 | Nov 24 2009 |
ANDRESKS First: upgrade license file don't work... Second: I was stupid "paying" for this update...
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 | Nov 1 2009 |
COMPUTA-TUTA I paid for and installed CosmoPod in May 2009 and it worked for a few months. I upgraded to SL in September and CosmoPod would not work with standard 64-bit Safari. Now this guy wants more cash for a program that should have been SL compatible when I bought it 4 months before.. I don't know what agenda he is running here but unless he gets his pricing sorted out, reviews like this are gonna finish his development on the Mac platform! This guy will not be getting any more cash from me until he can prove that he's not gonna bill me every 4 months to get his software to work! CosmoPod is getting removed from my Mac as of NOW!
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| Nov 10 2009 |
VISOR I'm in the same boat as you. Unlike others here, I paid full price at the end of April this year. I got no more than 5 months of use before Snow Leopard - and now I'm being asked for another 50% already??? I don't bloody think so. I'm no longer a customer of CocoaMUGGED software.
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| Nov 10 2009 |
VISOR And do not be fooled by the 'CosmoPOD upgrades have been free between March 2007 and September 2009' line - I had only been a customer since April 2009. What passed before is of no consequence to me - I am only interested once I have BECOME a customer. While I realise that the developer needs to live, I also do not appreciate being taken advantage of. I put good faith in purchasing the software and this was the repayment? This is the kind of roughshod 'customer service' that give small developers a bad name.
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| Oct 26 2009 |
MARTYN FORD Had purchased a copy of this software that there is other not so flash FREE versions to find after no warning and doing an upgrade I am supposed to pay, for get it pal. That is not going to make you any friends here, because I have just stopped recommending it. MF
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| Oct 16 2009 |
GARY W. Will not work for me on 10.4.11. Installs fine, takes registration number, but icon stays grayed out in the presence of videos being played. Reinstalled 3.1 and that works fine.
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| Oct 16 2009 |
ALIENDUDE I had the same problem. Notified dev. via email and got a prompt response. He sent me a link to a fixed version that works better with 10.4.11. Now Cosmopod recognizes all the sites it always has in the past. But, I crash alot ever since I installed it. Just waiting for a posted update.
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| Oct 11 2009 |
TRANQY Bought this from MacUpdate Promo in April. Developer decided not to provide upgrades to the snow leopard compatible version. My purchased software worked for less then 6 months before being orphaned by the developer and asked to pay for an upgrade. Using a free firefox extension instead now. I'd rather stay in safari, but I will not support this company since they did not support their customers. Here's the email thread from the developer for anyone interested. http://is.gd/46BSC
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| Oct 12 2009 |
SHMK I second this one, I bought it on its one around the beginning of May as well. I think am upgrade fee within six month is bollocks especially considering there aren't any new features. and 3.9 euros where I am is closer to $10. Bollocks the 3.1 he talks about doesn't even work in Safari running 32-bit it completely crashes Safari. How do we go so quickly from 3.1 to 4 anyhow... I know looking for more $$$ for a compatibility update. Lame.
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| Oct 10 2009 |
ALIENDUDE Doesn't work at all since I upgraded to 4.0. Box in menu bar stays grayed out on all sites. Any suggestions? I'm on 10.4.11
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| Oct 8 2009 |
DRZOOM I installed cosmopod but is not working on my MacBook with Snow leopard... since after I had install the Snow Leopard, just when it came out, I made a copy of the Safari on 32 bit to get Cosmopod working, before to install this version of Cosmopod I erased the 32 bit Safari... therefore: I opened the Cosmopod installer I clicked uninstall and after I did the Install but it doesn't show in the Safari's bar I'm using Cosmopod since June 2007, I think the version was 1.9, but now what I should do to get it working? | |
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 | Oct 8 2009 |
F451 Open Safari. Go to the toolbar at the very top of your screen (not the one Safari window) choose View / Customize Toolbar. A dialog window will open, and you will see the CosmoPod button. Drag the button to where you want it located in Safari's open window toolbar. That's it!
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| Oct 8 2009 |
DRZOOM Tx man... I should thinking about it, but Im under stress and I didn't figure out
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| Sep 21 2009 |
SHMK Even when I have Safari running in 32 bit mode Cosmopod crashes my system when I start downloading a movie. I love the app but will uninstall it until there is a new version
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| Oct 9 2009 |
SHMK I bought this less than six months ago, with this upgrade the version number jumped from 3.1 to 4 and I am asked to pay for the upgrade? No thanks I will find an alternative.
