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HyperImage	Oct 29 2009	BEIGE wget --referer="http://www.google.com" --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6)" -r http://www.websiteyouwanttodownload.com I just saved you $25 (Version 2.1.2)		0
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SneakPeek Photo	Oct 27 2009	BEIGE I tried this and then all my greyscale TIFFs started showing up as thumbnails in Quicklook. trashed - too bad since EXIF stuff is nice and I use Sneakpeek Pro for Indesign/AI files. (Version 1.0)		0
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Wacom Tablet Driver	Oct 7 2009	BEIGE The 64-bit SL compatible driver is out http://www.wacom.com/downloads/driver-detail.php?id=201 (Version 6.1.1-2)		0
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Microsoft Mouse	Sep 27 2009	BEIGE Microsoft gets a hard time but these drivers are solid and I've rarely had a complaint about my natural ergo keyboard 4000, which is awesome. Now I have 64-bit kernel drivers so I'm a happy man. Try and separate the company from the employees – the ones here are doing a good job. (Version 7.01)		+2
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MayaRender Droplets	Sep 21 2009	BEIGE great stuff - thanks again andrew. Even works with VRay for Maya (Version 1.0)		0
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SpamSieve	Sep 18 2009	BEIGE I just came back from vacation and had 7300 emails, 99.9% of it was spam. Spamsieve caught almost all of it (about 10 remained) with no false positives. Nuff said. (Version 2.7.6)		0
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Vuze	Aug 28 2009	BEIGE Take your garbage toolbar and get it off my system. I just had a Maya render fail with a CTLoader error - guess which program installed this? Vuze, with it's toolbar tie-in garbage. If I wanted the cruft of Windows, I'd get Windows. (Version 4.2.0.8)		+2
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Maya	Aug 13 2009	BEIGE While I agree that 64-bit support is badly needed (I'm looking at my current scene teetering close to 2.2GB of memory, Maya is still far more powerful than Cinema 4D, even with VRay. I need a good particle system, high-end plug-in support and paint effects, etc. This release is a joke though - it's literally a repackaging of Maya 2009 with the Toxik compositor and a matchmover thrown in the box. None of the Mental Ray bugs are fixed and it's 32-bit. A great program but a hugely disappointing release. (Version 2010)		0
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Equalizer - Parallel Rendering	Aug 12 2009	BEIGE A binary would be nice. (Version 0.9)		0
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Springy	Aug 5 2009	BEIGE before you give money to this dev, you should know that contextual menus in 10.6 are not able to interact with the Finder the same way so this likely won't work with 10.6 - ever. (Version 1.5.5)		-8
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Springy

Aug 5 2009

MILKE Just a few facts:

1. People don't "give" me money, they eventually pay for the product they need/like and for the support of it.

2. "This" is not just contextual menu plug-in, besides that "this" also includes full-featured stand-aline archiving application, which at the moment works in Snow Leopard and will continue to work in Snow Leopard.

3. CM plug-in will still be available for Leopard users for quite some time to come (and for Tiger users but during much shorter period though).

4. Functionality offered today in form of Finder contextual menu plug-in will be offered in form of Services menu in Snow Leopard. Services menu in Snow Leopard will be much more customisable than now and users will be able to put Service menu commands in the Finder contextual menu. So "this" will work even with Snow Leopard 10.6 for - ever.
(Version 1.5.5)

atMonitor	Jul 24 2009	BEIGE This is the only CPU menu monitor that currently works with Snow Leopard and so I'd like to ask the dev to add a few things that I think would make it a little more usable. Please add a CPU usage totals as 100xCPU count, like Activity monitor. It's hard to tell how many CPUs are being used by a process when it reads "12%." Also, the bars are quite wide. It would be nice if they could occupy the standard square width and have an option to show CPU cores as individual bars. (Version 1.18)		0
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Prioritizer	Jul 16 2009	BEIGE this asks you for your admin password every ten minutes and there's no GUI to quit it. Pretty bad (Version 0.1)		0
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Prioritizer	Jul 16 2009	BEIGE this asks you for your admin password every ten minutes and there's no GUI to quit it. Pretty bad (Version 0.1)		0
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Fluid Mask	Jul 1 2009	BEIGE This is a good plug-in but the piss-poor DRM and license manager is broken and I have had to contact their support for a new license at least 5 times. I'm writing this as I'm about to contact them yet again. Avoid this software until they find a way to remove the terrible DRM. (Version 3.0.9)		+1
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MeshLab	May 23 2009	BEIGE wow - great program. I needed something to help clean an OBJ file for Mudbox and this was great. I just wish I could get a force quadrangulate feature. It also tends to crash on nonmanifold geometry. (Version 1.2)		0
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CompletionCM	May 3 2009	BEIGE LOL - a paid program that does what option-escape or F5 does. Where do I send my cheque?... (Version 1.0)		+1
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Mudbox	Apr 27 2009	BEIGE Great program. Far more intuitive than ZBrush and has feature parity with the Windows version. Unfortunately it's only 32-bit but the next version should be 64-bit since it relies on Qt, which only recently released 64-bit Cocoa libraries. So glad this came to OS X. (Version 2009)		0
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Adobe Flash Player	Mar 27 2009	BEIGE go gametrailers.com and tell me that this isn't the worst software ever made. My 8-core Nehalem is apparently not powerful enough to play a 320x240 Flash ad. Go team. (Version 10.0.22.87)		+8
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PowerRIP X	Mar 19 2009	BEIGE I have to agree with their licensing problems. The only way I got a response from anyone in tech support about transferring my license was via a sales rep since I said that I wouldn't pay for an upgrade unless I was able to transfer my license to a new machine. This is the worst example of activation in the hands of bad tech support - you risk sending your money into a black hole. (Version 8.4)		+2
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Default Folder X	Feb 22 2009	BEIGE every time I come back to try this, it invariably crashes some program I'm using. Maya 2009 being the latest. I want to love this app but it's killed too much work in my experience. If you're getting crashes in open/save dialogs, this is the reason (Version 4.1.1)		-4
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Default Folder X

