 | Sep 28 2009 |
MAC007 Here's Unsanity's postal address: 4340 E. Indian School Rd Ste. 21-501 Maybe someone in Phoenix could visit them and see if they're still there. If they're not it could be that they've flown the coop so to speak.
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| Oct 6 2009 |
MAC007 They're baaaaaaack! Check out their weblog and see something that is very rare. Unsanity actually made a post!! Alert the media!!! :-0
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| Sep 9 2009 |
ROBOTANK I agree with a couple of previous posters. After witnessing Unsanity take an absurd amount of time to get Leopard-compatible betas out, I'm not going to waste my time hoping for Snow Leopard updates. I got rid of all my Unsanity haxies a few weeks ago in preparation for Snow Leopard, and I'm adjusting to life without them just fine. It's been fun, Unsanity, but I think it's time to move on.
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| Sep 2 2009 |
ROBERTCOOGAN It's a shame that such a useful haxie won't be ready in time for Snow Leopard's release. It seems that Unsanity is perpetually behind the curve ball when it comes to timeliness. This shouldn't come as a surprise however, and Dana Sutton is right - all the more reason to break the haxie habit. It's a shame that the devs are so slow to update.
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| Aug 30 2009 |
DANA SUTTON Sorry, Eraser, Windowshade is one Haxie you can't replace. But since APE is indeed broken again under Snow Leopard, I'm using this as a reason to kick the Haxie habit once and for all (using anything that injects its code into the OS truly is a nasty habit). In S.L., as you'll see, it's easier than ever to assign keyboard equivalents to commands, and if you need to do more than that I highly recommend Keyboard Maestro. And XMenu works about as well as Fruit Menu (if you take the time, you can make aliases of frequently-used Control Panel panes). You don't really NEED Windowshade, and pretty much all the other Haxies deal with cosmetic issues that don't make your Mac any easier to use or improve you productivity.
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| Aug 9 2009 |
DANA SUTTON It just ain't so, Easer. Go to Keyboard>Keyboard Shortcuts tab, hit the + to create a new shortcut, up comes a dialogue box. First item on the box is Applications. This allows you to set shortcuts on an application-by-application basis, they don't have to be universal.
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| Aug 30 2009 |
EASER I stand utterly corrected. The method is a bit more time-consuming than MenuMaster, but it does work. And since Unsanity's site isn't even mentioning Snow Leopard, I think it shall be ages before we see anything from them. Thanks for the information. I don't suppose you know any ways to do window shading?
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| Jul 12 2009 |
DANA SUTTON You don't really need Menu Master or any other third-party utility , you can assign/reassign/eliminagte keyboard equivalents of menu commands just by going Leopard>Sys. Prefs.>Keyboafrd/Mouse>Keyboard Shortcuts, Play with it (you can use it to create commands for individual apps as well as globally - just hit the+ at the bottom of the page, specify what you want, type in the name of the menu command, and assign it a keyboard equiv.). Note: this can be used for Services commands as well, which I find hugely useful. Go to the MacWorld site, seach for "shortcuts," you'll come across links to several articles you'll probably find very useful in giving you ideas how to use this. No, there seems to be no substitute for Window Shades, but that's on my "can live without list." If Fruit Menu breaks again with Snow Leopard, there are some alternatives, not quite as good, but nearly so. X-Menu is the one that kept me going during months haxies were unavailable. Hope this all helps :)
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| Jul 12 2009 |
EASER Thanks
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| Aug 9 2009 |
EASER Actually, that's not entirely true. The System Prefs method does a universal key change. Menu Master allows me to change on a program by program basis. Thus, I can change the key for "cutting" from "Command X" to "Command 7" (or whatever) in one program, and I can change the same key to "Command 8" (or whatever) in another program.
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| Sep 1 2009 |
VITALY menubrowser is better than xmenu i think
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| Jul 11 2009 |
DANA SUTTON For several years I used various Unsanity products, and never had any trouble with them. Then along came Leopard and, through no fault of Unsanity, their haxies ceased to work. Well, okay, but it took them many many months to react and get out Leopard-friendly versions. By that time, I had discovered very good substitutes for their haxies I really needed (Fruit Menu and Menu Master) and sort of got out of the haxie habit. And now I don't think I'm being entirely paranoid if I think that we may have a repeat of this with Snow Leopard. So thanks, but on the whole, I think I'll pass on anything from Unsanity until I see what way the cat jumps.
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| Jul 12 2009 |
EASER Can you please share what you used to replace Menu Master? Also, have you found anything even remotely comparable to WindowShade? I'd sure like to know what my options are. Thanks.
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| Jul 11 2009 |
EASER Is this a precursor to Snow Leopard? And what does "Addressed the version number" mean?
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| Aug 19 2008 |
ZO219 TRIPLE YEA !!!!
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 | Aug 19 2008 |
CLARUSAD After installing that new version (2.5), the APE prefpane is still 2.5b2 !
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| Aug 18 2008 |
KOSOVAR1 OK, so APE is out of beta and there's a bona fide version 2.5. Well, I just checked and see that Mighty Mouse, Shapeshifter, and Xounds STILL don't work with Mac OSX 10.5. These are exactly the three utilities I paid for and they don't work anymore. Regarding my previous posts abut APE, I'm still dubious about the stability of APE, but in addition to this issue, why the heck would I want this if it doesn't work with any of the aforementioned utilities? The website says APE cannot destabilize the OS, but it acknowledges that certain utilities that require APE, CAN destabilize the OS. So, isn't that just doubletalk on their part, since you can't run any of their paid utilities without APE? Now I don't mean to rain on the developer's yard sale, but all I know is that they're talking out of both sides of their mouths regarding stability issues and none of the utilities I paid for even work. This is not acceptable.