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| Sep 3 2009 |
DRZOOM today I realized that I don't have anymore Cosmopod on my Safari... I tough maybe after Installing Leopard Snow it was erased, I downloaded again and reinstalled it, but even if I got " the Install was successfully" it is still not showing on Safari. It is not compatible with Snow Leopard? | |
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| Sep 3 2009 |
DRZOOM sorry I read later the "more information": http://www.cocoamug.com/snowleopard.html I made a copy of Safari and run it on 32-bit and is working !!!
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| Aug 20 2009 |
MACSOLU Just installed this update, along with TabExposé and SafariTabs -- now I cannot use my mouseball/wheel to scroll up or down web pages while viewing them in Safari. I have yet to troubleshoot, but at least one of these three plug-ins is the culprit.
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| Aug 23 2009 |
MACSOLU Looks like TabExposé is the culprit -- I will be contacting the developer. CosmoPod is functioning just fine.
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| Aug 8 2009 |
GARY W. I'm experiencing a problem with Cosmopod and 10.5.8. Certainly not a big deal in the whole scheme of things, but annoying in that it conflicts with years of learned behavior. The problem is that with Cosmopod installed, (paid and registered) when you hit the Safari icon in the dock or elsewhere, (with Safari already running but windows closed) a new window does not pop up, contrary to normal behavior. Uninstalling Cosmopod fixes the problem. Unless I'm missing some setting or something, I assume this is a bug easily fixed, and that the next revision will address it. Otherwise, I love the application, as it makes it pathetically easy to download and convert video.
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| Aug 10 2009 |
GARY W. My apologies. After further consideration, it appears the problem with the new window not coming up is still cropping up even after deinstalling Cosmopod. It seems like you can get a new window perhaps 2 or 3 times, but then nothing. With Cosmopod, it would only come up once and then no more. I therefore cannot say that Cosmopod is necessarily my problem, although it seems like it somehow affects the severity of it. I suspect the root of the problem is elsewhere, like with me perhaps. :-)
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| Aug 13 2009 |
GARY W. Cosmopod completely innocent! Sorry, Cosmopod. The problem was the search add-on "Glims", which needs to be updated to address conflict issues with latest Safari updates. Uninstalled Glims and put back Cosmo. All working fine now.
(Version 3.0.1) | |
| Aug 1 2009 |
On Youtube, if you do selecet MP4 conversion, It downloads multiple instances of the same video. It will only convert one of the downloads (and cancel the other ones... the files scrap are still shown in the download folder though ). The DOWN point is that conversion for a 1 hour video takes more than 10 hr on my Mac 2.4 core duo.
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| Aug 1 2009 |
SUPIDUPI Working great, but having a problem with beatport.com website since I installed CosmoPod I can't log into this flash based website sent them an email and no reply for few monyhs now Not really responsive, so I had to uninstall it, so hope they fix it somehow but somehow I don't think so
(Version 3.0.1) | |
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| Jun 16 2009 |
JON_ATLANTA Does anyone know how to uninstall CosmoPod? It keeps bugging me to upgrade, even though I never purchased it after trying the demo, and I'd like to uninstall it but can't for the life of me figure out how... | |
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| Jul 6 2009 |
JIMK Run the CosmoPod Installer.app again (download it again, if needed) and click the Uninstall button.
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| Jun 10 2009 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN Just checked, from the Pacific coast of Mexico, the developer site is accessible and the file is downloadable. The problem appears to be at your end, try another browser, clear your browser cache, restart your Mac, whatever works.
(Version 3.0) | |
| Jun 10 2009 |
FRANCOLA Yes. Firefox worked, but not Safari... Thanks!
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 | Mar 4 2009 |
GARY30 CosmoPod is the most useful utility for the money of all the web related video utilities I have. If you are a Safari user and like to view some video content offline, this Application Enhancer makes is a one click solution. The developer stays right on top of Safari updates and I have never had a hang or other glitch involving CosmoPod. There is an "equivalent" free plug-in for Firefox, FlashGot. It is frustrating for me in that is wants to download each and every flash animation on a given web page and preserves the often bewildering names. In my view it not as useful as CosmoPod.
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| Aug 18 2009 |
GARY30 Just a correction to my original review: CosmoPod is NOT an Application Enhancer and IS an inputManager. Apologies for my confusion!
