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Thecause

Downloads: 0

Posts: 65

Smile Score: +15

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

~William James

thecause is a Mac user since '96.

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Protection

Thecause commented on 12 Jan 2010

c'est de la merde. i don't speak french.

[Version 1.5]

MediaCentral Pro

Thecause reviewed on 09 Jan 2010

Even with 4 GB of RAM this software is sluggish & bloated. Froze up several times. Features nice, bloat not.

[Version 2.8.4]

Gamepedia

Thecause reviewed on 14 Nov 2009

Bought the triple suite for $39 and am working to catalog all of my collections. Would like more game centric focused features for gamepedia akin to dvdpedia which offers a menu for additional information on the current movie include bloopers, etc. Would be nice if gamepedia offered a similar menu. Also would like the ability to use plugins with the program to add functionality. Overall however, very easy to use and works well.

[Version 4.5.4]

-1

VLC Media Player

Thecause reviewed on 14 Nov 2009

Great player that plays a lot of formats that Quicktime chokes on. Would like a more streamlined easy to use playlist so it could act as a replacement for iTunes, as iTunes playlist are great, but the compatibility isn't so great.

[Version 1.0.3]

Game Hunter

Thecause reviewed on 14 Nov 2009

Glad that there are free options in view of Gamepedia. However, the interface is still very confusing. All I wanted to do was launch a game from the main screen and after searching sketchy documents online I couldn't figure it out - so I trashed it. Needs to have a more cohesive positive end user experience. I realize it is beta, however I hope in the future the application is more easy to use.

[Version 1.0b1]

Desktop Remind

thecause reviewed on 20 May 2009

No documentation w/ download. Launched, couldn't figure out how to operate, deleted.

[Version 1.4.1]

Spark

thecause reviewed on 17 Feb 2009

Excellent software. Easy to use. Hides so you set it, forget about it, and can still use it. Ideal for the older Bondi Blue macintosh keyboards which don't have volume controls.

[Version 3.0b9]

Dock Spaces

thecause reviewed on 16 Nov 2008

Interesting concept at first, regret later. Needs ability to switch order of 'docks'. Slow to change docks. Froze my computer completely up. Needs serious work. Not a release, but more like beta.

[Version 2.10]

PocketDock

thecause reviewed on 16 Nov 2008

Doesn't work properly for INTEL. Leaves application in dock. Interface needs work. Good concept, poor execution.

[Version 2.5.5]

+15

MacTheRipper

thecause commented on 30 Aug 2008

MacTheRipper claims to be 'free' but to get the full and best mactheripper 3.0 you need to donate.

So shouldn't 2.6.6 be called a demo?

Additionally, the latest donationware version on the 3.0 version 'phones home' every time you use it. So it is very possible that personal information of yours *may* be broadcast across the internet, which could also identify you as an MacTheRipper user.

Doesn't it seem ironic that the developer of an app used to help circumvent movie protections is implementing an anti-piracy scheme for his own-software? Where did this project go wrong? What ever happened to open source being open source? (MTR is dependent upon the open-sourced GPL libdvdread and libdvdcss libraries.)

Great software core, terrible chains tied to it and bad exploitation of open source resources.

[Version 2.6.6]

You Control: Tunes

Thecause had trouble on 24 Jun 2010

"The You Control: Tunes utility gives you full control over iTunes even when you are not in iTunes. You can set hot keys to control any or all of the iTunes controls including Next or Previous Track, Play, Pause and even the Volume."

- http://www.yousoftware.com/tunes/

Where and how do you set hot keys for play, pause, back and forward?

I have looked everywhere. Please make this more obvious for the end user.

Z

[Version 1.7.2]

Periscope

Thecause had trouble on 12 Jan 2010

link broken to download. current link:
http://s3.freeverse.com/Mac/Periscope/Periscope154.dmg

[Version 1.5.4]

iStill

thecause had trouble on 06 Jun 2008

website still up, download link is down.
looking for alternative links.

[Version 1.2]

Apple iTunes

thecause had trouble on 19 Jul 2007

More stable, but still annoying. When connecting an ipod shuffle generation 2, it brings up the following dialog, "Can't connect to the iTunes Store. Alert Message: "Cannot connect to the iTunes Store. An unknown error has occurred." Even after blocking the iTunes store in all of the iTunes preferences. The apple website offers no help on the matter:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300870

[Version 7.3.1]

Kensington Wireless Desktop

Thecause had trouble on 03 Dec 2004

It has refused to work under my computer's OS. It continues to tell me the drivers are not installed in the preferences, when they are installed from this installer. I am on 10.2, an ibook, 128 MB Ram, 800 MHZ.

[Version 1.2]

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