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| Aug 18 2008 |
TUISHIMI I agree. They have had over a year now to update their applications for 10.5 while they were working on solidifying APE.
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| Aug 18 2008 |
TIM27 i think there's only one guy programming over there. and that's not his day job. i miss kaleidoscope.
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| Jul 11 2009 |
THUS.SPAKE.Z The latest version of Mighty Mouse does, indeed, work with OS 10.5, at least it's working for me. Earlier versions of APE did cause some flaky behavior on my now dead Powerbook with OS 10.4 but no problems, so far, with APE 2.5 on my MacBook Pro Intel core 2 duo w/OS 10.5.
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| Jul 12 2009 |
TUISHIMI 2 years now, those aforementioned major apps still not working. My last post was Aug 08 commenting on how it had been a year, now it is Jul 09.
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| Aug 7 2008 |
REVCO Unsanity are my heroes. Their products offer features not available in OSX. In the many years I've been using their products I've never had a crash or lost work attributed to buggy Unsanity software. Always check their site for compatibility notes and updates before upgrading your OS (which one should be doing with any software before an OS upgrade).
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| Aug 7 2008 |
PROFINITE I have owned and used FontCard, FruitMenu, Menu Master, and WindowShade. The only time the APE was an issue was when I upgraded to Leopard. Of course, this issue was widely reported. So, it was easy to get back on track. All four products I listed above are still betas for Leopard. But, I have not experienced any instability issues with installations of Leopard on my Mac's (Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, and G5 Tower) that I could trace to the APE.
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| Aug 7 2008 |
KOSOVAR1 Ummm, I also think Unsanity should GO BACK to the drawing board and develop something that, this time, works well with the Mac OS, and this time with LEOPARD. Do everyone a favor and don't post this stuff for sale if it isn't stable and finished. I used APE off and on for a couple of years and found it was sometimes problematic with the Mac OS. You know this, Unsanity,so stop trying to sell us something that degrades the system or works only partially. I kept coming back to APE because it was required by Shapeshifter, which was a great idea, except that it too always seemed to be rough around the edges, especially in how it interacted with iTunes. Or was it that AE again seemed to destabilize my Mac? Make something nice and stable and users will embrace it.
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| Aug 5 2008 |
DNEM41 soooo does this work on intel-Macs??
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| Aug 18 2008 |
DREMWKR Yes, and works well.
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| Feb 26 2008 |
UMIJIN Ummm - why is this still being developed? AE is not compatible with the Leopard Architecture. Go back to the drawing board and come up with something actually functional.
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| Feb 27 2008 |
MACSOLU Ummm, you're wrong. Do some research before making a comment like this. The developer's blog goes into great detail about compatibility and what is "allowed".
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| Aug 7 2008 |
KOSOVAR1 Ummm, no, I too think the developer should GO BACK to the drawing board and develop something that, this time, works well with the Mac OS, and in particular with LEOPARD. Please don't post this stuff for sale if it isn't stable and finished. I used AE off and on for a couple of years and found it was sometimes problematic with the Mac OS. You know this, Unsanity,so stop trying to sell us snake oil. I kept coming back to AE because it was required by Shapeshifter, which was a great idea, except that it too always seemed to be rough around the edges, especially in how it interacted with iTunes. Or was it that AE again seemed to destabilize my Mac?
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| Aug 12 2008 |
MACSOLU So, you can prove the developer is dishonest? That he is selling software that is intentionally destabilizing? Have you bothered to read his blog? Much more likely you're just reiterating the accusatory drivel that other end-users have posted WITHOUT solid evidence. And any software labeled as Beta from any developer should always be considered unfinished and therefore optional. Complaining about Beta releases is silly.
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| Aug 13 2008 |
KOSOVAR1 Dishonest? Drivel? Ummm, NO, I based my comments on years of using and experimenting with AE and wth Shapeshifter. I said that I kept coming back to AE because I really enjoyed Shapeshifter, but also that I had to keep uninstalling it because I could see that my system crashed more frequently with AE installed or that there were certain unattractive visual artifacts that were only present with Shapeshifter. I'm not trying to PROVE anything, but I can certainly make some reasonable assumptions about AE and Shapeshifter based on my years of experience using them. And I mention this because I simply DON't LIKE the idea that some company is making money by selling (or merely providing) a product that is potentially or apparently destabilizing to a heretofore well-functioning Mac system. That AE is not entirely stable is an opinion that I gained through much personal experience using it, but it is an opinion that is shared by many, many other users in the Mac community expressed over a period of years. I paid for Shapeshifter and two other utilities that use AE and, since OSX 10.5, cannot use them. I would love the developer to make them work again,but work WELL and not impose a new charge. I rather think I should charge Unsanity for many hours of system down-time from crashes and the frustration I experienced while using AE/Shapeshifter.
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| Feb 26 2008 |
FLOWERM The only haxie I have used is WindowShade. I gave the new version a whirl. It didn't work for me (running on a new iMac, 10.5.2). When clicked, windows ended up nearly out of view (just a few millimeters showed above the bottom edge of my screen) and in the wrong corner. I uninstalled it. I will wait for a later version.
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| Feb 26 2008 |
TUISHIMI Just a note, I will inform the developers as well, but I was overjoyed to see the haxies back and immediately installed the ones available (I have licenses for them all) and none of them worked for me, after logging out and logging back in. I did not restart my computer. Please let me know if they worked for you. (AE 2.5b1).