Mar 19 2009

HMURCHISON BEIGE

I'm checking out the beta right now before I buy. Isn't there a preference to exclude apps that give you problems? I think that in the past DFX had a conflict with Adobe Open/Save panels as well which isn't a surprise because I believe the roll their own custom panels. The problem is likely fixed but for troublesome apps it may be something work checking into any blacklisting features. Here's a blurb

http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/features.html

"Exclude applications. Exclude Default Folder X from some applications."
(Version 4.1.1)

Default Folder X

Apr 3 2009

ST. CLAIR SOFTWARE Beige: You've probably got a damaged DFX preference file. That's the only time we see people getting crashes. Please try following the steps in the FAQ at http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/faq.html#troubleshooting. That should take care of the problem.

Sorry for the trouble! - Jon
(Version 4.2)

Default Folder X

Apr 3 2009

JONSI Used this for years. NEVER had any problems.
(Version 4.2)

OpenGL Extensions Viewer	Feb 11 2009	BEIGE great but I wish there was more demanding geometry/normal/parallax/Cg shader stuff in it for the benchmark. It's hard to see the benefits of my Quadro FX 5600 with a cube. Throw a few models in - a million-poly spec and normal mapped ZBrush model or something. (Version 3.11)		0
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Overlay	Jan 21 2009	BEIGE $5 yes, $10 maybe but $25 is far too pricey for this. If Art Rage goes for $25, this should be $5. (Version 1.0.30)		0
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LAME	Jan 3 2009	BEIGE you need to copy the new lame binary into iTunes-LAME.app/Contents/Resources/ and overwrite the old one. it won't mess it up - it's just a newer version of the same app. (Version 3.98)		0
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SneakPeek Pro	Dec 4 2008	BEIGE Stop whining about the price - this thing is actually quite useful and worth it for my magazine. I can see what spot plates and fonts are in our Indesign files with a full preview - in the desktop. (Version 1.1)		+4
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Snapz Pro X	Nov 30 2008	BEIGE I'm also one of those users that loves the functionality of this app but the constant, incessant hard drive caching is a big problem. If you want to see for yourself, download fseventer and run while Snapz Pro is sitting in the background. Your drives are being charred by this app. (Version 2.1.2)		+3
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Snapz Pro X

May 4 2009

CORPSECORPS For me nothing is ever transferred between Snapz and the drive while the software is idle (even when i was using 2.1.2).
(Version 2.1.5)

Jaadu VNC	Nov 13 2008	BEIGE worth the cost. i use VNC often over VPN at work and to my machine at home and I was sick of the flaky free options. This app is fast, stable and worth the cost. (Version 1.2)		0
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EmailCM	Nov 12 2008	BEIGE download On My Command for free and enter this as your right click: open -a /Applications/Mail.app __OBJ_PATH__ (Version 1.0)		+2
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EmailCM

Nov 12 2008

JPPAGLIARO Yes, but EmailCM handles multiple file selection, and is so much easier than typing a full file path. Although my utility "FlePathCM" can help out there:

http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities/FilePathCM.dmg

And note that both EmailCM and FilePathCM are part of my "Utility Bundle" where a donation of your choice activates all utilities listed here:

http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities.html

Okay, it's not free, but the minimum donation requested is only ten bucks. Updates are always free, and new products, like EmailCM, are always included.

And, as usual, many more features will be coming to EmailCM over tim. Suggestions very very welcome!

Ciao

Joe
(Version 1.0)

EmailCM

Nov 12 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN This developer is one of "the good guys". There are a lot of developers out there that charge eyebrow-raising prices for one-trick pony applications.

