Ron Bush
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MenuWeather
Was looking to give this a try after WeatherDock died but if there's no free version ...that's a shame... could at least put a "LITE" version in the store or something...
On to other alternatives...
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I remember I had emailed you I think a few months ago and was quite happy with the correspondance that we had about the app when you were still using free sources.
I bought this app from the app store and I am quite happy with it so far.
Would recommend it to others. ^_^
Firefox
I was excited to get some of my extensions back and move back to Firefox, but after mild usage on the browser and around only 5 tabs open, managed to bloat itself up to 1.3 GB.
I closed it and proceeded to switch to Google Chrome which not only has lower memory usage but has actually been able to update their browser to fully work with Lion.
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BetterTouchTool
The developer asked for donations awhile back, and I gladly donated to help him out because the software was good. Since Lion though I don't use this tool as much but I love the window snapping features it had and went to download BetterSnapTool only to find out its only available from the AppStore.
He states on his page that if we have donated, to contact him and he'll get you a free copy of BetterSnapTool. I'll wait a few more days for him to reply and see what happens. (his website says he'll be away until sometime this week...) I donated more than the cost of the SnapTool in the AppStore so I'm hoping my copy isn't too far out.
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HyperDock
With the release of Lion, the ability to show and hide specific calendars in the dock preview cannot be changed from the System Preferences. All calendars are displayed by default and I cannot choose which calendars to show.
Emailed the Dev a few days ago and did not get a response back yet. Resetting to defaults in the application itself does not resolve the issue either.
Think I may just disable it in the mean time until this issue is fixed, right now its just wasting resources.
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Thank you!! I don't know when you updated the program to be compatible with Lion so the windows work again (specifically for BusyCal) but it was greatly appreciated.
Program looks like a charm again!!
Apparently when it stopped working I went in and completely disabled the program which also stops it from checking for future updates as well. (I was using it for window snapping and window previews and disabled completely to save system resources).
Once I turned it off, I unfortunately never really checked it again and kinda learned to live without it. I went to redownload it a few minutes ago and remembered it was still in my system preferences!!
Are there any plans to add tab previews beyond Safari, say for Chrome or Firefox?? (I specifically use Chrome now because Safari was a memory hog using over 1GB after being idle for a few hours and Firefox was just as bad)
Or maybe a feature that allows you to see the most recent unread emails in Mail.app kinda like the iCal/BusyCal preview option??
Just some thoughts...
Herald
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TuneUp
Bushwhack reviewed on 29 Apr 2011
It HIGH JACKED a lot of albums from some smaller bands, renamed them to stupid incorrect titles and Japanese in some cases and scattered them across multiple folders.
Now I have to spend hours if not days and weeks trying to find old albums, artists and songs from the smaller bands I do work for in random places throughout my itunes folder.
There was NO REASON why it should take those complete folders and rename them. I deselected them from the list and it stole them anyhow.
Now I'll have to go and manually find that album art again as well. It looks like this did more harm then good, and sadly I did not notice this until recently so restoring from Time Machine or whatever and going back several weeks is NOT ideal.
If you like your data, STAY AWAY
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TextExpander
Bushwhack reviewed on 14 Apr 2011
Software fails miserably at doing so.
I spent an hour or two implementing different shortcuts and text and web addresses. Upon rebooting the machine, ALL OF MY SHORTCUTS WERE DELETED.
Do not use unless you want to reset your commands everytime you reboot. Was never told preferences do not save or anything like that and I do not have time to go back and reimport settings upon reboots.
Look for alternatives. Time is money and reimporting shortcuts I entrusted to this program cost me serious money now. Not ready for mainstream serious use.
Sad.
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I'm pretty sure all my shortcuts are gone.
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And I would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for you measly kids and that pesky dog...
Pfft..please.
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I have it sync with Dropbox and I have it back up to to the Backup folder.
I have to restore my backed up snippets every few weeks when the software decides to reset it self to default settings. Kinda inconvenient, but I just back its preferences up to multiple places as I had done after it erased them the first few times so when it does it again, I have a backup to restore from.
Luckily I've been using back up solutions for years now. Normally I don't need them, but I guess I'm glad I have a way to prove my back up solution works.
Don't get me wrong, TextExpander is nice when it's working and is a great time saver.
As a matter of fact, heh... I have to go restore them again. Go figure.
Maybe I'll contact the developer and find out why this program likes to get amnesia every few days and delete all my stuff.
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TinyGrab
Does not work. At all. Dev claims to be working on a fix but current version is broken. Will continue to use version 1 until version 2 is fixed because at this point, version 1 is more functional than version 2.
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You are absolutely correct. The newer version is finally stable and returned all previous functionality.
I highly recommend this software to anyone looking to share an image or something on their screen fairly quickly and quick flawlessly.
Devs did a great job getting it up and running again after the breach!
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HyperDock
http://74.6.238.254/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperdock.bahoom.de%2F&fr=sfp&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fhyperdock.bahoom.de%2f&d=4666464951732534&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=32a44c2,612baf4d&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=KQp9xEiGz4V8vrVVLfZ.UA--
There's the cached page. It says there it will cost. Argument over.
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HyperDock
Bushwhack reviewed on 31 Jan 2011
The iCal preview in itself is fantastic!! I don't use Safari, I am a Firefox fan, and would LOVE to see the developer implement individual tab previews for Firefox 4. Would it be that hard to do??