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| Feb 26 2008 |
TUISHIMI Sorry! Forgot to mention: iMac 2.4 core 2 duo, Mac OS X 10.5.2.
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 | Feb 26 2008 |
HELIOS9 If your haxies don't work after installing APE 2.5b1, see if it was installed in HD/Library/Preference Panes. If so, try dragging it out and into your home folder's Preference Pane, ~/Library/Preference Panes (If you have the previous APE there, move it to the trash). That worked for me(of course, restarting your Mac is worth doing). Dunno why APE 2.5b1 initially didn't work for me until I moved it as explained above. Also note that the new APE icon is graphically different from the previous one; the one shown in this Macupdate posting is the old icon. The new one is light blue in color rather than dark blue as shown here.
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| Feb 26 2008 |
TUISHIMI No, I started from a fresh OS X install. Checked that, it's the current APE only. Ah well.
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| Feb 26 2008 |
TUISHIMI Oh wait! I misread! I will try moving it from system to user library.
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| Feb 26 2008 |
ZO219 They're back! It's been just hell on a laptop without Windowshade - thank you Unsanity!!!
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| Feb 25 2008 |
PMCARRION They are back! I missed APEs :)
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| Feb 18 2008 |
JEFF H. On the Unsanity support page, when asked wether or not Unsanity haxies will ever be 10.5 compatible: We are hard at work getting Application Enhancer and our haxies compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. We've been so delayed because APE didn't even run until we received the shipping version of Leopard. We currently have a working internal build of APE, so it's only a matter of days until we release APE 2.5, and updated versions of our haxies shortly thereafter. Please keep an eye on our official lines of communication (website - http://www.unsanity.com, blog - http://www.unsanity.org, newsletters - http://www.unsanity.com/list, etc.) for more information on compatibility releases, calls for beta testers, and other updates, and watch our compatibility page at http://www.unsanity.com/products/compatibility. There's hope yet!
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| Jan 17 2008 |
JEFF H. I've pretty much written these guys off...seems like they've ignored us?!
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| Dec 17 2007 |
DONMONTALVO Yet another reason to avoid APE. http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/Leopard_Upgrade_Issues Sorry guys, but APE does in fact cause problems. Can't deny this anymore. Don Montalvo, NYC
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| Dec 3 2007 |
FOULGER Hopefully the Leopard version will be out soon so that Unsanity's other apps will be able to work again. Somtimes these guys are quick and other times they are dragging their heels. The latter seems to apply at the moment.
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| Mar 14 2007 |
SJK Link that was stripped from my previous post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/carbon-dev/2007/Mar/msg00225.html | |
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| Mar 15 2007 |
DONMONTALVO amen...those who use ape get no support from our group. none. nada. zilch. | |
| Mar 14 2007 |
Our (Apple's) official policy is that we don't support APE'd systems. Period. The data miner that parses all the crash logs that are sent to us automatically ignores any report that has APE api's in the backtraces or dylb lists. Likewise If DTS receives a crash incident with API in the backtrace or dylb list we will not investigate it. Our "standard answer" in this case is to inform the developer that we don't support APE and that we'll only be able to help them if they can reproduce the problem without APE installed.
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| Jan 21 2007 |
HAPHAZARD I've had instability issues using APE on both a G4 powerbook and a dual G5 powermac going back to version 1, but i keep it around out of necessity for app's like Audio Hijack Pro. Using the Master Exclude List has not seemed to be effective for me. As it is now, I have to quit the 'aped' process whenever I need to ensure stability which has become an annoying, repetitive task. I've had many different app's crash and I check my crash logs whenever there's a crash. 9 times out of 10, APE has been running. I'm not commenting to bash APE because I do enjoy what it allows me to do, but after 2 years of use, the instability outweighs the benefits. I do hope APE will achieve better stability. I'd use it all the time. Check out WiseWeasel's post too. The fellow knows what he's talking about.
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| Nov 1 2006 |
SAM ROWLANDS Should be known as "Haxie to destroy other applications via plug-ins.", when installed other applications behave weirdly and crash randomly.
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| Nov 1 2006 |
MUDFLAPPER Not on my Intel iMac.
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 | Aug 22 2006 |
ROB I loved this software unti I got the new Mac Pro 2.6 and unable to open other applications. I uninstalled it and everything worked. Hope they can repair this problem cause I miss my xounds.
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| Jul 29 2006 |
KLFLOYD Unfortunately APE causes all of my Rosetta Apps to randomly crash on startup. I'll either get the "unexpectedly quit" dialog box or the application will show up in the dock, then immediately disappear. A restart resolves the issue for a while, but it always comes back. I got to the point where I was having to restart my mac multiple times a day because of This. I've tried adding all my Rosetta apps to the master exclude list with no avail. Until this bug is fixed, I can't run the haxies. I don't know how long I can live without my fruit menu so I hope a fix comes soon!
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| Jul 15 2006 |
KUPHD Okay...thought of a workaround. It's so simple I don't know why I didn't think of it. Here goes. Because APE only crashes PPC apps in Rosetta, just add those PPC apps to APE's Master Exclude List. None of the haxies are available in those apps, but at least they don't crash all the time. For me, anyway, my main use of the haxies comes in the Finder anyway, so it's no big deal. Hope this helps others in my type of situation.
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| Jul 7 2006 |
KUPHD Seems to crash PowerPC apps running in Rosetta on Intel Macs under OS X 10.4.7. Can't use any of my Unsanity stuff 'til that's fixed.
