BILLY RAY VALENTINE  and i don't consider a system maintenance program written in realbasic and with insecure authorization methods (the last time i checked) to be a serious competitor.

assuming you're that dev  
(Version 1.7.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  you also sent me an email re: this, replied to a while ago.

however, you probably disabled dashboard with mainmenu. try enabling in sys prefs and/or setting the f12 key back to dashboard if for some reason it was changed.

thanks!  
(Version 1.7.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  could you send me a screenshot through email?

thanks!  
(Version 1.7.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  you could always help improve it ;)  
(Version 2.3.5.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Some functions in MainMenu don't work properly in leopard right now e.g the mainenance scripts/dns refresh...

Hopefully will have to time put out a proper update for 10.5

thanks  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  >> You have to admit, these guys have attended to pretty much every feature request or problem people have addressed. And they offer this for free. It's hard to top that.

agreed :)

thanks dev!  
(Version 1.2b1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  apologies.

the dl should work now.

(posted for email notification)  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  it should be alive now.

web server was rebooted by the host and something went wrong -- we couldn't figure out what the problem was, not even now.

had to do the download script a different way.  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  sorry for the inconvenience... it's back up now.

thanks!  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  No, thank you for advising me to rewrite it in Cocoa back in 2005.

Really appreciate it ;-)

If it weren't for you, MM wouldn't be the little app it is today.

Thanks again!  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I don't think so.

MainMenu apparently thinks 10.4.10 is 10.4.1

:-D  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  You mean you want MainMenu to be part of the Apple Menu instead of the status/menu bar?

Interesting idea... :)

Thanks for the suggestion!  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  And a long one too :D

-----

Keep up the great work, MJ is awesome.  
(Version 4.1.2b5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  So it doesn't work now? :-S  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Like MU stated, it is definitely 1.7.2 in the dmg.

I think somehow you are downloading a browser or ISP cache of the older file.

Could you email info@santasw.com and I'll see if we can find a solution.

Apologies for the trouble :( (and the bandwidth)

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  The first time it didn't respond was probably because it was loading.

So it works fine now, correct?

Thanks :)  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  jhonnyrockit,

Fixed in 1.7.2 ;)

Thanks for being patient.

(posted for email reminder)  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Fixed in 1.7.2 ;)

Thanks for being patient.  
(Version 1.7.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I've received several emails about MainMenu 1.7.1 and 10.3.9. Appears that you are not alone :)

Will look into this immediately, and hopefully it will be solved soon.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  1. Remove all versions of MainMenu, empty trash.

2. Remove MainMenu from your startup/login list, if it is there.

3. Go to /Users/yourhome/Library/Preferences and delete the file com.santasw.MainMenu.plist

4. Download MainMenu 1.7.1 again.

5. Install into apps folder, eject disk image.

6. Launch...

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Could you try 1.7.1 one more time?

Would like to know if it crashes every time, or if it was an isolated issue :(

Many thanks for the report!  
(Version 1.7.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Contact me at info@santasw.com O_o ;-)

1.7.1 released with 10.4.9 compat. (in case you have email reminders set for your post)   
(Version 1.7.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hey guys,

1.7.1 released with 10.4.9 compat. (in case you have email reminders set for your post)

Thanks for being patient :)  
(Version 1.7.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Move to new servers is complete... =)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  To MM Users,

The Santa Software website is currently being moved to faster and more reliable servers.

Users may not be able to access it for the next couple of days.

Thanks! 12:00pm, 26th December 2006, AEST

:-)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi Spargett,

Your email was replied to many weeks ago, we have still not received a response.

Did you receive it? (or, have the problems being solved?)

Thanks! (Version 1.7)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Spargett,

Your email was replied to many weeks ago, we have still not received a response.

Did you receive it? (or, have the problems being solved?)

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi jgjones,

Just in case you haven't dl'd the latest update, 1.7 is now available :)

(posted for email notification)

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi 2-cents,

Just in case you haven't dl'd the latest update, 1.7 is now available :)

(posted for email notification)

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Added to the list. Thanks again, simichavel!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Icon resizing/removal will come soon, but probably not the next version. (1.7.1)

The old icon will be brought back as a 4th option in the next version, thanks for the request ;-)

Regarding the position, status item's can't be moved around like menu extras (which should not be used by anybody other than Apple) can.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  A very valuable tool for developers, I use it all the time.

Really glad it supports UBs too.

Not only is it free, it's also open source.

Thanks for this great utility, and keep up the great work!  
(Version 0.15b)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  The download and site should be working again, thanks!

