DARYLF2  Is there an upgrade discount for regsitered users of previous versions?  
(Version 4.0)

DARYLF2  How does saved document size compare with the same document saved in TextEdit as RTF, in Word 2008 as doc/docx, or in Pages'09?  
(Version 1.0.4)

DARYLF2  I tried Vienna some more and its growing on me. Its pretty customizable, with css-based themes much like NetNewsWire. Once I customized a theme to use my beloved Myriad Pro and Minion Pro typefaces in larger sizes then the "Apple Mail" them I am using, I was VERY happy with Vienna's visual presentation of the RSS articles. I'm still getting used to the slightly different keyboard shortcuts, but its working well so far. And the latest versions of Vienna seem more stable as well.  
(Version 3.2b13)

DARYLF2  TESLANAUT, it was version 2.0.1.

SJK, yes I tried Vienna. While it is very promising, it is also not very stable and lacking many of the navigation features I've come to rely on.

TESLANAUT, I'm perfectly happy to pay a reasonable shareware fee for the new version of NetNewsWire if it gets rid of the ads. But will they even be offering a paid, ad-free version? I haven't seen that they will, but I'm hoping for it. I like NetNewsWire a lot, but I don't like the suddenness of this change and the inconvenience it is imposing on many NetNewsWire users.  
(Version 3.2b6)

DARYLF2  I agree. I've used NetNewsWire for years, having purchased a license back in 2005 when it was still shareware.

What alternatived are there? I've tried Fire and Times, but neither seem very good if you have a lot of feeds (I have 50-60 feeds, spread across about a dozen folders).  
(Version 3.2b6)

DARYLF2  Will do.  
(Version 1.1)

DARYLF2  I love Layers in general, but the new WebShot feature isn't working for me. It "locks" Firefox 3.5 (the final release that came out today, 2009-06-30) with a spinning power/wait bezel overlaid on top of the Firefox window. I can switch to other apps, but Firefox is locked as the topmost app. The only way I can "release" Firefox from Layers WebShot is to kill the Layers process via Activity Monitor or "killall" from Terminal... I hope they resolve this problem, as WebShot sounds like a TERRIFIC new feature.  
(Version 1.1)

DARYLF2  Previous versions were very useful, buy annoyingly slow. Version 1.6 is just as useful, but now FAST as well! An excellent update! This developer has my thanks for making such great tool, and version 1.6 definitely warrants a donation!  
(Version 1.6)

DARYLF2  Thanks for answering my question, DEV! :)  
(Version 1.2)

DARYLF2  Please PLEASE offer an option for the old Springy contextual menu, the one that appears in the More submenu. I've had a ton of problem with contextual menus, ranging from slowdowns to Finder crashes. After a lot of troubleshooting, I narrowed it down to the new Springy contextual menu plugin. Removing the new Springy plugin got rid of the Finder issues. The old Springy plugin always worked fine.

I really used the Springy contextual menu a lot, though, so not having any Springy contextual menu makes the software far less useful to me.  
(Version 1.5.1)

DARYLF2  Is there any disadvantage to buying this "bundle" over the standard version direct from Advenio.com?

For example, if the distribution deal with Mariner Software ends, will I be able to continue to get free updates of MacGourmet and the three plugins from Advenio? I'm a little leery of buying the bundle because of this...  
(Version 1.1)

DARYLF2  The official site now lists the game for $24.95, not $19.95 as MacUpdate noted or $9.95 as the previous poster reported.  
(Version 1.0)

DARYLF2  I love JollysFastVNC, and we certainly can't complain that its not updated regularly! :)  
(Version 0.98)

DARYLF2  While I largely agree that "memory optimization" tools are not useful for most users, iFreeMem is occasionally useful to me when all of my RAM (8 GB) is in use with much of it marked as "Inactive". On its own, Mac OS X will free inactive memory this as needed, but with a processor and memory intensive app (such as video capture tools) running, this can slow the system (and this app) down while the "Inactive" memory is made available. iFreeMem allows me to force the system to free this memory manually before I run my video capture app, preventing minor stuttering that would occasionally occur otherwise.  
(Version 1.1a)

DARYLF2  I've been a very satisfied user of ChronoSync 3 for years now (since February 2006) and am very pleased to see that ChronoSync 4 is a FREE upgrade for ALL previous versions of ChronoSync!  
(Version 4.0)

DARYLF2  The new features in Circus Ponies Notebook 3.0 look great, but the new toolbar is awful; the icons are all dim and look disabled all the time, it appears to use a somewhat non-standard toolbar control that doesn't act quite right, and its sluggish and acts weird at times. I really don't like using it.