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| Jun 30 2006 |
ASMEURER Thank you for getting rid of that ugly monkey.
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| Jun 28 2006 |
HARRISTYPE Version 2.0.1 still has problems with QuicKeys. QuicKeys will lock up after choosing the "Choose Menu" button in creating a new macro. I've sent reports of this to Unsanity, but most of my emails to them go unanswered. I really wish they would fix this. At this point I need QuicKeys more than I need Unsanity's products, so off they go.
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| Jun 1 2006 |
ORION MK. V APE 2.0 works great. Mind you, I don't run APE on my older mac -- at least older versions -- as they slow the system down a bit and "can" sometimes cause instability. This may be an interaction with some of the other startup/background apps running on that machine. Regardless, 2.0 works spiffy on my speedy mac.
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| Jun 1 2006 |
DR. DIGITAL I don't know what T. K. has been smoking, but I use my Mac to earn money, and I have had APE installed for years, and I have a completely stable system. Furthermore, he states that APE runs as root, which is simply not true. Launch the Activity Monitor, and you'll see APE is owned by the currently logged in user. T. K. is lucky that Unsanity is run by nice guys, or he'd get sued for putting lies in print, and defaming their products.
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| May 31 2006 |
CROW I love it, too. It has not caused me any pain, nor has it slowed me down perceptively. If you don't have a lot of RAM, maybe it would - but that's the same for any app. I can't work without Windowshade.
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| May 31 2006 |
EINGEBILDET I'm adding my two-bits here because I'm tired of seeing Unsanity slammed repeatedly. I have been a fan of ShapeShifter and WindowShadeX ever since they were released. I also used FruitMenu for a time. While it's true that they eat a certain amount of system resources, I have yet to see verifiable proof that they cause overall system instability. I think that's a matter of other software conflicts that are being blamed on their products. Keep in mind that all of this is on rather old machines, two Powerbooks of the Wallstreet and Pismo generations. Frankly, SIMBL plug-ins have caused me way more headaches than anything Unsanity has created. Keep your machine healthy and quit looking for a handy scapegoat.
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| May 31 2006 |
I've never had a problem with Ape either, although I only use it to make my dock transparent. In general, it's a good idea to keep your system lean, but I don't think Ape has been any more liable for system problems than other system enhancers, at least on my machine. Default Folder, now THERE'S an app that will screw up your machine. I loved the features, but the system slowdowns were unforgivable.
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| May 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS A better name would be "Destablize your Mac". I couldn't uninstall this program fast enough. Their claim that APE can't cause a Mac to crash is a bald-faced lie. And you gotta love how they listed "Completely free of charge" as a "feature" of their program.
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| May 25 2005 |
T.K. You all think APE and its associated plug-ins are harmless? Let me clue you in on some info about APE. APE runs constantly as root and thus grants root access to any plug-ins running under it. Only this way can it "change themes" and "switch fonts". It is directly messing around with any app's code it comes across(think vivasection of the OS itself). Anybody can write a little "invisible" plug-in that runs "rm -rf ~/" at a specified time. I am not here to "troll" but you spread the knowledge that Unsanity itself holds back from its customers. But, I will admit I have used Shapeshifter, Labels X, Windowshade X, Xounds, Silk, Mighty Mouse, Menu Master, and Fruitmenu. Many reasons forced me to go "lean" - slowdowns, inconsistent effects, troublesome set-up process on some and some others. I recommend you do some research on any app you want to try out because the nastiest surprises are the ones the developer doesn't want you to know.
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| May 25 2005 |
PFFFFT!!!!! More FUD, please.. pile it up higher and deeper. Don't link to any hard facts on the subject while you're at it. Only useless anecdotal evidence please!
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| May 25 2005 |
MICHAEL COYLE What a bunch of B.S. Unsanity is currently the best shareware developer for the Mac platform. Are there bugs? Sure. Are ANY of their haxies required? No way. But I run several of them because they make my Mac look better or work better. If this costs me a performance hit, so be it. I'd rather enjoy my Mac.
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| May 26 2005 |
GIMMEFIVE If one wants toys and diversions on their Mac, APE may be fun, fine, whatever. But if you actually rely on your Mac for an income or use it as a component to a larger system. APE is notorious for spawning weirdness that can eat up days of valuable time. This is not FUD, it's a fact.
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| May 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS No, it is only more useless anecdotal information with nothing to back it up.
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| May 26 2005 |
MAC2ALL It is not our job to convince the new-born believers that APE might destabilize the MAC OS X. But i guess, others reporting about this does it to try share the info to help. Because the information, that the OS (the Finder) crashes more or less regularly, with the APE installed, might help a few. Sorry but i get this belief impression when i see the reactions from the APE based widgets and tools lovers. If they don´t have a proof, then they want to believe on. Sadder it is to see that they don´t like people that have had problems with the ape, and throws dirty words, or insinuations like troll. So much for the free speech, and trying to help others with info. I loved the default folder in OS9, and have tried this and Windowshade for months in osX, in both APE 1.3.x and hoped for better times with APE 1.4.x, but de-installed them. Sure i haven´t yet tried the new breed of v1.5.x yet, if i will... Sure, i guess most Mac system configurations work ok with the ape. But because most systems work ok, it is not the same as we who encounters problems just dream it happens. Our problems are for real. It is also proved that some have problems. Probably, when one use a standard system config, on a US keyboard, all is well. But as soon as the OSX/keyboard becomes international, or localized with a foreign keyboard, things might become unstable. Just shooting in the blind, but i have some suspicions to these issues, as well as hardware as cause. It might be those who wonders why the Finder crashes for a brief moment, and in the process throws out all the open folders (windows) from the dock. So that is my report, but i can´t back it up further, than telling about it. - It is no big issue though, only the time it takes. Because i usually have many windows in the dock, and they slides out rather slowly, one at a time. So when this happened, i could just sit back for a minute or 2, until they all were out in the open. Before putting then back, all in once (option key with the yellow window, or opt + cmnd + w) after the Finder is finished with it´s restart.
