BRUCE_Y  I bought DVDRemaster to do similar function - make a copy of my DVD source disk. I've had no problems with it, even when copying the dual layer source disks - though most of the time, I am copying to a single layer DVD target destination disk.

From the MacUpdate description : "DVDRemaster Pro is an application which recompresses large DVDs so they can be burned on a standard DVD"

What size does your source disk report that you get a 'too large' error message? What size is your target destination disk as reported by the application?

As previous reply (Robo) states, there are several apps available. Note the three he initially recommends do just the 'copy data' part, you would still need an app to do the compression and then the writing to disk (such as with this Burn2). So really, three steps all together - read (rip), compress (downsize), write.

DVDRemaster, DVD2One, Fast DVD Copy, (and possibly one or two others) do all three steps.  
(Version 2.0u)

BRUCE_Y  Yes, MacTracker X is a great resource for all the different Mac models.

In the version of MacTracker I am looking at, there are links to manuals and support pages listed on the last "Notes" tab. Admittedly, it takes you to an Apple page which lists manuals for several releases but are for the selected Mac model. So perhaps finer-grained links. Might be worth a direct feedback to ian@mactracker.ca.

Another great Hardware and model info resources tool is the EveryMac site at www.everymac.com.  
(Version 5.0.4)

BRUCE_Y  Cute! (and sad turn of Mac event which inspired it...)

Maybe next ver of FireWire Saver could have it send a message to Steve-Oh periodically requesting reinstatement of FireWire. (just kidding! ;-)

Or maybe an unobtrusive display on some part of the screen a suggested reminder to the user to send an email to them, or to post a feedback to hopefully reinstate Firewire.

And last tongue-in-cheek: have a special version which displays "I really love Firewire and will bring it back" installed onto Apple designers/developers/mgrs Macs...  
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  You may have already found this out...

The messages in iTunes are more draconian than they need to be. Part of the near-universal scare people to not do things that may turn out badly...

I have similar setup to you: a good ole green aluminum iPod Mini 2ndGen. A very solid iPod that is most definitely still going strong. One of their best!

In my case, I was able to set Disk Mode, but that may be because I had it set previously.

Make sure you use their 'preparatory' step of holding down Cmd-Opt when you attach your iPod Mini.

What I found, in my case, was that clicking to Manually manage On or Off and back again, always brought up the scary notice that I may have to eject (when turn on manual) or all music will be copied from Mac to iPod if I turn off manual. But, for me, it turns out that no music will be copied UNLESS I additionally click the Music/Sync (on) and APPLY buttons.

So as long as you DO NOT CLICK APPLY, but DO go to the Music tab and check or uncheck the desired playlists and THEN after all that, you would click the SYNC button to get music copied from Mac to IPod.

Your mileage may vary, but for me, all seems well.

Also check at: http://code.google.com/p/senuti/wiki/Support   
(Version 0.50.2b11)

BRUCE_Y  Just gave this a whirl - Wow! Cool add-on for QuickLook! Great work Robert Rezabek.

Fabulously handy to see quickly what files are inside the zip (etc) without having to actually decompress the whole archive.

Apple should license this from developer! (with appropriate compensation)

. (Now if only Apple would provide similar quicklook into pkg files...)

One suggestion for BZQLG (minor): allow column width adjustment, if possible.

I had already been a registered user of BetterZip, but had been on Tiger/PPC so never had a chance till recently to even check this out.

IMO it's a must-have for any who work with lots of downloads or archiving data in zip format. Well, at least for major-geek-types (like moi) ;-)  
(Version 1.1)

BRUCE_Y  Seems to play vids well.

But they broke/removed one feature I used a lot in 08.x:

No longer able to stretch window wide and have a black border around the unused screen area.

Now the display resizing works exactly like QuickTIme (not a good thing to emulate in this case), in that you can only drag corner to resize window to exactly proportional size.

Guess I will report it to them when they re-open the forums... and till then, will have to get one of the desktop/background hide apps to lower distraction. (I know, there is a 'full screen' mode, but sometimes I wish to play at specific view size and hide some desktop distraction as well... picky picky me ;-)  
(Version 0.9.2)

BRUCE_Y  I should have said "little known feature", as I have seen lots of complaints and confusion in online forums regarding their practice of not updating the main application version number.  
(Version 11.5.1)

BRUCE_Y  This is a known 'feature' of the way MS does updates. Though I too would be happier if they would actually update the main app version number.

The only way to know what latest update has been done is to look for the file : "Microsoft Component Plugin" inside the Office folder which is within the Microsoft Office folder. Do a GetInfo on that, and it tells the version of the most recent applied update.

(P.S., please join me in sending occasional notes to MS, asking for better update versioning.,,)  
(Version 11.5.1)

BRUCE_Y  Why has this changed to Leopard only?

Last version of it that I had downloaded about a month ago (June) was Tiger version, now it requires Leopard -- to what purpose are Tiger users left behind?

Unhappy about this, sigh :(  
(Version 1.7v248)

BRUCE_Y  While I agree that the major paradigm of the Mac experience is a GUI interface, but, sarcasm aside:

the RAR compression is supposed to be pretty much state of the art/ tighter than other archive compression schemes. So there is some value in itself.

But I agree that it seems Nuts for Mac users to have to pay the same $29 that a Windows user pays who gets both Command line and a nice GUI window interface (think similar to winzip).

Seems to me that Mac users should either pay less for getting Command line only, or should be getting the same bundle of CLI plus GUI.

As it is now, you still have to buy another package which then calls the RAR CLI, if you want to get it all done from the Mac GUI (which would be my preference).

Would be nice if the RAR folks, or one of our clever Mac wizard developers, could put together a Friendly user interface with RAR compression and at a total packaged reasonable price.  
(Version 3.8b4)

BRUCE_Y  ViewIt is an image BROWSER and VIEWER - it is not a photo/picture management data base.

(Do not compare it to iPhoto which both views AND manages -insists actually- on total control of where your pictures go.)

THus, it does not put pictures anywhere -- it lets you view your image files whereever they currently are.

Drop a file or folder with images onto the ViewIt icon and they will open and display. Click or scroll through ten or hundreds. THey will not be moved anywhere.

Though, it is possible to use the program to move image files, you must choose to do that yourself.

It is like Apple's own Preview image viewer application, but has more display and management features.  
(Version 2.29)

BRUCE_Y  not sure if this will help your situation, (or maybe you have already tried...)

Their download page at lists two things:

1) current version 4.3 is a Beta :( -- (so its sad to see them push that one as the main release)

2) they provide a link to their last official released version below that. Which seems to be: GoogleEarthMac-4.2 ver 4.2.205.5730

perhaps that 4.2 version would get yours working again -probably worth a try.  
(Version 4.3.7284.3916)

BRUCE_Y  I registered this app, but use Tiger so have not experienced the leopard issue.

