 | Nov 25 2009 |
NICKSLOAN This is a very neat little app, but I wish the status item could be greyed when SA is deactivated. I would suggest this direct to the developer, but I can find no way to contact them.
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| Nov 4 2009 |
WENTWORTH3 Link Fixed! Thanks for the update on this utility.
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 | Nov 4 2009 |
MACOLYTE I've been running Spirited Away for a year or two, and I don't know what computing would be without it. It does what it does, invisibly, with access right there on your menu bar. Brilliant software.
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| Nov 4 2009 |
FVDG Dead link...
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 | Oct 13 2009 |
NMEGE in v.0.7 under Leopard (10.5.7): the app doesn't show up in the dock nor task bar BUT in the menu bar. It took me some time to notice its icon up there (i have a big screen) and i would suggest the owner to include an introductory message at first launch, with an "open preferences" option.
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| Oct 10 2008 |
JAKEKEI Yes, 0.7 is not working in Leopard. 0.5 is not UB however I got one from http://homepage.mac.com/koh/.Public/SpiritedAway/Spirited%20AwayUB.zip this one with the option of 0.7 , is UB and works under leopard.
(Version 0.7) | |
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 | May 6 2008 |
DPACANIA 0.7 didn't work in leopard - but 0.5 is working just fine! very helpful app for those who need help with concentration but need to multi task as needed.
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| Sep 8 2007 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN All you have to do is click on the 'More Information' link on the MacUpdate page for Spirited Away which will take you to the developer's site and you can find the previous versions there.
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| Sep 8 2007 |
ROBOGOBO thanks!
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| Aug 23 2007 |
CASE LARSEN Version 0.7 doesn't hide the windows on my OS 10.4.10 computer.
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| Jul 21 2007 |
APIKOROS I used v.5 on my Intel Core Duo iMac running OS 10.4.9, and it functioned very well. I'm afraid v.7 is non-functional, so I'm reverting.
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| May 4 2007 |
BRIANB Console logs from an attempted launch on 10.3.9 dyld: /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited Away Undefined symbols: /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited Away undefined reference to _NSViewAnimationEffectKey expected to be defined in Cocoa /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited Away undefined reference to _NSViewAnimationEndFrameKey expected to be defined in Cocoa /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited Away undefined reference to _NSViewAnimationFadeInEffect expected to be defined in Cocoa /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited Away undefined reference to _NSViewAnimationFadeOutEffect expected to be defined in Cocoa /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited Away undefined reference to _NSViewAnimationStartFrameKey expected to be defined in Cocoa /Users/brianbowling/Applications/Spirited Away.app/Contents/MacOS/Spirited A
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| Mar 25 2007 |
LAINHATESLIFE yes it's true it's not working on my computer either i just got a macbook pro several days ago.
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| Mar 30 2007 |
DIONARAP Disable English AND Use Japanese. Then it'l work.
(Version 0.7) | |
| Mar 20 2007 |
TWISTERMC Looks great but doesn't launch on 10.3.9
(Version 0.7) | |
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| Feb 19 2007 |
JTEAM Excellent little app, that I thought was destined to be forever non-UB (and thus banished from my new computer) has been resurrected as a UB. | |
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| Jul 20 2006 |
HICKORY It would be good to get an Intel-compatible version - the developer site is down and there's no source code available.
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| Nov 16 2006 |
GRUMPYTICO I second the motion for a Mactel version!!!
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| Mar 4 2006 |
ISAAC NEWTON Really great utility to keep visual distractions to a minimum. I use it with MenuShade and FocusLayer. All apps work with Tiger and are free and available on MacUpdate :) I'd like to be able to change the time to hide with the slider all the way down to 1 second or instant if possible (currently only goes down to 30 seconds). The preference pane also pops up when the program starts. Thanks for the program.
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| Oct 26 2006 |
SABOTAGE For the user than commented on FocusLayer, check out Doodim - it is much better in my opinion than FocusLayer. FocusLayer X uses 45% of my CPU, and doesn't seem to be updated as often.
(Version 0.5) | |
| Oct 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Miyazaki's most thrillingest,sweetest,and frightningest feture yet
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| Aug 10 2005 |
BILL Hey! A really nice little app! I agree with bamse, though. A choice of menubar or dock item would be nice. The menubar tends to get crowded. There is a suggestion in the release notes to delete it's preference file to clear up the problem with the preference pane appearing every time it's started, but it hasn't worked for me.
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| May 9 2005 |
ANONYMOUS any unix-type person looking for multiple desktops for osx needs to check this out immediately! now i need to find a spirited away kind of thing for gnome...
(Version 0.5) | |
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| May 8 2005 |
TUNER EQUALIZER sorry about the "backup your claims" in my previous post. Spirited Away is part of a balanced Mac diet for heavy users.
(Version 0.5) | |
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| Mar 18 2005 |
CARTON Ace! No featuritis, low CPU load and genuinely useful!
(Version 0.4) | |
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| Feb 22 2005 |
BAMSE This is so far my favourite solution for keeping the screen clean from too many windows. At first I used a utility called AutoHide, which I feel is worthy mentioning too, but the way Spirited Away works simply suits me better. One minor issue has been that the menu item eventually becomes unresponsive, i.e. until I doubleclick the application. But usually I really don't need to access the menu item, so... well, it's kind of cute but nevertheless occupies space on my 12" iBook and I would appreciate the option to hide it. Thanks! :-)
(Version 0.4) | |
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| Oct 7 2006 |
CHINARUT I think this has been one of the most *practical* utilities I've seen in some time - I've never been a big fan of leaving the desktop "cluttered" and hitting F9. This is the perfect solution to taking away the monotony of window management! now if we could do the same for documents... ;-) > One minor issue has been that the menu item eventually becomes unresponsive I have this issue too. not a big deal but a heads up that I can verify this happens too.
