 | Jul 4 2009 |
ELEGRAPHY There's a strange behavior I like to report. A year ago I've noticed my PowerBook G4 (Titanium 1Ghz) developed some audio problem. If I listen to anything on my computer, iTunes, QuickTime, or YouTube, you name it - the audio would lost after I moved my mouse or press a key or press an on-screen button, but if I plugin a headphone jack into the port, the sound would come back again before I make another move. I thought nothing but maybe the computer is getting old, maybe the phone jack port has some loose connection problem - like other users has experienced on the Apple forum. Couple days ago I had some other problems and I looked into the Console window, I saw a lot of error logs from iBeeZz. I haven't been use iBeeZz lately, but it was on my startup app item. The error messages of iBeeZz seems none-stop by every second on the log, and it kept complaining about it couldn't find the directory of this certain file that belongs to iBeeZz. So I uninstalled iBeeZz and it's associated files from my PB right away. After it's gone from my system, Voila! The audio came back right away and it has been steady like it should, and no more losing sound again. I am not sure why uninstall iBeeZz would cured my audio problem, but I am sad that iBeeZz is such a good tool, but I cannot have it on my PB until someone look into this problem and fix it.
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 | Apr 18 2009 |
JULIFOS Still one of my favorite tools. I missed it so much until its return ;-) Old serial from 2004 works fine. All features work fine, as in the past. Fine piece of software which will make work your computer when you are ahead.
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 | Apr 22 2009 |
THEONETRUEROBB Version 2.6.2 has been much more stable for me. So far....
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| Mar 20 2009 |
As working for another company, the development team was not able to keep contact with you. Today, the team is back, and at this time, a 2.6.2 version has been released to solve all the issues you encountered. In the future, iBeeZz will grow up to keep customers happy. The iBeeZz development team.
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| Nov 25 2009 |
DTRUETT1 Well, I'm one customer who's not happy. I have sent Emails about a license popup on my school computer. First Email was acknowledged with a question. I answered the question and received no reply. This was Nov. 2. Sent two more Emails documenting the problem, and on Nov. 24 got a terse reply that "You must have a different license on each machine." As I had used a prior version of iBeeZz on machines both at home and school with no problem, I'm figuring that I'm not really getting an upgrade, as I have to buy a new license for my school machine. That is their right, but how many developers DON'T let you run a copy on two computers as long as they're not on the same network. They can do it, but it does not make me happy. The timeliness of support and the verbiage of replies could use some work.
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| Feb 25 2009 |
JEFF H. This was great software but the owners don't give a crap about their clients. | |
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| Nov 21 2008 |
Still no response. A shame, because this is great software, saddled with bad (not original) ownership. It continues to lose my registration number, and I get no response when I email the current ownership. Read the reviews on this site and on VersionTracker - I'm not the only customer to be disrespected by this company. My recommendation: Avoid this software like the plague - its current owners don't give a crap about their customers. I've emailed them repeatedly about my problems, and they never reply. They just don't care. Neither should you.
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| Nov 14 2008 |
WAYCOOL I bought this years ago saved serial but will not work with this version I Emailed several times to the only contact they have -NO RESPONSE-
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| Aug 8 2008 |
THEONETRUEROBB I continually send email to the publishers on my problem with iBeeZz (it loses the registration info after restarts). The current publishers of iBeeZz just don't give a crap about their customers. It's a great product, saddled with lousy ownership. I recommend waiting till the software is sold to someone who gives a damn about the customer before buying. I have sent numerous emails to these jerks about my problem, with no answer. This is a great piece of software, but you need to avoid it until it's picked up by someone who gives a damn about it, and about its customers.
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| Jun 10 2008 |
JEFF H. Great product but don't expect any support. Developer does not reply to emails.
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| Mar 30 2008 |
JEFF H. Works GREAT!!! Thank you so much for updating!
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 | Mar 19 2008 |
BEELOO Try to update to 2.6 version for Leopard comatibility. Olivier Delécluse
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| Oct 29 2007 |
JEFF H. Love this app! Any plans of getting it up to Leopard speed?
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| Oct 28 2007 |
JEFF H. Doesn't work under Leopard...sad...
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| Oct 13 2007 |
SUPERDLUX Save your money. I paid for registration over a week ago and emailed numerous times yet received no response. I will be calling my CC to reverse the charge. Program seems to work fine, but after the trial period, even though it is paid for, not having the serial number does me no good. Stay away.
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| Aug 16 2007 |
B45OPA I have been using iBeeZz 2.5.3 and love it. It starts up my Mac desktop that is upstairs in the office, opens iPhoto and iTunes so I can share my photos and music with my laptop downstairs, and shuts down at night. It is really convenient and easy to use. I hated the nag screen so I decided to purchase it. However, after paying through PayPal, it has been 4 days and I haven't gotten a license number via email to unlock the utility and my 30 day trial is over. I have sent 4 emails and even logged onto the forum and asked how to get a license number and NO ONE has responded. It is a great utility that I will have to cancel payment on because the customer service is nonexistent.