In my emails with the author, back in Dec 2007, he indicated he was in process of rewriting it for newer Mac OS, & for greater capabilities, and needed to completely redo the underlying data structure. So might be a rather large project.  
(Version 2.2.4)

BRUCE_Y  fyi, seems that developer/app is no longer on the web. Links redirect to general place holder pages, or not founds.  
(Version 2.90)

BRUCE_Y  I too agree on the good value and performance of Graphic Converter, and also Tex-Edit Plus.

And both developers are great guys. I've had occasion to converse, email both on issues and they are helpful and congenial.

(And interesting you picked two apps that I use very frequently -- in fact, Tex-Edit Plus is open/active pretty much all the time on my iMac.)  
(Version 6.1.2)

BRUCE_Y  There is no way to accurately test this product.

It is quite disengenuous of the developer to (a) pass of an old demo version on a new update page -- the demo is version 1.6.4 from 2007; (b) allow you to only test if drive volume is 100 MB or less.

My smallest volume partition is 39 GB, on a physical 250GB, so no way to test this product, even with their sneaky older version.

Go to any store or HD vendor, pretty much any disk you buy today or within last year is going to be 100GB or larger for desktop computer.

Therefore their true evaluation policy is: pay full price and then you can see if it works for you.  
(Version 1.6.6)

BRUCE_Y  Great utility, reasonable price.

FYI, since ver 1.8.0, he dropped support for Jaguar (10.2.3) and now the minimum system level requirement is 10.3.8 +  
(Version 1.87)

BRUCE_Y  also requires Final Cut (Express or Pro)

Question: could this be modified so that it would serve the function of keeping attached drives from sleeping without the need for running/install of Final Cut?

Thereby making it more generic, for folks who would like external drives to stay awake but have not Final Cut?  
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, new pricing with iVolume version 3:

New purchase is now $29.95 (not $15).

Upgrade from either version 1 or 2 costs $19.95.

(I bought ver 1, then paid upgrade for ver 2. It works well, but Too Pricey for upgrade for me currently. :-(  
(Version 3.0.1)

BRUCE_Y  Last version for Mac Tiger less than 10.4.11 is Transmission version 1.11, released April 4.

It is the official 'reference' release version for Tiger 10.4 through 10.4.9, 10.4.10 (and newer), etc.

There may be "nightlies" (development interim releases) after 1.11 before 1.20 that will still work with 10.4.9, 10.4.10, (or not), but their last official release to support the Tiger 10.4.10 and earlier was v1.11.

Available from their site here: download.m0k.org/transmission/files/

Look for: Transmission-1.11.dmg  
(Version 1.20)

BRUCE_Y  This software is not designed to search and delete DS_Store files or plist preference files.

It is designed to help you find directories, and contents, which are taking up a lot of your hard disk space.

Once you find them, you can then evaluate if you want them taking that space on your HD.

Spotlight purposefully does not search or display files in many system level directories, and will not show invisible files and directories.

That said, you must be careful in using WhatSize to not delete or move off your HD anything you are not certain is truly expendable/archivable. So it does imply a certain level of technical know-how.

There are other softwares that do the search and delete of DS_Store files. And I agree with you, that there are, for me, very few situations where I want to delete DS_Store files (especially, as they are tiny and do not really take up much space anyhow).  
(Version 4.2)

BRUCE_Y  further,

the 7.6.1 does show in my Apple Software Update panel after I click the Check Now button.

So might be the only way to get it for next short period is via Software Update System Prefs applet.

Usually they post the direct DL link after it has been offered in the Software Update panel first.

So may just be a timing issue of which dept gets to offer it first. Seems a bit silly, given that the actual file dates inside the 7.6.1 dmg --which I downloaded during that brief available window today-- are Feb 19... which is already a few days past...

I'm sure it'll all settle out soon.  
(Version 7.6.1)

BRUCE_Y  Hi,

Actually, I got it direct from the Apple Support Downloads page.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

That sent me to the usual flashy iTunes latest download page, which showed 7.6.1 and just clicked the download button.

However, when I go there now, it shows back to 7.6. So maybe it was put up by one group, then pulled by another pending some kind of internal final approval. It happens rarely, but does happen.

FYI, Here is the part of the ReadMe.rtfd doc:

"What's new in iTunes 7.6.1

Rent and download your favorite movies with iTunes on your computer or directly to your living room on Apple TV. Enjoy rented movies in sizes up to 720p HD with surround sound on your Apple TV and sizes up to DVD-quality on your computer. Transfer your rented movies from iTunes to your iPod or iPhone and enjoy them on the go.

Also, purchase and download your favorite TV shows, music, and more directly on your Apple TV. Effortlessly transfer purchases made on Apple TV back to your computer with iTunes.

iTunes 7.6.1 includes several bug fixes and improves compatibility with Apple TV software version 2.0."  
(Version 7.6.1)

BRUCE_Y  point was that I posted my comment when MU page still showed ver 7.6.0 only.

So at time i posted, my info was indeed new "news". Admittedly, after the MU site was updated to get 761, it may look like I was merely reporting on old info.

You may notice that the bottom of each poster's comment is a version number in parenthesis. Mine shows "(Version 7.6)". Yours shows "(Version 7.6.1)".

That version number lets people know what version of the sofware MU had at the time the poster sent the comment in.

Perhaps I should have dug up the MU admin email address, and just sent it as email. That way my comment would not look so dorky after MU updated its page.  
(Version 7.6.1)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, Apple has just released (without any fanfare) iTunes 7.6.1.

The dmg file is dated 2/21. The internal readme for 7.6.1 is dated 2/19.

I downloaded it from Apple this afternoon, Thursday 2/21.

(The Apple page showed it was v7.6, but on download, the readme is 7.6.1)  
(Version 7.6)

BRUCE_Y  OK, thank you for some clarification on the issue. (and the speedy reply.)

I am the type that likes to know the details and reasons on tech issues... ;)  
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  This seems like a strange workaround.

I have been using Default Folder X for years, and it is pretty reliable. So to have to disable one of my apps which I want to be running all the time, in order to run the checkup program occasionally (since I do not want the background system checkup program running all the time) seems backwards.

Shouldn't CheckUp itself be also making some kind of code changes to ensure compatibility with long-standing Macintosh applications?   
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  They seem to be on some sort of price hiking spiral.

Even though there have been NO UPDATES since march of 2007, they have raised the price yet again ...

was $15, then 20, then $25, now its up to $35. With no improvements. I really don't know what they are thinking. The product may be OK, but if all their development effort is limited to updating the product price list, well, not a good sign.

