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Last Login:30 Sep 2008 11:19
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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Thanks! I'll give it a try..  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Well yeah sure, I kinda knew all that, though I guess I should have made it clear.

Don't you know if there are TeX packages with a smaller footprint?

Also, it just can't be 1.2GB of pure code, is it? Even fonts don't take that much memory..  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

GUILLAUMEK  LaTeXiT looks lovely but it requires installing LaTeX. The problem is, the MacTeX distrib is a big whooping 1.2GB install (see: http://www.tug.org/mactex/ ).

Apple's Grapher meets most of my needs but I'd be interested in trying LaTeX. Anyone can explain me why LaTeX needs that much memory, and if there is an alternative distrib with a smaller footprint?

Cheers  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

SGNX  latex is a whole self-contained system for producing scientific documents that can contain complex equations/tables/graphics/much more. it is quite the standard in academia. latexit, on the other hand, is more like just a little "widget" that lets you test some thing or cook up some snippet real quick.

i personally think mactex is the best latex package (in terms of ease of installation/usage and speed, and the integration of different parts) among all platforms; and latexit is just a sexy little kit that comes in quite handy now and then  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Well yeah sure, I kinda knew all that, though I guess I should have made it clear.

Don't you know if there are TeX packages with a smaller footprint?

Also, it just can't be 1.2GB of pure code, is it? Even fonts don't take that much memory..  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

SGNX  on the mactex site, there's a linked page

http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html

where there's this thing: BasicTeX-2008 (54.1 MB). i never tried it before but from the description it should be relatively capable for its size.  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

WILLY_ME  A smaller version of mactex is available on their webpage - ~50MB. It will work for 90% of the people who need tex. It is called BasicTeX.

It is listed here:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html

If you require a portion of TeX not included in BasicTeX you can install the required part via the "TeX Live Utility" - do a Google search to find where to download it.  
(Version 2.0.0)

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LaTeXiT
Nov 4 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Thanks! I'll give it a try..  
(Version 2.0.0)

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Processing
Oct 6 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Yes, I tried once to just copy and run the code from one one the applets but it failed. I guess it could have something to do with these applets being built on one of the first versions of Processing but don't take my word for it.  
(Version 1.0.7)

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Quicksilver
Oct 3 2009

GUILLAUMEK  I think Iconz is wrong in calling the project "dead", though he makes a point in that QS has actually seen little evolution in the last years.

Take a look at the changes committed to code: http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/source/list

There is only one really dedicated dev, tiennou7, to whom obviously go our warm appreciation.

Despite his hard work - check out the massive number of commits made this summer - the project has sometimes gone for months without any change to the code.

This all said, I still believe that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I'm fine with QS being just maintained. But to move forward, QS needs more devs.  
(Version 1.0b56a7)

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Rastafied
Sep 30 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Still lovin' the Dojo fruitz. But maintaining is nice, new stuff is better. Want moarrrr! :)  
(Version 1.2)

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Flip4Mac WMV Player
Sep 17 2009

GUILLAUMEK  As a matter of fact, Silverlight isn't that bad. It does not take over any other plugin, or puts your computer at risk, or invades privacy AFAIK.

Granted, it's another proprietary software suite that hurts interoperability on the Internet, but some sites already need it to run properly.

Also Telestream was bought years ago by Microsoft, for those who don't know.  
(Version 2.3.0.11b)

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iMagneto
Sep 15 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Glad to see this still gets updated. It really is the best Mac app to watch and record ADSL video streams.  
(Version 2.1)

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Transmission
Sep 8 2009

GUILLAUMEK  The latest versions (1.73 and 1.74) of Transmission have some issues.

1.73 and 1.74 are currently homing on ban list on some trackers (i.e brokenstones), because of various "connective problems" and up/down data sometimes not being counted by trackers which enforce ratios.

Hopefully, 1.75 will sort things out. Until then, stick with 1.72.  
(Version 1.75b1)

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Synergy
Sep 7 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Here is a link to Synergy Classic 3.5.5a, the last version without the license pop-up.

It works flawlessly with Snow Leopard. Time Machine be blessed.

http://rapidshare.com/files/276719099/synergy355a.zip  
(Version 4.0.1b)

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Synergy
Sep 4 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Ok that's it.

I'm done with Synergy. I bought my license back in 2005.

First there was this new Synergy Advance thing. It was alpha software sold 10$. It offered very little more than what was already in Synergy Classic, but with bugs. It hasn't been updated since 2007. Some folks bought it, just ask them how they feel about this... Actually you can still buy licenses on Wincent's website.. (sic)

Then there were the first Leopard years, with OS X updates breaking every other Synergy Classic version. The app would crash, covers would not load. It was a mess. It took months before we had a working Leopard-optimized (read: garbage-collector enabled) version.