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| Feb 25 2009 |
WILE E. Although I am a recent convert to CosmoPod I have been very impressed and bought a license immediately. The cost of a license right now is too good to pass this by. Smooth, fast, and seamless to both download and convert virtually any video. The ability to edit metadata is a powerful addition. Works perfectly under the recent release of Safari 4 Beta for me. | |
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| Feb 10 2009 |
MAC4MYLIFE I have been using Cosmopod since its birth and I have never found better than this. Though, there is a feature that drives me nuts and I didn't find any thing that could help me. Each time the file is converted, it generates "cosmopod" at the end of the file name and I don't want that. IE: What hurts the most from a dog's Eyes-CosmoPod.mp4 I tried to get rid of it with the preferences but so far, couldn't make it. I have to erase manually one file at a time that generated name. Anyone knows how to get rid of it automatically?
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 | Dec 15 2008 |
this version should fix the error encountered in the previous comment. Also, you can get CosmoPod for 4.90 until next year. Merry Christmas.
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| Nov 22 2008 |
TICE Well this thing "detects" just nothing. Even on YouTube(!!) no green button. The only plus here: It has an Uninstall-button.
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| Sep 6 2008 |
GARY30 Looking closely I noticed pixelation on the H.264 (best quality) conversions I was doing from some flv files using version 2.7. In experimenting with the preferences I discovered that unchecking the "Use original bitrate when converting" preference eliminated the pixelation i was seeing. I don't know if this was an artifact of the particular flv files I was working with, but if you see pixelation you might give this preference a try.
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| Jun 27 2008 |
OZZPOT I have used CosmoPod for ages, and would hate to be without it now, but ever since updating to 2.5, the format conversion has stopped working. The MPEG-4 file produced is damaged and cannot be played by any application, and when inspected, appears to be 0kb in size. At the moment I'm having to convert the downloaded flv file using iSquint. This is the case for every video I've downloaded since 2.5, from several different websites.
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| Jun 8 2008 |
SCHUBERT I have owned CosmoPod for quite a while, and I must say with complete confidence... If you want the best video downloader, buy CosmoPod. I have tried almost everything available, and CosmoPod simply works best in every category. It's fast, the interface is easy to use, the software installs quickly and the developer stands behind the product second to none.
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| Jun 1 2008 |
BLIXI Great product. except the annoying "forget" the preferences. how can it forget that the flv file has to be deleted ! and the mp4 file after beeing imported into iTunes. obnoxious
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| Mar 20 2008 |
WSTEVENS Version 2.3 fixes the Safari crash on startup. I want to thank the developer for fixing this problem so quickly. CosmoPod is one "slick" program. I highly recommend CosmoPod.
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| Mar 19 2008 |
EZRABBIT Sorry for the double post, but I just installed this 2.2 update. Now Safari crashes on startup, so I had to completely uninstall Cosmopod. The report says: Symbol not found: _method_setImplementation Referenced from: /Library/InputManagers/CosmoPod/CosmoPod.bundle/Contents/MacOS/CosmoPod Expected in: dynamic lookup Anyone able to decipher that? Anyway, get SafariStand to download your flv files (or use the Activity window for other file types) and convert them with iSquint. Both are free and they WORK!
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| Mar 19 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN You should have reported this to the developer directly, not here in the reviews. Some/many/most devs never read posts here. http://www.cocoamug.com/cosmopod/
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| Mar 19 2008 |
WSTEVENS Got to tell you, I for one am glad he posted his problem here. One of the reasons I come to MacUpdate is to see if other users are having the same problems I'm having with a particular piece of software. I this case I am. I agree we need to let the developers know too when we have problem with their software.
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| Mar 19 2008 |
If both things are done (posting here and contacting the dev) concurrently, it's all good. Over the years, I've seen many posts here from developers who bemoan the fact that most people do not contact them with their issues, that they can't fix what they don't know about, often only finding out abut a problem much much later when they just happen to stroll through the posts here.
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| Mar 20 2008 |
cosmopod 2.3 fixes these issues (number of simultaneous downloads, crash at startup on 10.4) A mail would have been nice, but I guess there is no harm alerting others of potential problems and alternative solutions too. major_panic@cocoamug.com
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| Mar 19 2008 |
EZRABBIT I definitely agree with AIKOUSHA's "one-trick-pony" comment. I bought this thing because it seemed to work well, and it did... at first. Now the "Number of downloads" prefs won't change, it doesn't always add things to iTunes (yes the option is selected) and it occasionally tries to download a wmv file which isn't actually there. Sometimes when I try to download something from YouTube it will download the flv AND some fictional wmv file with a huge name which includes what appears to be webpage display parameters... I think. Safari's Activity window shows no such file, so I have no idea what CosmoPod is mistaking for a wmv file. Then when it tries to download this phantom file, Safari slows and freezes, as does everything else running. I actially had to turn off the power to restart my Mac! Oh, and iSquint makes better quality files as well. Waste of money, even if it is cheap.