(I guess we can expect version 5.0.0.0 to be priced at about $50 or so by end of 2008)  
(Version 5.0)

BRUCE_Y  i forgot to add:

the fact that their demo only runs on a 100MB disk makes it, well, impossible to test, as even my flash drives are larger than 100 MB. (I don't think there have been any 100 MB disks on the market since the late 1980s).  
(Version 1.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  one thing I have never understood about the Coriolis demos - they are always at least one (sometimes two) versions older than the version being released. Thus this MacUpdate page is about the alleged new v1.6.5, but the demo is numbered 1.6.4 from early December. (same with their ipartition product, which is even further behind the supposed latest release).

so how is one to evaluate if the new version fixes anything, when their Demo-only download is always several months, and one or several versions older?  
(Version 1.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  Ahhh, good explanation.

I think saving the screen shots in tighter compression, Jpeg rather than Png, and possibly cropping to the relevant portion of the screen rather than full 1280x800, would both help get size back down.  
(Version 2.2)

BRUCE_Y  I bought Pixadex and CandyBar as separate apps a while back.

I have used Pixadex a fair amount, though not regularly. I bought it because IconBox was discontinued, and I wanted a supported app to store and access my icons.

I have used CandyBar maybe two times in as many years.

Now along comes CandyBar 3, which requires (a) Leopard, (b) more money.

It kind of leaves me out in the cold, because I don't have Leopard (no rush for the .0 or even .1 OS), and I don't fancy the rather steep price to upgrade when it seems all their effort went into the Leopard-only CandyBar. The app that I really want/use is the Pixadex.

Make it Tiger compatible (OK to have some features reserved for Leopard only), and lower the upgrade price, and i'd jump on it.

Just my opinion.

Perhaps I will change my mind about CandyBar when I do get around to Leopard, since Apple in their own bizarre fashion have decided to downgrade all folder icons to a design that is almost impossible to tell them apart (What Were They Thinking - or Not Thinking more likely).  
(Version 3.1.2)

BRUCE_Y  I agree with RC, that it would just be simpler for all of those with the older less powerful machines if the Apple OS installer allowed unsupported installs.

Totally fine to make it an Advanced, out of the way choice.

Dearl Apple, please add something like:

Advanced Installation Setting - This machine does not meet the recommended minimum CPU, RAM, etc. You may install by clicking the next three "Really Install it Anyway" buttons, but know that it is unsupported.

;)  
(Version 1.2 DR3)

BRUCE_Y  just FYI,

the Onyx for Tiger version release is now at ver 1.8.5, last updated on December 10.  
(Version 1.9)

BRUCE_Y  Download link is now 404 not found.

New dev site is http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA031742/FreeArticles.html

However, even there it no longer downloads. (of course, I am only going by the very few English words amongst many asian characters which I cannot read...)  
(Version 0.91)

BRUCE_Y  Good idea for an info application.

But $20 for a one-trick product that only gets updated once every 15 to 18 months is Too Much $.

In my opinion.

Please, Lower the price. You will find many more buyers.

(Last app update was 6-2006, before that 3-2005.)  
(Version 1.3.1)

BRUCE_Y  Concept is great for folks who use multiple paper format documents.

I'd suggest a non-widget, stand-alone application version for folks like me, who use Tiger without the dashboard widget overhead (and screen clutter). (JMO- just my opinion)

Thx.  
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  although I have not tried it (truth in posting) yet, I will be - lots of potential here for a great product.

This looks like what I always thought iClip 4.0 (which was release Jan 2007 and no updates or news since!) was supposed to be. (guess iclip spent too much effort on making their weird porthole data (non)view windows...)

Do they have a special low price for cross-grades from disenchanted users of iClip?  
(Version 1.0.1)

BRUCE_Y  Ditto on this request to developers: Please allow us to choose the install option of: Current User or All Users.

What I often do after an unruly program forces such an admin/all user install is to manually move the item(s) from whatever Library folder to my ~/user Library folder.

I know it is not necessarily ideal, as it may lose the permission repairability if the installer created a install receipts package, but so far, no tech troubles that I can attribute to my manual relocations. 8)

Plus in some cases, I send a feedback email/post to the developer asking for the option of current user install.  
(Version 2.2.0.49)

BRUCE_Y  Ditto --

Please add my vote for developer to make a build of this that runs as a standalone, non-widget, application.

I am one of those folks who rarely use widgets, and most of the time i have Dashboard disabled. (saving my system RAM and CPU for apps I want active)

I certainly would not activate Dashboard and have it active on all the time just to get the lights.

Thus my request for stand-alone app.

Thank you.  
(Version 3.0)

BRUCE_Y  cute...

could be a new entry in the 'how many ___ does it take to replace a lightbulb' jokes...

as, how many users/programmers does it take to replace a digital/virtual lightbulb?  
(Version 1.5.6)

BRUCE_Y  P.S.

(... there is no 'modify comment' capability here on MU)

I forgot to say that I have been using WhatSize for quite a while now and like it. ;-)  
(Version 10.4)

BRUCE_Y  I tried Disk Inventory X, but found their style of checkerboard quilt size display to be unusable for me.

The only other app I know which displays directory size info in an easily readable columnar style is OmniDiskSweeper, which is also shareware for about $15. You should give them a try and compare these to see which works best for your style.

The one app that (for me) I thought did a good job of combining both numeric size and graphical size info was Disk Surveyor, but that was OS 9/Classic and they never made the leap to OS X. 8-(  
(Version 10.4)

BRUCE_Y  I agree upgrade price is steep, at $24 (83% of the new version price), thus only a 17% discount. Pretty crummy for prior users.

And for me, with lic to both, $19 upg is still only 34% off.

Based on my past use, I'd prefer a Pixadex v3, as I hardly ever even used my CandyBar app -- and now CB has become the main focus...

oh well, I guess that happens.  
(Version 3.0)

BRUCE_Y  I agree a column selection mode is useful.

I have used column selection with several editors on PC Windows, as well as server-side editors.

Would love to have some of my favorite Mac editors add column selection.  
(Version 3.3)

BRUCE_Y  Though I haven't installed yet, I did open the 10.4.11 combo updater to see some of what's there, and in the combo installer (180.8MB) is (as per their version.plist files):

Safari 3.0.4 (523.12) - new new

Preview 3.0.9 (409) - same ol as in OSX 10.4.9

Activity Monitor 1.5 (54) - same ditto

DU 10.5.6 (198.12) - same ditto

But there are obviously other apps and most changes probably 'under the hood.'

So I am guessing that you did not need to have the beta of 3 installed for new 3.0.4 to be installed . Otherwise, how could they say that "This update also includes Safari 3, the latest version of Apple's web browser."  
(Version 10.4.11)

BRUCE_Y  This alone is a good reason to update my 10.4.9 to .11 (i bypassed .10 - too many bug reports for me).

