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StuffIt Expander 2010
Oct 12 2009

JOBBY  Can we at least go back to the good old days when clicking the Download link just, you know, DOWNLOADED THE FILE?

Smith Micro will only let you have their precious program if you "agree" to let them spam you forever. No "agree", no program — this sort of coercion SHOULD be illegal. Consent not given freely is no consent at all.

To anyone thinking of sending me a .sitx file — you'll need to recompress it as .zip, because I'm not playing Smith Micro's games, and I strongly encourage you not to as well. We don't need spam-pushers like this around.  
(Version 14.0)

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Media Rage
Aug 31 2009

JOBBY  "Account error: inactive"

So much for the download link — is there a mirror anywhere? The links on the developer's site go to the same place…

(As an aside, you'd think Apple would make a better looking failure page for mac.com than a couple of lines of monospaced text!)  
(Version 3.4.5)

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Media Rage
Sep 6 2009

JASON GILES  link is working again  
(Version 3.4.6)

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calibre
Apr 28 2009

JOBBY  Why on EARTH does this need my admin password as soon as it runs?

No deal! Cmd-Q, Cmd-Delete.  
(Version 0.5.9)

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calibre
May 2 2009

ZWIGGYBO  It probably requires admin access because of the following feature:

"calibre has a builtin web server that gives allows you to access your ebook collection using a simple browser from any computer anywhere in the world. It can also email your books and downloaded news to you automatically."

In order to turn server on or off, requires admin rights I believe.  
(Version 0.5.10)

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Tweetie
Apr 27 2009

JOBBY  OK, so we have a choice between paying or viewing ads. Fine. But why, if I choose to view ads, does it ALSO nag me on startup that I haven't paid? There's a "buy now" button and a "remind me later" button, but there isn't a "shut the hell up, I *want* to use the ad-supported version" button.

At the moment Atebits are getting ad revenue from me. If Tweetie nags me again, they'll lose that and not recoup it in the form of a registration fee, because I'll be going back to Twitterific.

Respect your users, don't nag them.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Opera
Apr 12 2009

JOBBY  So, I applied a simple version update, and Opera reset all my preferences.

That meant that, on starting up, it reloaded all my saved pages and allowed them to set cookies, run Javascript, Java, Flash etc, EVEN THOUGH I HAD EXPLICITLY TURNED ALL OF THESE OFF.

This is supposed to be a SECURE browser? I would have been better off staying with the old version!

Opera devs, here is a list of circumstances when you may set default preferences:

1) When there is no pref file in existence because the user has never run ANY version of Opera.

2) When the user explicitly tells you to.

THAT IS ALL. If you're going to reset prefs at any other time, at least TELL THE USER YOU'VE DONE SO, and then ALLOW THEM TO SET THEM BACK *BEFORE* LOADING ANY CONTENT!

I am SERIOUSLY pissed off with Opera right now. Even Microsoft don't pull this crap.  
(Version 9.64)

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Internet Explorer X
Apr 6 2009

JOBBY  How odd. The macupdate.com RSS feed's just shown there's a new version of Internet Explorer, but coming to this page shows that there isn't.

Hopefully all the Microsoft folks are busy getting macro support back into Office :)  
(Version 5.2.3)

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OnyX
Feb 1 2009

JOBBY  @kknopp: you're a customer? I downloaded this for free...  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Delivery Status
Jan 29 2009

JOBBY  Yay — thanks :)  
(Version 4.6)

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Delivery Status
Jan 22 2009

JOBBY  Any chance of support for City Link, please? (http://www.city-link.co.uk/track_parcel/track_parcel.php)   
(Version 4.5.1)

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Delivery Status
Jan 29 2009

JOBBY  Yay — thanks :)  
(Version 4.6)

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SongGenie
Jan 6 2009

JOBBY  I don't know whether it's a limitation of the demo, but it's only showing AAC tracks.

There's this little format called MP3, chaps...  
(Version 1.0)

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NameChanger
Dec 17 2008

JOBBY  Looks good, but really could do with support for regular expressions.  
(Version 2.2.1)

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Mail Badger
Nov 26 2008

JOBBY  Causes hangs for me as well — taking a sample from Task Manager confirms it's Mail Badger at fault (seems to be trying to update the icon badge at the time).

Unfortunately I closed the sample window without saving it (doh!) so I don't have anything to send the developer until it does it again :(  
(Version 0.3)

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ChecksumJelly
Nov 18 2008

JOBBY  Looks pretty useful — but why does the window vanish from screen when the app loses focus? That's non-standard behaviour — and when checksumming a large file, it would be handy to be able to do other stuff while it calculates :)  
(Version 1.0)

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ChecksumJelly
Nov 19 2008

BITJELLY  I decided to hide the window when not in focus because this is really just a small utility (I thought the user doesn't want it cluttering the desktop when not in use).

Is ChecksumJelly preventing you from working with other applications? If it is I will make it spawn a thread and have it share the processor by force.