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| May 25 2005 |
JB Application Enhancer has always performed beautifully on every system I've installed it on. Sure it can add instability, but what doesn't? Every single piece of complex software has some untested areas, and Mac OS X itself is no exception. But as long as the developers care about what they do, problems get fixed and the software becomes more stable. In that respect, Unsanity's track record is as good as Apple's. A fine program that opens a world of possibilities for us Mac users.
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| May 26 2005 |
GIMMEFIVE APE is not complex software. Nothing but a system hack. Get it right.
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| May 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS You appear to know almost nothing on the subject. Have you read the product description at the developer's site? This is certainly complex and is much more than just a hack. You got it wrong.
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| May 25 2005 |
ANONYMOUS If you want to add instability into your system, this will do a great job.
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| May 25 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Thanks for the FUD, troll.
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| May 25 2005 |
A MARTIN Never caused any problems on my system. Just added functionality. :-)
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| May 25 2005 |
DJ just a troll... i'm sure all will ignore as everyone knows the quality and level of service we get from unsanity.
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| May 25 2005 |
DUDE...GO HOME I thought the stamp-out ignorance program was working...I guess not. APE screws up your system? Man, what platform are you from Windoze? Go home. Go away. Go elsewhere. Unsanity rules! APE is a system saver for many of us.
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| May 25 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Well, even if it multiplies my crash rated by 1000, my Mac is still more stable than Windows or (shudder) OS 9. So there.
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| May 12 2005 |
ANONYMOUS DOES NOT WORK WITH TIGER SYSTEM PREFERENCES | |
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| May 11 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Freezes when you click on modules. | |
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| Apr 28 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Oh, where is the ShapeShifter update? I cant take the stripes! My eyes! My eyes!
(Version 1.5) | |
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| Apr 28 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Works fine here. I'll never understand why people "claim" to have so many problems with Unsanitys stuff. You may need to uninstall Norton or something...
(Version 1.5) | |
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| Apr 28 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Haxie to make OSX as crash-prone as OS9!
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| Apr 28 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Haxie-user who hasn't experienced a kernel panic in over three years! ZOMG!
(Version 1.5) | |
| Apr 28 2005 |
No problems ever !
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| Apr 28 2005 |
THEL I've had more than half a dozen haxies running here for nearly two years without a single problem. If you have any Norton software installed, it's the more-than-likely culprit. (It adds a kernel extension [a.k.a. kext file] at the *system* level, violating Apple's dev guidelines, and it can cause problems.
(Version 1.5) | |
| Mar 17 2005 |
M P Latest version crashes my Office 2004. Took me some time to realize that Appl.Enh. is the cause of the headache. I love all the Unsanity appl. and use quite a few of them, but this one was a tough one. I was about to re-install all of my applications together with system as MS Office 2004 crashed even during CD startup. I am about to downgrade until Unsanity solved this one.
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| Feb 22 2005 |
FRANZ I read in this site a lot of times, "nice" and "ugly" comments about this sofware, but... in 2 or 3 years using this haxies i was never have a problem with my Mac or of my customer's machines (with them i use ClearDock and CWM, both GREAT free haxies!). I work in Apple Tech Support since 1994 and can talk with some reasons. I think if some users have some troubles, maybe they have some application/system "incompatibilities" and don't blame App Enhancer... and for last, they can exclude this applications and make a real TEST of their system stability. | |
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| Feb 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Ah, nothing like a little unfounded paranoia. I've been using various APE modules, both Unsanity and third-party, since Jaguar and have never experienced an application crash, much less a kernel panic, attributable to them. If you have problems with an individual application, then they do in fact allow you to exclude any application from within the individual module. It's a long, long way from Windows BS or even OS 9 extension hassles, and for me the payoff is more than worth the minor risk.
(Version 1.4.6) | |
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| Feb 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS I'd have to say that next to Windows, this is the last software I'd want to run on my machine. They claim their stuff is bug free and that all the problems that arise after installing it are other developers' fault but what I've found is that uninstalling it will miraculously hide those other developers' buggy software. That's right, the only change is removing the haxie and all is well again. YMMV.
(Version 1.4.6) | |
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| Feb 23 2005 |
ILGAZ There a tip for you. Instead of wasting time writing that comment, launch APE installer, click uninstall. Unsanity must be really unsane to provide this amazing SDK for free. They should sell the framework to apple instead and you will happily buy the next OS upgrade for that reason.
(Version 1.4.6) | |
| Feb 22 2005 |
MICHELE BALISTRERI I really like the way you can customize the behaviors of your system using their haxies, i really do not know about those instability problems which i haven't experienced, maybe i'm just lucky.
(Version 1.4.6) | |
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| Dec 14 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Application DOWNGRADER!!! Unstable. 0/5. Good if you want to experience Windows 98 hassles.
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| Dec 9 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Agree with the instability post below. Enhancer does seem to create some instability. Not a big problem though. I continue to use it for Fruit menu and Shapeshifter. The icon on Application Enhancer is disturbing. It actually makes me not want to use it. A chimpanzee being experimented on? WTF?