Especially as one of the newspaper sites I used to access sent me a message recently that my Safari 2.0.4 was too old, and I had to use Safari 3...  
(Version 10.4.11)

BRUCE_Y  As a counterpoint,

notwithstanding the comment replies to binaryboy made by others,

and certainly allowing their opinions,

I do tend to agree with binaryboy on a few points - that is, while i had high hopes for Leopard being the next major step up in user interface, I agree that it seems more effort went into 'simplifying' (dumbing down) things while increasing eye-candy Vista-style.

To wit, for me --

I would prefer a Finder/Spotlight that finds and gives results in real windows. Yes, I use EasyFind now to get around the Tiger Finder/Spotlight limitations. (I am constantly frustrated by how Spotlight uses Unix Touch date so that any of the found files I look at, even if old files with old modification date, jump to the top of the date list once I have looked at them. insane, in my opinion). Based on info so far, Leo Spotlight does not fix any of that.

I would also prefer a Finder and Dock that do more to make it easy to see what applications are running, or what folders are which, without making me squint at little glowy dots, and without having dock steal away more screen space. Yes, I see you can now get 3rd party apps to make the new Dock more readable and smaller (less of the 'Plege' counter reflection). Buy why is it necessary to work around that?

And even so, I am sure that after a point 1 or 2 update is released, I will find my way to start working with Leo. Oh well. Life on the X track.  
(Version 10.4.11)

BRUCE_Y  cute... ;-)

maybe it can speed up the 7200 rpm drives to 10k while it's at it...  
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  Still runs on Tiger.

Dev says tiger versions will be supported till 4qtr 2008.

But now improvement focus will be leopard. So some new added features will not work on Tiger - since they need the Leopard OS to work.

Note that other Mac maintenance and UI tweaking tools also have a similar arrangement in that some feature 'buttons' or tweaks only work on specific OS X system versions.

My suggestion to Dev:

Have Mac Pilot user interface 'gray out' or otherwise indicate leopard items that do not work in Tiger.

Even better, have it read the user's OS version, so these items automatically work, or don't, as appropraiate.

This to avoid confusion of those folks who may think that by running new MacPilot, they can turn on leopard features inside of Tiger. :D  
(Version 2.4)

BRUCE_Y  isn't this the same flickr uploadr as macupdate item 24900? Perhaps combine them on macupdate.  
(Version 2.3.1)

BRUCE_Y  what alternative small business accounting software did you decide on, as a QB replacement?

(I am starting to look for options also, and am interested in the experience of others with alternatives)  
(Version 9.0.4 R5)

BRUCE_Y  Yes, I can send the example files I have tried.

Please tell me what email address to use. I have looked through the 7zx download files and docs but there is no email address. Only physical address and website link.

When I go to the website, it does not provide email address. Only a 'comments' box under the software blog topic. That would not work very well for pasting in data files.

Thx.  
(Version 1.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  Ditto here.

version 1.6.5 runs for a moment then quits with no output. iMac G5, OS X 10.4.9.

The file I try to compress has a long name with lots spaces (it is an eml email message, 100KB. file name is subject line, about 110 regular english letters, numbers, punctuation characters).

Drag to 7zx v165, little window shows the following then quits, no compressed file to be found.

"Total

"Folders: 0

"Files: 0

"Size: 0

"Compressed: 0"

Do not see any other window, so no way to "set any options" since the program has no direct user interface, no way to set any preferences.

If I change the source file name by replace all spaces with dashes, then 7zx does work, gives the Add To Archive window and does create an archiveof it.

P.S. 1) the small status result window goes away very fast, so very hard to grab a screen snap of whatever it says.

P.S. 2) though I have high hopes for the 7zx program, and appreciate your efforts, I am mystified by your website. I have never been able to get any details or files directly off the site. So I just get the program only from MacUpdate.

Also, that is the reason I am writing the long comment here rather than direct to your site. Sorry about that. Hope the details are useful.  
(Version 1.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  from the user manual:

Q: Does iBackup support incremental backups

A: No it doesn't.

But it copies modified items only.  
(Version 6.0)

BRUCE_Y  (though I do not have one of the new iMacs, but was previously awaiting it-) It would be nice to know what exactly, what really this addresses and fixes.

The Apple description of "provides important bug fixes" is not very useful.

Apple seems to have gotten into this habit of late, issuing updates to iTunes, QT, Macs, etc with only the boilerplate: this important update fixes some bugs (and other stuff), everyone recommended to update... sigh...

Guess its been a few weeks since my last Apple Feedback posts, time for another. (To their credit, some of the things I have posted to Apple Feedback have been corrected.)  
(Version 1.1)

BRUCE_Y  It is accurate (AFAIK-asfarasiknow) that you need to make a donation to support the guy in his development efforts to get the most current version.

Which is what & why I did so a while back. Keep the independent dev-tech community alive and thriving.  
(Version 1.27)

BRUCE_Y  Ahh, then your comment and research would be great if you would forward that to the APE Unsanity developers.

I mention this because i have a few APE dependent modules and because of your research, will now try to keep an eye on memory use which may also be APE related.  
(Version 1.4)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, current link to these is:

http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/mtxr  
(Version )

BRUCE_Y  In order for the Finder to reflect adjusted HD Volume space free/available on the desktop view, one must restart the Finder. This seems to be a "Feature" of the Mac OS X and/or specifically of OS X Finder.

For me, I enable the Finder menu Quit item (via TinkerTool or Mac Pilot or Onyx), and then just Quit and restart the Finder. It always (for me) shows the revised and accurate space "free" under each HD volume after Finder restart. It should not be needed to restart the whole computer.  
(Version 1.2)

BRUCE_Y  just FYI, Intaglio website states that its current Universal Binary versions require either 10.3.9 on PPC chips, or 10.4.7 on Intel chip Macs.

(though, their front page small print states "Intaglio requires Mac OS X 10.2 (i.e., Jaguar) or later. Some features require 10.3 or 10.4." -- so not sure which takes precedence for system requirement accuracy.)  
(Version 2.9.6)

BRUCE_Y  A useful and easy to use tool for adding unique identification to folder icons.

For me, I use it to add a short one or two line text label to the folder, which then makes it very easy for me to see which folder is which (since many of my views are intentionally Icon view).

Thus, the icon text labelling is the main benefit I use, and that capability is not in Finder (contrary to some posters who say this app is same as built in Finder).

BTW, cost is $9.95, not the 11.95 reported on MU. Also, their site states latest version 2.1.x now requires Tiger. They have a version (2.0.2) for Panther linked at their site.  
(Version 2.1.1)

BRUCE_Y  This would be good to add to a little ReadMe text file along with the "PerianAddFile.app" script itself.

Especially the part about needing to have Perian on the computer in order for the script to be useful -- since, in some cases, people may be using different apps to play those other file types.

Thx.  
(Version 1.0.5)

BRUCE_Y  Play Sound does play sounds with a minimum of effort.

And, re stopping it, both Esc and Command-period are kind of mac-universal stop commands always worth a try in any application to stop a process.