Thank you for your comments, you make two good arguments :)

Ruben  
(Version 1.0)

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Pocket Gnome
Nov 11 2008

JOBBY  Not so - Blizzard might be entitled to nuke your account, but you've committed no crime. And may we all be saved from the kind of society where we could be arrested for breaking some company's terms and conditions...  
(Version 1.2.3)

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GPSBabel
Oct 29 2008

JOBBY  The gpsbabel binary runs just fine on the Mac, as long as you don't mind using the command line — but the GPSBabel+ GUI is in the DMG as well…  
(Version 1.3.6b)

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Submerge
Oct 22 2008

JOBBY  Can you tell us how you set that up? I've tried both the options in the Save As dialog, and I still get subtitles hard-burned into the movie, with no option to turn them off.

About the best option I can see in there is to save as a reference movie, and then play the original for subtitle-free use, but that doesn't help when you just want to go back a few seconds and check a bit of dialogue you couldn't make out — especially on the Apple TV :)  
(Version 1.5.5)

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Mactracker
Oct 21 2008

JOBBY  I've just spent ages trawling through Apple's dodgy navigation to try and find the manual for a G4 Mirrored Drive Door (2003) PowerMac. It would be great if MacTracker could have direct links to the manuals: it seems MacTracker has better search than Apple does :)  
(Version 5.0.4)

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Mactracker
Oct 21 2008

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)

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Google Earth
Sep 18 2008

JOBBY  Useless download system — fails if you've got google-analytics.com blocked at the firewall because you don't want to be tracked all over the web.

Direct download link is here: http://earth.google.co.uk/ig/directory?synd=earth&pid=earth&num=6&cat=featured&dl=mac&hl=en

Now, why can't it just use Sparkle?  
(Version 4.3.7284.3916)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 8 2008

JOBBY  Thanks for the patch — if only big companies would fix things that fast :)  
(Version 1.2)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 7 2008

JOBBY  Runs fine on 10.5 but starts and immediately exits on a 10.4.10 box. Is anyone else having this problem?

(Can't upgrade to 10.4.11 as we need to keep a Safari 2 test machine around, unfortunately)  
(Version 1.1)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 7 2008

HARV  On my DP 800,10.4.11, I too am unable to get the app to run. Immediately upon launch, it crashes.

I have sent the Crash Report to the developer.

No doubt ARD v1.2 will soon be released (or, so I hope).  
(Version 1.1)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 7 2008

IFRANCISCO  We have received your crash reports, and thanks to your feedback, we've fixed the crash-on-start problem on Tiger. Expect an update later today addressing this issue.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.1)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 7 2008

IFRANCISCO  Version 1.2 has been released which addresses the crash-on-start issue on Tiger, thanks for all your feedback on this!  
(Version 1.2)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 7 2008

HARV   ARD v1.2 now installs normally on my Tiger and I got the green confirmation that the exploit has been patched.

Rarely, does a developer respond so promptly, and rarer still when it is freeware.

Five stars from me!  
(Version 1.2)

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ARD Patcher
Jul 8 2008

JOBBY  Thanks for the patch — if only big companies would fix things that fast :)  
(Version 1.2)

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NetNewsWire
Jun 25 2008

JOBBY  A followup to my own post: I can see the new items in the affected feeds by turning off NewsGator syncing and refreshing all feeds.

I can then turn syncing back on and read the articles, but still don't get any more updates in those feeds while syncing is on :(  
(Version 3.1.7b1)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

JOBBY  The download link is *not* the final version of Firefox 3 — it is Release Candidate 3.

The full version won't be released for another 4 hours or so. If you want that, save your bandwidth for now...  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  It is *not* a release candidate. Download it and you will see it is 3.0, not 3.0rc3 or whatever.  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

TIM.DEHRING  Correct, this is the final version.  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  a Get Info command issued against the application states version 3.0, does not state 'release candidate'.  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

JOSHP  3.0rc3 says the same thing when you do a Get Info. The final version is not posted on the spreadfirefox.com page yet, so I am unsure if this is it or not. I will wait and get it directly from Mozilla.  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  This is where I found it:

http://www.macorchard.com/www/Firefox.php  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MOUSEE  It seems Jobby is right. Once launched, Firefox 3 welcome page states: "Thank you for helping test this third Firefox 3 release candidate! This preview release is being made available for testing purposes only. You should read the release notes before getting started."

Downloaded around 9:10 am EST  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

FYREFLYE  I downloaded what was supposed to be RC3 a few days ago and the "Get Info" on it simply said "Firefox 3.0." FWIW as of this posting "Check for Updates" says I have the latest version.   
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  mousee, did you download it from the link here at MU?  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MOUSEE  Yes, downloaded from the MU link. Not a big deal though, will try another download tonight.  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Jun 17 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  ok, thanks mousee  
(Version 3.0)

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DVDRemaster Pro
May 19 2008

JOBBY  Yes — audio for the video files is in VIDEO_TS. AUDIO_TS is for the DVD-Audio format: it doesn't need to be there on a video DVD (and it's usually empty anyway :)  
(Version 4.4)

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NetNewsWire
May 14 2008

JOBBY  Sorry, no idea — but it's happening to me as well. maczot.com, mupromo.com and dailykitten.com seem to be the main ones affected. I wish I could remember what the last version was that didn't do this, so I could roll back...  
(Version 3.1.6)

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CoverSutra
May 11 2008

JOBBY  Ah — found it, thanks!

