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Gryffin
Downloads: 761
Posts: 57
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Google Chrome 18.0.1025.11
(Free)
Google Earth 6.2.1.6014
(Free)
MacPilot 4.3.3
(Shareware)
WhatRoute 1.10.7
(Free)
You Control: Tunes 1.7.2
(Free)
Bowtie 1.4
(Free)
Skeiron 1.1.9
(Free)
Quicksilver 64
(Free)
Evernote 3.0.6
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eMaps 2.6.1
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Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.4
(Free)
Bean 3.0.6
(Free)
Gryffin's Posts
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XMas Lights
Gryffin commented on 05 Dec 2011
Site seems to be gone. Too bad, this was a fun Christmas toy!
[Version 1.5.8]



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AirServer

Gryffin reviewed on 21 Oct 2011
I stuck with BananaTV for a while, because it was more reliable, but AirServer 3 is rock solid. I run it on my home theater Mac Mini, so it works just like an AppleTV. Sweet!

Now, with the Media Center Safari Extension, I can be surfing, find an interesting video on YouTube, Vimeo etc., and with a click, put it up on the big screen to share.

What I don't get is, why doesn't Apple bake this functionality right into Safari/QTPlug/QTPlayer/iTunes? They tout the technology, but don't give you even basic tools to use it on OS X, whereas you can send *any* media from your iPhone/iPad to an AirPlay device. Doesn't make sense.
[Version 3.1.1]



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Transmission
Gryffin commented on 21 Oct 2011
µTorrent just added it's own RSS tracker, so you don't need a separate program to auto-torrent your favorite TV shows f'rinstance. It'd be REAL nice if Transmission had that feature!
[Version 2.42]



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+10

Firefox
Gryffin commented on 08 Aug 2011
I dunno 'bout this "rapid release" crap. One of Firefox's strengths is the wealth of extensions available, but they generally only function in the current *stable* version, not the betas; and with these rapid releases, the extension devs barely have time to get compatible with the current release before a *new* release comes around. It's getting ridiculous.
[Version 6.0]



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+5

Loginox

Gryffin reviewed on 06 Jul 2011
Free. Simple. Does what it says on the tin. Works for me!

(Five stars mostly to offset the half-brained half-star review from Soo-Soo.)
[Version 1.0.3b5]



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Fantastical
Gryffin commented on 23 May 2011
Could the natural language parser be extended to handle Tasks or To Dos? If so, I might never need to launch iCal ever again. ;{)

Let's see, how would it recognize a task? Maybe if you don't specify a date or time: "Go to the bank". Right now, that sort of text is translated into an event at 9:00am today, which isn't terribly useful, so it could work for tasks.

But then, you might need to specify a due date and/or time; maybe use keywords like "by" and/or "before"? Like this: "Go to the bank by tomorrow at 5pm".
[Version 1.0]


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+122
Gryffin replied on 25 Oct 2011
Well, the competition (QuickCal) has added Tasks. I still think Fantastical is far more elegant, but it's now falling behind on features. C'mon guys, I had faith in you when I bought this, don't disappoint me!
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VLC Media Player
Gryffin commented on 21 May 2011
Any plans for AirPlay support? Sure would be nice to send local video to an TV or other AirPlay device.
[Version 1.1.9]



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MPlayerX
Gryffin commented on 21 May 2011
Any chance you could add AirPlay support? MPlayerX is a great player on my MacBook Pro, but the option to stream video to an tv or other AirPlay receiver would make it head-and-shoulders better than the competition!
[Version 1.0.3]



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+8

Bean
Gryffin commented on 10 Apr 2011
Lovin' the new 2.9.x betas, except for one thing: why oh WHY did you drop support for plain text??

I always have Bean open, and used to use it for both rich text and for quick, simple TXT editing, but now I have to keep open TextEdit (with its more limited find & replace) or a "heavier" text editor like TextWrangler. I miss having one capable editor to handle both.
[Version 2.9.5]



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+4

Google Chrome
Gryffin commented on 25 Mar 2011
What's with the boring new icon? The old one had that photorealistic look specified by Apple's UI guidelines, this one's flat and simplistic.
[Version 11.0.696.16]


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+122
Gryffin replied on 27 Mar 2011
Yeah, yeah, I know, I can slap any icon I want on it. Just curious why Google changed to such a boring one. Even their own page still shows the older, better icon: http://www.google.com/chrome
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Adium
Gryffin had trouble on 17 Jun 2011
I've been using Adium since forever, but this is the first time a full update caused me a problem. In this case, since installing 1.4.2, I can no longer create hyperlinks. When I right-click, the "Add Link" item is there, but doesn't do anything. Ditto the main menu item.

Checking the console, I'm seeing this, twice, fer every attempt to create a link:

6/17/11 10:37:02 AM Adium[30127] +[AHHyperlinkScanner isStringValidURI:usingStrict:fromIndex:withStatus:schemeLength:]: unrecognized selector sent to class 0x21e5140

Gonna see if I have a copy of 1.4.1 laying around, and roll back.
[Version 1.4.2]



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MacUpdate Desktop
Gryffin had trouble on 26 Feb 2011
I've tried MacUpdate Desktop several times over it's history; I never cared for the early versions, VersionTracker's app always was more stable and reliable. But with VT gone, and AppFresh chronically incomplete and out of date, I thought I'd give this one another try.

All in all, it's a huge improvement over those early versions. The latest 5.0.8 version is blazing fast at scanning and finding updates. Even the installation feature — which I've never entirely trusted in previous versions — works very well. I like the way you can archive the old version, too, just to be safe.

However, I think I've found a bug: while it lists the apps in ~/Applications, every one is grayed out, and shown as "Information Unavailable". Since I like to keep my non-Apple apps there, this severely limits the app's usefulness.
[Version 5.0.8]


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+122
Gryffin replied on 28 Feb 2011
I'd be happy to, but I don't know how to contact you. If you can email me, we'll see what we can do.
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+122
Gryffin replied on 02 Mar 2011
Problem fixed. Now THAT's a responsive developer!
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