I went to the Circus Ponies user forums to make a post about the new toolbars, but the forums were down (I got a "502 Proxy Error" message), so I decided to post here.

I definitely recommend trying the 30-day free demo thoroughly before upgrading, if you already own Notebook 2.1. I'm not sure if I'm going to upgrade yet; I will probably wait to see of the toolbar is fixed first.  
(Version 3.0v334)

DARYLF2  Works very well with supported apps (only selected Carbon apps). Must be located in main "/Applications" folder, though.

I find it useful even in Carbon apps that it doesn't support since its menu is globally available and shows previews of all fonts in their actual typeface (in all styles), and in multiple sizes.

Its not a Haxie (which have caused me MANY problems in the past) and has been very stable and reliable for me.  
(Version 1.3.1)

DARYLF2  I've played with versions 0.1 and 0.2 and tms is GREAT. Its so nice to be able to see a simple list of all revisions for a given file, or find what files changed in a specific directory between two Time Machine snapshots.

Invaluable!

Thanks so much to the developer for making this, and especially for releasing it as freeware!  
(Version 0.21b)

DARYLF2  Excellent idea! This is the type of tool I've wanted since Leopard's release. I'm definitely going to try it out, and I especially like that it is read-only and never modifies anything to do with Time Machine.  
(Version 0.1a)

DARYLF2  Transmit is utterly reliable. I have a fairly extensive automated (using shell scripts, AppleScript, and Automator) backups that upload archives to .Mac, an SFTP account, and an Amazon S3 account, and Transmit always works flawlessly.  
(Version 3.6.5)

DARYLF2  I frequently open large to very large (tens of MB to several GB) archives, and BetterZip 1.6 is much MUCH faster opening them! This is an excellent update to an already very good product.  
(Version 1.6)

DARYLF2  OmniGraffle 5 Pro is an impressive upgrade. Its new Visio binary file importer loaded my Visio 2007 .vsd files VERY well and very quickly. Bezier curves appear to be handled very well!

Some OmniGraffle 4 Pro documents imported a little oddly, though. While the drawings themselves were correct, the Canvas was smaller than in OmniGraffle 4 Pro, which was causing clipping when printing until adjusted (kind of a pain...).  
(Version 5.0)

DARYLF2  Another superb and stable update. This is probably my most important Mac utility, and its incredibly reassuring to have it working under Leopard. Kudos to Dave Nanian for taking the time to do it right.

I had a SuperDuper! 2.5 Smart Update failure yesterday (which ended up being because of corrupt files on my system from an failed .Mac sync several months ago), and despite the incredibly busy day Dave was probably having on the first day of the SuperDuper! 2.5 release, he responded quickly with accurate and helpful advice which helped me fix my problem. The SuperDuper! 2.5 Smart Update then worked perfectly. This level of support is rare and deserves to be congratulated. Thanks!!  
(Version 2.5)

DARYLF2  I agree 100% with Dave Nanian here. While using hard links would save space, it would totally mess up the core concept behind Time Machine by changing these files. Plus, who knows what kind of havoc this would wreak with subsequent Time Machine backups as its "baseline" backup would have been altered!

Ugh. Its a Pandora's Box that I glad SuperDuper's developer didn't open. As always, Dave Nanian went the "safe" route with SuperDuper!, which is what I want (demand, really) with backup software.  
(Version 2.5)

DARYLF2  Even with the affiliate mini-debacle, Inquisitor remains one of my favorite and most-used Safari plug-ins.

I think the subtle affiliate approach as taken by Inquisitor is perfectly acceptable, but I do wish the author had made it clear that this was taking place.  
(Version 3.0v52)

DARYLF2  I have used Inquisitor and 1Passwd/1Password together for many months with zero problems. These are two of my most-used and nearly indispensable Safari plug-ins, and I'm sure I'd notice any non-trivial compatibility issues.  
(Version 3.0v52)

DARYLF2  haoli got the new version our FAST! Its already available for download for the updated Safari 3.0.4 (5523.10.6) build.  
(Version 10.0.4)

DARYLF2  iconCompo has a lot of promise, but is VERY slow on my system (Mac Pro 3.0 GHz Quad Xeon with 4GB RAM running Mac OS X 10.5.1)) when launching the app or when using the sliders...