I didn't realise the garbage collector was to blame there: it does seem a bit slow to release at times, though. Hopefully that'll improve in 10.5.3 :)  
(Version 2.1.2)

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CoverSutra
May 11 2008

JOBBY  Version 2.1.2 was using over 500Mb (on a 2Gb machine!) less than 10 minutes after launch. That's not good at all — it makes it unusable! (I am running stuff as well as iTunes and CoverSutra :)

The option to use Growl notifications seems to have vanished, too — please can we have this back? I don't want loads of apps that all use their own notifiers: I want everything to work with Growl…  
(Version 2.1.2)

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CoverSutra
May 11 2008

SOPHIESTICATION  The new version uses a totally different kind of memory management (Garbage Collection). This is a great new feature in Leopard, however, it's kinda confusing to users since from time to time the application seems to use extreme high amounts of memory. This is actually not the case, the system will release more memory to other apps when needed.

The Growl preferences are now in the advanced preferences which are hidden by default.

To access advanced preferences:

- Open the application menu

- Press and hold down the Option key.

- Choose Advanced Preferences….  
(Version 2.1.2)

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CoverSutra
May 11 2008

JOBBY  Ah — found it, thanks!

I didn't realise the garbage collector was to blame there: it does seem a bit slow to release at times, though. Hopefully that'll improve in 10.5.3 :)  
(Version 2.1.2)

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GroupCal
Apr 22 2008

JOBBY  The Snerdware website says Leopard compatibility is due in Q1 2008. We're now into Q2 and still no update. What the hell is going on here?

Hopefully now that Apple's licensed the Exchange protocols for iPhone this will filter back into Mail/iCal and we won't need to pay extra for kludges...  
(Version 3.94)

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Rivet
Apr 22 2008

JOBBY  Looks good, but a couple of nits:

If you have a load of playlists in iTunes, and you're trying to share just a couple, you *really* could do with a "deselect all" button in the Music tab :)

I see "share photos from iPhoto"... but where's "share photos from Aperture"? I don't want to have to export all my photos just so my 360 can see them (one copy of each is quite enough to have lying around)  
(Version 1.0.1)

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SVN Notifier
Apr 3 2008
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JOBBY  Growl notifications for svn commits - nifty!

Unfortunately the preamble is so long that Growl cuts off the commit message (at least with the iPhonesque Mini display style and "limit to 2-5 lines" on). I've hacked the text in my copy to be less verbose, but could we have an option to reduce it to something like "r1033 / bob:" to save space?

The text in the widget is a bit on the tiny side, too... it's fine on the main iMac monitor, but the secondary monitor is a CRT, and it's unreadable there. (Of course, I'd rather my boss replaced the CRT with a 23" Cinema Display :)  
(Version 1.0)

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SVN Notifier
Apr 24 2008

CLOSACCO  @JOBBY

Thanks for the comments. We agree that there should be an option to limit the size of the Growl notification, and also that the widget itself could make far better use of space and fonts. We'll note these suggestions for future releases.  
(Version 1.0)

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DVDRemaster Pro
Mar 26 2008

JOBBY  I've found it's better to drag the VIDEO_TS folder to the hard disk and point Handbrake at that version. It takes 20-30 minutes to copy across, but Handbrake runs MUCH faster and puts less wear on the DVD drive.  
(Version 4.3.1)

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Connect360
Mar 24 2008

JOBBY  Looks good, but I have some movies in my Movies folder, and some on another drive. There's a symlink to their folder in ~/Movies, so Front Row can see them, but Connect360 won't follow the symlink and says I only have four movies :( Any chance of Connect360 handling symlinks?

My iPhoto library is also on another disk: Connect360 doesn't find it AT ALL, and doesn't have an option for me to say where it is.

Mind you, the library I'd *really* want to access is the Aperture library. Hopefully this will be supported soon...  
(Version 3.23)

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Mar 21 2008

JOBBY  Could we have the registration key as a multiline text field? Some programs such as GarageSale have newlines in their keys (workaround is to put these in Notes and use Option-Return to enter the newline, of course)

Having Command-N do the same as pressing the + button under the list would save a bit of time, too :)  
(Version 2.0.1)

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Senuti
Mar 11 2008

JOBBY  Easiest way to move your iTunes library, with metadata, is to use the Consolidate Library command: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301748  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

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Chax
Feb 26 2008

JOBBY  Would love to see Chax have the ability to replace all occurrences of "Buddy" with "Contact". It really grates, and is one of the reasons I use Adium instead of iChat...

(This is what happens when you let AOL near a program :)  
(Version 2.1.1)

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Chax
May 14 2008

WALRUSCP  This is a feature I would LOVE to see Chax add. I love this add-on, and it is the reason why I have switched from Adium to iChat.  
(Version 2.1.2)

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KeyCastr
Feb 15 2008

JOBBY  I started KeyCastr and got a "Catastropic error" because the service wasn't running. Tried again and it started, but there was no Dock icon or menubar icon — I had to go to the Terminal to kill it.