So we were paying either for alpha, or poorly maintained software. But Synergy Classic was still good enough and we liked it.

And now we cannot get plain regular support for our then supposedly unlimited licenses bought before 2006? OK it has been five years, but Obj2.0 and garbage collection aren't exactly features. Synergy has not got any new feature for years (check version history, it's all bug fixes and manic updates to make software requirements ever more drastic. Does an iTunes controller really need 10.6 to run properly..?) All we're asking for is continued support.

Anyone has a link to 3.5.5a? I shouldn't have overwritten mine..  
(Version 4.0.1b)

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MacFUSE
Aug 31 2009

GUILLAUMEK  I'm having problems mounting NTFS partitions with Snow Leopard. Is anyone having some troubles too?  
(Version 2.0.3.2)

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iGetter X
Aug 31 2009

GUILLAUMEK  With Snow Leopard, iGetter fails to capture downloads on Safari. It works fine on Firefox though.

And Presenta's website has been down for 2 days already... weird and a little upsetting for a customer  
(Version 2.7.5)

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Glims
Aug 16 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Glims is an input manager, a hack, because Apple won't create an official plugin system for Safari. And if you spend enough time browsing you'll notice issues. I don't know if it's Apple's or Glims' fault but it doesn't matter. Safari crashes more with Glims installed. It does not crash all the time, but it does crash noticeably more often, no matter how hard its makers work to make their software stable. In my experience with Glims, whenever i had more than 6/8 tabs open, after a long browsing session, i would expect the occasional crash, in which case it would usually also forget the last minutes of my browsing history. Bad, bad, bad..

I have loved and used Glims for months. I always took the time to wait for a Glims update before applying a Safari update, in order to avoid situations such as the one that arose with the 4.0.3 Safari update. But I have stopped using it and wouldn't recommend it now.

That said, Glims is the best plugin for Safari currently available IMO. It's just not good enough.  
(Version 1.0b20)

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NeoOffice
Jun 26 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Can't you just.... not update?  
(Version 3.0 patch 5)

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SMART Utility
Jun 9 2009

GUILLAUMEK  I disagree SMART is useless. True I've had many disks fail without prior warning. But twice I had time to backup before disk fail thanks to a SMART alert. This was on PCs, with BIOS set to test SMART at startup.

It only takes one to realize just how much SMART is useful.

Last point, SMARTReporter is free and a very good job of periodically checking SMART status and informing the user whenever an error is reported.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Transmission
Jun 8 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Try trashing all Transmission related files an folders in /Library/Application Support and /Library/Preferences.

Otherwise, use uTorrent, it's "mostly" similar in terms of features and performance.  
(Version 1.71)

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The Sims 3
Jun 2 2009

GUILLAUMEK  So.. Is it a Cider port? If so how good is it?

Not that I really care though.. ^^  
(Version 1.0)

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Glims
May 14 2009

GUILLAUMEK  It's fixed. Yay!  
(Version 1.0b16)

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DiskWarrior
Apr 14 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Yes it does  
(Version 4.1.1)

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Toast Titanium
Apr 8 2009

GUILLAUMEK  10.0 S/N should work just fine with any 10.x.x release.

Honestly, the only reason I can think of why it wouldn't work is your S/N being blacklisted..  
(Version 10.0.2)

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PDF Browser Plugin
Mar 30 2009

ÃŒ can't understand how such a simple feature was not implemented. Maybe, between Adobe and Apple, there isn't really a market for a third PDF plugin and sales are terrible...  
(Version 2.3.1)

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VMware Fusion
Feb 12 2009

GUILLAUMEK  I don't know what your expectations were but Fusion actually delivers for most people.

OK, your hardware won't always work, a few programs may crash, and don't even mention 3D performance. But this is the current state of virtualization. It takes very little research to know that.

Not to mention Fusion has a 30-day trial.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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AddressBookSync
Feb 2 2009

GUILLAUMEK  You know what would rock VERY seriously?

A sync tool supporting:

- social websites (Facebook etc)

- email/calendar websites (Gmail, Yahoo, Zimbra)

- local social software suites (OSX's Address Book & iCal, Thunderbird, etc)

- Exchange

Imagine a one-click solution to sync profile icon, info, status for you and everyone else, plus calendar syncing.

I think I'd be ready to pay more than 50€ for that.