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| Aug 11 2007 |
JEFF H. I should have written earlier, but everything seems to be working just fine now. Thanks for a GREAT app! This should be part of OS X's operating system. Anyone have any idea if this is going to work with 10.5?
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| Feb 17 2007 |
JEFF H. stopped shutting down again...is there any alternative program out there?
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| Dec 24 2006 |
JEFF H. Still will not work for shut downs and start ups.
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| Dec 18 2006 |
FREEJET Wow! Back from a long nap. Glad to see it being developed again especially since I paid for it before it went to "sleep". But I'm not so sure that it is as useful for me in Tiger and possibly Leopard as it was in Panther and below. Time (and further development?) will tell.
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| Jul 28 2006 |
JEFF H. COOL, COOL, COOL!!! My favorite alarm program works again on my 10.4.7 G4. Going to try it on my G5 next. Thanks to the 2 previous reviewers because I never would have tried it! | |
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 | Nov 11 2006 |
SESWEITZER Im now disputing my PayPal for this software. It seems to work OK but the developer doesnt seem to be supporting it or sending out the code to unlock it so it keeps setting of reminders to pay for it.
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| Jul 15 2006 |
DANIEL26 Hi! i'work on 10.3.9 on me ibook G3 900mz bud? i'dont no is run on new tiger intel?
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| Jul 2 2006 |
ELEGRAPHY It still works great on my 10.4.7 1 GB RAM 1GHz PowerPC G4 PowerBook. It's too bad the devoloper stop the devolopment with the software.
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| Jun 29 2006 |
ATTENTIONWANDERED "aurora" wakes from deep sleep too. plus it has a nice interface
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| Mar 19 2006 |
JEFF H. Why is this still up here? I wish someone would take this over and develop it to work on 10.4...it was a great piece of software for 10.3
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| Mar 5 2006 |
ANAME PowerManager can't wake computer up from deep sleep, can it? (Read Henriks post below.)
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| Apr 17 2006 |
JEFF H. yes, it can.
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| Jan 4 2006 |
ZIPPY1 Tiger (and above) users, this is what you're looking for: http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/index.html It works.
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| Nov 13 2005 |
GERAINT Doesn't work for me running 10.3.9!!
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| Nov 3 2005 |
LOKI The most annoying piece of nagware I've ever seen. Install the app and it nags. Open the preference pane - it nags. Change any setting (and you have to unless you want your mac to shutdown at 2300 and restart at 0700) and it nags. Quit and it nags. Restart, reboot or login and it nags. 30 days free trial? Lasted less than 3 hours.
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| Oct 14 2005 |
HENRIK OF SWEDEN As far as I'm concerned, this program is the ONLY one that can actully wake up your Mac from DEEP SLEEP. If anyone knows of another program that can do that, please let me know, because I feel kind of bummed too, that this program doesn't work properly on Tiger 10.4.2... To those who have previous versions of OSX; Panther or Jaguar, I can deeply recommend this software. It can really wake you and your computer up and play iTunes songs, etc. without you even having to worry about anything. Just shut your computer down, completely (well, you have to keep the electricity cord in, though ;) and it'll wake you up in a trustworthy manner.
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| Jun 3 2005 |
JEFF I really loved this software and am VERY bummed-out that it doesn't work in 10.4. I know about the professional commitment, but please update this if you can. Tiger Energy Saver SUX BIG TIME!
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| Jun 2 2005 |
It seems iBeeZz won't ever be updated to work properly since the developer now has got "professional commitment". http://www.ibeezz.com/
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| Apr 4 2005 |
SLOOP I tried iBeeZz 2.4.1 to start up a remote computer and launch a backup script etc. The software certainly seems unfinished to me. The basic idea is great but it could be so much better if it worked properly. When you are working on a particular timer, the dialogue box stays in front of the main dialogue box = PITA. I've also found the computer startup to be extremly unreliable and have reverted to the Energy Saver for that, but the timing and launching of programs and scripts seems to work OK.
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| Jan 15 2005 |
RICHARD BOND Yes, iBeeZz is a great little program. I'm using an internet radio time-shifter called iRecordMusic & iBeeZz does what OS X.2.8 fails to do, wake up my mac in time for scheduled events. Only problem is, I paid for IBeeZz via PayPal 3 days ago (Jan 13) & have yet to get my registration code even after emailing the author. Does anyone know if Beeloo is still on the case? I really hate that nag screen !!