This isn't some 10.5.2-related problem, maybe?

Hopefully once I've got to an icon, I'll be able to set a preference to only show keystrokes with a modifier key pressed.

It also seemed to be very difficult to move the window — it kept trying to jump back. The secret seems to be to keep pressing keys so the window doesn't try to close mid-drag...  
(Version 0.7.3)

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Together
Feb 15 2008

JOBBY  What I'd LOVE to see is a "Scan" button (using the scanner's TWAIN driver or ImageCapture, like in Yep/ReceiptWallet)

I get a load of stuff on paper, and it would be so much quicker to scan it straight into Together, rather than open the scanner program, scan to PDF, and import the PDF into Together.

That's the one feature that keeps me with Yep rather than upgrading my old version of KIT, but I much prefer the KIT/Together interface, and would switch back if it were added.  
(Version 2.0.7)

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Dimensionizer
Jan 14 2008

JOBBY  Any chance of a Universal build? PPC-only menu items don't work on Intel :(  
(Version 1.0)

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TomTom HOME
Dec 17 2007

JOBBY  Still 1.6? You need version 2.0 or higher to install the latest maps, or to use the MapShare functionality. So where's the Mac port of the current version?

I bet it *still* doesn't even let you control the TomTom from the computer, which is the only way to set a password on the thing.

Roll on the GPS-enabled iPhone...  
(Version 1.6.020)

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FontExplorer X Pro
Nov 28 2007

JOBBY  Ah, hang on — it seems a Finder search for "kind:font" returns all these "FontExplorer X font" files — unless you restrict it to your FontExplorer X library, in which case it returns the correct font files and preview work OK. Very odd that it shouldn't return those AS WELL AS the "FontExplorer X font" files, but that seems to be Spotlight's fault :)  
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FontExplorer X Pro
Nov 28 2007

JOBBY  It's great - but under Leopard, apart from occasional crashes, it breaks the ability to preview fonts in CoverFlow and Quick Look. All you see is an icon saying "Font Explorer X Font", and no preview.

Even telling Finder to open all font files with Font Book doesn't fix this. Does anybody know how to restore this system functionality without removing FontExplorer X?  
(Version 1.2.2)

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FontExplorer X Pro
Nov 28 2007

JOBBY  Ah, hang on — it seems a Finder search for "kind:font" returns all these "FontExplorer X font" files — unless you restrict it to your FontExplorer X library, in which case it returns the correct font files and preview work OK. Very odd that it shouldn't return those AS WELL AS the "FontExplorer X font" files, but that seems to be Spotlight's fault :)  
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Yummy FTP
Nov 20 2007

JOBBY  I use Yummy at home but Transmit at work, and Transmit definitely works with Growl :)

I prefer Yummy for most of my stuff, but Transmit's tabs are very handy when you have to keep four servers updated...  
(Version 1.7)

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Saft
Nov 18 2007

JOBBY  Actually, a reboot fixed the problem with CTRL-number not switching between spaces, but I'd still like to be able to use the shortcuts in Safari - say with CTRL-OPT-number?  
(Version 10.0.1)

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Saft
Nov 18 2007

JOBBY  Installed the demo on Leopard - now I can't use CTRL+number to switch between Spaces, even when Safari is not the focused app. It seems Saft is somehow eating this keystroke globally.

The "jump to bookmark bar item" feature is useful, but I switch between spaces a LOT, and don't want to use a different key shortcut for that. Please can we have an option to have Saft use a different shortcut, and to only have it absorb that shortcut when Safari has focus?

Also I can no longer drag tabs between windows, like I could before installing Saft. I know it provided draggable tabs in Safari 2, but could it be made to not interfere with Safari 3's tab-dragging code?  
(Version 10.0.1)

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Saft
Nov 18 2007

JOBBY  Actually, a reboot fixed the problem with CTRL-number not switching between spaces, but I'd still like to be able to use the shortcuts in Safari - say with CTRL-OPT-number?  
(Version 10.0.1)

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Saft
Nov 19 2007

EGGMAN  If you're talking about using a keyboard shortcut to access bookmarks in your bookmarks bar, Command-"number" has worked for me for the longest time, with or without Saft.  
(Version 10.0.2)

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Chax
Nov 15 2007

JOBBY  One option I'd like to see is the ability to replace every occurrence of "Buddy" with "Contact".