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| Feb 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Geeze -- I'm surprise somebody else out there feels that way -- for sure, the icon connotes bad thoughts.
(Version 1.4.6) | |
| Sep 20 2004 |
GANDALF. Just an add-on: I intended to note, in a previous review, that I have NOT seen any crash nor error alert since, at least, OS 10.3, due to APE manager misbehaviour.
(Version 1.4.3) | |
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| Dec 8 2004 |
ASMEURER There is a reply function.
(Version 1.4.5) | |
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| Sep 20 2004 |
GANDALF. I think it's a GREAT enhance for MacOS. I have 5 registered haxies: first of all, the much missed (for an old fan of Apple) apple menu: can't live w/o it! Dock detox is a fine way to tolerate the intrusive dock: a feature of OS X that took a long way to get used to; that, along with clear dock, make the dock a perfectly controlled pest. Of course, shape shifter is another great enhancer, and, finally probable the most money-worthy of all: Labels X: I am a Lawyer, so, differentiating the cluster of docs, xl sheets, etc, one from another is surely worth the few dollars sent in. BTW: I run a Powerbook with 1GB Ram: the machine doesn't go for more: it's the way to avoid, together with a couple of maintenance tools (i.e. cocktail, panther cache cleaner) those nasty crash+error signs: I have seen them since at least OS 10.3 P.S.: we do not work nor have any financial interests in Unsanity LLC.
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| Aug 6 2004 |
BALTHAMOS Works fine for me. Registered Detour for it and it works fine. No problems with it yet. So if you are only running Detour I say you are fine. If I get a crash, I will let you guys know.
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| Aug 3 2004 |
STICKMAN67 'm not going to go into a big rant, because I love Unsanity's haxies -- I have registered five of them, and love what they do for the functionality and "feel" of my computer. But ... In my case, it's that I find with APE installed my apps are less stable and more prone to crashing, and I'm more likely to have intermittent kernel panics. I'll be the first to admit that I don't know how to properly interpret crash logs, but in by far the majority of my crash reports (for various apps) the last line contains a reference to APE. When I uninstall it, my apps seem perfectly stable. (I'm running OS X 10.3.4, by the way.) In short, I'm not going to give this a rating, nor am I going to run it into the ground needlessly. I am going to say that on my particular Mac it appears to make things less stable, and therefore I would simply urge caution on anyone thinking of using APE. For those of you who have no hassles, what can I say? I'm as jealous as hell!
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| Sep 21 2004 |
ANONYMOUS The fact that APE appears in the crash logs of apps is due to the fact, that it is active, rather than the cause. All threads in the crash reporter belonging to a crashed app are listed. Only a thread marked (crashed) is really the crash cause. Usually this is a thread that has nothing to do with APE. I have not seen any crash where APE is listed as a crash cause. None.
(Version 1.4.3) | |
| Oct 18 2004 |
MIKE I have to agree with stickman67. I love using ShapeShifter, but I like syncing my Palm device more. Everytime I'd sync Documents2Go, it would crash mid-way through, and not finish syncing. I uninstalled it, and everything went back to normal. I'll have to try this version, but since I don't see any indication that this perticular bug was addressed, I think it's going to do the same.
(Version 1.4.4) | |
| Jun 26 2004 |
PAWN APE another way to make your applications hog more ram! as if OS X applications didnt hog enough ram as is!!!!!!! To me running this software is of no benifit... its under ths trivial section in my book. Sure yea its fun at first , or maybe if u got a GIG o RAM...... id probly use it if i saw it use much less ram per app.
(Version 1.4.2) | |
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| Jun 11 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Mighty Mouse works much better with this update
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| Jun 7 2004 |
WISEWEASEL APE is a huge liability, and should not be used by anyone who cares about stability. I'm part of several application development projects, and when our users get crashing bugs, APE is usually to blame. It's gotten to the point where we have to tell our users that we won't support them until they uninstall APE or deactivate it for our apps (preferably the former). A big part of the problem lies in the fact that APE hacks are by default active for all applications, with no way to change that but to manually exclude each one. Users should be able to specify that they only want their APE hacks active for specific apps, even if it isn't the default behavior. The way it is currently set up is so much of a liability, that these hacks cannot be recommended to anyone, even though some are quite useful. Please change this behavior in future releases, and make it standard across all APE hacks.
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| May 26 2004 |
FRANCO The suits from Unsanity are really excellent, I could not work without them. it may be something is wrong in your system. I'm using FruitMenu and DiskWarrior with no problem. Did you update your OSX? It is now 10.3.3.
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| May 26 2004 |
MOUSEE Nothing's wrong with my system. DiskWarrior installed on my HD works fine (10.3.3). But the emergency startup CD with DW 3.0.1 cannot start my new laptop. That's documented on Alsoft site: they say they are waiting for an update from Mac to put out a new startup CD. Same thing with Norton Emergency CD. That problem is also documented on Symantec Site. It's well known that Apple is modifying the hardware from generation to generation. My former laptop, bought in the Spring of 2003 belonged to the first serie of Macs not accepting OS9 as a startup system anymore. You could use Classic only, which is not exactly the same thing. This is really a pain in the neck as every time it happens developers have to spend an important some of money to produce new CDs. In the long run. They may just give up the Mac paltform and keep with PCs (Symantec did just that last month with System Works).