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| Dec 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS It worked fine, but as someone mentioned before, there is no uninstall program. Does anybody know how to uninstall this program?
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| Feb 7 2005 |
AET Go to http://www.ibeezz.com/en/downloads.php. Scroll down to the bottom where it says " Click here to download an uninstaller" and click.
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| Jan 9 2004 |
STEWART01 This is an excellent application. Well worth it.. I schedule daily backups which run nightly and weekly scheduled tasks that backup my entire hard disc. I wish the author would add "run-once" tasks...
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| Feb 2 2004 |
JIMW piTime, according to its information, will already let you do this - and it is free.
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| Feb 2 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Unfortunately its just a cron editor, it can't actually wake the machine up!
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| Jan 4 2004 |
DANNY would someone give clear instructions as to how I could get my computer to startup and shutdown with energy saver? thanks.
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| Jan 4 2004 |
NOOBZ! yeah, use Apple Help, built-in to Mac OS since time began.
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| Jan 5 2004 |
JIMW Sure: Just open Energy Saver in System Preferences. Then click on the Schedule tab in the top of it. You will see 2 lines. Click the checkbox of the line you wish to use. The middle boxes are pull-down boxes. click them also to make your selection. as to when you want the machine to start up or shut down/sleep. You can have the machine shutdown or sleep but not both. You can only setup a single schedule. The right controls are the time you want your event to happen. Click on the arrows to adjust them. Its that simple. To the person who wrote the condescending remarks about using help - trying to be helpful by adding a few more lines of help yourself could have made someone's day a lot more easier, perhaps mentioning the help with it and how to access it for future reference. I find that even after accessing it, it is not always easy to find what I a looking for.
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| Jan 9 2004 |
PAUL If you are still running OS 10.2.x there is no way to schedule startup/shutdown times. Only in Panther can this be done.
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| Jan 4 2004 |
JIMW After reviewing the reviews of this and my general disdain for charging for uninformed users for flaky software, here are some suggested alternatives that will not cost you anything and will work: - Use Energy Saver to Startup and ShutDown your machine. It is in your System Preferences - Use a freeware Cron tool such as Cronnix or piTime to schedule your favorite app or script to run. FYI: Cron is a UNIX tool already built into your OSX for this purpose but lacks a friendly interface, unless your a UNIX Geek. These free tools provide the interface. The bottom line - Why pay someone else for a tool that only partially works when you already have tools that do, but just don't know how to use them yet.
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| Jan 4 2004 |
ALEX Where, in Energy Saver, is there an option to Startup/Shutdown my machine? I'd really like to know because all I see are options to put the computer to sleep. I'm running 10.2
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| Jan 4 2004 |
URHELPLESS um, see the 'Schedule" tab in Energy Saver?
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| Jan 9 2004 |
ANONYMOUS yea.. there is energy saver options.. .but this will only allow you to schedule to wake your machine up once... My requirements are to wake up at 1.30am every night and 3am on Sunday mornings. These requirements are far too flexible for the standard scheduling in Panther..
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| Dec 10 2003 |
ANONYMOUS I used this for quite some time in Jaguar, but is it really necessary under Panther? Although the auto-run feature is nice so you can have certain Apps waiting when it wakes up...
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| Oct 29 2003 |
JEFF HOOGMOED Works for me...(10.2.8). It's the only app that I've found that has scheduled start ups and shutdowns for Mac OS X. VERY helpful with remote scheduling for Timbuktu when I'm on the road and need access to my G4. $8 VERY WELL SPENT!
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| May 15 2003 |
MATT NOEL I'd love this program if it worked, but it only rarely wakes my G4 cube. It did work the first time when I set a test wakeup time, but after that it only manages to put my system to sleep. Not very useful.
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| Dec 26 2003 |
BAT21 Didn't do much for me either. I'm running Panther but it will not start up my computer. Its set to shutdown at 11pm but only puts it to sleep. I tried to set it to open Itunes but it starts classic and then opens Itunes 2.0 which is the classic version I have installed. It then doesn't play anything because the playlist I selected is not in my classic library. This would be a great program if I could get it to work.
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| May 7 2003 |
ANONYMOUS works well. easy to install and set up. however, if u dont purchase it after the 30 days, there is no unintall program. very hard to get rid of.
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| Apr 30 2003 |
ALEX Works flawlessly! I like the fact that I can have iBeeZz open an app (like Mail) when wakes the 'puter up. Worth the small shareware price.
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| Oct 29 2003 |
How do you get it to open an app at startup? This would be real helpful... | |
| Jan 16 2003 |
BARRY Thanks to the authors for including details of where the files were installed so I could remove them easily after it crashed System Prefs on opening the Preference Pane. As I couldn't run it, I can't rate it. Think I'll wait until its out of beta. BTW is it usual to offer beta software for sale?
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