And I second the request for a minimal GUI. Something that shows sound being played, pause/play, stop and Quit would be great.

In current form, it is a 'faceless' application that must be controlled by Applescript commands, and either quit by same, or quit using some form of process viewer or Activity monitor. Less than ideal for those of us who don't want stuff running in the background, and don't want to assign all wave or audio files to be controlled by Play Sound.

Otherwise, it does seem to play sounds well.   
(Version 1.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  Hi,

While it does seem that MacUpdate has been on a bit of a 'vacation' this past week, that is no cause to rag so heavily on them.

Give em some slack, take a breath and lighten up a bit.  
(Version 1.25)

BRUCE_Y  yes, we be hot now! ;)  
(Version 4.2)

BRUCE_Y  you might give a try to EasyWMA, which I have been using for a while without any significant problem (see below for conversions provided). Also $10. Batch or single file processing.

Although the name says WMA (which it was originally limited to) it currently does conversion of:

- input: asf, ogg vorbis, wav, wma, wmv

- output: aiff, m4a, mp3, wav.  
(Version 070608)

BRUCE_Y  This is one of those cases where I would like the developer to add a little window to display a list of logs about to be deleted.

So that we could check it and either stop/back-step if not want to lose them, or click continue if we are satisfied with the list of pending deletions.

As for me, I currently do not let it delete any logs, as I am never sure what ones it is about to delete, and it all happens invisibly.

But for most other uses, I find Onyx very satisfactory.  
(Version 1.8)

BRUCE_Y  I am just beginning to think about podcasting, so this may be a good option for me. It got a good review from MacWorld in March 2006. My caveat/question: I notice on Podcast Maker home page that it says to use "GarageBand, Audio Hijack Pro, QuickTime Pro, etc" to actually make the podcast. I am wondering if all the podcast products leave the actual audio creation to a separate step, separate program.  
(Version 1.3)

BRUCE_Y  (just looking into Xslimmer because of the MU special...)

It is my understanding that English is an 'always required' language component, regardless of the user's native language choice. (one of the other similar apps I have indicates that as well)  
(Version 1.2)

BRUCE_Y  good time to convert my 3 hr demo mode into full registered copy.  
(Version 1.2.4)

BRUCE_Y  it is an issue with the Pando internal numbering ID.

I looked at my version 1.4.0.3 (the download for it anyway) and its Get info states 1.4.0.0 so I think the 1.4.x version infos are out of sync, hard to know which version.

8-P   
(Version 1.4.0.4)

BRUCE_Y  They mean a regular retail 'full/new' Windows XP purchase - you can buy at most any computer store or online computer/software site. Some do have slight discounts.

The ones that would not work are the 'upgrade' (cheaper to buy) versions.  
(Version 1.1.2)

BRUCE_Y  product is still $97US (via developers link to Kagi), not $67.

IMO, way too expensive. Not even a possibility that I would buy at current pricing. I suggest: $25.

Note also that developers web site comparison chart justifies his price in part by comparing to Mac OSX Mail which he lists at $129, and Entourage listed at $399. He does note that they are 'bundeled prices' in a footnote, but still, the prices in the chart are bolded to get your attention.

So he totally misses the point that (a) the actual mail apps costs much less, (b) the other mail archive apps are much more reasonably priced than his, (c) the higher priced email client application actually does a lot more than just save off emails to disk...

It is pricing itself out of market, maybe out of existence.

Last point, the ManyBases appears to be the same developer who posted many identical "replies" to other macUpdate listed email archive applications, all telling the people to go buy his product instead of the one that he posted his 'reply' to. circa mid 2004.  
(Version 1.14)

BRUCE_Y  I am a (already) registered user of bookdog, have been for quite a while. It is very powerful in its management of your bookmarks. Works with pretty much all the major browsers. (all that I have anyway).

And once you get used to the somewhat unusual interface, you'll find it fast at sorting, fixing, and finding missing links.

A good deal.  
(Version 3.11.23)

BRUCE_Y  Re. How to Uninstall an MS Office update:

Based on my conversations with one of the MS reps (quite a while back), the only procedure I know of is the manual proces:

1) Delete the Office apps and components (perhaps using either the MS Office remover or one of the several application zapper/removers you can find here on MU;

2) Then re-installing MS Office from an original CD/program source.

Note, this may require you to re-enter your MS Office product key.

3) Then applying the last 'Good' MS office update(s), short of this recent 'bad' one.

P.S. I checked the MS Update page lists their Official response, which is about the same:

"To remove this update.

This update does not include an uninstall feature. To restore your application to its original state, delete it from your hard disk, reinstall it from your original installation disk, and then install the updates you want."  
(Version 11.3.1)

BRUCE_Y  Re users of 10.2.x Jaguar -- I have upgraded several older g3 macs to 10.3.x Panther.

The noticeable improved Finder speed, UI speed, greater stability and increased capacity (as well as Apple Support) make the Panther upgrade a Strong Recommendation.

If your machine is not as recent, I would pass on Tiger because of its high cpu and disk requirements for background indexing (Spotlight). (IMO)

For details about Panther, see Apple articles:

Requirements: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106163

General: http://www.apple.com/support/panther/   
(Version 4.1)

BRUCE_Y  Hi 'kuphd',

One of the other refinements that I have done to the several Tiger Macs I'm responsible for is to turn OFF the Spotlight-Entourage db integration by two (2) methods (use both).

1) go to Entourage Prefs and DESELECT the Spotlight/Include Entourage... choice (that is, clear the check box)

2) go to System Prefs/ Spotlight/ Privacy tab and drag ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data into the list (that is, your user documents MS folder). that is the folder that contains the Entourage email database.

For me, the performance improvement is significant, and since I don't use Spotlight very much, I do not wish megabytes of email indexing there.  
(Version 2006-007)

BRUCE_Y  Works here. Details:

I just installed this Security Update via Software Update onto an brand new Mac Mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo, OS X 10.4.8, with Firmware Update 1.1 applied a couple days ago.

Re. Entourage -- I had not previously run Entourage before the Security Update. But was just setting it up today AFTER the Security Update, and it worked fine. We were able to get mail from sbcglobal, and also successful to import a ton of mail from the previous computer, a Win 98 box with Outlook Express.

P.S. The Entourage / Office is uptodate with latest update patches from MS (perhaps that is significant).

So, no problems to report in this instance.  
(Version 2006-007)

BRUCE_Y  Excellent suggestions there, Robert, for alternative media players. I did not know about Perian - good one.

Thank you for the leads. 8-)  
(Version 6.5.2)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, the 'demo' download from MU, and from developer's own page is version 1.5.1 from Sep 13 2006.

Not sure what value there is in even listing a new version of the program if they only allow demo review of older version.  
(Version 1.5.7)

BRUCE_Y  Ditto on the request for a unique Creator Code that can be assigned to the 7zX file archives.

