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Thebluenowhere

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Dropbox 1.2.51
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Opera 11.61.1250
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Skype

Thebluenowhere commented on 24 Mar 2011

I love MacUpdate, tell it like it is! If it weren't for your comments I'd have had to update Skype and try it out. But now you have put me off it, good work!

[Version 5.1.0.914]

Safari AdBlock

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 07 Mar 2011

Excellent. It's what made me switch back to Safari.
It may be simplistic for some who like FF+adblockplus but it's perfect for me and anyone who doesn't have a want to be bothered by it like the average technophobe/parent.

[Version 2.3.9]

Skype

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 08 Feb 2011

They have dropped support for PPC and the software update doesn't even know it! I can't justify the cost of an Intel yet. My PPC is perfectly good!

The update came up on Skype and asked me to install it so I thought I would try it out. Not only did the new version not run it deleted the old version!

[Version 5.0.0.7994]

Kinect 3D Viewer

Thebluenowhere commented on 24 Jan 2011

Now MacUpdate is listing things which are only available through the app store??

Odd, as many people don't use the App store and use MU instead.*

*I for one.

[Version 1.0]

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 29 Dec 2010

Seems good to me. Pretty unobtrusive and doesn't use much in the way of resources. (Apart from when it updates, but you can change the frequency or DIY).

[Version 7.2.1]

Firefox

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 09 Dec 2010

Speed needs to be prioritised. The sole reason I use Safari over this is speed. On my perfectly good Powerbook Safari is noticeably snappier and now it has extensions I don't need to use firefox. One reason Chrome is taking off is speed.

Speed Speed Speed!

[Version 3.6.13]

TrailRunner

Thebluenowhere rated on 08 Dec 2010
[Version 3.2v565]

Skype

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 04 Nov 2010

This was excellent when it first arrived but it has never kept pace with video and connection quality. With the exception of the last week or so, updates seem to come once in never. And even when both I and someone in my family have a good internet speed and we have no relays (ie. no firewall issues) the quality is pretty poor and video freezes more often than is useful. AND I am a paying customer.

Final point, no PPC anymore? Why? I still have a perfectly good PPC powerbook G4 running 10.5 which is a lot more responsive and fast than many of my friends new cheap dell laptops.

[Version 5.0.0.6378]

YouTube5 Safari Extension

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 25 Oct 2010

Just what I've been waiting for! I have been using this for a while and it seems to work a treat. Get rid of that bloody Flash.

[Version 1.2.5]

Adobe Flash Player

Thebluenowhere reviewed on 18 Oct 2010

Videos are mostly unwatchable on my G4 Powerbook. It's able to play 720p in mplayer but using a flash format I can't even watch BBC News videos.

And why does it need an app for an installer? I always right-click the app, show package contents, resources, and click on the actual installer .pkg

I give it a 2 instead of a 1 because it's here to do an important job, otherwise it's crap.

[Version 10.1.85.3]

SyncTwoFolders

Thebluenowhere had trouble on 30 Apr 2010

This doesn't seem to work for me. It tries to sync folders/files over and over again even thought they are exactly the same (I have checked their MD5 sums to make sure) and the date and times are identical.

Maybe this has to do with the folder I am copying it to being FAT instead of the Mac filesystem which I am copying it from?

[Version 1.6.4]

1 Reply

+100

Thebluenowhere replied on 30 Apr 2010

Aha! I read the developers older comments and found that just changing the "two dates are regarded as identical if their difference in seconds is less than" setting to 1 second. This took away all the problems I was getting with files being overwritten with an identical file.

If anyone needs this setting it is in the additional settings located at the bottom left hand corner of the main window (icon is a tick).

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