The whole "Buddy" thing just seems to irritate me for some reason (possibly it's just down to being British :)  
(Version 2.0b2)

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Chax
Nov 17 2007

SATYRICA  It's not just you (or being British). I'm American and find people that use "Buddy" to be gay, or generally

balmy in the crumpet. I second the motion...  
(Version 2.0)

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Screenflick
Nov 5 2007

JOBBY  It won't let me record an area on any monitor other than the main one, either in fixed camera mode or follow-mouse mode (the viewport just bangs up against the edge of the screen and tries to stay as close to the pointer as it can)

Are there any plans for dual-monitor support in a future version?  
(Version 1.0.5)

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iMote
Oct 28 2007

JOBBY  Seems to work on Leopard, except the menubar item never appears. The error in console.log is:

iMote[146] Unable to add iMoteMenu.menu, error = -108

(don't know whether that helps or not :)  
(Version 2.2.1)

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notMac
Oct 19 2007

JOBBY  This is definitely a problem — the Tubetrack widget relies on being able to connect to mac.com in order to get the list of stations, and hasn't worked since I installed notMac.

Ideally it should pass all .mac requests (other than for the username I've configured) on to the REAL .mac.

Incidentally, the upgrade script doesn't really make it clear whether or not I'm supposed to manually disable notMac (and how I'm supposed to do that!) or whether the script is going to do it for me.  
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GrowlHUD
Oct 12 2007

JOBBY  Thanks for that — I'd forgotten Apple didn't make the title bars bold. The colours look a lot better, though :)  
(Version 1.1)

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GrowlHUD
Oct 11 2007

JOBBY  Nice style - but the bright green stripe on the "low" priority makes it stand out more than the "normal" priority, and there's no way to edit the colour of these stripes... (well, not without mucking around inside the package, anyway)

It would be nice if the title could be in bold, too - it's a bit difficult to pick out in the time the notification's on screen.  
(Version 1.0)

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GrowlHUD
Oct 12 2007

NIKLAS BRUNBERG  I have made the colors more neutral for those priorities. Not sure about making the font in the title bar bold. I want to hold it true to the Apple style and if you look at the HUS:s in iPhoto and Safari you will see that they are normal weight.  
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GrowlHUD
Oct 12 2007

JOBBY  Thanks for that — I'd forgotten Apple didn't make the title bars bold. The colours look a lot better, though :)  
(Version 1.1)

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ChatterBlocker
Sep 20 2007

JOBBY  Why does the installer need root privs? That seems to be overkill for a program that plays sounds...  
(Version 1.1.3)

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ChatterBlocker
Jul 30 2008

SOUNDGUY  The installer we're using (Apple's PackageMaker) requires users to log in before installing the program in the Applications directory. I don't think there's anything unusual about this.  
(Version 1.1.3)

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JollysFastVNC
Sep 12 2007

JOBBY  Doh! Should have had a coffee first - fancy forgetting you could do that :)

Thanks for replying!  
(Version 0.88a)

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JollysFastVNC
Sep 11 2007

JOBBY  Please could we have the "fullscreen" command NOT be Cmd-F? It's very annoying when you're trying to use "find" on the remote machine :)

(And is there any way to get the remote Mac to let me have a screen resolution of higher than 1024x768, or is it just restricting me to what the physical monitor is capable of? It feels insanely cramped, and I can't find a way to increase it...)  
(Version 0.88a)

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JollysFastVNC
Sep 11 2007

JOLLY AKA PATRICK  It's an alpha and those features will come.

Right now you can however use OS X 's capability of remapping the keys to whatever you like. So YOU CAN REMAP it to CMD-SHIFT-F if you like.

Patrick  
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JollysFastVNC
Sep 12 2007

JOBBY  Doh! Should have had a coffee first - fancy forgetting you could do that :)

Thanks for replying!  
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Google Earth
Aug 25 2007

JOBBY  Great, but is it REALLY necessary for the text input boxes to use Windows key shortcuts rather than Mac ones?

Cmd-A is a lot easier than Home followed by Shift-End, not just because it's less keystrokes, but because it's the standard that EVERY OTHER Mac app (except Microsoft's, of course) uses.

I've lost count of the number of times I've looked at the "Fly To" box and found the previous search still in there with my new search at the end, because I pressed Cmd-A out of habit and nothing happened.  
(Version 4.2.180.1134)

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Google Earth
Sep 9 2007

ROY VAN DER WONING  Under Windows you'd use Ctrl-A, not "Home followed by Shift-End".  
(Version 4.2.180.1134)

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Video2SWF
May 15 2007

JOBBY  It can't encode audio from MPEG video files. The recommended solution is to convert the video to a different format and then use Video2SWF to convert the resulting file — meaning you have to buy a second conversion program, wait twice as long, and go through two phases of video compression. Ridiculous! There should have been a clear warning of this limitation on the purchase page — I only hope this post saves someone else from buying something so limited.  
(Version 1.011)

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Video2SWF
Jul 18 2009

JEFF H.  I had the same thing and I think I found an easy fix.

1. Open the video file in quicktime

2. Got to Window-Show Movie Properties

3. Up top you will see the Resources, choose audio file, click extract

4. When you set everything in Video2SWF clickthe "Audio" tab in "Settings" and check the box "use audio file"

This will open up a window looking for the audio file...choose the one that you just extracted from you QT file.

