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Cowicide
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Transmission
Cowicide commented on 08 Feb 2012
I love Transmission. The best torrent app for Mac right now.

Just a PSA:

The future is mesh Internet and Tribler. Hopefully Transmission will keep up.

http://torrentfreak.com/tribler-makes-bittorrent-impossible-to-shut-down-120208/
[Version 2.42]


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Cowicide replied on 08 Feb 2012
I should note that Tribler is currently a buggy nightmare on Mac at least, but the mesh concept behind it is something I hope Transmission devs are watching closely.
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Cowicide replied on 09 Feb 2012
luzen, instead of down-voting my comment because you're in a tizzy, maybe you should reply and tell me why I'm wrong about mesh? Or do you not know what you're talking about?
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iFileX

Cowicide reviewed on 05 Feb 2012
You can't expand the interface to the size you'd like (the text field is locked in size). It doesn't show you live results (you have to wait or click stop to see them).

The far better alternatives to this is EasyFind or HoudahSpot. With both you see results either live or as they load and can act upon the result immediately.

iFileX is nice and minimalist, but it's form over function in my testing.
[Version 1.2.0]


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Cowicide replied on 05 Feb 2012
I think you may be missing my point. While HoudahSpot is a front-end to Spotlight, EasyFind will actually search deeper (have you ever used EasyFind?). And, once again, both show results as you search which is critical for most practical usage of a search.

For common searches I use HoudahSpot because it's extremely faster and much more powerful than iFileX. In the very rare cases HoudahSpot misses anything, I'll then use EasyFind which also gives extremely faster results than waiting on iFileX.

You may have esoteric search needs that make you feel that iFileX is better suited for your anecdotal experience, but for the rest of us there's HoudahSpot and EasyFind.
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SleepWatcher
Cowicide commented on 31 Jan 2012
I like SleepWatcher, but I really wish someone would take this concept into a user-friendly realm where you can simply install this, have basic options within a simple GUI for running apps, etc. after your computer wakes up with no need for using terminal.

People would purchase a product like that.
[Version 2.2]



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Proxi
Cowicide commented on 31 Jan 2012
MacUpload's download link is broken. This works instead:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/downloads/p?page=2

There's also more info on this at MacFixit here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57368606-263/how-to-trigger-os-x-system-events-with-griffin-proxi/?tag=mncol;txt
[Version 1.6.0]



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PTGui
Cowicide commented on 24 Jan 2012
As of 01-24-2012, MacUpdate still shows 9.1.2.

MacUpdate, why don't you have a button where we can EASILY inform you when your database is outdated? Been this way a very long time and it's ANNOYING that you have your users jump through hoops just to inform you of an update you've missed.

Anyway... PTGui is up to 9.1.3 and it's been so for over a week..

Version 9.1.3 (16 January 2012)

Fix: out of memory error could occur when saving large jpeg files on 32 bit Windows
Fix: parts of the panorama could be missing in the detail viewer (detail viewer would show transparency checkerboard pattern)
Fix: Area selection in Control Points tab (using Shift dragging) allowed the selection rectangle to be outside the image bounds, resulting in several problems
PTGui can now save JPEG files up to 65500 x 65500 pixels. Previously this was limited to 25000 pixels width and height. Please note that many applications (including Photoshop) cannot read such large jpeg files, claiming that the file is corrupt.
Creating progressive JPEG files is no longer supported
[Version 9.1.2]



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Google Earth

Cowicide reviewed on 24 Jan 2012
Google Earth 6.1.0.5001 keep quitting on my 2011 MacBook Pro i7 (10.6.8) It's the only app I have that crashes. It's awful. Just keeps quitting itself/crashing on a regular basis while scrolling around with a mouse, etc. and then I lose any placemarks I may have made during that session.

Google Earth is an unstable mess. I keep checking for updates that address this crap and nothing. Deleted cache, didn't fix it. Deleted the app, didn't fix it. If I have to delete my plist and lose the hundreds of placemarks I've carefully made over the years to get this piece of crap to work, then I'm just not going to use it anymore.
[Version 6.1.0.5001]



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SpiralArt
Cowicide commented on 18 Jan 2012
No demo? No sale.
[Version 1.4]



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Dropbox
Cowicide commented on 16 Jan 2012
When is DropBox going to have an option to check for updates?