AddressBookSync does already a lot with Address Book - Facebook. But the concept can reach much further.  
(Version 1.2)

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NYTimes
Jan 28 2009

GUILLAUMEK  fast, clean and stable.  
(Version 1.5)

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Toast Titanium
Jan 26 2009

GUILLAUMEK  I'm having wicked bugs and performance hit running this with ntfs-3G. Very, very weird..

Toast hangs while ntfs-3g CPU usage skyrockets.

Unmounting ntfs drives seems to solve the issue, still a bummer.

Anyone had a similar experience?  
(Version 10)

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LAME
Jan 3 2009

GUILLAUMEK  krmathis: you're everywhere mate. Thanks for the open-source goodness!  
(Version 3.98)

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fring
Dec 22 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Awesome!

This program allows me to call whoever i want, when in reach of 3G/WiFi, at killer price.

You can either use a Skpe or SIP account with this. Comunication quality is sometimes borderline but overall it's useable.  
(Version 1.0.1.4)

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Midomi
Dec 22 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Pretty impressive. Stick mostly to mainstream and recent stuff though. Also tracks without a continuous melody pattern are difficult to identify.

It identified tracks from intros and outros, nice.  
(Version 1.1.3)

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DiskWarrior
Dec 15 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Does DW 4.1.1 get along with 10.5.6?  
(Version 4.1.1)

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DiskWarrior
Apr 14 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Yes it does  
(Version 4.1.1)

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ArKaos VJ
Dec 11 2008

GUILLAUMEK  I gave GrandVJ a try. It's nice, pretty straight forward, with the same paradigm as Arkaos VJ (play layers with keys of your keyboard/midi controller).

GrandVJ seems to have better performance & stability. And visual synthetizers/generators.  
(Version 3.6.1)

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Microsoft Office 2008
Dec 9 2008

GUILLAUMEK  This is actually very common behavior. Quite a few updaters fail when their app isn't in /Applications or if it is in a user-created subfolder. If memory serves, even some Apple updaters had this issue (iTunes, FCP).

If you don't want to move your apps every time you update them, you'd be better of leaving your applications where they are.  
(Version 12.1.5)

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NTFS-3G
Dec 7 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Still great and working like a charm.  
(Version 1.5130)

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Camino
Nov 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Click on Camino-Reset Camino... to create a new profile. Fixes most Camino-related bugs. You can try manually deleting files in your profile folder one after another, then test Camino, to find which file is corrupted. Make a backup first.  
(Version 1.6.5)

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Processing
Nov 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  This is very similar to Java. It's quite easy to learn.

Incredible work made with Processing (with source code available):

http://www.complexification.net/gallery/  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Processing
Oct 5 2009

MACUSHI  thanks for sharing man it really is a great site, however I had some problems when copying the code, you still need to fix the parameters for it to work right ?   
(Version 1.0.7)

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Processing
Oct 6 2009

GUILLAUMEK  Yes, I tried once to just copy and run the code from one one the applets but it failed. I guess it could have something to do with these applets being built on one of the first versions of Processing but don't take my word for it.  
(Version 1.0.7)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Could you name a few? I have been using Transmisson for all my P2P downloads lately, on sites I'd consider serious, if not maybe paranoid with BT clients, and never had any problem.   
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Could you name a few? I have been using Transmisson for all my P2P downloads lately, on sites I'd consider serious, if not maybe paranoid with BT clients, and never had any problem.  
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 26 2008

GUILLAUMEK  "many sites have banned the use of Transmission"

Isn't that over?   
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 26 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Transmission has come a long way and is now very similar to uTorrent. Small footprint, mostly similar features. I love uTorrent on Windows and was eager to see it on Mac OS X but the incentive to switch has faded with Transmission's progress.

Also, Transmission is open-source.  
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 26 2008

KILLER KLOWN KAR  I've been using this since the Alpha. Bar far the best and fastest of all the torrent clients. Dunno if it can match the sheer speed of the PC versions but still the best for OSX.

And PLEASE don't give me grief and try to sell me on the advantages of Transmission. Transmission has major flaws in regards to how it deals with retries and if you're on a Torrent site that requires a ratio it doesn't work correctly. Which is why many sites have banned the use of Transmission and if caught using it gets you banned.   
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 26 2008

GUILLAUMEK  "many sites have banned the use of Transmission"

Isn't that over?   
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 26 2008

NEONBLUE2  They stopped banning Transmission after 0.7.

That was more than a year ago.  
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

TIAGO  No... many sites still ban the latest versions and each minor upgrade has to be approved by staff...