I agree its a pain-work-around, but it works...I just did it.  
(Version 2.001)

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ImageVacuum
Apr 25 2007

JOBBY  OK, there's a README file in the .dmg, but that's no substitute for something that comes up (in Help Viewer, please, not a browser or TextEdit) when you click on the Help menu :)  
(Version 1.0.1)

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ImageVacuum
Apr 25 2007

JOBBY  The colours are all inverted in the images for some reason. There's no help, and the link to the developer's site goes to an empty site.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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ImageVacuum
Apr 25 2007

JOBBY  OK, there's a README file in the .dmg, but that's no substitute for something that comes up (in Help Viewer, please, not a browser or TextEdit) when you click on the Help menu :)  
(Version 1.0.1)

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ImageVacuum
Apr 27 2007

Could you please email the developer about the problem your having. Is it just with a particular pdf or all pdf documents your opening?

If it's the latter, emailing the pdf that your having problems with would greatly be appreciated to help track down the problem.

Lastly, the website is currently under construction and I do apologise for the lack of support.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Disco
Apr 17 2007

JOBBY  No matter what I do, it just says "coaster created". I've tried turning the burn speed down to minimum, using CD-Rs and DVD-RWs, but nothing works. (Core 2 Duo iMac, Matshita DVD-R UJ-85J, firmware FCQ5)

I can burn to (and read afterwards :) the same types of discs using a Burn Folder just fine (a shame Apple never thought to put disc spanning support in) so it's not the discs or the drive at fault.

What's going wrong here? I'm running out of blanks...  
(Version 1.0.2)

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PNGCrusher
Apr 11 2007

JOBBY  You could drag it to your Finder sidebar or toolbar, then you'd always have it handy (unless you were working from the Desktop, of course).

Agree it would be nice to have a floating window if you just run it on its own, though. I'd also like it to not break the icon — after I pass a PNG through PNGCrusher, it just has the generic PNG icon rather than the preview of the file contents, and I have to use Pinki to restore the preview...  
(Version 1.2)

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Desktopia
Mar 6 2007

JOBBY  Great program, but let me be another one to ask for multiple monitor support :)  
(Version 1.0)

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pgAdmin3
Jan 31 2007

JOBBY  Attempting to select a user or group in the Grant Wizard crashes it every time. To add insult to injury, all changes made to prefs in that session are lost — they should be written to disk as soon as the user hits OK, not held in memory until the program exits cleanly. Especially when it's this unstable!  
(Version 1.4.2)

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ISOlator
Jan 8 2007

JOBBY  (for those in the same situation, try opening Terminal and typing 'disktool -e disk1' first - may save you a reboot :)  
(Version 2.0)

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ISOlator
Jan 8 2007

JOBBY  I tried to convert a mounted CD to an ISO — ISOlator gave an Applescript error and left the system thinking there was nothing in the drive, even though the CD was still inside. I had to reboot to get it back!  
(Version 2.0)

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ISOlator
Jan 8 2007

JOBBY  (for those in the same situation, try opening Terminal and typing 'disktool -e disk1' first - may save you a reboot :)  
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GroupCal
Nov 22 2006

JOBBY  Clicking "download now" produces "Sorry, but this LinkLok link has expired" — you have to go direct to the site.

Please can we have a working download link?  
(Version 3.7)

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MacFrotz
Sep 23 2006

JOBBY  When I open a .z5 file (from the Windows version of Lost Treasures of Infocom) the window just opens and closes again straight away.

This is on an Intel Mac running 10.4.7.  
(Version 1.0b7)

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Sep 20 2006

JOBBY  Looks nice, but won't connect to my ISP for some reason. It keeps saying "479 We don't accept private IP", which suggests MegaFon is using my internal network address (192.168.x.y) rather than my external address. Not much use if you can't use it behind NAT!

Incidentally, where is it getting the email address for the registration screen? It's not the one in the "me card" in Address book, which is what it should be grabbing. I'm not sure I like the idea of programs scouring my system to try and find my email address, in any case. Providing a blank field and letting me type it in looks a lot less dodgy :)  
(Version 0.8415)

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Jan 25 2007

CAPTAIN FTP  We propagate the fields to make life easier for the user, well that's the intention. This information is NOT exported or extracted from the Mac.

If you need some help with technical questions please do not hesitate do contact us:

mac_support@xdsnet.de  
(Version 0.9008)

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IconDroplet
Sep 14 2006

JOBBY  Not working on 10.4.7, Intel Mac. Can we have a Universal build, please?  
(Version 1.0)

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DDD for Mac OS X
Aug 30 2006

JOBBY  All download links appear to be dead. Anybody know of a mirror?  
(Version 3.3.9)

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Adobe Photoshop Elements
Aug 25 2006

JOBBY  Trial version is available for Windows but not for Mac. Thanks, Adobe — very useful. Obviously you don't *want* our money...  
(Version 4.0)

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Adobe Photoshop Elements
May 21 2007

TRAFFICSIGNDUDE  Same unfortunate deal with Adobe Acrobat; demo available for Windoze, zilch for Mac.  
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NetNewsWire
Aug 21 2006

JOBBY  OK - looks like your FTP server *must* support passive mode - which is extremely annoying if it's behind a firewall, as you have to forward tons of ports. Grr...  
(Version 2.1.1b1)

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NetNewsWire
Aug 18 2006

JOBBY  Has anyone managed to get syncing to work over FTP? It sits there for ages and says "connection timed out" - despite the fact that I can put the same details into Transmit and get straight in!