I make use of the Creator Code field quite a bit, using several different utility tools (File Buddy, FileXaminer, etc) to set ones that don't behave (in a way useful to me).

So even though we are in the land of OS X (10.4.7 for me) many programs (though not all) still use and can set/manipulate Creator codes.

So I support the request for creator code. Thx. 8-)  
(Version 1.5.1)

BRUCE_Y  Their web site has moved, the new location is:

http://sattagis1.dza.fc.ul.pt/~cabral/projectos.html

(for me, I used AltaVista Babel Fish to translate from the site's Portuguese)  
(Version 1.2.2)

BRUCE_Y  Even Tiger Finder still needs a Nudge file feature, since there are many instances when a file info (mostly size, sometimes date) is not updated until forced. Nudge does that.

However, i am staying with old Nudge version 1.0.1, because I do not want an artificial change of Modification Date to today, as is now done by Nudge 1.1 all the time. I rely on the file Date of Mofication to be real - that is, when file content was last changed.

So be warned that using Nudge 1.1 will set Modification date to current date. If you like that, go for it. Otherwise, stick with older Nudge 101, which still does work under Tiger.  
(Version 1.1)

BRUCE_Y  Good point -- if Pando file transfer is possible to misuse, that is a design flaw needing correction.

We absolutely do not need more spam vectors.

I encourage you to send your comment & concern directly to the Pando developer folks.

(Besides posting here, I send my comments to vendors directly, and almost always get personal response as well as often seeing program enhanced as a result.)  
(Version 0.9.0.4)

BRUCE_Y  As I looked at the program, the "Input" tab lists Dvorak as well as other keyboard system mappings. Perhaps that is what was inadvertantly removed.

In any event, sounds like his suggestion of trying to re-copy from a non-monolingualized mac is one way to go.

A more extreme measure is to either reinstall your system or to use something like Pacifist to just reinstall the Dvorak layout components.

Hope these help.   
(Version 1.3.4)

BRUCE_Y  sounds like you inadvertantly removed some of the keyboard mapping references (called Architecture in the app).

From the Read Me file:

Q. My keyboard appears not to be working after using Monolingual.

A. Most likely, you deleted the keyboard layout for your default input language. For English, German, etc. (which are all roman languages) this is the Roman keyboard layout. You can restore the layout by copying it from another Mac to the correct location.

If that was the case in your case, try his suggestion (above).  
(Version 1.3.4)

BRUCE_Y  I have been registered and using EEAX since its pre-entourage days. It is solid, reliable.

Good points - author has responded and incorporated several of my usability suggestions and enhancements.

Product runs quickly, reliably -- I have used it mainly to store off text history of my many emails.

FYI, latest version 2.4 is primarily Universal Binary and added Unicode language support. Full details are in Help manual. (I will post here in separate msg for reference).  
(Version 2.4)

BRUCE_Y  I just checked on their site, you can download older versions of most of their products.

http://www.chronosnet.com/Download/older_versions.html  
(Version 5.5)

BRUCE_Y  This comment may not be exactly same issue... but is related to how Tiger lets you edit (or not) file names.

I had found that all earlier versions of Tiger 10.4.x had lost the ability to Cut (Cmd-X) from a file name. Earlier OS X always had this ability to cut, copy paste file names, but for some dumb reason, Tiger looses the ability to cut out part of a file name.

I did find that utility program MacPilot had a setting to restore the ability to Cut - so it was a feature that still existed, but Apple devs somehow turned off in TIger.  
(Version 10.4.7)

BRUCE_Y  What machine are you on (PPC or Intel)?

I usually recommend to people:

- use the larger Combo updater.

- boot from separate volume or startup CD/DVD and run Disk Utility Repair Disk on target drive.

- Reboot and run repair permissions (from normal boot up drive) both before update and after. (Repair permissions works better from the boot drive than from CD/DVD).

- If problems, you can try these steps over again, or try to do a Downgrade back to the previous version (10.4.6 or whatever). Downgrade either via a recent system backup (though that may overwrite recent user data files...) or through process described on MacFixIt.  
(Version 10.4.7)

BRUCE_Y  it's on their list.

from their FAQ - Can I tweak the existing designs by changing fonts, colors, etc?

At this point, no. This is a feature that's on our list for a future version of Sandvox.  
(Version 1.0)

BRUCE_Y  I am more with the first poster, wishing to have the album images take the minimum amount of space.

Of course, everyone will have a different idea of what is their acceptable size and space limit.

For me, with a smaller capacity iPod, I find that the album images I import directly from Amazon or AMG are usually in the 200x200 (or close) size, with my largest usually being 300x300 pixels.

And the space taken for the jpegs is usually in the 10 or 12 KB on the small size to 36KB for the larger ones.

I gues best solution is to have a use selectable size range (either pixels or jpg KB).  
(Version 2.3)

BRUCE_Y  I have been using TinkerTool System for a year or two, it has worked very well through each of my system upgrades (Jaguar - Panther - Tiger). Natch, I registered it.

It is worth the low 7EUR price.

It has a wealth of features, from cleaning out files, doing maintenance tasks, removing hard to delete files, setting startup chime to mute, removing extra language resources, log file view, etc, etc. And has good system/machine info summary panel. The documentation he provides is very useful - both for the program and for better understanding of Mac OS X.

It still works with 10.2 and 10.3 as well as 10.4.

Never had a problem with it. Responsive author. Good stuff.  
(Version 1.51)

BRUCE_Y  There are at least two programs that do work with Panther (10.3.x) and earlier:

StartupSound.prefPane by Arcana Research, free, here on MU at www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16425

TinkerTool System by Marcel Bresink, 7EUR, here on MU at www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13662

There may be others, but those are two that I have used for the last few years, on my earlier OS X installations. StartupSound.prefpane allows setting it to low level or off (or normal) while TinkerTool System allows startup chime either on or off (mute). As well, TinkerTool System does a bunch of other handy stuff.   
(Version 2.0.6)

BRUCE_Y  Just downloaded version 2.10.0 (of May 19).

WOW - the detail available in the zoom-in is amazing.

Very cool program.

I've been a registered user for a while, and recommend EarthBrowser to folks interested in globes (maps), geography, and anyone trying to get a better understanding of what our planet is.

This program also provides an easy to track storms (hurricanes, cyclones), temperatures, and other earth/weather events all over the globe.  
(Version 2.10)

BRUCE_Y  I had similar experience yesterday (Monday 15th) - no access to site, no DL.

But this afternoon (Tuesday 16th) the download of 2.0v236 is working, and site is responding. Download of CP Notebook just completed successfully.

I notice their site is redesigned now from way it used to look, so maybe that redesign was part of the access problem... or not...

anyway, give a try again and see if it works for you.  
(Version 2.0v236)

BRUCE_Y  Pretty cool.