Something that runs nearly non-stop on people's systems really should have this by now for better security and stability.
[Version 1.2.49]


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Cowicide replied on 18 Jan 2012
Thanks for the info 2step. So it seems it will update a few weeks after the updates are made available.

I still have a MUCH better idea. Make it OPTIONAL first of all in the preferences. For one thing, you'll know what this app is up to (which is nice especially considering Dropbox's poor track record with security) and second of all it brings control back to the USER where it BELONGS.

What a waste of time...
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Cowicide replied on 18 Jan 2012
So, I wonder if a scummy Dropbox dev clicked minus on my post?
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Inpaint

Cowicide reviewed on 14 Jan 2012
Ok, tested this against Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill on some same pictures.

I found Inpaint's interface to be pretty dreadful. It's looks like it was barely ported over from Windows to Mac. Aside from those terrible aesthetic issues, it also doesn't use standard Mac shortcuts for the tools either.

For example, command + or - doesn't zoom in & out. It says it's supposed to if you look under "View" and observe the shortcuts, but pressing those keys does nothing so I'm forced to click the clunky icons to zoom in and out that look like they are from Windows XP hell (saving is with a an old 3.5 floppy disk icon).

Also zooming happens in much larger steps than Photoshop, so don't expect to zoom to an ideal size to fit perfectly in your window/display unless you get lucky.

You can adjust the size of the brush to select the area you want to erase with the content aware fill with a sliding dot on a line, but there's no feedback to how large or small the brush is exactly until you use it. Super-clunk.

Performance. Sadly, you also get clunkier, blockier results than Photoshop's content-aware fill which is smoother on edges.

I had hoped using the guidelines to define edges would have given Inpaint "the edge" over Photoshop in results, but in my testing it was just more steps to get the same result but clunkier and less natural results than Photoshop, so that was a disappointment.

I was hoping in the end this would be a scrappy alternative to Photoshop's content-aware fill with better results with more custom tools (like the Guide Lines), but this hasn't been my experience.

On HUGE plus side, this thing is only 20 bucks and while the results aren't as natural/smooth as you get with Photoshop, it definitely works and if you don't mind a little more cloning/retouching to fix up its results than you would have to do with Photoshop's results then this a great alternative to spending a bunch of money on Photoshop and instead use this in conjunction with free Gimp, etc.

Then gain, GIMP has a plug-in for content-aware fill already so you might want to test that out first. GIMP's plug-in (called resynthesizer) is more clunky to use than Photoshop's content-aware fill, but it's free like GIMP is and does work in OS X. resynthesizer was doing this before adobe too, but I don't know if resynthesizer gets better results or not since I haven't used it.

But, anyway... if you don't want to go through the hassle of installing GIMP and resynthesizer and you can't purchase Photoshop, there's this for 20 bucks. The results are certainly not horrible. The interface is clunky as it is ugly, but it DOES work.
[Version 4.0]



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Gimp
Cowicide commented on 14 Jan 2012
This doesn't work in Lion, does it?
[Version 2.6.11]


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Cowicide replied on 06 Feb 2012
Thanks, I see there's more info at this link:

http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Support.html
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DockView
Cowicide had trouble on 09 Dec 2011
Found an issue with Snapz Pro 2.3.2 and DockView 1.5.5. When I have a window in another Space and move over the application that harbors the window in the Dock in another space and then highlight the window with the preview image generated by Dockview, (which makes the window preview screenshot show up in my current space) Console repeatedly says "12/8/11 11:20:37 PM [0x0-0x10010].com.ambrosiasw.snapz[236] Thu Dec 8 23:20:37 MacBook-Pro-4.local Snapz Pro X[236] : kCGErrorInvalidOperation: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 2319"

It's says this over and over again until I stop hovering over the window and the preview image is gone from my current space.

Snapz also seems to interfere with DockView in other ways but I'm still investigating that.
[Version 1.55]


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Cowicide replied on 09 Dec 2011
I've investigated this further and it doesn't require the image being in another space to get this these errors. You can actually make console fill up with those same Snapz errors by just hovering over anything in the Dock with a window and moving your mouse.

