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Michael Richards

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Firefox 10.0.1
(Free)

Bookends 11.2.5
(Demo)

calibre 0.8.39
(Free)

Pacifist 3.0.1
(Shareware)

GEDitCOM II 1.7
(Demo)

calibre 0.8.39
(Free)

OCRKit 1.9.4
(Demo)

Skype 5.5.0.2340
(Free)

Thunderbird 10.0
(Free)

Firefox 10.0.1
(Free)

Google Maps Plugin 2.8
(Free)

Fantastical 1.2.1
(Demo)

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Skype

Whiterock reviewed on 15 Sep 2011

Micro$oft has gone too far in their abuse of Apple users! This Skype version now has a Skype Home tabs that shows upon startup and contains and ad and bullshit for Facebook. I subscribe to Skype and now they shove advertising down my throat. No doubt renewal time for my subscription will show a substantial price increase.
They refuse to provide canadian area codes and blame it on canadian authorities - not so. PamFax uses Skype and provides area codes for canadians.
It's back to the previous version for me. I hate the interface but it works. To hell with ads.
PS Macbond works for Micro$oft

[Version 5.4.0.1217]

Skype

Whiterock reviewed on 30 Jan 2011

Had to revert to v2.8 as I was unable to make any outgoing call to a telephone. People were able to reach me. The UI is, as many people are saying, terrible. It takes time to differentiate between Skype addresses and telephone numbers for the same person.

[Version 5.0.0.7980]

SIMBL

Whiterock rated on 29 Jan 2011
[Version 0.9.9]

iConiCal

Whiterock reviewed on 26 Jan 2011

Not working with Snow Leopard.

[Version 1.9.3]

StuffIt Deluxe 2011

Whiterock commented on 18 Sep 2010

Absolutely unbelievable. What could they possibly have done to this thing to justify dinging customers for another cent, let-alone eighty bucks. I said goodbye a number of versions back but can't help but comment on these people's utter audacity. If you don't have compression software and want something to really compress files, fine ... but maybe something much cheaper will do well enough. If you already have it, don't pay the annual tax. They can't justify the price.

[Version 15.0.0]

GEDitCOM II

Whiterock reviewed on 20 Apr 2010

This is the best gedcom editor I have seen. I have used it since its inception.

[Version 1.4]

Google Earth Web Plug-in

Whiterock tipped on 19 Nov 2009

Plugin still does not work in Safari (64 bit mode). The error message when using 64 bit still has not been changed to something useful. To use the plugin with the latest Safari in Snow Leopard you quit Safari, go to the app itself and Get Info then select the checkbox "Open in 32-bit mode". Of course you are losing the benefit of Safari in 64-bit mode.

[Version 5.1.3533.1731]

StuffIt Deluxe 2011

Whiterock commented on 28 Sep 2009

What a joke. These clowns won't even wait until January for their laughable annual tax. There is no reason to upgrade. bye bye StuffIt.

[Version 2010 14.0]

Microsoft Office 2008

Whiterock reviewed on 06 Aug 2009

Today's update fixes the long launch times experienced with the previous upgrade.

[Version 12.2.1]

-1

Microsoft Office 2008

Whiterock commented on 09 Dec 2008

The updater will take minutes to carefully examine all your hard drive contents and then refuse to find the M$ Office folder if it is NOT inside the applications folder provided by the OS X installation. If it is in any other folder, even inside a folder in the Applications folder, it will not find it. What is the "installer" doing, looking at all the hard drive contents?
I hesitate to say Microsoft is spying or installing spyware. Perhaps it's just their well-known inability to program for the Macintosh environment.

[Version 12.1.5]

Google Earth

Whiterock had trouble on 30 Nov 2011

Internet Plugin 6.1.0.5001 (latest) is incompatible with the latest Safari (5.1.2)

[Version 6.1.0.4738]

Apple Safari

Whiterock had trouble on 30 Nov 2011

Safari 5.1.2 is incompatible with Google Earth Plug-in 6.1.0.5001 (latest build of each).

[Version 5.1.2]

Adobe Reader

Whiterock had trouble on 20 Nov 2010

Reader 10 doesn't handle fonts well at all. Opening a well-made pdf file (e.g. "Property List Programming Guide" from Apple) has the text looking like a ransom note made from cutout letters. The pdf shows perfectly in Reader 9. The Reader X view of the pdf is difficult to read. I'm junking Reader X and waiting for Adobe to do what they should have done before releasing this version.

[Version 10.0.0]

Google Earth

Whiterock had trouble on 14 Jun 2010

Don't use this build!
Selecting "view for more information" in a placemark will open a browser window right in Google Earth BUT after doing this, clicking "back to Google Earth" consistenty causes a spectacular crash.

[Version 5.2.1.1329]

BOINC

Whiterock had trouble on 20 Sep 2009

Beta seems to install but BOINC Manager gives error message:
BOINC ownership or permissions are not set properly; please reinstall BOINC. (Error code -1037)

uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't fix it.

[Version 6.10.6]

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