Regarding the MU mirror, perhaps it could be included as an alternate link on this page, for when the site is down?  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I was wondering when someone would mention that. :)

The submenus are multi-line, images are 32x32 to be the same height. I can't shrink the words any more ;-)

You'd like an option to disable icons in the menu in future versions?

Let me know.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  It sure is. :) The first couple hundred downloads were affected, until one of the users reported it. 

Those who have this issue should re-download MM, the problem should be solved.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Not a problem Treadman :)

Many days were spent testing everything on Panther, Tiger, and even Leopard ;-)

Perhaps one day Jaguar support will be added too. That has been requested a few times too.  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Not 2.0 yet, but 1.7 :D

(Posted for email notification)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi,

  MainMenu has been updated, many apologies for the delay. 

Thanks!

(Posted for email notification)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi,  MainMenu has been updated, many apologies for the delay. 

Thanks!

(Posted for email notification)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi Mok.In.Touch,

MainMenu has been updated, many apologies for the delay. 

Thanks!

(Posted for email notification)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Kalle,

1.7 will include this, many thanks for the suggestion!

:)  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  My sincere apologies.

I really hope to get the 1.7 update out soon, but there's just one thing that I'm waiting for :(

In addition, I have really little time to work on this, I'm usually very busy with other things.

Thanks for understanding!  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Nice interface, stable, free. 

Can recommend this to anyone needing a file joiner.

Great work, thanks.  
(Version 2.1.6)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  10.4.8 compatible version is coming soon (MainMenu 1.7). 

Thanks!

Best,

Billy Ray

PS. Version 2.0 is also under development. ;)  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hey Larry!

Will definitely add font cache inspection in the near future. ;-)

Thanks for the suggestion!

Regards,

Developer  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Website + server are back up again :D

Just need to get the files on, and all will be well (hopefully soon).

Best,

Developer  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi Eric,

http://www.macupdate.com/reviews.php?id=17111&pid=152503

Thanks :)  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi Nutmeg,

I believe you may have turned invisible files on.

DS_Store files always exist, but are usually invisible.

MainMenu > Finder > Hide Invisibles.

Does that solve the problem? (It should)

All the best,

Developer  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  XMGfree.com, the web host I use, has just been hacked :-( Apparently all the files have been deleted as well.

http://www.xmgnetworks.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t3311.html

Therefore anyone attempting to access the web site will not be able to for at least a few days from now :(

Thanks again, MacUpdate, for the great service and DL mirroring.  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Are the shred and trash delete functiions included?

Will be added to the to-do list. Thanks Rob ;-)

(Apologies for the late reply, did not see this before)  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Any users who are able to help with localizations for MainMenu 2, please contact me.

( Any language ;-) )

Thanks,

MM Developer  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Thanks a lot MU & Jonathan!

Really appreciate it.

Regards,

Developer  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Then there is no need to install this update :)

Still, it's only a 20MB download, I don't see how it would be troublesome...  
(Version 6.0.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Great work, I use this all the time.

Would be even better with an "Open Recent" menu. :)

Thanks!  
(Version 2.00)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Really impressed with the updates.

Glad to see that the Sparkle updater framework was added. (that's great as well) :)

Little bug report for 1.6.0:

Application menu > Check for Updates.... should have 3 periods, not 4 ;-)

Keep up the fantastic work.  
(Version 1.6.0)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  YES, UB at last!!!!! Thank you!!!

Well, 1.5.3 was UB, but for various reasons, 1.5.4 wasn't. :)

I've tried other (who shall remain unnamed) but for me this is the best. Great set of tools, great interface and most amazingly of all, it's still free.

Glad you find it useful, MACSTERDAM. Hope you enjoy future releases of MM as well.

Kind Regards,

Developer  
(Version 1.5.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Thanks a lot for the support, Rob :D  
(Version 1.5.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I'll make sure to make use of that function soon, MacUpdate Admin :)

Of course, I still need to host the file on my own servers for listings at VT, and the website, etc.

Also, I have to pay $700 for web design, $600 for the domain name I will be buying, $200 for icon design for v2, will be paying for advertising, etc.

All hard at 16 years of age with no money at all :)

Best,

MainMenu Dev  
(Version 1.5.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Thanks for the support, Bill :D  
(Version 1.5.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  1.5.4 has been updated for Mac OS X 10.4.6 :) Very sorry for the delay.

(in case you had "Email me when someone replies to this review thread" ticked when posting your review)  
(Version 1.5.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  1.5.4 has been updated for Mac OS X 10.4.6 :) Very sorry for the delay.