The Finder contextual menu item is likewise very useful, but messes up the Finder. After using the iconCompo Finder contextual menu item, my Finder won't respond to any AppleScript commands until I quit it and then relaunch it. Weird.

If these problems were fixed and the author added the ability to combine base icons (like folder icons) with text (like CanCombineIcons or FolderBrander), I'd buy it.  
(Version 3.7.1)

DARYLF2  Yet ANOTHER $25 update for a product with marginal value that has NEVER been of use to me... DiskWarrior I'll update. but I think its time for me to dump TechTool Pro.  
(Version 4.6.1)

DARYLF2  Same here on my Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.5 retail. I reverted to version 3.0.1 and its working fine again.  
(Version 3.0.2)

DARYLF2  I have a dual-monitor setup as well. Did the developer say he's working on support for dual monitor systems?  
(Version 1.0)

DARYLF2  Its not working for me either (Mac Pro 3.0GHz Quad Xeon, 4GB RAM, X1900XT, Mac OS X 10.5 retail).  
(Version 1.0)

DARYLF2  This works for me. I've been using cron to run (every other morning) an Automator app triggering the SmartBackup backup for a couple of weeks now. It's been 100% reliable for me.  
(Version 2.1.3)

DARYLF2  FYI: This is NOT a free upgrade from the previous 1xx.x versions.  
(Version 2.0v200)

DARYLF2  I am seeing issues similar to PORTKINS.

Movie thumbnails go blank and movies don't play properly, either as thumbnails or full-size versions. My movies are large home movies; 1-3GB H.264 MP4 files converted from DVD using Visual Hub. These movies play perfectly in QuickTime Player.

I like the user interface and layout of yFlicks, but it seems too buggy, at least with my movies, to purchase at this time.  
(Version 2.0.1)

DARYLF2  I see that this is PowerPC only and hasn't been updated since mid-2004...

How well does this work with Intel Macs? I'm thinking of buying a Nikon CoolScan V ED File Scanner, but am hesitating because of this driver/support question.  
(Version 4.0.2)

DARYLF2  I've been using 1Passwd for nearly a year now, and its stable, fast, and 100% trouble-free. Its one of my favorite Mac utilities, and has become indispensable to me.  
(Version 2.4.13)

DARYLF2  Speed Download 4.1.15 won't launch for me; it just bounces in the dock forever... The previous version works fine, so I've reverted to 4.1.14. Anyone else seen this?  
(Version 4.1.15)

DARYLF2  Its gorgeous. Its powrful. Its simple.

I hate to imagine using my Mac without Overflow.

Plus Stunt Software's support is truly astonishing. From feature requests to bug fixes, the developer really delivers!  
(Version 2.5)

DARYLF2  The first time I ran it, the game either locked up or switched my video card to an unsupported resolution. I had to kill its process via ssh from another Mac... This was on my Mac Pro 3.0GHz Dual Xeon with 4GB RAM and X1900 XT running 10.4.10.  
(Version 1.0)

DARYLF2  Does it work with protected song purchased from the iTunes store?  
(Version 1.0)

DARYLF2  Transmit is the best FTP client I've ever used, and now supports Amazon S3! Terrific!!  
(Version 3.6)

DARYLF2  The Vostrom web site says Path Analyzer Pro's normal price is $29.95, not $39.95. Is this MacUpdate Promo really the "Premier" version, which is list as$39.95 at the Vostrom web site?

If so, I'll probably buy it as it appears to be a pretty nice product and I've had good luck with MacUpdate Promos in the past.  
(Version 2.6)

DARYLF2  One cool aspect of this app is that it can save as a PDF with an editable version of the Papyrus document embedded in the PDF. So users without Papyrus can read the document without needed to "Save As" or Print to PDF, and this same version is editable for Papyrus users!  
(Version 12.56)

DARYLF2  I figured it out... I add the 'ƒ' (option-f) character to my folder names (an old convention from my Mac OS System 4.2 days...). Apparently, Peek-a-Boo doesn't properly support Unicode paths. Changing 'ƒ' to "folder" fixes the beachball problem.  
(Version 2.6.5)

DARYLF2  Peek-a-Boo 2.6.5 doesn't work at all for me... I run it and it just beachballs...

