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Twelveightyone

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Extensis Portfolio

twelveightyone commented on 11 Apr 2008

This is awful software, does nothing that you can't do in Leopard - QuickLook and Spotlight.

Back in 1990, this software had a purpose. Nowadays, it simply isn't necessary.

It's slow, buggy and you spend more time trying to work out what's going on with your Mac than using it for its' intended purpose.

[Version 8.5.2]

Adobe Illustrator CS5

twelveightyone commented on 28 Feb 2008

I just wish someone at Adobe would give this company some direction. Vague update release notes, daft crop spraying of folders all over my hard drive, inability to strip unwanted language files from their apps (they stop working if you try to do it).

Adobe, please remember - KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!

[Version 13.0.3]

Transmission

twelveightyone reviewed on 01 Feb 2008

Transmission, in my opinion, is an amazing little app. I've not had the memory leak problems others have described, and I've always had successful downloads. I did have a problem once where it took forever for Transmission to Quit, but that has been resolved.

I really like the new look, very 'Leopard' like and easy on the eyes.

I can't recommend this software enough. It's free, has a cool icon (like the gearsticks from Raleigh Grifters from the 80s) and gets me films and music for nothing.

[Version 1.04]

Little Snitch

twelveightyone reviewed on 09 Nov 2007

A great piece of software, like others have said before I really like the new interface and the fact it is now NOT a System Preference.

Rules are easy to configure, understand, edit and delete if not needed. But I really like the fact I can see easily whenever anything is trying to send data FROM MY MAC to somewhere I don't want it to go.

All you need is Little Snitch. Thanks and Kudos to the developers.

[Version 2.0]

QuarkXPress

twelveightyone commented on 09 Jan 2007

Do people still use this POS software? Please, if you want to progress in the world of DTP, do yourself a favour and switch to InDesign.

Quark 7, as with versions 3, 4, 5 & 6 is completely rubbish and hinders your productivity.

[Version 7.1]

Apple Mac OS X

twelveightyone tipped on 30 Sep 2006

There's a nice new feature in 10.4.8, you can zoom in and out using your scroll wheel on your mouse or two fingers on your trackpad (if your Mac supports Trackpad gestures). Just hold down Control and scroll, and your screen zooms in on your cursor.

Very nice :-)

[Version 10.4.8]

FontExplorer X Pro

twelveightyone reviewed on 11 Aug 2006

When I started doing Graphic Design we used ATM Deluxe and it was excellent. Then OS X revolutionised our Macs, but sadly no one seemed to make a decent font manager. Font Book might as well not be there, Suitcase is a resource hog (and not very user friendly) and Font Agent crashed more times than Windows XP on a broadband connection with no firewall!

Then came Linotype FontExplorer X, and I was completely blown away! The interface, the speed, the useability all make this app THE BEST font manager I have ever used (even better than ATM)

If you are serious about managing your fonts, then get this app. I still can't believe it's freeware! Support is incredible, I emailed a question to them and got a personal response almost immediately - puts other compaines who charge for support to shame.

Well done Linotype.

[Version 1.1]

FontExplorer X Pro

twelveightyone reviewed on 14 Mar 2006

I really like this app. We have 4 G5's in work and they all had Suitcase, and they all had daily problems with fonts - duplicates, auto-activation not working, wouldn't restart due to Suitcase crashing etc etc. so much so I dumped it and activated all my fonts in FontBook and left it like that... until I discovered Font Explorer. Fast, easy to use, intuitive and STABLE even in Beta this app is definitly recommended for anyone who wants to manage their fonts without tearing their hair out.

After 4 days testing on my G5 we decided to dump Suitcase from the remaining G5's and installed Font Explorer on them all. No more complaints, just easy font management, even for our 63 year old Graphic Designer!

[Version 1.0]

Little Snitch

twelveightyone had trouble on 31 Jan 2008

Hi there,

I too got a Kernel Panic after updating to 2.0.2 but it happened when Leopard was updating cache files.

After forcing a restart, all is well.

2.0.2 is a worthy upgrade. I am guessing Objective Development will make a small update to the installer to prevent the Panic, but it does not affect the actual installation of Little Snitch.

[Version 2.0.2]

Parallels Desktop

twelveightyone had trouble on 18 Jul 2007

I've updated to version 3.0 Build 4560 but when I choose Get Info on the Application in Finder it still shows it as version 3 Build 4128.0

Is this correct behaviour?

[Version 3.0.4560]

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