Ward Clark
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Snow Leopard Support: "Old" style Contextual menus are not supported in Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. Please use the menu bar app or service item included in this software distribution for similar functionality.
It looks like time for an app name change.
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Apple Brother Printer Drivers
Ward reviewed on 18 Dec 2011
1. I downloaded and installed the 10.6 CUPS Printer Driver 4.0.0a on my 10.6.8 system. (No duplex yet.)
2. Restart for good measure. (Still no duplex.)
3. System Prefs > Printer & Fax: delete the Brother HL-5150D printer and Add it back, This regressed the CUPS driver from 4.1.0 to 4.0.0.
Duplex is back!
I started to post this as a reply to Alexf's report, but I changed it to a review so that I could give this update a 0.5 star rating.
This experience has taught me to check MacUpdate before blindly accepting risky offerings from Software Update.
KeyCue
Ward reviewed on 02 Nov 2011
A double-click and hold on the Command key brings up a display of all current keyboard shortcuts. "All" includes shortcuts from the current app, Dock, screenshot, AND 3rd party add-ons (QuicKeys, Keyboard Maestro, iKey). Shortcuts with the Command modifier are highlighted. Holding down additional modifiers (Control, Option, Shift) highlights those shortcuts.
The KeyCue display is especially helpful when adding your own shortcuts with System Prefs > Keyboard Shortcuts or a 3rd party add-on. You can see at a glance whether your new shortcut key will conflict with any current shortcut.
Those concerned about the modest cost of KeyCue should weigh that against the time they'd spend looking thru menus and add-on apps for the same information. Ergonis also offers affordable bundles with their other excellent apps, Typinator and PopChar for Mac & Windows.
My only minor complaint about KeyCue is that it occasionally pops up when I didn't request it, usually when I'm typing keyboard shortcuts in rapid succession. That's not really a problem because KeyCue disappears with the next key click or mouse action.
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Typinator
"Although I've been very happy with Typinator (and other Ergonis products) for quite some time, the praise I see for TextExpander keeps tempting me to give it a try.
"[Are] there former Typinator users out there who can tell me why they switched to TextExpander and haven't looked back?"
Since I didn't get any response, I'll ask here:
If you're a former TextExpander user who switched to Typinator, please tell us why you like Typinator better.
LCDTest
The app was created on 27 Nov 06, the same as the LCDTest on this page. However, the Version 2.0 new pattern features described above do not correspond to the Ekim product.
Dimmer Than Dim
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player version 10.3.181.22
Universal Binary for Macs | 6.08 MB
Don't believe "Universal Binary" -- the Requirements page says ...
PowerPC® based computers are not supported with Flash Player 10.3.
And the downloaded installer is Intel-only.
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TextExpander
Is there former Typinator users out there who can tell me why they switched to TextExpander and haven't looked back?
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EasyFind
Ward reviewed on 30 May 2011
But Spotlight is a loser when it doesn't index all file content, e.g., HTML tags. EasyFind is the winner here, if you're willing to wait for the files to be searched for each query.
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iSight Disabler
The iSight patch stopped working when I updated the iMacs to 10.5.8. When the kids eventually discovered PhotoBooth was back, I returned to techslaves.org and found the 3.5 update for 10.6. Another user discovered the 10.6-specific update worked for 10.5.8.
I modified the “os_version” check to include both 10.5.8 and 10.6+ and then created an AppleScript app to install on the library iMacs. The librarians can now turn the iSights on or off.
Here’s the updated AppleScript file & app:
http://www.joyofmacs.com/downloads/iSightDisabler351.zip