with iPhoto '09 running on Leopard 10.5.8. Everything is fine up to the point where you click the Export button to start the export, then the following message pops up... The application iPhoto quit unexpectedly. The problem may have been caused by the iPhotoBurnToDisc plug-in.
Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling as well as rebooting but no joy. Shame as it looks like a useful app.
[Version 1.0.2]
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Automatic
Rob.h rated on 17 May 2012
[Version 2.3.2]
+2
Prototypr
Help us out here, showcase the features or provide a demo version that's time-limited or has the save option disabled or something. That way I can make an informed choice.
+1
Essentials
A few things (preferences) that would go on my Essentials wish list are:
- Ability to automatically scan Applications or other specified folder to populate Essentials (rather than relying on drag & drop).
- Ability to change the transparency of the Essentials overlay.
- Ability to launch folders using something other than Finder (e.g. PathFinder).
Also, I noticed that for all the apps you put in Essentials it shows the name with the .app extension visible. Would be nice if you could strip these off when importing them (rather than having to edit/rename each one in turn).
Overall a nice app though, will be interested to see how it develops.
+3
Crypt
(Incidentally, it's not available in the UK app store at this time).
ScanDrop
iOS-Simulator-Cropper
Rob.h reviewed on 08 Feb 2012
I help a developer who writes iOS apps - he sends me the app to test and to produce the screenshots for both the iTunes store and his website. I just run the app in the iOS Simulator then set the counter, filename and save location, then it's as easy as navigating to the screen I want in the app being tested and clicking a button. There's a nice variety of output formats too. Saves me a lot of time.
iBooks Author
Rob.h rated on 20 Jan 2012
[Version 1.0]
ePub to PDF converter
Did find the UI a little unintuitive - you get some curious instructions about window size/placement at the start and a 'Convert' button. Clicking that gives you a 'Save' dialogue (as opposed to asking what file you want to convert), however I chose an existing ePub book, clicked OK then... nothing. The file was only 25 pages long and after 30 mins of 'not touching the computer' as instructed(?) the app didn't appear to have done anything and there's no progress indicator. This is on a quad-code Mac Pro running Lion. So, haven't had much success so far but will persevere.
(Note, if you go to the Adobe website to install Digital Editions, the installer defaults to requiring you to have Flash installed to download it. However, if you ignore that and click on the "If you have trouble installing Digital Editions, see the installation TechNote" link, then you can download the dmg directly without needing Flash).
Bevy
Rob.h rated on 06 Jan 2012
[Version 1.0.10]
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
Rob.h rated on 22 Dec 2011
[Version 7.3.5]
WeatherDock
+2
+110
BurnToDisc for iPhoto
Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling as well as rebooting but no joy. Shame as it looks like a useful app.