Shame the Activity and Errors windows don't seem to report anything about what FTP's doing, as I might have a chance of sorting it. It doesn't even log to Console, much less have a Transmit-style transcript window :(  
(Version 2.1.1b1)

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CoCoaCash
Aug 17 2006

JOBBY  Is there a way to change the currency from dollars?

It would be particularly nice if CoCoaCash could default to the currency set in the International prefs - that should be right for most users - but it should definitely be possible to at least change it to use the correct currency :)  
(Version 1.2.2)

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CoCoaCash
Aug 19 2006

TURINGART  Thx! Your feature request will be released soon!  
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TiVoTool
Aug 17 2006

JOBBY  Earlier versions used to work on my old G4, but installing this latest version on my Intel iMac produced a window that just says "can't fork: No such file or directory" when I click Refresh.

Unfortunately all the help links point to web pages that no longer exist - which shows the value of including the help files with the program!

After some fiddling, I found you needed to copy vstream-client from /Library/Application Support/TivoTool to /usr/local/bin - everything started working then.

Intel users - it's also worth downloading ffmpegX and copying the ffmpeg file from inside that app's package to /Library/Application Support/TivoTool - it'll convert a *lot* faster without Rosetta in the way :)  
(Version 0.5.7)

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DockStar
Aug 14 2006

JOBBY  Actually, scratch that - Mail's doing the same stupid thing as well. Completely the wrong behaviour, IMHO, but that's something to take up with Apple.  
(Version 1.1)

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DockStar
Aug 14 2006

JOBBY  Slight problem with the subfolders feature - I have an 'all unread' Smart Folder which has one of its rules as 'Folder is not Work Email'.

However, 'Work Email' is the root of my work IMAP account. The Smart Folder correctly excludes everything in the account, including subfolders. but DockStar only excludes items in the root of the account, not the subfolders. As a result, the unread count is much larger than what actually appears in the Smart Folder.

(Given the number of folders in the work account, adding them manually to the rule is a bit of a non-starter, too :)  
(Version 1.1)

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DockStar
Aug 14 2006

JOBBY  Actually, scratch that - Mail's doing the same stupid thing as well. Completely the wrong behaviour, IMHO, but that's something to take up with Apple.  
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Aug 1 2006

JOBBY  .mac syncing is useful, but expensive. I tried to set up .mac-free syncing with the incredibly useful MySync, but KIP doesn't appear in the list of applications it can sync with.

Not sure what's causing this (I'm assuming KIP uses Sync Services to do its syncing) but if this worked, that would be the killer feature for me.

Well, that and being able to encrypt individual items (or entire tags), and only show the previews/open the items when the password is provided :)  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Jul 17 2006
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JOBBY  Cool program - but it needs to work with PithHelmet. Ideally it would actually load the page in Safari and capture what Safari's rendering, so font preferences/user style sheets/ad blockers work the same as they do in the browser - otherwise it's not capturing what I see.  
(Version 0.4.3)

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AppZapper
Jul 9 2006

JOBBY  Nifty, but it doesn't seem to get PDF Services - I zapped the trial of VoodooPad Pro and my PDF menu still had "Save to VoodooPad" in it afterwards.  
(Version 1.6)

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iMote
Jun 17 2006
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JOBBY  Great - this has replaced GrowliTunes for me.

The Show Growl Notication action doesn't work when assigned to hotkey 9 for some reason. It would also be nice to be able to choose the hotkey activation sequence - some of my apps use Command-Option shortcuts extensively, and I'd like to be able to change it to Ctrl-Command. Even better would be setting it on a per-hotkey basis.

Would it be possible to have Rate Previous Track commands? If a track finished before I can rate it, I have to go to iTunes and rate it in there, which is a pain. Shouldn't be too hard to keep a note of what's just finished playing, hopefully :)  
(Version 2.2.1)

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Art Collector
Jun 13 2006

JOBBY  Good start, but doesn't seem to handle compilations as a single unit.

I also dragged a cover to an album that already has one, and it now has two pieces of art with no apparent way of deleting the old one!

The Help menu produces a dialog saying "Help isn't available for Art Collector" - this program needs a help file, especially if it isn't obvious how to do something as simple as removing art from a file!  
(Version 1.0)

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Harmonic
Jun 13 2006

JOBBY  Would really be nifty if it could remember its size over a reboot - it always starts up too small at the moment (especially considering you can't scroll with the wheel :)  
(Version 1.0.4)

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ManOpen
Jun 9 2006

JOBBY  Main app works fine on Intel Macs, but the openman command doesn't :(

Any chance of a Universal build, please?  
(Version 2.5.1)

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ManOpen
Aug 19 2006

KLKTRK  Yes, please. That would be nice. Thanks.  
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ManOpen
Oct 5 2006