And then hundreds of these error will fill the the console:

[0x0-0x11011].com.ambrosiasw.snapz[237] Fri Dec 9 03:25:14 MacBook-Pro-4.local Snapz Pro X[237] : kCGErrorInvalidOperation: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 28
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Snapz Pro X
Cowicide had trouble on 09 Dec 2011
Found an issue with Snapz Pro 2.3.2 and DockView 1.5.5. When I have a window in another Space and move over the application the harbors the window in the Dock in another space and then highlight the window with the preview image generated by Dockview, (which makes the window preview screenshot show up in my current space) Console repeatedly says "12/8/11 11:20:37 PM [0x0-0x10010].com.ambrosiasw.snapz[236] Thu Dec 8 23:20:37 MacBook-Pro-4.local Snapz Pro X[236] : kCGErrorInvalidOperation: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 2319"

It's says this over and over again until I stop hovering over the window and the preview image is gone from my current space.

This also seems to interfere with DockView in other ways but I'm still investigating that.
[Version 2.3.2]


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Cowicide replied on 09 Dec 2011
I've investigated this further and it doesn't require the image being in another space to get this these errors. You can actually make console fill up with those same Snapz errors by just hovering over anything in the Dock with a window and moving your mouse.

And then hundreds of these error will fill the the console:

[0x0-0x11011].com.ambrosiasw.snapz[237] Fri Dec 9 03:25:14 MacBook-Pro-4.local Snapz Pro X[237] : kCGErrorInvalidOperation: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 28
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1Password
Cowicide had trouble on 01 Dec 2011
Does this have any issues with Safari 5.1.2 that just came out or does the extension run fine like it did with 5.1.1?
[Version 3.8.10]


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Cowicide replied on 03 Dec 2011
brenty, 1Password seems to work fine especially with the latest 3.8.8 version of the extension.

Overall, I'm very happy I upgraded to 5.1.2. But then again, I'm not not using Lion either.
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1Password
Cowicide had trouble on 21 Nov 2011
Just a head's up that you guys should really change the command-K shortcut for logins. It conflicts with command-k in textedit to insert links and command-k for several other apps including the Finder for connecting to servers and QuickTime 7 for pulling up A/V controls.

I cleared it out of 1Password in the preferences, but I had to look at my console to figure out what was causing me to lose command-K in all these apps.

Others who might not know to look in their console would just be stuck. You should change the default to something else and/or make it not conflict with other apps.

1Password 3.9.10
Mac OS 10.6.8
[Version 3.8.10]


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Cowicide replied on 22 Nov 2011
Sorry about that, brenty. I should have check first. I must have done that a very long time ago and forgot. It's weird how it didn't seem to conflict until more recently though. Ah well.
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Warp
Cowicide had trouble on 30 Jan 2011
Version 1.2.2 has been turning itself off randomly by unchecking "Enable Warp". I got my old copy of 1.2.1 and it's working again, but then I have to manually turn it off again when I play the Angry Birds.
[Version 1.2.2]



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Apple QuickTime Broadcaster
Cowicide had trouble on 27 Jan 2011
After updating from 10.5 to 10.6.6, Broadcaster 1.5.3 simply dissapeared from my computer. All the settings were still there, but no app... poof!

So I reinstalled it and it now works but the icon was invisible, so I dragged it out of the Dock and then did "killall Dock" in Terminal (without the quotes) and all seems well and all the previous settings are in tact.

Just thought I'd put this in here so if it happens to anyone else.
[Version 1.5.3]



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VLC Remote Interface Widget
Cowicide had trouble on 22 Apr 2010
I can't get it to work, my web interface works fine, but not this. Does anyone have this working with OS 10.5 or higher? The fact that this hasn't been updated for Intel chips is a bad sign I guess that it's abandonware?
[Version 0.2]



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PithHelmet
Cowicide had trouble on 30 Nov 2009
Does anyone have PithHelmet 2.8.5 (85) working ok with the new Safari 4.0.4 update? I'm running OS 10.5.8

Or does anyone have newer versions of PithHelmet (I guess the betas?) working ok with Safari 4.0.4?
[Version 3.0b2]



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Smart Scroll
Cowicide had trouble on 20 May 2009
I wish the dev would explain things like sync scrolling to display and such in the help files. I mean, what is this and why should I use it?
[Version 3.0]



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Vanilla FTP
Cowicide had trouble on 14 Jan 2004
Tried to use this to upload files to my CrushFTP server, keeps getting errors... too bad, this would have been a nice thing to send to my clients for file uploads to my server.
[Version 0.4]



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