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| Nov 10 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Any chance of getting the source for this released? I want it to work completely in the background, without a menu item. One star off for having too many features.
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| Nov 7 2004 |
ANONYMOUS If Apple has listed this app on its Mac OS X Downloads page, than it's a worthy app
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| Nov 7 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I have no doubt it's a good app, but problem is, Apple also lists an AlphaOmega app or two in their download references. :D
(Version 0.4) | |
| Nov 3 2004 |
LARRY Works great no crashes so far. I use it in conjunction with "speed freak" and it's a great marriage. I wish there was an option to set the delay for each application instead of universally. GREAT JOB!!!
(Version 0.3) | |
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| Oct 20 2004 |
ANONYMOUS seems like a good idea. but after launching it, I couldn't use any command-keys in any application. i.e. pressing CMD-H to hide the app would do nothing (nor would any other key combo). seems like it was eating the events. so i'll wait on this one.
(Version 0.3) | |
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| Nov 7 2004 |
UNANANONYMOUS I have experienced this problem too and I wasn't even using this program! What is up with this problem?!?
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| Oct 20 2004 |
RYAN PETERSON The last post seems little off to me. From what I can tell the developer is simply making use of the built in hide command in OSX. I am on a powerbook G4 and experience no speed problems restoring apps.
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| Oct 18 2004 |
TIM SWAN I deleted this application immediately after running it because it slowed the normal operation of the finder so much my Dual G5 became unusable -- it appeared that the entire machine was locking up every time I tried to change to a hidden app. Based on my experience I'd give it one star, but perhaps it was something about my particular setup that it didn't like. At any rate, be warned.
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| Oct 17 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Hmm.. I'll keep using 0.1 with LSUIElement in the Info.plist. My menubar is already overcrowded - this works well enough that I don't need or want a menu item to mess with it.
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| Oct 17 2004 |
EVAN EVANS Great Idea! And 0% CPU Load. Awesome job! Could you add a renice feature also? So that after a period of inactivity you RENICE the the busy apps to take on a user specifed percentage of what was given to the old ones? That would be awesome! | |
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| Oct 17 2004 |
MACSTERDAM great idea! The one feature I'd love to see added is exclusion of applications that get spirited away.
(Version 0.2) | |
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| Oct 17 2004 |
TOURNESOL Great little utility, but please do something about the preferences. It pops up everytime you start the app. I have set it to Startup Items, so thats very annoying.
(Version 0.2) | |
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 | Oct 17 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Finally, I release new version. and it was changed application style from Standard Application to Menu Bar. Thanks for your feedbacks.
(Version 0.1) | |
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| Oct 7 2004 |
ANONYMOUS You can 'hack' Spirited Away yourself to get rid of its dock icon - just add LSUIElement = 1 to its Info.plist.
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| Sep 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I'm having some trouble with Spirited Away on OS 10.3.5. When I launch the application, the "Hide..." option becomes grayed out in certain applications, seemingly at random. Certain apps also won't move to the front when clicked on. These problems reliably disappear when I quit Spirited Away. Anyone else with similar problems?
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| Sep 8 2004 |
MUGGET wow, cool stuff. :D i've just got it on my Mac, havne't left it alone long enough to see it hide anything yet, but great stuff. and very low CPU usage, really good. update> it just hid an app when i left it for a bit. kind of a shock, i saw it disappear and thought it had crashed! but it's okay, Spirited Away just hid it. :)
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| Sep 7 2004 |
ACTIVITY MONITOR MANIAC the app looks simple but what I like most about it is that it takes little CPU%. This is so important for software that are meant to be working in the background.
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| Sep 5 2004 |
KOH Thanks for some comments. I'm very glad to see its. Spirited Away is my first Cocoa Application it was published. I think that next version impliment exclusion list. and I think about Dock icon too. I'm Japanese developer. I can't speak English well sorry:-(
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| Sep 5 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Any chance of a source code release so I could try back-porting it to Jaguar?
(Version 0.1) | |
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| Sep 4 2004 |
ANONYMOUS NOt a bad idea - 2 suggestions though. Add an exceptions list (as has been stated), and perhaps give an option to hide the dock icon - and have a menu item instead - or a floating window, or something...
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| Sep 4 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Made me think "Damn, why didn't I think of that... It's like a dozen lines of code" I thought it'd be one of those 'neat' UI gimmicks that I'd download and trash, but it's actually improving the way I use my Mac. My screen is just so less cluttered now, with no action on my part other than launching this app. Exclusion list would be nice. as would hiding the dock icon. It's nice and all, but it's taking up space.
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| Sep 4 2004 |
Well, I did think of one complaint - the default hide interval of 60 seconds is too short. Or maybe I just work slow. But increasing it to about 3 minutes better preserves my 'window-switchability'. I can click windows to switch between active tasks (my brain's active tasks), not having to use the dock, and still maintain a relatively uncluttered screen.
(Version 0.1) | |
| Sep 4 2004 |
The icon looks really cute in the dock next to Finder's. But it still takes up dock space ;)
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| Sep 4 2004 |
ANONYMOUS To author: Excellent idea! It would be nice to have an exclusion list in the Preferences... what do you think?
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