I was wondering if sArchiver makes use of multiple cores.
Compressing large files takes really long on my fast system.
Activity monitor shows that the zipping procedure takes just 100% of computing power (instead of 800%).
I think you misunderstood my question.
I would like to know if sArchiver makes use of all available processor cores to compress files.
To me it seems that it uses just one core.
Maybe I´m wrong, but BetterZip didn´t warn about Version 2.0 being a paid upgrade before downloading and installing.
Oh well, nevermind. That´s how it´s being played.
But what´s really annoying after waiting soo long for an update, puny features such as compressing files in the finder (contextual menu) are deep hidden in "services" - menu.
Not very convincing. Sorry to complain.
But worst of it all, after updating I get following message:
"It looks like you have a copy of BetterZip from the Mac App Store installed in "/Applications".
The application you just launched is a trial version and should be removed. Would you like to quit now so you can move this unneeded file to the Trash?
Hint: Use the "Move to Trash" item in the "File" menu after the Finder window appears."
Is BetterZip really that unneeded?
Please, dear developer tell me that I´m not getting something right.
Otherwise I won´t pay the upgrade fee.
Finally, the greatest feature has been implemented ino sArchiver:
Drag & drop archiving!
Great job!
I´d like to ask for one more tiny option: I´d like the archive to be named exactly as the original filename just adding an extension.
for example: myfile.doc becomes myfile.doc.zip
My suggestion is to make this option available in the preferences.
My point is that I would like not being bothered with the archiving process in any way most of the time. That´s what ease of use means to me. Any other features are nice, but just sometimes.
Thanks for your fast adoption of user suggestions.
sArchiver is getting more and more features. That´s good.
What I am still missing is an option to make an archive without having to open the main app itself.
Simply by using right click OR even better a simple drag & drop icon to compress things directly in the Macosx- Finder.
That would be the killer feature for me. That´s what is making an archive is about in 90% of all cases.
I´ve mentioned this before.
I´d rather have the choice to simply drag & drop/right click to create an archive directly in the Finder instead of having to create it within sArchiver.
Seriously this ap is getting better and better. Strangely enough it´s workflow to create archives is quite time- consuming.
I really like the concept and look of this neat little app.
The GUI is very simple and intuitive.
Unfortunately I am not using events in iPhoto. Instead I´m creating my own custom Album/Folder hierarchy in iPhoto.
It would be very useful to me if an album- structure can be exported to a disk/ the finder.
I find the GUI very Windows- looking, which is not really a problem for me.
What I most miss about this App is a fast and simple way to compress files without actually having to open the main application.
I´m referring to a contextual menu item or a simple drag and drop function.
One click has to be an archive.
Macosx has this feature though. But it´s useless when one has to send ZIPs to Windows users. You siply can´t confront them with your Finder´s resource forks.
I find the GUI very Windows- looking, which is not really a problem for me.
What I most miss about this App is a fast and simple way to compress files without actually having to open the main application.
I´m referring to a contextual menu item or a simple drag and drop function.
One click has to be an archive.
Macosx has this feature though. But it´s useless when one has to send ZIPs to Windows users. You siply can´t confront them with your Finder´s resource forks.
Other thing I´d like to see is split ZIPs.
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sArchiver
Compressing large files takes really long on my fast system.
Activity monitor shows that the zipping procedure takes just 100% of computing power (instead of 800%).
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+22
I would like to know if sArchiver makes use of all available processor cores to compress files.
To me it seems that it uses just one core.
-2
BetterZip
Oh well, nevermind. That´s how it´s being played.
But what´s really annoying after waiting soo long for an update, puny features such as compressing files in the finder (contextual menu) are deep hidden in "services" - menu.
Not very convincing. Sorry to complain.
But worst of it all, after updating I get following message:
"It looks like you have a copy of BetterZip from the Mac App Store installed in "/Applications".
The application you just launched is a trial version and should be removed. Would you like to quit now so you can move this unneeded file to the Trash?
Hint: Use the "Move to Trash" item in the "File" menu after the Finder window appears."
Is BetterZip really that unneeded?
Please, dear developer tell me that I´m not getting something right.
Otherwise I won´t pay the upgrade fee.
+22
+2
X Lossless Decoder
Znort reviewed on 09 May 2011
A BIG THANKS for the recently added features.
Burning directly within XLD makes this App even more valuable to me!
Thanks for developing the one and only one-in-all perfect audio-converter!
sArchiver
Znort reviewed on 15 Apr 2011
Drag & drop archiving!
Great job!
I´d like to ask for one more tiny option: I´d like the archive to be named exactly as the original filename just adding an extension.
for example: myfile.doc becomes myfile.doc.zip
My suggestion is to make this option available in the preferences.
My point is that I would like not being bothered with the archiving process in any way most of the time. That´s what ease of use means to me. Any other features are nice, but just sometimes.
Thanks for your fast adoption of user suggestions.
sArchiver
Znort reviewed on 10 Apr 2011
What I am still missing is an option to make an archive without having to open the main app itself.
Simply by using right click OR even better a simple drag & drop icon to compress things directly in the Macosx- Finder.
That would be the killer feature for me. That´s what is making an archive is about in 90% of all cases.
Looking forward to see it happen.
+1
VMware Fusion
Znort reviewed on 03 Dec 2010
But I bet not for long.
+1
sArchiver
I´ve mentioned this before.
I´d rather have the choice to simply drag & drop/right click to create an archive directly in the Finder instead of having to create it within sArchiver.
Seriously this ap is getting better and better. Strangely enough it´s workflow to create archives is quite time- consuming.
iPhoto to Disk
The GUI is very simple and intuitive.
Unfortunately I am not using events in iPhoto. Instead I´m creating my own custom Album/Folder hierarchy in iPhoto.
It would be very useful to me if an album- structure can be exported to a disk/ the finder.
Thank you for creating this app anyway, dear DEV!
+3
sArchiver
What I most miss about this App is a fast and simple way to compress files without actually having to open the main application.
I´m referring to a contextual menu item or a simple drag and drop function.
One click has to be an archive.
Macosx has this feature though. But it´s useless when one has to send ZIPs to Windows users. You siply can´t confront them with your Finder´s resource forks.
Other thing I´d like to see is split ZIPs.
+2
+22
Looking forward to see the additions!
+1
+22
Thanks for being that responsive to our requests!
A fast way to make an archive and I´m more than happy.
+2
sArchiver
What I most miss about this App is a fast and simple way to compress files without actually having to open the main application.
I´m referring to a contextual menu item or a simple drag and drop function.
One click has to be an archive.
Macosx has this feature though. But it´s useless when one has to send ZIPs to Windows users. You siply can´t confront them with your Finder´s resource forks.
Other thing I´d like to see is split ZIPs.