(in case you had "Email me when someone replies to this review thread" ticked when posting your review)  
(Version 1.5.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  REPOST (originally posted on MU 15th Feb 06)

Hi, MainMenu users,

I am posting here to inform you that from version 2.0, MainMenu will be distributed as, unfortunately, shareware. ($10-$15)

There are several reasons for this, and I can not name them all. One of the reasons is about hosting. I often receive emails from users who can not download the latest release of MainMenu due to the web host (free) being down.

In addition, the bandwidth is sometimes (especially recently) used up before the end of the month. February 2006, the bandwidth was used up not even halfway through the month.

When MainMenu 2.0 is released, please do not see it as a "bait & switch" (I will recommend a few alternatives below). I originally intended for MM to be always free.

I can understand that a large percentage of users will not be happy with this decision, and I do not blame you. There are plenty of freeware apps similar to MainMenu you can look at. Some good ones are: OnyX, CLIX, Yasu, MacJanitor, rootMachine, Anacron, maintain1, sterMachine, the list goes on. All of these can be found here at MacUpdate (use the search function).

Please have a look at those.

I won't lie to you by saying MainMenu 2.0 will be a huge update from 1.5.x, justifying the need to pay for it. However, I'll put a lot of effort into this.

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, requests, anything at all, please either contact me via email, or reply to this "review thread".

Sincerely,

Rakka (15th February 2006) (4/5/2006, Version: 1.5.3)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Thanks a lot both of you... Really appreciate the support :)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  REPOST (originally posted on MU 15th Feb 06)

Hi, MainMenu users,

I am posting here to inform you that from version 2.0, MainMenu will be distributed as, unfortunately, shareware. ($10-$15)

There are several reasons for this, and I can not name them all. One of the reasons is about hosting. I often receive emails from users who can not download the latest release of MainMenu due to the web host (free) being down.

In addition, the bandwidth is sometimes (especially recently) used up before the end of the month. February 2006, the bandwidth was used up not even halfway through the month.

When MainMenu 2.0 is released, please do not see it as a "bait & switch" (I will recommend a few alternatives below). I originally intended for MM to be always free.

I can understand that a large percentage of users will not be happy with this decision, and I do not blame you. There are plenty of freeware apps similar to MainMenu you can look at. Some good ones are: OnyX, CLIX, Yasu, MacJanitor, rootMachine, Anacron, maintain1, sterMachine, the list goes on. All of these can be found here at MacUpdate (use the search function).

Please have a look at those.

I won't lie to you by saying MainMenu 2.0 will be a huge update from 1.5.x, justifying the need to pay for it. However, I'll put a lot of effort into this.

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, requests, anything at all, please either contact me via email, or reply to this "review thread".

Sincerely,

Rakka (15th February 2006)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Glad you find it useful :)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Just to notify you two (in case "Email me when someone replies to this review thread" was checked) that the site works at the moment, and you will be able to download MM :)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  For a moment I thought your username was the review's title :D  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  $13 isn't expensive :D  
(Version 1.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Some maintenance apps are built for people with different tastes... I made MainMenu as a menu bar item, some make scheduling apps, some make apps in a window.

One app can't do that all.  
(Version 2.0.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  rakka.dakka@gmail.com :)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Thanks a lot buddy... Really appreciate the support.  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Can't say for sure right now, but probably within the next month or two.

Thanks.  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Just forgot to mention (should be obvious though):

All users who donated (regardless of amount) will be eligible for a free license.

Thanks again.  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi, MainMenu users,

I am posting here to inform you that from version 2.0, MainMenu will be distributed as, unfortunately, shareware. ($10-$15)

There are several reasons for this, and I can not name them all. One of the reasons is about hosting. I often receive emails from users who can not download the latest release of MainMenu due to the web host (free) being down.

In addition, the bandwidth is sometimes (especially recently) used up before the end of the month. February 2006, the bandwidth was used up not even halfway through the month.

When MainMenu 2.0 is released, please do not see it as a "bait & switch" (I will recommend a few alternatives below). I originally intended for MM to be always free.

I can understand that a large percentage of users will not be happy with this decision, and I do not blame you. There are plenty of freeware apps similar to MainMenu you can look at. Some good ones are: OnyX, CLIX, Yasu, MacJanitor, rootMachine, Anacron, maintain1, sterMachine, the list goes on. All of these can be found here at MacUpdate (use the search function).

Please have a look at those.

I won't lie to you by saying MainMenu 2.0 will be a huge update from 1.5.x, justifying the need to pay for it. However, I'll put a lot of effort into this.