With this developer, you buy one of his apps and you have a whole stable of ponies. I believe this developer provides good value for a few bucks.
(Version 1.0)

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MagnetoGuides for Adobe InDesign	Nov 10 2008	BEIGE wouldn't these be redundant now with Smart Guides in CS4? (Version 1.0.5)		+1
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MagnetoGuides for Adobe InDesign

Jan 19 2009

KRIS COPPIETERS Not really - the key word is 'dynamic'. MagnetoGuides allow you to build dynamic layouts that restructure themselves by moving a single guide.
(Version 1.0.5)

Zip Mac Files for PC	Oct 28 2008	BEIGE er, the zip files generated by OS X work fine in Windows. Get another job (Version 1.0)		+20
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Zip Mac Files for PC

Nov 3 2008

FULMAR2 BEIGE - Thank you for your input, though I don't appreciate your final comment about getting another job. I agree that the "Create Archive" feature that comes with Mac OSX is fine if you need to send zip files to other Mac users. The point of this program is not to replace that fine feature. When you create zip files that you send to PC users (you know WINDOWS users) they discover files that most of us Mac users cannot see.

Prior to the implementation of this program, some of my customers would call to ask about the .DS_Store files, or the __Mac_OSX folder. Worse yet, customers who used automated methods for dealing with zip files would often be unable to automatically process zip files that I made using "Create Archive." The reason was the hidden files. Windows users are accustomed to receiving zip files from other Windows users, and they code their systems accordingly. This program makes zip files created on your mac work seamlessly with their systems. If you don't need to send zip files to windows users, you don't need this program. If you do, it is a wonderful solution.
(Version 1.0)

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Zip Mac Files for PC

Dec 14 2008

SHRALLDAM Okay... But $14 is a bit overpriced for a tool that just gets rid of those mac-specific files, don't you think?
(Version 1.7)

MKVtools	Oct 26 2008	BEIGE Beware - the license is tied to your machine so now I'm stuck using this on my mac mini... (Version 2.1)		+1
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MKVtools

Jul 20 2009

26CAB40 Contact the author with your registration details.
(Version 2.2)

modo	Oct 21 2008	BEIGE It won't have me leaving Maya any time soon but the sculpting is nice. FIX THE BROKEN SYMMETRY AND YOU MIGHT SELL ME A COPY. (Version 302)		+1
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BodyPaint 3D	Oct 15 2008	BEIGE This is a great program. I've been using Photoshop CS4 (beta testing) to do texturing and it's good but not nearly as good as this. Flawless interaction with Maya 2008 (no 2009 plug-in yet) and once you get to know the busy and nonstandard UI, it's great to use. Could be cheaper though. (Version R4.11.012)		0
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BodyPaint 3D	Sep 30 2008	BEIGE dur - there's a passphrase on this. (Version R4.11.012)		0
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StuffIt Deluxe 2010	Sep 17 2008	BEIGE lol - BUY OUR QUICKLOOK STUFF THAT OTHER PEOPLE GIVE AWAY FOR FREE. (Version 13.0)		0
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PerfX 3D Gamut Viewer	Sep 10 2008	BEIGE Apple's Colorsync utility doesn't show multiple profiles overlaid, which is important if you want to see how much of a profile is fitting within AdobeRGB for instance. Nice utility but a few display glitches. (Version 1.8.1)		0
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AKVIS Enhancer	Sep 4 2008	BEIGE indeed - this is a sharpen, saturation and an S-curve. There you go - saved you $69 (Version 9.5)		0
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iKey	May 15 2008	BEIGE I'm with the others here - do not pay for this software until it's updated, which is seeming less and likely every month. It's really buggy in Leopard and it always has been. (Version 2.2.2)		0
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ImgCvrt	Apr 19 2008	BEIGE you can get the exact same functionality by using On My Command and this script: sips -s format __DLG_INPUT_TEXT__ __OBJ_PATH__/* --out __OBJ_PATH__ (Version 1.0.4)		0
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ImgCvrt

Jun 24 2008

JPPAGLIARO Although it may be true that the same functionality is provided by the method you noted (which I have not verified, and often user feedback like yours is a bit misleading) please note that ImgCvrt is part of a bundle of software. Please visit my utilities page for all the details:

http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities.html

Ciao

Joe
(Version 1.0.8)