Currently, most "serious" sites don't allow the latest Transmission... You have o downgrade to 1.2x or 1.3x  
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Could you name a few? I have been using Transmisson for all my P2P downloads lately, on sites I'd consider serious, if not maybe paranoid with BT clients, and never had any problem.   
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

NEONBLUE2  No sites I use have banned Transmission. Nor can I find any through Google.  
(Version 0.9b)

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Camino
Nov 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  iGetter is nice. And it's shareware.  
(Version 1.6.5)

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Camino
Nov 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Use Glims for favicons  
(Version 1.6.5)

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Camino
Nov 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Camino used to be awesome. But it just can't keep up anymore.

It was my #1 browser for 4 years, when Safari was not yet an option and Firefox was too clumsy and bloated.

I know Camino has never been about packing every possible feature, but it's now starting to lag seriously.

I've gone Safari+Glims+AdBlock. It's incredible.   
(Version 1.6.5)

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Glims
Oct 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  +1  
(Version 1.0b10)

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Currency Converter
Oct 1 2008

GUILLAUMEK  The Calculator is nice, but this one has a few extra features, such as having multiple currency exchange rates available instead of having to switch from one to another every time.  
(Version 0.9.8)

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Update Engine
Sep 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  "including Cocoa apps, screen savers, and preference panes. It can even update kernel extensions, regular files, and root-owned applications."

This is the interesting part, where it's better than Sparkle.

This framework seems to handle files without executables, which Sparkle lacks AFAIK. You can't currently update stuff like plugins, drivers, file systems.. in fact, for most of the stuff installed in /Library Sparkle can't help you. I think the only exception are preference panes which can check for updates by themself. You actually need a program or daemon which contains the Sparkle framework to checks for updates.

Now, I'm not too tech savy on all this so don't take my word as gospel.  
(Version 1.0)

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Firefox
Sep 24 2008

GUILLAUMEK  FX 3 is clean and stable for most people. You should try with a fresh profile (/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles).  
(Version 3.0.2)

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ArKaos VJ
Sep 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Arkaos could really use an update now... it's starting to show its age.  
(Version 3.6.1)

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ArKaos VJ
Dec 11 2008

ELSAMIRO  i've been thinking the same about arkaos being a little bit out of sequence, when i went to their website yesterday, i saw two things ... a follow up software callled grand vj and a 10% discount on their products, which goes until january.

What confused me is , that arkaos is still sold, and both are the same price. what's nice is there are tryouts of the two available.  
(Version 3.6.1)

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ArKaos VJ
Dec 11 2008

GUILLAUMEK  I gave GrandVJ a try. It's nice, pretty straight forward, with the same paradigm as Arkaos VJ (play layers with keys of your keyboard/midi controller).

GrandVJ seems to have better performance & stability. And visual synthetizers/generators.  
(Version 3.6.1)

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Diablo II Updater X
Sep 16 2008

GUILLAUMEK  I hear 10.5.5 fixes the 256 colors issue with Diablo II. Can someone confirm?  
(Version 1.12a)

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Apple Mac OS X
Sep 16 2008

GUILLAUMEK  It has been reported that this update fixes the bug with Diablo II and Fallout (1&2).

If you have a GMAX3100 you might still experience problems though.  
(Version 10.5.5)

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Apple Mac OS X
Sep 16 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Everything went smooth.

Remember to clean your system before you update (remove/disable hacks, repair permissions, a little cache flushing, maybe some diskwarrior/techtoolpro voodoo..)  
(Version 10.5.5)

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VLC Media Player
Sep 15 2008

GUILLAUMEK  If you encounter issues with v0.9.2 after updating, try removing preferences files.

There is a script in the install DMG that does it automatically.  
(Version 0.9.2)

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Modul8
Sep 4 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Good point. A special price for students would be nice however.  
(Version 2.5.7)

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ClamXav
Aug 31 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Also, though not infected, a Mac can act as a vector for Windows viruses.  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Dukko
Jul 2 2008

GUILLAUMEK  I don't want to lose my play counts and ratings, which I use a lot for smart playlists.  
(Version 1.6b4)

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Diablo II Updater X
Jun 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Like StarCraft, 10.5.3 breaks the game. Btw 1.12a was released.  
(Version 1.11b)

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Microsoft Office 2008
Jun 25 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Yup. Exposé looks fine now.

Office 2008 seems to have finally reached maturity.

Update went flawlessly btw.  
(Version 12.1.1)

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Microsoft Office 2008
Jun 25 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Is exposé fixed?  
(Version 12.1.1)

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Microsoft Office 2008
Jun 25 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Yup. Exposé looks fine now.

Office 2008 seems to have finally reached maturity.