This is on a Mac Pro 3.0GHz Quad Xeon with 4GB RAM running Mac OS X 10.4.9.  
(Version 2.6.5)

DARYLF2  How this indie developer manages to make so many, substantial updates adding such useful features without sacrificing stability in such a quick fashion amazes me.

iGTD is truly superb, and the developer is a huge asset to the Mac community!  
(Version 1.4.4)

DARYLF2  Does anyone know if this is still in active development?  
(Version 2.5)

DARYLF2  I'm not sure I get the purpose of this... How is this better than using OS X's built-in Spotlight search feature and the Finder's Spotlight comments?  
(Version 1.0)

DARYLF2  paguca, I'd rather drop the game than install Windows on my Mac Pro.

bknote, yes I was experiencing the slowness before, as C&C:G:ZH was running under the Rosetta PPC-Intel emulator. This new version is a Universal Binary, and runs at full speed (very VERY fast) on Intel Macs.  
(Version 1.0.4)

DARYLF2  This is a terrific update; not being able to play PowerPC users is disappointing but better than not having an Intel-native version! It runs amazingly smoothly on my Mac Pro now at 1600x1200 with graphics options max'd. I played two games with no problems, and it was faster and smoother than ever! Kudos to Aspyr for making this a free update!  
(Version 1.0.4)

DARYLF2  The game is really fun, with an active and friendly community. The developers are extremely responsive and involve the user community in a unique and remarkable way, allowing particularly resposible and dedicated users to actually modify the official game and game world!

Stability is good, performance is terrific (especially with the new Universal Binary release), and gameplay is fun and immersive for both casual and fanatic gamers!

$30 with no monthly fee for online play and the ability to play both locally-only ad/or online make this game a real bargain. Plus, a free trial version is avaialble.

I highly recommend it!  
(Version 1.2.1)

DARYLF2  Windows by default uses the numeric keypad for cursor movement, so this might be what you're seeing. Try pressing the "Clear" (NumLock in Windows) key (the upper-left key in the numeric keypad), then trying to enter number via the numeric keypad.  
(Version 2.2.1922)

DARYLF2  One note: Chronos DOES still offer free e-mail technical support, at least...  
(Version 5.6.2)

DARYLF2  I was so frustrated with the "upgrade" (hmmm...) from StickyBrain to the extremely buggy and slow (in my experience, at least) SOHO Notes that I switched to DEVONthink Professional (and I am thrilled with DTpro). This was a move out of desperation, as SOHO Notes was become unusable and very slow, and I had too much critical information entrusted to it...

Now Chronos, the developer of SOHO Notes, has abruptly terminated their technical support forums, which were the main way customers were able to get help (as the help came as often from other users as from Chronos). I'd seriously consider one of the many alternatives to SOHO Notes, as the loss of the support forums is a HUGE blow to so many Chronos customers...  
(Version 5.6.2)

DARYLF2  This terrific zip application just keeps getting getter. The minor bugs I found and reported were both fixed (very quickly) in this version, and the feature I requested (the flat file listing) was also implemented!

My thanks to the developer for the extremely fast and overall superb support!  
(Version 1.2.2)

DARYLF2  They keep making DEVONthink Pro better, and its even faster too! Amazing... This is the best app I've found for intelligently organizing, storing, and searching my notes and PDFs. Utterly invaluable, and *WELL* worth the very reasonable cost.  
(Version 1.2)

DARYLF2  CocoaMySQL just keeps getting better and better. Its extremely useful in that it connects both with old MySQL versions (such as the Windows MySQL 3.23.58-nt I need for my work project) as well as the latest versions (such as MySQL 5.0.24-standard on my Mac). I use CocoaMySQL to move databases from the PC running MySQL 3.23.58 to my Mac running MySQL 5.0.24 so that I can do subselect and other more advanced queries not supported by 3.23.58, then move the updated databases back to MySQL 3.23.58.

CocoaMySQL makes this easy, with a very Mac-like GUI, impressive robustness, and good performance!  
(Version 0.7b4)

DARYLF2  Absolutely gorgeous! One of the most stunning screen savers I've ever seen, and it runs beautifully on my 20" iMac Core Duo. Impressive!!!

I agree with the poster who requested the ability to select our own "earth" texture. That would be a really nice addition.  
(Version 1.1.1)

DARYLF2  Version 1.37 now runs again on my Dual 2.5GHz PowerMac G5. Thanks for the quick update!  
(Version 1.37)

DARYLF2  Version 1.36 won't launch on my Dual 2.5 GHz PowerMac G5 running 10.4.4. Deleting the preferences file didn't help. I reverted to 1.35 and it still works fine.  
(Version 1.36)

DARYLF2  I just tried SlingShot 1.03 and I'm disappointed... The password field doesn;t use bullets to obscure the password; its readable both when entering it and when editing it later. The password is also readable in the log since it stored there in plain text. I unchecked the check button to allow a published folder to accept updates, but the log indicated that it was still accepting updates! This could cause data loss! Also, my remote system (the subscriber) could not subscribe to a published folder since it would never accept my password, it kept saying it was wrong when it was EXACTLY the same.