Both previous ver 1.0 and new ver 2.0 work fine on my G5 iMac.

Now v2.0 has customizable display.  
(Version 2.0)

BRUCE_Y  Just started using SizzlingKeys 302. (I had used an earlier 1.x version on my last Mac, but hadn't gotten around to installing this onto the Tiger yet.)

Pretty cool. Puts a translucent, resizable, re-positionable display on desktop. Then use keyboard to control iTunes. The keys cover all of the mini-iTunes controls, plus more:

- can set star rating from hot-key

- can display and jump to a playlist

- can search for songs

- and from the search, can create a to-be-played list from that - sweet (it creates a special SizzlingKeys playlist. A little bit like an iPod on-the-go playlist).

- Plus it displays the album art if your songs have art in them.

All in all pretty cool application.

(Plus the Pro version adds a couple of neat controls)  
(Version 3.0.2)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, the 'Delete_Preferences' script that comes with VLC now deletes two (2) items from user preferences: the 'org.videolan.vlc.plist' and also the 'VLC' folder.

The VLC folder (in prefs) has several items in it. So if you don't use the script, be sure to delete both of these things manually.

These two prefernces items seem to mismatch and cause problems when switching between versions (084a to 085test).   
(Version 0.8.5test3)

BRUCE_Y  True that Skype home page is back to saying the Official release is January's 1.4.0.35

I just saw on MacFixIt that there were bugs which caused them to pull it.

"Universal binary version of Skype pulled due to bugs

Earlier this morning, a new version of Skype -- which uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology share audio chats with other users of the software -- was posted, with added support for Intel-based Macs as a Universal binary.

That release, version 1.4.0.39, has now been pulled due to some serious bugs that precluded launching on some Intel-based Macs."  
(Version 1.4.0.39)

BRUCE_Y  Sorting options is a Great suggestion.

(It's the kind of feature that I'd want if I ever transfer off my current email.)

For best results with suggestions, email directly to the developer.

In this case, Mozilla Thunderbird uses a web bulletin board forum at: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=39  
(Version 1.5.0.2)

BRUCE_Y  MacMoonDoggie, or anyone else:

Does this issue of VueScan Preview slow refreshing still exist with newer versions (8.3.36 or 8.3.38)?

Anyone else experience the particular scan preview problem noted?  
(Version 8.3.38)

BRUCE_Y  I should have noted in my comment:

VLC version 0.8.5a2 (identified as 0.8.5-test2 in the VLC 'name'enclature) runs fine on my iMac G5 PPC.  
(Version 0.8.5a2)

BRUCE_Y  Comments about VLC becoming ICBM (Intel Chip Based Mac) -only are an intentional April fool joke at VLC.

See the clip below, where they tell you on their main news page to "Look at the date". (Hint)

Also if you read the descriptions at the end of the so-called official release, you will note the tongue-in-cheek descriptions, which help to indicate its satirical nature.

"Apple-VideoLAN partnership announced, Mac VLC to be Intel only (1 April 2006) In an effort to help Apple with its Intel transition, the VideoLAN team, distributor of the industry leading cross-platform media player VLC, announced its intent to drop support for the now outdated G4 and G5 based series of Mac computers. Read the full Press Release.

Note: Look at the date..."  
(Version 0.8.5a2)

BRUCE_Y  this one improvement will encourage me to go for 10.4.6 sooner than later.

I had sent into Apple Feedback this suggestion -- so they listened to me! i feel so special ...

... well, they listened to the many who complained about that feature change in one of the earlier Tiger updates which started filling the Disk Utility report with message lines that Apple later told us to ignore.

And it does go to show a very positive aspect of Apple OS -- If you find a bug or user un-friendly feature, please go to the quick and easy to use Apple Feedback page and let them know. http://www.apple.com/feedback/   
(Version 10.4.6)

BRUCE_Y  There are some maintenance and settings utilities which are free (TinkerTool, Onyx, others), and some which charge a small shareware fee (TinkerTool System, Cocktail, Panther/Tiger Cache Cleaner, MacPilot, others).

Many have some overlap of features, but no one tool does every single thing (that I have found), so I use a combination of several ( and I have registered several).

(caveat: above is not a complete list - I did create a list of utils and features and posted it someplace a month or two ago ... now where did I do that ...)  
(Version 2.0.3)

BRUCE_Y  See Apple support site article 107298, "Disk Utility reports some messages that you can ignore when checking permissions" at location : docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107298

These are status messages and can be ignored.

Also, I recommend: Please post a request for enhancement to the Apple OS X feedback site at: www.apple.com/macosx/feedback

and ask Apple to turn OFF (or make them optional) those dozens of "special permissions" messages.  
(Version 10.4.5)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, Backdrop v1.3.2 has worked on my Tiger versions 10.4.0, .1, .3, .4 and now latest 10.4.5

(write developer directly, provide your machine environment specs and OS version inf, that may help to get it figured out)  
(Version 1.4)

BRUCE_Y  Contrary experience here (I cannot say why user Anonymous had crash)

Macaroni v 2.0.6 runs very reliably on my iMac G5, under all the flavors of Tiger I have been through: OS X 10.4.0, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, and now 10.4.5. Still running silently in the background.

It also ran fine on my previous iMac G4 under Panther (thru 10.3.9). (and I may have had it back in jaguar days too).

I registered it and strongly recommend it to friends and clients. It is a great set-it-and-forget-it utility.

Author is responsive, send your details about crash.  
(Version 2.0.7b3)

BRUCE_Y  FYI, I checked a few of my earlier saved MacUpdate bookdog pages (I know, why save them - I do for the sofware I am actively using, investigating, or planning to register) and here is the definitive scoop:

- some list it as "Shareware" plus listing the Price as "$14.95", and,

- some list it as 'Free' AND three lines below that it lists "Price: $14.95".

So to be fair, gullyFoyle, you must acknowledge that there was cost/fee/shareware/price information on the page that you used to download the program.

AND, it is totally common practice among many shareware products to be available in a feature-limited demo mode before payment. Some downloadable software is feature-limited (as, will not save, watermark placed, etc), some is time-limited, and some will work fully but ask that you register, and some is totally free. There are many different models of shareware trials.

We sympathize with losing the time and effort to organize your data. No one wants that to happen.

But please do not criticize the vendor for your confusion on this. Rather, suggest calmly something like: 'Vendor: Please Display a warning message when the program starts up in Demo mode that No data will be saved.'  
(Version 3.2.4)

BRUCE_Y  Good question.

Apple web site provides nothing beyond the 'improvements' (least that I have seen anyway). And the other Mac sites also seem to just quote the Apple info of "6.0.3 includes stability and performance improvements over iTunes 6.0.2".

maybe it was to make iTunes more heat and water resistant since they added the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit videos... ;^)  
(Version 6.0.3)

BRUCE_Y  My update to 10.4.5 went smoothly.

