Peter Trist
Downloads: 815
Posts: 16
Smile Score: +16 
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TotalFinder
Petert reviewed on 14 Aug 2011
The most recent versions have stabilised to the point where they are now useable and worth the purchase and installation.
The memory problems seem to be solved and only one or two minor cosmetic hiccups that appear occasionally in Dual Screen mode that are easily corrected.
A valuable enhancement to the Finder, especially for file management / transfers.
+3
CLIX
ClIX is his gift to the Mac OS community along the lines of 'If you give a man a fish...' has taught me much of what I know of the UNIX command line and saved me many hours - I manage >300 Macs.
He does however say what he thinks, often in a non-politically correct manner and as has been pointed out by others, 'not suffer fools...'
His products go out of the way to ensure that your security is of primary importance. An extract from a recent XNews focussed on CLIX reads:
"Each CLIX command comes with an unseen prefix and an unseen suffix. The prefix zaps the time stamp so you will always detect when sudo is being invoked if that's what you want. A second thread runs asynchronously after every CLIX command to kill the sudo time stamp as well. And the kill operations don't stop at CLIX - they kill timestamps for all TTYs for your own safety."
Half of what he writes goes way over my head but it does give me food for thought and makes me a better SysAdmin once I take the time to learn enough to at least understand what he is talking about (technically).
If you purchase his ACP product (a must have in my toolkit) it will give you the tools to monitor all traffic and many processes - it has helped me plug several security holes in my network(s) and will certainly provide proof that none of his software 'phones home'.
Any one who suggest that Rick is a Black Hat is a best misinformed, and at worst speakin out of the wrong orifice (IMO).
iKey
Come on guys (talking to the dev(s)), this release should not have seen the light of day.
The download links to a file called 'iKeybeta.zip' ???
It now uses an installer that puts the 'utility' in the 'Applications' folder.
It auto-opens a URL to an illegible google-docs manual.
At least one modal dialogue in the utility is in multiple languages.
Oh yeah, and the 'helpful' auto-update from the previous version fails on all three of my macs - thankfully.
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This release gets a 4 star CF award. It would have got 5 but at least it didn't replace my previous working version of iKey, all I had to do was Trash the new version and restart the old.
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My disparaging comment "It auto-opens a URL to an illegible google-docs manual" was undeserved - it was another @#$%^& font conflict on all my macs.
To the Devs; Please accept my apologies for this.
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As of v2.4.3 I am once again reasonably content with the Utility - I give it 3.5 (positive) stars once again.
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Shortcuts
Petert reviewed on 26 Sep 2009
+1
Dropbox
petert reviewed on 25 Aug 2009
It is the 'Best of Breed' for this purpose, simple, intuitive, set and forget and my highest accolade for software, 'elegant'.
Have a Great day!
pete.
VelaClock Deluxe
petert reviewed on 25 Jul 2009
IMO it is worth the money.
Have a Great day!
pete.
+4
LaunchBar
petert reviewed on 30 Apr 2009
It's simple, unobtrusive and elegant interface (during day-to-day use) is one of the best there is.
The added clipboard history feature in Version 5 is almost worth the upgrade fee on it's own although the other new features are as valued although not noticed as much in my daily use pattern.
I highly recommend this product to all Mac owners as the first tool to purchase.
Disclaimer: I have no association with the publishers of LaunchBar other than being a long time (family) licenced user.
Have a Great day!
pete.
+3
TimeMachineEditor
petert reviewed on 03 Aug 2008
+3
LaunchBar
petert reviewed on 21 Feb 2008
Nothing gets in your face, it just sits there awaiting your request and then does it, no fuss, no bother, and then gets out of the way.
An absolute must have piece of software. No other in the field does its job as efficiently and with such elegant simplicity.
A licensed user for > 5 years. And yes, I have tried ALL the others. None work as well for me.
Have a Great day!
pete.
emitSMS
petert reviewed on 23 Jan 2008
Thanks to Apple's less than optimal decision to remove the SMS facility from Address Book (Leopard) this is an absolutely vital addition to any Leopard install.
I have only two very minor criticism's:
1. With the addition of the 'send ' shortcut the [Send] button became a very small (but clean) icon that is a bit fiddly ti 'hit' if you prefer to send via a mouse click.
2. The widget is so easy and compelling to use it is a no-brainer to send off an sms from the computer rather than from the phone and to send out LOTs more SMS's. So easy in fact my partner and I have run out of our 'free' allotment of SMS's in just a few days and now have to pay for them. 8-(
Have a Great day!
pete.