Maybe a future version will work better, but for now, be SURE to try this before you buy it...  
(Version 1.03)

DARYLF2  After upgrading from StickyBrain 3.6.0 to 4.0.0 (which didn't require a reboot, unlike the 3.6.0 installer!), when I ran StickyBrain 4 it converted my database (which took several minutes, but I have 181 notes, some of which are pretty big; my database backup file is 5.1 MB) and then didn't display a main window. I couldn't get it to display the main window at all, even after a reboot.

The FlashNote menu/window worked fine, though, and if I double-clicked on a note it opened fine (and I could edit noted this way) as well.

Eventually I quit StickyBrain and tried deleting the existing StickyBrain preferences file (~/Library/Preferences/com.chronos.StickyBrain.plist) and then re-ran StickyBrain. The main window opened fine then! I manually restored my preferences, and it continues to work fine.

Performance is definitely improved over version 3.6.0, and aside from the weird preferences bug, I'm pleased with the update.  
(Version 4.0)

DARYLF2  I'm really pleased with this (FREE for owners of version 1.x) upgrade! SuperDuper is still extremely easy to use, and the new scheduling feature is working wonderfully. I find it clones faster than Carbon Copy Cloner (also an excellent product), but to be even more reliable (CCC would sometimes fail cloning to a Firewire drive, but SuperDuper has never failed me). In the year or so I've been using SuperDuper, it has been 100% reliable (I use it to clone 4-5 volumes, ranging in size from 80GB to 225GB, weekly). I mainly use its "smart update" copy/clone feature, and this has always worked perfectly for me.  
(Version 2.0)

DARYLF2  Can this convert between Mac ".webloc" and Windows ".url" files?

If not, that would be a really handy features, especially if it could convert whole folders full of links at a time.  
(Version 2.0)

DARYLF2  I think this is an extraordinary game; it is unique, immersive, and endlessly fascinating. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination (and available play time...). People are friendly and often uninhibited (this game has a lot of areas labeled "mature"; you should take this classification seriously if such things upset you), and this allows people to anonymously express themselves in a way that real life doesn't allow. I think this is one of the games most unusual and compelling features!

The graphics are amazing, but do require a lot of horsepower; even my Dual 2.5 GHz GG with 2.0 GB RAM and 256MB Radeon 9800XT gets bogged down from time to time. The sheer variety of building styles and textures, clothing and "skin" options, and other amazing (usually user-created) objects make this world unlike any other.  
(Version 1.6.12)

DARYLF2  No problems here (even TVGuide.com works reasonably well for me).

Performance seems noticeably better, both in web pages that use Java as well as standalone Java applications like ReaderWare and JEdit.  
(Version 1.4.2 Update2)

DARYLF2  This is an interesting idea, but the beta version's execution is flawed. It worked fine in the System Preferences "preview", but when triggered via a hot corner, it appeared to lock up my Mac (dual 1.0 GHz "MDD" G5 with 1.5 GB RAM and Radeon 9000 Pro running Mac OS X 10.3.4) - both of my monitors went black, but no pictures were displayed and I couldn't get the password window to appear (my system is set to prompt for a password after exiting the screensaver). After about a minute or so, though, I did get the password dialog and was able to get back into my account. I went back to my old screen saver right away!

When I looked at it in the System Preferences "preview" mode, it worked pretty well, displaying separate images on my two monitors (a very nice touch). This is kind of a cool "voyeur" screensaver, but might not be good for work, since some images it (randomly) found were pretty bizarre... It was fun to see what people take pictures of, though, and some of the images were very beautiful.

With some more testing (and the fixing of that LONG delay when exiting the screensaver and displaying the password dialog), this will be a really cool screensaver to use.  
(Version 1.0b1)

DARYLF2  Wow. Why is the download 19 MB?  
(Version 2.4.2)

DARYLF2  Nice feature set but VERY buggy. All versions through 2.1 crash on me VERY frequently... I moved to iOrganize and have been very pleased. iOrganize is very stable, has an even better feature set, and is well worth its modest $20 shareware fee.  
(Version 2.0.4)