I tried the application after watching a demo video by the developer. The advantage over regular printing is, that it lets you select a specific area and only print that area. The advertising mentions lower printing costs due to not printing ads on websites and other unnecessary material.
But the fundamental difference between standard printing and this screenshot approach, is that
1. the background is printed, which might be grey or eveb black, causing unnecessary costs and
2. all crisp vector type is pixeled and way below print quality.
Both were not obvious from a demo video by the developer I had seen because the websites happened to have white background etc.
The question is, do you want to pay $30 for printing a screenshot or just take a screenshot and print it? The advise the application gives you, on what size (in %) you should print the image is sold as a feature but you can just use the auto fit function of OS X's print dialog. Maybe I'm missing something but it seems a bit expensive to me.
I bought this application on MUPromo and currently run OS 10.5.8 on a Mac Pro. The application offers three ways to back up:
Completely (a copy of your files), incrementally/regularly (updating only the changed files) and versions of your files (not overwriting the old versions).
I wanted to simply copy some files and later use the incremental backup to only update what has changed.
Unfortunately, it is quite slow. I think I will instead use Super Duper.
Very pratical as it does two things: 1. It gives you the option to open a window with sorted applications and documents right under your cursor, giving you a similar direct approach as Quicksilver's constellation menus. And 2. It allows you to open an pulldown from the menu bar with the same sorting. You basically don't need the Dock anymore.
Problems: Not enough customizability and very buggy behaviour when you change the color and the space between the items. Graphics and text will be partially hidden. The developer doesn't seem to care, and doesn't reply. Far below what I'm used from other Mac developers. Could be a great application if they changed their attitude and listened to the customers.
I don't understand what this application does. As far as I understood, it can't even do OCR, so it doesn't actually offer a digital form of your receipts, just stores jpgs. Why not just scan your jpgs and put them in a folder?
Not a review: I found this app at MacZot today in a bundle 40% off and checked here to see what people reported. There seem to be a bunch of fake reviews on the bundle plus on another software review of one of the bundle apps it was said that they hide their identity and can't be contacted. Has anyone tried to get support from them? They also seem to spam MU with tiny updates just to be on top.
Jisho comes in very handy if you're a user of Quicksilver because it adds a Services entry, that you can call from QS (Period; enter Search Term, Tab, Jisho).
I also find it interesting that it (theoretically) understands various languages. Unfortunately it doesn't actually work unless you use the "broad" or "extra broad" settings, and everytime you close the app, it forgets the settings. But for English it's ok.
What I don't like at all, is that it doesn't allow searching for any plural forms, only for singular, as there is no plural form in Japanese (which doesn't mean you can't just translate it to the singular). This again makes it impossible to quickly search with Jisho if you select a plural in Text Edit or Safari and want to use Serives or Quicksilver to find the Japanese translation. I already mailed the creator about it but he doesn't want to change it.
This is exactly what I always needed (and as Apple should have built the Dock). This comes in very handy when drawing or using the entire screen in graphic design applications, where you don't want panels to be trapped behind the Dock. No more sizing the Dock down. No more Pull Down Menus behind the Dock. No more "I hope I don't get too close to the edge of the screen". Here's why it's great:
1. I can still call/hide the Dock just as used to, nothing new to learn. Only this time it stays away, as it should.
2. I can replace the standard shortcut or add an additional one, so the old mode (auto activating Dock) is still available at the same time.
3. Some older applications (DockBlock etc.) were built for Tiger and don't work anymore. This works under Leopard.
4. Other methods of getting rid of the Dock also kill functions like the Application Switcher. No such problems with Dock Gone.
5. By triple clicking the item in the menu bar, the Dock shows/hides. By single clicking the item, you get a menu.
No you're not crazy but you probably won't need this app. Whenever you get close to the bottom of the screen (or wherever you have placed your Dock) it will pop back up. This can become extemely annoying when drawing or when using auto scrolling in an application. Worst case would be a slow computer that is stopped processing by the Dock because it suddenly has to reveal it and blend in the name of the app that is below the cursor.
It might also pop up when you open a drop down window, such as your list of bookmaks in a browser, as soon as you get close enough to the edge. In this case it will pop up BEHIND the window, completely useless. And who needs the Dock to show up below the cursor while drawing a selection in Photoshop? Most people never use their entire screen and leave some space for the Dock. Given how huge the standard Leopard Dock is, that's a lot of space. This tool allows you to use the entire screen and hardly ever use the Dock. I use Quicksilver to launch apps, so I don't have much need for it.
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NTFS-3G
+1
Print It!
Noriker reviewed on 15 Sep 2010
But the fundamental difference between standard printing and this screenshot approach, is that
1. the background is printed, which might be grey or eveb black, causing unnecessary costs and
2. all crisp vector type is pixeled and way below print quality.
Both were not obvious from a demo video by the developer I had seen because the websites happened to have white background etc.
The question is, do you want to pay $30 for printing a screenshot or just take a screenshot and print it? The advise the application gives you, on what size (in %) you should print the image is sold as a feature but you can just use the auto fit function of OS X's print dialog. Maybe I'm missing something but it seems a bit expensive to me.
+1
Get Backup
Completely (a copy of your files), incrementally/regularly (updating only the changed files) and versions of your files (not overwriting the old versions).
I wanted to simply copy some files and later use the incremental backup to only update what has changed.
Unfortunately, it is quite slow. I think I will instead use Super Duper.
+2
Videobox
Noriker reviewed on 18 Dec 2009
+1
Overflow
Noriker reviewed on 06 Jun 2009
Problems: Not enough customizability and very buggy behaviour when you change the color and the space between the items. Graphics and text will be partially hidden. The developer doesn't seem to care, and doesn't reply. Far below what I'm used from other Mac developers. Could be a great application if they changed their attitude and listened to the customers.
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Paperless
+4
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Jisho
Jisho
Noriker reviewed on 15 May 2009
I also find it interesting that it (theoretically) understands various languages. Unfortunately it doesn't actually work unless you use the "broad" or "extra broad" settings, and everytime you close the app, it forgets the settings. But for English it's ok.
What I don't like at all, is that it doesn't allow searching for any plural forms, only for singular, as there is no plural form in Japanese (which doesn't mean you can't just translate it to the singular). This again makes it impossible to quickly search with Jisho if you select a plural in Text Edit or Safari and want to use Serives or Quicksilver to find the Japanese translation. I already mailed the creator about it but he doesn't want to change it.
+1
Dock Gone
Noriker reviewed on 06 May 2009
1. I can still call/hide the Dock just as used to, nothing new to learn. Only this time it stays away, as it should.
2. I can replace the standard shortcut or add an additional one, so the old mode (auto activating Dock) is still available at the same time.
3. Some older applications (DockBlock etc.) were built for Tiger and don't work anymore. This works under Leopard.
4. Other methods of getting rid of the Dock also kill functions like the Application Switcher. No such problems with Dock Gone.
5. By triple clicking the item in the menu bar, the Dock shows/hides. By single clicking the item, you get a menu.
+10
It might also pop up when you open a drop down window, such as your list of bookmaks in a browser, as soon as you get close enough to the edge. In this case it will pop up BEHIND the window, completely useless. And who needs the Dock to show up below the cursor while drawing a selection in Photoshop? Most people never use their entire screen and leave some space for the Dock. Given how huge the standard Leopard Dock is, that's a lot of space. This tool allows you to use the entire screen and hardly ever use the Dock. I use Quicksilver to launch apps, so I don't have much need for it.