Chris D.
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I am a Free member Gender: Male
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Quicken Essentials
I cruised the Quicken web site and read all the blurb about Q.E. (as usual there was virtually nothing but a couple cute pictures) and all I can say is What A Crock of you know what !!!
Can't pay bills. Can't track stocks bought and sold. Can't export info to Turbo Tax.
WTF is it good for, drawing pretty graphs ??
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1Password
Chris86314 reviewed on 20 Jan 2010
I've kept track of all my information and passwords for years on FileMaker Pro and it has worked out just fine except it is a copy and paste process, having to open FM each time I entered a site to look up the UN and PW. I also never liked the security risk of saving my info to AutoFill on Safari and FireFox.
I've got over 350 Username and Passwords to keep track of so I finally downloaded a trial version of 1P to see just how well it worked. Within an hour of installing 1P I purchased the full version and couldn't be happier. It is truly an amazing program for the cost and security it gives you.
I use DropBox for my storage so it works seamlessly between the two using a wireless network. I won't waste your time or mine writing about each aspect of the program but I will say that this program has to be one of the best investments I've made in years when it comes to a software purchase. Just the organization aspect alone is worth 5 times what the cost of the program is.
If you buy it you won't be sorry, they've done an excellent job with a program that is packed with features !!!
Apple HP Printer Drivers
I had a terrible time after 10.5.2, my G5 Power Mac would not sleep unless I put it to sleep manually. The screen saver worked fine, the monitor went to sleep after the screen saver timed out and hard drive spin down worked fine but the system would not sleep, hence using lots of power if not put to sleep manually.
I tried all forums and Apple support but nothing worked. I saw an obscure comment that a HP file might be causing it to not sleep but I still couldn't get it to work.
After installing 10.5.3 my Mac went into Auto Sleep like a baby on Valium. Everything worked just fine and has since up to and including 10.5.4 update.
The other day I got a prompt that HP 1.1 driver was available. Without thinking I went ahead and installed it. Immediately my Mac would not go to sleep using the Energy Saver settings again. I was P-O'd big time.
So today I went into my Main Library (not System or User) to the Start Up folder and saw two separate HP folders sitting in the Startup Folder.
1. HP IO (it has several files and folders inside)
2. HP Trap Monitor (it has several files and folders inside)
I moved a copy of them to the Desk Top and then deleted them (needed a Admin password). I then restarted my Mac and it immediately went to sleep automatically with the settings I had in Energy Saver.
I printed a couple things and my HP Printers (two of them) seem to be working just fine. I checked the StartUp folder and the folders were not duplicated again like they are when you delete a Preference File.
I will keep an eye on this but I thought I would let anyone know because it sure was frustrating to find my machine running 24/7 if I forgot to manually put it to sleep.
If you are having problems with sleep after this install try what I posted above and let everyone know, it is a very frustrating thing to try and track down.
Adobe Flash Player
Have they no shame ? Guess not !
Adobe Flash Player
Since I own all of their programs (all) and have put up with their squeezing every last drop out of your wallet for their programs and then charging you dearly (by the minute) to ask a question about that program.. I wouldn't give them one second of my time or opinion unless they show me their Gold Card.
I guess it takes a real set of (you know what) to charge by the minute and then ask for something back for free.. hmmmmm
MailSteward
Chris86314 reviewed on 22 Mar 2006
After downloading the demo of MailSteward the other day and trying it I decided to purchase the full version (6.x.x). I had about 2000 emails to archive many of which were heavy HTML emails. Most of the archiving went well but I had some trouble with the full version with a couple of my emails and the program stalled. I contacted the developer for help and he got back to me immediately and we worked through the problem. I sent him the mboxes that were giving me a problem and he immediately figured out the problem and corrected it. Since most of my emails were HTML I knew this probably had something to do with it. He sent me a new version via email that worked perfectly.
This is a great program for archiving your Entourage emails, complete with the attachments. After your archiving is done, searching the database is simple and easy. I would recommed it highly. Thanks to the developer for being so responsive and for creating a great little program.