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, requests, anything at all, please either contact me via email, or reply to this "review thread".

Sincerely,

Rakka (15th February 2006)  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Seems lately that the bandwidth is running out much quicker.

It's not even half way through the month yet.

:(

Very sorry about that.

We'll be moving to paid hosting with the release of MainMenu (version 2).

Best,

Rakka

rakka.dakka@gmail.com  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  You are aware that some developers do have 10.4.5? ;-)

10.4.4 compatibility was added before. There is no mistake.  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  It has been updated now, with the fix :)

Note: Just in case if the person had "Email me when someone replies to this review thread" ticked.  
(Version 1.5.3)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I've fixed that for 1.5.3, to be released on Feb 1st or 2nd :)  
(Version 1.5.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Nice idea.

How would hot picks be marked in the list if the MUMenu devs added color coded listings?  
(Version 2.1.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Force quitting should be fine, won't cause any problems. This probably happened due to OnyX losing communication with diskutil.

So although diskutil finished the repair permissions, OnyX wasn't notified somehow.  
(Version 1.6.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Great app, stable, easy to use, and very friendly developers ;-)

Thanks, keep up the nice work.  
(Version 1.0.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Really easy to use, code all commented. Very well done.

I like it ;)

Thanks a lot.  
(Version 0.1.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I use this everyday, really useful.

Keep up the great work MacUpdate team! :D  
(Version 2.1.2)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  "This release updates TCC for use in OS X 10.4.4, OS X Server 10.4.4, and OS X 10.4.4 (intel)"

TCC is listed at VT as a Universal Binary as well.. REALBasic hasn't added support for UB's, as of now, yet.

Nice app though, Keep up the good work  
(Version 3.0.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Your administrator's password ;)  
(Version 1.6.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  >>I would -NEVER- run system tasks from the menubar. That's just asking for trouble.

Thanks.

And I could say something like, I would -NEVER- run system tasks from a REALBasic app.  
(Version 3.0.6)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Thanks for letting me know. It happens from time to time, usually due to system incompatibilities. If you need any assistance, please email me.

Thanks a lot.  
(Version 1.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Yes, Cocktail is a great app... There's nothing wrong with charging for software. If you don't want to pay, no ones forcing you to.

- Another maintenance app's dev ;-)  
(Version 3.6.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  I'll add myself to the list of appreciative users ;-)

Great work, developer.  
(Version 3.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Have used this for a long time, and has always worked just fine for me.

Great application.  
(Version 7.0.1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Impressive list of changes, keep up the good work.  
(Version 0.8.4)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Glad that compatibility for Tiger has been added. :) Good work.  
(Version 4.5rc1)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  >For whatever reason MainMenu's author for

>lack of support, at least TCC works under the

>current OS update. Heck, it's been out for

>over a month and no sign of a compatibility

>update for MainMenu.

It'll be out soon... I just have limited access to the computer with the MainMenu project on it :(  
(Version 3.0.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Much much (much) faster than OmniDiskSweeper (which I used until now). free as well  
(Version 10.2.6)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Very easy to use app, nice work. (free as well)

:)  
(Version 1.3.5)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Nice interface, easy to use... Best FTP app there is.  
(Version 3.2.1)

RAKKA  Great update, much of an improvement from the previous version. Well done, MacUpdate.  
(Version 2.0)

RAKKA  This app has improved a lot since it was first released. Keep up the great work.  
(Version 1.76)

ANONYMOUS  The screen will be used in the future for loading finder, dashboard, and other preferences. During that time (only a really short time though), MM will be unusable. Will it be alright if their is no startup window to show what it's doing?

If it is the look of the startup window that is bothering you, could you suggest how I could improve it?

Many thanks.

Regards,

Rakka  
(Version 1.4.3)

RAKKA  Thanks for telling me this. v1.3 should be a bit more stable.

Regards,

Rakka  
(Version 1.3)

ANONYMOUS  Hi,

I'll try to help you out with this :-) Sorry that it didn't work for you.

Please email me at rakka.dakka@gmail.com so I can attempt to get it working for you.

Regards,

Rakka  
(Version 1.3)

MAINMENU DEV  >>I find Mainmenu 1.2 scary to use cleaning user cache and system cache. I had to replace some from my backup

- Sorry this happened. Could you explain in more detail so I can improve this?

Thanks.

Regards,

Rakka  
(Version 1.6b1)

MAINMENU DEVELOPER  Some people do prefer maintenance apps not to be in the menubar though. I'm sure OnyX, which I like to use as well, will come out with a Tiger compatible version.  
(Version 1.5.2)