(Version 1.4.2) | |
| May 26 2004 |
MOUSEE Working under Panther without FruitMenu would be a real pain (and it was, until it was updated). I don't use any other of their products but that one is vital. Also, about the delay to update their products: is it their fault or Apple's fault? Apple keeps cahnging their system again and again causing a lot of trouble for developers. I even believe that they are now shooting themselves in the foot. Why? I have 3 softwares on startup CDs. These CDs cannot be used on the latest Power Book I bought a month ago. Which means developers have to produce new CDs, causing more expenses. The first 2 products are System Works 3 from Symantec and DiskWarrior 3.0.1 from Alsoft. And the last one is, believe it or not, the Panther 3.0 CD I bought in the Fall of 2003. Granted I have the DVD that came with the laptop, but still! Mac is not even compatible with Mac anymmore. No surprise more and more people are thinking PCs these days.
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| May 31 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I've gone through many system updates without any issues. You need to keep in mind that a system hack like this one is doomed to cause issues, and that's really not Apple's fault. All other stand-alone OS X apps have survived without any issues during my migration from Jaguar to Panther.
(Version 1.4.2) | |
| May 25 2004 |
THEL Plenty of joy here! (-: I've been running APE with FruitMenu, Menu Master, ShapeShifter, WindowShade X, and Xounds haxies for months, and added Paranoid Android four days ago, with ZERO problems. I wouldn't give 'em up. [System info: May '03 1 GHz G4 eMac Combo; 640 MB memory; 10.3.3+all updates]
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| May 25 2004 |
SUBFACE On the contrary, I have continued to appreciate many of Unsanity's products and hadn't realized how vital they were to my Mac experience until starting to use Panther without them. The delay with some updates for Panther compatibility were sadly delayed, but being a fairly small developer that has constantly been pushing the bounds of what can be done to improve (without breaking) the OS, I don't think it has been unacceptable. If it weren't for Fruit Menu, Menu Master, WindowshaderX (which does still have a few quirks), and of course ShapeShifter I don't think I could tolerate even Panther for so many hours a day. Thanks Unsanity.
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| Jan 15 2004 |
TAD Unsanity used to be one of the best developers of shareware for osx. Sadly this is no longer the case. I purchased 2 unsanity apps and no longer use either, because they do not function properly in panther. Unsanity has taken a very long time to update for Panther support, and what modules do claim to support panther are buggy and unstable. Unsanity used to offer quality shareware at fair prices. They even understood which apps should remain freeware. Prices have risen and quality has dropped The APE module system is cumbersome and is well known for causing conflicts with other applications. I would much prefer a single pref pane for each 'haxie' rather than installing them as APE modules and configuring them in the APE pref pane and/or their own pref pane. Very messy coding. I would like to see a return to separate pref panes, quality control, quick updates to fix bugs and add compatability.
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| Jan 15 2004 |
TAKEAHIKE Unsanity still is one of the best. I've purchased several of their apps and they all work fine, and always have worked fine, for me over several versions of OS X including the version i am using now: 10.3.2 (iBook @ 900MHz/640 MB RAM) Do you realize that Apple would not even provide a way for Unsanity to get the Panther GM CD before it was released? True. They had to scramble to get a copy. So, if you don't like the speed with which Unsanity updates their stuff for Panther, blame Apple. With that remark you have already shown how little you really know about what goes on. Cumbersome and causes conflicts? Absolute rubbish, and you are becoming apparently less intelligent with every remark you make. I am using a slew of their haxies at this moment and they are dead easy to install/upgrade/use and, since the very inception of their APE system, I have had exactly zero issues with any of them. Furthermore I know at least 20 others using Unsanity's stuff without a single problem. (I'd wager your installation of OS X is suspect... bet you did not even wipe the factory install and reinstall Mac OS X, first thing when you took your last new Mac out of its box... what? you never heard about this being the hands-down most recommended thing to do to avoid issues down the line? not surprising. i'd bet you have never heard that applying the standard incremental updates for OS X from Apple is not as good an idea as applying the so-called 'Combo' updaters, also pretty common knowledge. Yes, Apple has yet to adopt the practice of making 'Combo' updaters available for Panther as they did for previous versions of OS X.)There is a lot of totally uniformed FUD going around about this Unsanity/APE/haxie issue, mostly pure uninformed rot. Messy coding? You have exactly NO clue here. Show us your 25k app, would you? Extol the virtues of your parsimonious coding, please, there's a good lad.
(Version 1.4.1) | |
| May 22 2004 |
SIVASOTHI I use a iBook 600MHz, 640MB RAM and run 10.3.3. FruitMenu (w/APE) froze up my system - blue screen after I logged in from a restart. As it did in Jaguar. I had to abandon it. But it is okay on my desktop G4. iBook too slow? I love unsanity's haxies, they push the edge of what the Apple OS shoud offer. But for now, on my iBook, not with a 10-foot pole. Will keep trying.
(Version 1.4.1) | |
| May 25 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I find it quite funny that people whine about a hack to their OS causing instability problems. You are modifying the OS in ways it wasn't designed to be modified. That's no different than people whining about SUVs using too much gas, and when gas prices rise (to similar levels that they have in Europe) and demands for SUVs drops and people drive less, they whine about how the "little guy" is getting gouged by the high prices. You can't have it both ways! Either keep "haxies" out of your System and let it run like it was intended, or accept that it will be unstable with them added in there. Next you will blame Apple for not designing the System to support unauthorized hacks better, geeze.
(Version 1.4.2) | |
| May 25 2004 |
JACKBLACK I agree with all of your comments competely!! Maybe they will too - if they bother to read this!