Update went flawlessly btw.  
(Version 12.1.1)

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Speed Download Lite
Jun 12 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Just my 2cts, but you can't expect Yaz to give you a license for the lite version on the basis that you bought the standard version. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that if you ask them, they'll make a commercial gesture.  
(Version 1.0)

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EVE Online
Jun 12 2008

GUILLAUMEK  As a former beta tester of EVE Online, I feel you overlooked a few things about EVE which ought to be mentioned.

First, it should be said that the learning curve is quite steep. Think Battlecruiser 3000AD..

Also, unlike WoW, this game is a lot less focused on instant fun. The game is slower paced and it takes a long time and a good ship+stats before one can venture in 0.0 and get a taste of PVP, the core of EVE imo. In a nutshell, you can't just drop in a few times a week, play an hour or two, and still have fun. The stats system reduces that problem a bit though.

That said, EVE is great if you dig complexity and depth over instant gratification. You just need to be unemployed or something to enjoy it I guess :p  
(Version 5.10.56866)

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Dukko
Jun 11 2008

GUILLAUMEK  I had a lot of my AAC files' name truncated during a transfer Mac->PC->Mac. This resulted in a lot of "file not found" issues for tracks with long title.

This could be a life saver.  
(Version 1.6b1)

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Dukko
Jul 2 2008

GERWINPHILIPPO  Why didn't you just re-import all files in iTunes?   
(Version 1.6b4)

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Dukko
Jul 2 2008

GUILLAUMEK  I don't want to lose my play counts and ratings, which I use a lot for smart playlists.  
(Version 1.6b4)

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QTTunes
Jun 11 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Nice, nice... but what's the point?

It looks a lot like iTunes 1.0 actually...

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/09/14/itunes-from-0-0-to-7-0/  
(Version 1.3)

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Growl
Jun 6 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Yay!  
(Version 1.1.3)

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Kid Pix Deluxe 3X
Jun 1 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Wow. I grew up playing with Kidpix. I really wish I had kept my drawings... :)  
(Version 1.2.3)

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FluidNoise
May 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Nice app. I use it sometimes to create weird chroma maps for VJing.

It'd be a lot better though if we had more than one fractal algorithm. I mean it's little more than granular noise/clouds, plus stretching, as of now. It'd be great to have more complex structures.

Seamless tiling is great btw. Very useful, very nice.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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May 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Too bad this was pulled because of legal issues.. :(  
(Version 1.3c)

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NTFS for Mac OS X
May 24 2008

GUILLAUMEK  How much faster than NTFS-3G is this? Can someone share their experience?  
(Version 6.5.1)

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NTFS for Mac OS X
Jun 19 2008

DOUG S.  I can, and shall. NTFS for Mac, I find, transfers files much faster than NTFS-3G. It also gels better with OS X. For instance, a 3GB file can take up to 15 minutes with NTFS-3G but it took 4 with NTFS for Mac.

The only draw-back I can see so far is there is an apparent incompatibility with VMware Fusion that stops you from mounting Boot Camp with it.  
(Version 6.5.1)

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NTFS for Mac OS X
Jul 18 2008

JIRI RAKUSAN  My experience:

Copy of 32GB file to an external disk:

NTFS-3G: 120 min.

NTFS for MacOS X: 25 min.  
(Version 6.5.1)

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NTFS for Mac OS X
Feb 28 2009

SEMIOTICMONKEY  Well, my experience:

Copy of 17GB of multiple files to old Ext FW HD:

NTFS-3G: 18 minutes.

Not so shabby, imho. I mean, so much it depends on your config and the test you run. Try to test both sw with multiple files, with a plenty of RAM and a FW HD to see how they works.  
(Version 7.0)

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NTFS for Mac OS X
Feb 28 2009

DOUG S.  My example was also about a year old. The performance is obviously better now, but I don't know if it's truly up to par yet.  
(Version 7.0)

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fseventer
May 21 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Very useful app. Great interface.  
(Version 2.6)

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Transmission
May 9 2008

GUILLAUMEK  "# Support https tracker connections

# IP blocking using the Bluetack Level1 blocklist

# Better support of multitracker torrents"

Guess who's finally ditching Azureus..? ;)  
(Version 1.20)

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Transmission
May 10 2008

STORMCHILD  Better keep an eye on your ratios. Last time I used Transmission with a private tracker, it submitted bad stats, my ratio suddenly went from about 2.5 to negative 9 billion, and obviously my account got disabled. I learned my lesson, went back to Azureus, and even though it still drives me nuts how much of my CPU and memory it consumes, at least it doesn't get me kicked off any trackers.