I used the 10.4.5 combo onto my existing 10.4.4 (iMac G5), and followed the recommended steps (my flavor):

1. Boot (start) up from either your Tiger install DVD/CD or a different Tiger HD volume, and run Disk Utility Repair Disk of the intended target volume.

2. Unmount and Disconnect any FW HD or similar devices.

3. Reboot from the intended target volume, in Safe mode (hold down Shift Key till you see 'gear wheel').

4. Run Disk Utility Repair Permissions.

5. NOW run the OS X Combo Updater.

(No other applications should run while updater is running.)

6. Reboot, run Disk Utility Repair Permissions again.

7. Optional: I usually also do a PRAM reset after OS updates: reboot then press Cmd-Opt-P-R till you hear the second chime sound. Then release and let it boot normally.

8. Good to go. Note that first shut down and reboot after the update usually take longer, after that, all should be back to (or better than) usually timings.

Note 1: I had no problems after update with my external FW HD, etc. devices.

Note 2: There seems (to me) very little difference in the before (10.4.4) and after (10.4.5). Most of the Apple apps and utils in fact have the same version numbers before and after. So I guess it is all 'under the hood' stuff that they thought did not warrant application version number changes, other than the OS itself -- strange.  
(Version 10.4.5)

BRUCE_Y  what version is Safari up to on this X 10.4.5 updater?  
(Version 10.4.5)

BRUCE_Y  Now those are two good suggestions, kiddailey.

I'd encourage you to post/email them to the authors, through their website, or email: support@appzapper.com

I have sent a few comments to them for improvements, and the more good suggestions they get, from different folks, the better the appzapper will become. :^)  
(Version 1.1.1)

BRUCE_Y  While I disagree with the initial review rating, I can understand their feeling.

And even though I have Smart Crash Reports installed from some other apps I have registered, I can see how some folks might be hypersensitive to unexpected installation processes.

BTW, I have had no problems with Smart Crash Reports.

All the same, it might be a good option to have it selectable to install or not during Path Finder installation. Perhaps with a small explanation of what it is, what it does, benefits.  
(Version 4.0.2)

BRUCE_Y  anonymous-bob:

Thank you for making such a thorough exploration and comparison of the Mac note and idea apps (NoteTaker, CP Notebook, Omni Outliner, etc.).

Though not all will agree with your choices, the work you have done and directions suggested are useful (IMO).

I agree that the material of Edward de Bono is a fabulous resource - we'd all benefit from more study and practice of his ideas.

In addition, Tony Buzan and his model of Mind Mapping is another great idea exploration tool.  
(Version 1.9.10)

BRUCE_Y  It is asking for your User/Admin password, the one you use to login to the computer. (They are the same if you are both the primary user and also the 'admin' for the computer).

This is OK to provide to the program (assuming you want the program to run... ;^)

FYI, I have been using Onyx for over two (or 3?) years, and it is pretty solid.

Like many of the OS X maintenance programs, it needs the admin password to allow it to run the unix maintenance command processes.  
(Version 1.6.7)

BRUCE_Y  My experience is a little different:

I have successfully gone back and forth from my LimeWire Pro v 4.9.37 to FrostWire (4.9.37 and 4.10.x) and have not lost any in-process downloads.

However, one time when i was comparing one of my LimeWire Pro versions to a newer non-pro version, that switch process of running pro, then non-pro, then pro - I ended up losing and having no more in-process downloads.

It seems that the Pro version stores information about incomplete/in-process downloads differently than the regular/non-pro version.

So I think it is true that FrostWire is = to LimeWire Pro.

Thus, if you had LimeWire regular (not Pro) and took a look at FrostWire it might have re-written the incompete/in-process download data db differently, and so losing the data when you went back to regular LimeWire.

If you wish to get them going again, you may have to stick with either FrostWire or a version of LimeWire Pro until those downloads are complete. (or, my reply may be too late for that...)

Hope this helps. (Something like this should be on the LimeWire website...)  
(Version 4.10.3-1)

BRUCE_Y  FYI - Downloaded fine for me, SafariEnhancer v3.1, on Jan 16. (Using Safari 2.0.3, OSX 10.4.4). The dmg file mounts to desktop without any problems.

Also, the link to the developer site under the "More Information" works fine. It links to www.celestialfrontiers.com/safari_enhancer.php

For those having trouble, you may want to go direct to developer site.

If trouble persists, may be time to do some OS X cache cleaning - especially browser cache cleaning, using one of the tools such as: Onyx, AppleJack, TinkerTool System, Xupport, Cocktail or Panther/Tiger Cache cleaner (probably others too). Some of these are free, most are minimal shareware fee. Hope this helps.  
(Version 3.1)

BRUCE_Y  I made several setup changes and now it is working.

The changes:

1) deleted electricsheep v2.6.4 and installed 2.6.5 - which initially still did not work with my setup.

2) I changed the Location of the sheep cache, which I had placed and pointed to on a separate always-mounted volume -- really just a partition of my boot hd.

Note: when the cache was pointed to the non-boot volume, it never got any sheep mpg files.

When I placed the sheep cache folder onto my boot volume, it is now functioning and begins to received the sheep mpg files.

3) I renamed it to a name without spaces, though this may be totally irelevant.

P.S. yes it downloads new sheep, but the download seems rather sporadic.  
(Version 2.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  ditto on 2.6.4 never downloading any images, even though I let it run for hours (and DSL was active, functioning with browser, settings all default). Finally gave up on it ever working.

Maybe I'll try again, but seems bizarre that it should take DAYS for some data to come into the computer. What's up with that?  
(Version 2.6.5)

BRUCE_Y  MemoryStick (v 1.3.4, now v 1.4) works well on my iMac G5. And the v1.3.4 also worked on several other iMacs I have tried (G3, G4).

Has worked well in both Panther and Tiger 10.4.2, 10.4.3.

It is a quick and simple way to keep track of the memory and swap file usage. Usually, when number of swap files go up, responsiveness goes down.

FYI, here are the version 1.4 changes, from the help file:

"Tiger-only

Removed dependence on vm_stat

Added ability to set loudness of sounds

Removed sound options from menu

Added standard Preferences menu item keyboard shortcut"  
(Version 1.4)

BRUCE_Y  Installed new Toast 7.0.2 onto my iMac G5 (10.4.2). It works fine with internal Super drive.

BUT, now writing to my external Buslink GCE-8320B (LG), I get an error at end of disk writing. (I did not get any errors in the days preceding, with Toast version 7.0.1)

Error is "sense key = medium error" "sense code = 0x72, 0x02" "session fixation error writing lead-out"

I will be forwarding to Roxio, but I have not been able to get much response out of them in the past on a support issue.

Anyone else have an older external CD RW start giving errors with the 7.0.2 update?  
(Version 7.0.2)