(Version 1.4.2) | |
| Oct 22 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Great program from a great company. Run this and add the ClearDock plugin, and you have yourself a transparent dock again in Panther! Thanks!
(Version 1.4.1) | |
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| Oct 21 2003 |
PETER VALENCIA Now with Panther support, this is the perfect program for Mac OS X.
(Version 1.4.1) | |
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| Oct 21 2003 |
PETER MANDEL It's not Apple that's keeping me from giving up any hope, but Unsanity. Together with some other few developers, they're making of MacOS X something as similar as possible to what MacOS was and should always be: modern, easy to use, and productive. Instead of wasting time in the "new" Finder windows in 10.3 and the like, Apple should take a peek at what Unsanity is doing for the Mac community... and learn.
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| Oct 21 2003 |
ROCK THE HOUSE As usual Unsanity rocks-the-house with everything they make! One the best group of software developers in the MAC world. Period.
(Version 1.4.1) | |
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| Jun 12 2003 |
ACRAPPA I couldn't love it any more than I do. Installing an APE is as simple as double-clicking? That is slick!
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| Jun 3 2003 |
DERIK This version had a dramatic effect on application launch time. However, I installed a 512 MB stick of RAM at the same time (I had 768MB before though, so that shouldn't have mattered). Overall, it seems to be an excellent update.
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| Jun 3 2003 |
N8 I've been using this forever, and only had a problem once. And that problem was fixed by simply taking that Haxie out of the Application Enhancers folder. Sure there's some slowdown, but look at all the things you can do! You can edit the way dropshadows look, make all your cocoa apps metallic, even edit the size of individual icons within a window! All in all, the great functions they offer are worth it.
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| Jun 3 2003 |
DAVID LEE ASKARI with all these reviews averaged, al is well until I read them all. I don,t know how to come to any kind of idea of the rating since they are either rated the best or worst, so average rating is not usefull here. I can only guess that its either the best or worst. So maybe I will roll the dice since there were no system distruction (or worse) stories. I will have to give overall average reviews a closer look from now on. But the reviews were on the subject. Remember, I did not rate anything yet, so don,t do so on my comments without reading this.
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| Jun 3 2003 |
DB Another happy Unsanity user. Have had Fruitmenu and Windowshade on my system for at least a year, without incident. Hack on, Unsanity.
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| Jun 3 2003 |
ANONYMOUS and i might add that i have never experienced any issues from the use of any of Unsanity's softs...
(Version 1.3) | |
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| Jun 3 2003 |
ANONYMOUS well.. if one has sufficient horsepower then the performance hit is negligible given the extra features one gains. this is true in my case.
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| Jun 3 2003 |
First of all, I have nothing to do with Unsanity. Second, you asked what Application Enhancer has to do with other haxies... well, if you read ANYTHING about APE, you would know that Application Enhancer does nothing on its own, it's simply the engine that runs ALL the other haxies! That being said, Application Enhancer DOES slow down your system a lot. If you don't believe me, log in as root and launch your apps to see how much faster your system is when it doesn't have APE haxies installed. The haxies are fantastic, and they all work as advertised, but it comes at the heavy price of performance!
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| Mar 19 2003 |
DANSKINNYMAN makes my computer SLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW
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| Jan 21 2003 |
ANONYMOUS unsanity rules! i still think they really work 4 apple.
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| Jan 21 2003 |
CAM REVOL Unsanity makes good software, period. I've never had any issues with any Unsanity stuff.
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| Jan 21 2003 |
RICCARD0 It worked fine all the time for me (any version I tried) and I have a not so new G3 and a moderately hacked system.
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| Jan 15 2003 |
ANONYMOUS How about a bloody readme with it! It's installed, now how the hell am I supposed to add stuff to it???
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| Jan 12 2003 |
DAN Ugh, i had another bad experience with this. I installed it use iChat Enhancer and it nearly nuked my system, luckely i got into os 9 and got it out of the folder (i couldn't boot into os x). I got my iChat "enhanced" and now this stupid thing is banished to the trash forever.
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| Dec 2 2002 |
TRUNDLEDRIVER Baalam & Gizmo: what do other haxies from Insanity have anything to with this one? And why are you posting on your own product?
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| Nov 24 2002 |
DAN BAAAD BAAD, CAUSES CRASHES AND SLOWDOWNS!!!!!! ADDS AT LEAST 5-6 BOUNCES TO APP STARTUP TIME!!!!
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| Nov 19 2002 |
BMALAM I have had zero problems with Unsanity hacks. Fuit Menu is my favorite, but also have Xounds and Window Shades. Also use Menu Extra Enabler, which gives me access to lots of third-party menubar goodies, and Clear Dock.
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| Nov 18 2002 |
GIZMOVISION Have not had any problems since day one. I'm using everyone of Unsanity's haxies on my computer.[from labels to fruit menu to xounds]
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| Nov 10 2002 |
TRUNDLEDRIVER This application, the "APE" works with "Xounds!" (pronounced "Zounds!" the cuss word) to crash your OS, just like the Anonymous poster says below. Insanity, the writer, will not answer email, but will call her customers "stupid" or suggest they "get a brain translplant" for asking for support. (See V-Tracker.)
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| Sep 17 2002 |
ANONYMOUS BS, "can't cause your system to crash". But it sure as hell can cause all your apps to crash. After installing ACE and restarting, suddenly, all my apps at startup crash repeatedly. Finder spawns multiple copies of itself but does not load. EXTREMLY buggy plug-in, stay the hell away from this if you don't want your system to get nuked.
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