I really want to like Transmission, as it is such a dream to use compared to the bloated heap of Java (i.e. turd) that is Azureus, but I won't be trusting it with any torrents from private trackers (on which I've spent months or years building up my ratio) anytime soon.  
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Transmission
May 10 2008

NEONBLUE2  They fixed the ratio problem ages ago...  
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OpenOffice.org
May 3 2008

GUILLAUMEK  How stable are these at the moment? I know "alpha" should be self-explanatory but sometimes alpha software can turn out usable.  
(Version 2.4)

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OpenArena
Apr 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  low-tech gaming rocks! ;)  
(Version 0.7.8)

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Microsoft Messenger
Apr 29 2008

GUILLAUMEK  My mistak. You were talking about innovation. :p  
(Version 7.0)

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Microsoft Messenger
Apr 29 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Office 2008 was buggy - and still is - but it's rather good software IMO. Plus the Mac BU has a certain degree of autonomy inside Microsoft. They have their own release schedule, are not bound to the Windows interface. I'm not sure the Mac BU folks deserve that bashing.  
(Version 7.0)

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Synergy
Apr 29 2008

GUILLAUMEK  "About the crashing (or not crashing), I can assure you that it's really a completely separate issue. It's a known bug in Leopard's NSAppleScript running under Garbage Collection. It's effectively random, and sooner or later it will crash... until Apple fixes the bug. I've been pretty lucky with this and I only see a crash every few days, but I know others see them all the time: luck of the draw, it would seem.

I'm going to put together a couple of new releases which incorporate this fix for the artwork issue:

* 3.5a7: a new build of the alpha series, which will still unfortunately suffer from Apple's NSAppleScript bug.

* 3.2.1: a new build of the stable 3.2 series, which won't be affected by the NSAppleScript issue (never has been, never will be) because it doesn't use Leopard's Garbage Collection.

I'll try to get those out tomorrow."

Quoted from http://rails.wincent.com/issues/668

So no more artwork issues!  
(Version 3.5a7)

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1Password
Apr 28 2008

GUILLAUMEK  nice gesture

much appreciated  
(Version 2.6)

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Adobe Media Player
Apr 10 2008

GUILLAUMEK  update your flash player plugin. I had the same issue and solved it this way.  
(Version 1.0)

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Max
Apr 8 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Yay! Leopard compatibility! I was disappointed when i switched to Leopard that Max would not work. I'm glad it's back!

Best sound conversion/extracion tool available. XLD are xACT are good complements.  
(Version 0.8)

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Dapplegrey
Apr 6 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Nice Dosbox GUI. The interface is a bit messy but it really gets the job done. Dapplegrey also has the simple merit of being in active development. Most of the other GUIs don't see a lot of updates these days.  
(Version 1.9.2b3)

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Apple Safari
Mar 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  On second thought, in some cases size can matter.

I'm thinking of Portable apps for flash drives or SSD laptops like the EEE PC.

Then again, flash drives aren't 128MB anymore and 64MB really isn't that much.  
(Version 3.1)

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Apple Safari
Mar 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Quick answer: you're wrong.

Long answer: As always, Mac apps are packages. This means the size of the package is usually way larger than the executable itself. The rest consists of various resources which are loaded only when needed.

Take for exemple the Command & Conquer 3 package. It's 3.52GB...

Now, if you want to discuss the memory footprint of Safari, you rather should open Camino, iCab and Safari. Open some tabs and check the RAM usage in Activity Monitor.  
(Version 3.1)

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Instantbird
Mar 4 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Instantbird will have a hard time gathering users. There are already many free IM clients built around libpurple (hence with the same core features). Every major system has its native libpurple+GUI implementation.

Plus, as an implementation of libpurple, Adium is now nearing perfection.  
(Version 0.1.1)

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OnyX
Feb 24 2008

GUILLAUMEK  It's true Sparkle integration would be nice.

As for the DL speed and as i said in an earlier comment, OnyX is hosted at free.fr, a french internet provider. Usually very fast and reliable.

I just tried and I'm downloading OnyX at 800KB/s on a 20M dsl line.