PowerRIP X	Apr 10 2008	BEIGE I have to revise my comments - after switching computers and asking for a change of license 3 times now, I've received no response. Awful support. (Version 8.0)		0
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Live Interior 3D Standard	Mar 20 2008	BEIGE Wow. Amazing software and well priced as well. I'm working on renovating our bathroom and this came along just in time - the instant Google Sketchup object download support is a huge time saver. Great work. (Version 1.5.1)		0
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AutoRender	Mar 14 2008	BEIGE crashes. repeatedly. I'd love to use this but it's impossible to keep from going south when adding render parameters. I'll stick to the terminal scripts for now. (Version 1.0.1)		0
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AutoRender	Feb 15 2008	BEIGE way to render the default camera, Autorender. MRender is better and it's free. (Version 1.0)		0
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BatchOutput	Feb 1 2008	BEIGE The people writing negative reviews saying that this app does nothing that Indesign doesn't obviously don't work with PDFs in a professional publishing environment. I do - I'm an art director of a magazine that sends PDFs to our prepress house and this software has saved us a lot of time simply because: it exports to single-page PDFs (which Indesign doesn't and our online prepress system requires them in single pages) AND it lets you strictly specify the naming of those pages so it conforms to the requirements of that prepress system. Before discovering this app, we had to do separate the PDFs and manually rename them, which was time consuming. I do think that this program is slightly overpriced but it is still invaluable for our publications. (Version 3.0.2)		0
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JungleDiskMonitor	Jan 22 2008	BEIGE This is a nice idea with a still-faulty execution. It failed to create a bunch of directories and trying to use anything other than this program to edit the created folders/files is a nightmare since it creates a wackload of incomprehensible files in a flat list on S3. God. (Version 1.50b)		0
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JungleDiskMonitor

May 5 2008

ADAM PREBLE @BEIGE - Amazon S3 buckets do not support hierarchies of files in the familiar paradigm of nested folders, but instead are comprised of a collection of objects (flat, if you like), accessed by key. A number of applications out there store files keyed by the full path. While this is very readable, imagine how expensive (time and money) it would be to rename the root folder of all of your music files, given that Amazon S3 does not allow you to rename keys. You would have to delete the entire 'tree' and re-upload it just to rename a folder.

Jungle Disk's bucket format (which is freely available for your perusal - 2.0 format coming soon) allows you to rename that tree, and perform many other operations, in a fraction of the time and money required by using a full path key format.

That said, version 2.0 provides a new Compatibility bucket type which will allow you to use the full path scheme if your application calls for it.

Finally, if you are having trouble with the application please do not hesitate to contact me through MacUpdate, or post on the Jungle Disk forums. We are completely dedicated to making the best product possible.
(Version 2.0b1)

MediaLink	Jan 11 2008	BEIGE Growl notification: "your wife is watching Big_big_johnsons_#9.avi" (Version 1.2)		0
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HyperImage	Jan 9 2008	BEIGE let me save you some money: wget -r -A jpg http://www.website.com Simplewget (Version 1.1.1)		0
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RAW Developer	Jan 2 2008	BEIGE I reviewed Aperture and Lightroom for Ars Technica and this is the only app that I've spent my hard-earned money on (the others were sent to me for review). While this app doesn't do all that Aperture or Lightroom does for library or metadata handling, it just does everything I ever asked a good RAW processor to: -has a radius setting for sharpening -great handling of high-noise images, letting you sharpen and denoise without getting unnatural blips of noise -interactive curve adjustment -extremely customizable settings and the price is incredible for the quality. After using all major apps including Canon's Digital Photo Pro, Bibble, Capture One Pro and others, I'd say that this is the best option, at least for the Digital Rebel xti, which is what I have. (Version 1.7.2)		+4
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PowerRIP X	May 1 2007	BEIGE I almost hesitated to buy this software because of these shoddy reviews so I felt the need to clear things up after trying the demo and buying Powerrip 7.4.1 for my Epson R1800. It is great software and the wealth of options and quality are both exactly what I wanted for accurate low-cost proofing for press jobs. It's a little finicky to set up but once it's going, it's solid and the colour accuracy for pseudo-press proofing at home is really what sold me. I had an issue with overprints not working but the tech support responded the same day to tell me the fix for it (use Press Proof setting) and it was resolved. Otherwise Postscript 3 support from my CS3 Indesign and Illustrator are good but I have managed to get bad renderings with extremely complex files that were basically just set up to see how crazy a PS L3 job I could send to this (gradients overprinted by masked multiply with type, etc) but fortunately, for most needs it won't hiccup. Combine this program with a cheap printer profiling app/hardware like Colorvisions PrintFix Pro and you've got a great little home proofer on the cheap. (Version 7.39)		0
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PowerRIP X

Jul 31 2007

PRINTER Bought powerripx and have only had grief.

prints jeps tiff etc but will not let me add my own papers or use my own profiles.

There are suppport issues as well.

I have lost clients after blue colours on my calibrated screen will only print out purple.

I use a different program at work and it is straight forward.. Powerrip X is not reliable in my experiance.
(Version 7.39)

PowerRIP X

Apr 10 2008

BEIGE I have to revise my comments - after switching computers and asking for a change of license 3 times now, I've received no response. Awful support.
(Version 8.0)

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