The iTunes preview is pretty sweet as well and I switch between the keyboard controls and the iTunes preview depending on which is closer.
I use BetterTouchTool for my Magic Mouse as well which already supplied me with Window Snapping features, but it is a GREAT feature for quick window resizing!
As for the people dropping UNWARRANTED NEGATIVE reviews due to the switch from freeware to software, that's your OWN FAULT. It CLEARLY said that this would start as a free beta and then go to paid software. You obviously just failed to read. It was on the HyperDock website as well as here. Don't give a bad review for your own stupid mistake.
I bought it early and supported the developer. He deserves it.
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i almost chuckle because of what someone else said.... people will go to a popular coffee shop and drop $5 on an grotesquely overpriced "grande" or whatever that lasts 20 minutes or so and yet a piece of software that lasts longer and is more useful... "OH MY GOD WE CAN'T DO THAT!"
I guarantee you my friend more work goes into that software than that crappy cup 'o joe
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http://74.6.238.254/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperdock.bahoom.de%2F&fr=sfp&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fhyperdock.bahoom.de%2f&d=4666464951732534&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=32a44c2,612baf4d&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=KQp9xEiGz4V8vrVVLfZ.UA--
Default Folder X
Does DefaultFolderX work with Chrome in Lion or is this a known issue?? I have tried searching and have not found a response.
Safari and Firefox work fine, but I tried to download a picture for the first time today using Chrome and did not get the DefaultFolder dialog to pop up when saving a file.
HyperDock
I have all these calendars I have hidden in BusyCal/iCal that I also want hidden from my dock, and now they all just appear!! I used to be able to turn them off.
HyperDock
I recently switched my calendars from my Mac to MobileMe. Hyperdock basically does not show the events on the dock nor in the settings in System Preferences. At some points the events are randomly shifted around or do no even show up in the preview at all. This makes the program unreliable and is one of the major reasons I bought the program to begin with. I use BusyCal mainly but iCal also shows the same issue. Is there a way to make these calendars discovered again? Currently only calendars I am subscribed to are showing in the settings but even now they do not show in the pop-up either.
Any help you could provide would be appreciated.
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I think though I figured out what the problem was. My troubleshooting steps were below.
Alright, apparently I am going to say that it wasn't even a HyperDock bug at all. From what I've been able to tell, iCal and BusySync both read from the same database obviously. BusySync though is apparently dependent on iCal when in relation to the HyperDock calendars showing in the System Preferences.
When the calendars disappeared, I went into BusyCal and under Help chose Reset. In there I hit the Overwrite Sync Services, incase sync services had some syncing conflicts or something. This is what had initially reset the calendars to begin with. Upon opening BusyCal and the calendars reloading, HyperDock cleared all the calendars from the preview window. However in the System Preferences my calendar subscriptions were still visible even though they were not showing up. When I randomly decided to open iCal today it for some reason reloaded the calendars and fixed the issue.
HyperDock had had the issue properly identifying the calendars before when I first migrated them from On My Mac to MobileMe due to a sync issue as well which was resolved by exporting all my calendars, deleting them all from iCal and then manually reimporting them all over again.
From what I've been able to see, it's either a BusyCal/iCal issue (I only use BusyCal anymore) and/or a Sync Services issue that then does not allow not allow HyperDock to access the calendar database as a result. This probably doesn't really make any sense, because it doesn't make any sense to me either but as it stands the issues is resolved somehow through my troubleshooting so I won't complain.
HyperDock
http://grab.by/8kx2
Finder (with TotalFinder installed) is showing up as two seperate windows instead of one.... is this a HyperDock bug or a TotalFinder bug?
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App Tamer
I have one significant issue with this app that is making me want to just turn it off and/or uninstall it... when App Tamer stops programs like Firefox or Illustrator, clicking on them in the Dock DOES NOT take me to their window NOR does it resume the program. I have to manually navigate to the app's window and click on the app to get it to resume. Otherwise it just shows up as "not responding".
I am hoping there is something to resolve this, because if it is disabling navigating to applications in my Dock, it will have to go. I am thinking maybe it could be related to HyperDock since I saw something about that earlier, but I am looking for confirmation and an ETA to when this would be resolved if it is a conflict between the two applications...
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Great program from a great developer!!
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Herald
I am awaiting an update to this great piece of software.
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DockView
First with Finder I cannot get DockView to preview Finder's windows with TotalFinder installed. I know an update was released, but I still can't get the windows to show. If I am copying a file, the copy dialog is the only thing that previews in the dock with TotalFinder.
Also Adium does not show in the preview for DockView either. No contact list, no chat windows, nothing. HyperDock also shows these windows so I wasn't sure if it was a DockView bug or not.
HyperDock handles both of these applications really well and I was just wondering if I was the only person to have this issue and if there were plans to fix this in the future or not.
I like DockView but these two bugs are show stoppers for me right now but I really want to buy this app and can't until it works right.
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Finder filters did not work either. I noticed that Finder filters did have a "TotalFinder" setting in them, but selecting that only gave me a Finder window with nothing inside it. Basically a gray square. That doesn't do me any good either.
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That being said, Thank you for the quick response!!
I can shoot you an email and hopefully we can go further from there and get this figured out!