It seems lots of people have trouble DLing the soft though so maybe this is indeed a server-side issue.  
(Version 1.9.4b1)

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Airfoil
Feb 20 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Also the sync delay problem is linked to Apple's design choices, not Rogue Amoeba's. It's unavoidable with the current Airport and AppleTV.  
(Version 3.1)

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Airfoil
Feb 20 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Use Airfoil vith VLC. You can resync sound & video in VLC using keys F and G by 50ms increments. Not ideal but gdoes the job.  
(Version 3.1)

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Aurora
Feb 19 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Last free Aurora version (3.3.5) available at:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/metaquark/Aurora-3.3.5.zip

You can't get a better deal. It still beats Awaken, Alarm Clock and all others. The right balance between ease-of-use and features.  
(Version 4.0.6)

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OnyX
Feb 18 2008

GUILLAUMEK  OnyX is hosted at free.fr, a french internet provider. Usually very fast and reliable.

I'm downloading OnyX at 800KB/s on a 20M dsl line.  
(Version 1.9.3)

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Apple Mac OS X
Feb 11 2008

GUILLAUMEK  How long did it took Tiger to get thoses fixed? Anyone remembers?  
(Version 10.5.2)

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SpamSieve
Jan 30 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Agreed. Gmail's server-side spam filtering is one of the best. With Mail, Entourage of Thunderbird's standard spam filter, i get very little spam.

However, Gmail does give a few false positives from time to time, though mostly useless newsletters I should never had subscribed to in the first place.  
(Version 2.6.6)

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Adium
Jan 19 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Greatest IM client on Mac.

Glad they fixed the web link MSN stuff.  
(Version 1.2.1)

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UnifyCamino
Dec 7 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Must-have addition for Camino. Especially on Leopard, on which some themes don't work so well.  
(Version 1.5)

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Modul8
Dec 3 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Great software. Also way overpriced IMO.  
(Version 2.5.4)

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Modul8
Sep 4 2008

SPECTRAL7  Not overpriced IMO as Vjing is a small market so how can Devs recoup the cost of developing a complicated top level piece of software ? One gig will pay for software! i have had free updates for last 2 years and there is no other software that comes close.  
(Version 2.5.7)

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Modul8
Sep 4 2008

GUILLAUMEK  Good point. A special price for students would be nice however.  
(Version 2.5.7)

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Camino
Oct 21 2007

GUILLAUMEK  There are optimized builds as usual.

For Intel, http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=594213&sid=d705091e01e909d48f9793a9ab4db53f

courtesy of heronstalker

For PPC, http://www.rpm-mozilla.org.uk/builds/camino/

courtesy of RPMozley

You can also try http://www.pimpmycamino.com

Cheers!  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Camino
Nov 1 2007

DOM21  Thanks!  
(Version 1.5.3)

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Camino
Nov 2 2007

FYREFLYE  That was fast! I've always found the Intel versions from PimpMyCamino to be faster than the regular releases.  
(Version 1.5.3)

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Camino
Dec 5 2007

APPLECRYPT MODS  thx. Will there be a G5 link? :?  
(Version 1.5.4)

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Camino
Dec 6 2007

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Here's a link to unofficial Intel - optimized builds of Camino 1.5.4:

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~coreya/camino/

This developer goes by the name heronstalker and has done some nice work. I've used his Intel-optimized builds in the past.  
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Camino
Oct 21 2007

GUILLAUMEK  From my own experience, these bugs have been around for quite a while already. Try the trunk builds (pre-1.6) if you feel adventurous. These may include a fix.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Monopoly Here & Now
Sep 19 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Agreed. Little Snitch serves many purposes. First and most important it allows its user to spot when an app calls home. Though I've never seen such thing on a Mac, there are many Windows applications that send personnal data. And athome, don't be rude.  
(Version 1.0)

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X Lossless Decoder
Sep 17 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Max is better with tags IMO.  
(Version 20070917)

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MetaX
Sep 15 2007

GUILLAUMEK  MetaX just zeroed-out some of my files. Bummer.. :/

Maybe an issue with Atomic Parsley.  
(Version 2.2.8)

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Flip4Mac WMV Player
Sep 15 2007

GUILLAUMEK  VLC can do it although it's not very user-friendly.  
(Version 2.1.3.5b)

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Transmission
Sep 14 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Don't use Tor for P2P. It kills their network.  
(Version 0.82)

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Growl
Sep 14 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Hey i like the claw! ^^  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Nokia Multimedia Transfer
Sep 11 2007

GUILLAUMEK  As i said, unconstructive criticism ^^

However, i am not sure you'll want to use this app for caller pictures. You would be much better off editing them in Address Book. All NMT can do for you concerning caller pictures is import iPhoto pictures, which you then have to set inside your E60 where i believe you don't have zoom/pan controls (correct me if i'm wrong). NMT may not be the best choice for caller picture.

As for ring tones, i guess it's a matter of personnal preference. Unless you frequently change your ringtones, Bluetooth File Exchange works fine. It does not take more than two clicks with "Send file to BT device" shift-command-B shortkey.