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| Mar 16 2008 |
AIKOUSHA Downloaded and tested this a couple of weeks ago. Seemed to work perfectly. However, I found something today that I really wanted to get and view (without loss of video and stuttering) and it just wouldn't work. It recognized the video, but when I clicked the button to save it, nothing happened (the dialogue box disappeared, but no file was saved or even opened). Further attempts to save it came up with a dialogue stating that it had already been saved, and did I want to resave, cancel, or reload the page. Save didn't do anything, and reloading did reload the page, but did not allow me to save the video once it finally was quied up again. This literally turned into a "one-trick pony" and is now completely useless. this should be a built in feature of Safari...
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| Feb 23 2008 |
WILLIAMD Great application, but NO response from the developer to my questions...
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| Feb 20 2008 |
SPRINGHEELMAC Excellent addition to Safari! I hated using Firefox just to download videos. I have one question, though: how do you access the preferences? I was able to access them only once and now I'd like to change them. Also, can the prefs be accessed without hitting the download button?
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| Feb 13 2008 |
GROOVYDAVE It works. And it does it extremely well. I use this gem at least once a day. Definitely worth the small investment.
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| Feb 12 2008 |
F451 This is my favorite in its particular category. Well done and supported.
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| Feb 1 2008 |
69NUMBER69 Works like a charm with rm videos(real media) and wmv videos! Awesome!!!
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| Jan 29 2008 |
EAGLELOUK Very simple, clean, and ease of use.
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| Dec 15 2007 |
GARY30 Freeing myself from the limitations of Flash and Real Player this easily: It's a beautiful thing! It even works on local files. Just go to the Safari Menu-->Window-->CosmoPod. The CosmoPod window opens and you can drag your local Flash and Realplayer clunkers onto it and make perfect mp4's.
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| Nov 24 2007 |
JUSTINNORMAN Does anyone know if this software conflicts with PithHelmet? After installing CosmoPod with PithHelmet already installed, Safari locked up and gave me an error saying it couldn't read the PithHelmet plug-in. It did this every time I opened it, so I decided to uninstall both CosmoPod and PithHelmet. Unfortunately, now Safari won't open at all, even after restarting my computer.
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| Nov 24 2007 |
JUSTINNORMAN Alright, I think I found the problem. It looks like this plug-in and the latest version of AcidSearch conflict with one another. I uninstalled all my plug-ins and then reinstalled CosmoPod. Safari works fine until AcidSearch is reinstalled. Then Safari just refuses to launch. Weird.
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| Nov 14 2007 |
DOMINIQUE Excellent produit très efficace ! Version 1.9.4 sortie ce jour 14/11/07 (Japonais+nelle icône)
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| Oct 26 2007 |
XYPHER Great app.Compatible with a lot of sites FLVR won't work with.
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| Oct 1 2007 |
GLIOMA Safari crashed after installation of Cosmopod. Now the Cosmopod button remains dimmed, despite uninstalling and reinstalling.
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| Oct 8 2007 |
GLIOMA Emails to the developer for support of this problem have gone unanswered.
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| Oct 26 2007 |
XYPHER Close Safari first then install. Restart browser and wait for Flash video to load fully before pressing the dimmed button. It will start to download. Worked perfectly for me on the latest version.
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| Sep 24 2007 |
DOMINIQUE excellent product !! try it now !
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| May 28 2007 |
ZO219 How is this better than FLVR? Which seems to work beautifully ...
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| Jun 9 2007 |
DRZOOM I AGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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| Aug 10 2007 |
VCOLOMBO I haven't used either of these yet but my impression is that this one supports more formats than simply flash. FLVR appears to be flash specific.
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| Mar 16 2007 |
MACSWITCHER1796 CosmoPod is one of a kind. The fact it is compatible with so many websites is just amazing. I used a lot of similar software before I tried this one and to me this is the real thing : amazing video quality, one click to iPod video conversion. CosmoPod is the mac-like way to get stuff from the web on my iPod.
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| Aug 10 2007 |
ZO219 Duh, you're right. This has much more extended capabilities. Thanks! I'll see which plays nicer with Safari.
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