I believe NMT wasn't made for your kind of device in the first place. Plus the soft is still beta. This obviously does not mean its support should not be considered but you can't blame Nokia for not making this a priority.

Hope you found less smarty-pants and more education in that comment,

Cheers

edit: i see E60 support at http://europe.nokia.com/A4423135 ...  
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Nokia Multimedia Transfer
Sep 11 2007

GUILLAUMEK  well maybe nokia didn't make a "multimedia transfer" app for "just a phone"...

Sorry for the unconstructive criticism ^^  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Xiph QuickTime Components
Sep 3 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Is this still useful with Perian supporting OGG/FLAC?  
(Version 0.1.8)

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Xiph QuickTime Components
Sep 3 2007

RITSUKA  Perian does NOT support ogg/flac yet, only vorbis inside mkv container.  
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NeoOffice
Aug 27 2007

GUILLAUMEK  minus X11 but PLUS Java. Java can be prettier but the overhead is bad or performance  
(Version 2.2.1)

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Synergy
Aug 26 2007

GUILLAUMEK  I agree. Synergy is fine as it is. It never crashed on me in over 3 years. And i believe there is no need for new features. The app does its job.

Apple should contract Wincent to pack Synergy into iTunes.

Then again, i wouldn't recommend buying the app. There are free alternatives that work great.  
(Version 3.1.5b)

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Letter Opener
Aug 2 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Free alternative: TNEF's Enough

This is not a Mail plugin though.  
(Version 1.7.5)

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Letter Opener
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JAZZYGUY  Thanks!  
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iSyncIt
Aug 2 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Hi,

I have made such a script too ^^ using bits and tips from macosxhints. Do you use blueutil?

I have too admit one-click sync is nice  
(Version 1.1)

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avc1Decoder
May 15 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Hi,

a simple question

Is this better than Perian? Isn't it basically the same decoder?  
(Version 0.6.6)

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avc1Decoder
May 15 2007

MAC ADAM  Perian is not for h264…

avc decodec allow read all h264 and mp4 what integer apple decodec not do (b frames, 8x8, etc…).

ps: if you try avc.decodec, no need mp4.decodec, avc.decodec decode mp4 and h264…  
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avc1Decoder
May 15 2007

MYCOMETG3  MPEG-4 AVC does not include MPEG-4 ASP/SP.

AVC is called as "H.264". ASP or SP are generally called as "MPEG-4".

avc1Decoder just handles H.264 media only.

mp4vDecoder handles ASP/SP media only.  
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Freespace 2 Launcher
May 4 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Really nice! A proper launcher was very much needed in order to make FS2 SCP more user-friendly.

Now we need a proper installer. Java scripts are nice but still a turn-off for beginners, and full install DMGs are quickly outdated. Maybe wrap a GUI around Turey's Java scripts..  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Sparkle
Apr 3 2007

GUILLAUMEK  "Sorry, but the SQLite database behind Sparkle's site exploded in a giant fireball, and Caltech is an unrelenting work-slinging monster, so I don't have time to fix it at the moment. I'd really appreciate it if you didn't send me emails about the site or with bug reports until I get the site back up. In the meantime, you can still download Sparkle here."

http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/  
(Version 1.1)

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Sparkle
Mar 30 2007

GUILLAUMEK  That was quick! :) nice.  
(Version 1.1)

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Sparkle
Mar 30 2007

GUILLAUMEK  Too bad the dev's site has been down for some time now. Is this stil being developped?  
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Sparkle
Mar 30 2007

MACUPDATE ADMIN  I sent the developer an email just now... I'll post his reply as soon as I get it.  
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Sparkle
Mar 30 2007

GUILLAUMEK  That was quick! :) nice.  
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Sparkle
Apr 3 2007

GUILLAUMEK  "Sorry, but the SQLite database behind Sparkle's site exploded in a giant fireball, and Caltech is an unrelenting work-slinging monster, so I don't have time to fix it at the moment. I'd really appreciate it if you didn't send me emails about the site or with bug reports until I get the site back up. In the meantime, you can still download Sparkle here."

http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/  
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Tangerine!
Dec 19 2006

GUILLAUMEK  Indeed the beta started a short while before Tangerine appeared on macupdate  
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iGetter X
Nov 22 2006
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GUILLAUMEK  I have been using iGetter for the last two years. Worked very well - not perfectly - but very well. The only disappointment comes from a few occasions where it would not manage to connect and launch download but this only occurred with websites i know are problematic with most download managers. Ultimately very rare.  
(Version 2.5)

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