SPYRO  Note that the source code is available and it does compile well on an intel mac, though it is not said if one can redistribute a compiled version (so I don't, as I am not the author).  
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ManOpen
Oct 13 2006

CHRISCHRAM  Adding to Spyro's comment: (You must have Xcode Tools installed for this procedure to work.) Download the source code from the dev's website. Double-click the archive to unzip and untar it. In Terminal type 'cd' (without the quites) and a space, then drag the 'ManOpen-2.5.1' folder to the terminal window, then . Type 'make' . In a few seconds you will find ManOpen.app and openman in the folder. Drag ManOpen.app to somewhere you keep your Applications. Drag openman to somewhere in your PATH. You're done.  
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Sound Grinder
Jun 4 2006

JOBBY  Actually, as a follow up to that comment: my files all seem to end up as CBR even though I've got "Variable" selected. So that makes the whole thing not a lot of use to me :(

Does anybody know what might be going wrong?  
(Version 2.5.3)

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Sound Grinder
Jun 4 2006

JOBBY  Installing LAME separately is a pain. Other apps bundle it quite happily - why can't Sound Grinder?

(And could we have an option to select --alt-preset-standard and --alt-preset-extreme, please? All my other MP3s are ripped at --alt-preset-extreme, and it would be nice to have the same for Sound Grinder-generated files as well...)  
(Version 2.5.3)

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Sound Grinder
Jun 4 2006

JOBBY  Actually, as a follow up to that comment: my files all seem to end up as CBR even though I've got "Variable" selected. So that makes the whole thing not a lot of use to me :(

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Sound Grinder
Jun 9 2006

MONKEY TOOLS  Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately the LAME mp3 codec cannot be included in the Sound Grinder installer due to legal restrictions for commercial software. We would desire greatly to have this included, but it is not possible at this time.

Also, we welcome greatly any information you can provide about the issue with CBR and VBR formats as we cannot duplicate the issue, but would like more information. Please contact support@monkey-tools.com and we will assist you promptly.

Thank you,

Monkey Tools Support  
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Opera
Apr 23 2006

JOBBY  Surely when you upgrade to a new version it should reload your saved tabs from the old version, rather than throwing the entire session away and displaying a 'welcome to Opera' page instead?

Thanks a lot. Now I have to pick through the History to try and find what I had open. Please fix this extremely annoying bug!  
(Version 9.0pre2)

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GarageSale
Apr 23 2006

JOBBY  That 'Design Template Utility' looks interesting, but it appears to have been compiled as Intel-only. My G4 Mac Mini complains that it's unsupported on this architecture.

Any chance of a Universal version, please?  
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PeerGuardian
Feb 28 2006

JOBBY  Needs to work on a per-app basis, really. You might want to block P2P apps from Microsoft, but it really doesn't help you talk to friends on MSN when PeerGuardian blocks Adium...  
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Cocoalicious
Feb 17 2006

JOBBY  Good, but it needs ad-blocking support - preferably PithHelmet integration. The pages loaded from within Cocoalicious are unusable compared to those in Safari, what with all the flashing crud everywhere.  
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Homebrew Formulator
Jan 21 2006

JOBBY  I may be missing something, but if I open a window from Manage Databases and then go to table view, I get left with an uncloseable window - I can't get back to record view, which has a Close button, and the standard red Close button is greyed out. Command-W doesn't work, either. This could just be me not being used to Filemaker, of course, but it would be great if it could be made to work in the same way as other Mac apps.

Is there a way to change the units to metric for us Europeans, BTW?  
(Version 2.5.8)

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Homebrew Formulator
Jan 21 2006

JCTULL  If you look under Manage Databases, there is a 'View as Form' item. Select that to get back to the form view where you can click the 'Close Table' button. This is a constraint of creating a Filemaker application where you need to control access to background databases.

As far as the metric units, this is not configurable. Unfortunately, to convert the program to SI would require a ton of extra work that cannot be done currently. FWIW, I do have tooltips that pop-up for most non-metric inputs to show the metric equivalent. This is not at all ideal, but it is something. Sorry about the limitation.  
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iSale 5
Jan 20 2006

JOBBY  Ah, found in the manual that the connection is an attempt to download templates - which would explain why there didn't appear to be any in there.

I think I still have a bit of paranoia left over from the last time I used Windows...  
(Version 3.0.2)

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iSale 5
Jan 20 2006

JOBBY  Wow, that was quick - fixed already in 3.02 :)

Thanks!  
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iSale 5
Jan 14 2006

JOBBY  OK, so I enter my FTP details (which weren't preserved from the 2.x demo for some reason, despite my giving permission to access the Keychain item) and hit 'Test Upload', and the whole thing just crashes. Not good.

It also trys to 'phone home' on each start up. If this is just a check for new versions, please add an option to disable this. I prefer to manage my updates through macupdate.com rather than have apps all shouting 'look at my shiny new version' every time I start them :)

Of course, if it's NOT just a check for new versions, please tell us what you're sending back and why...  
(Version 3.0)

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Jan 20 2006

JOBBY  Wow, that was quick - fixed already in 3.02 :)

Thanks!  
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iSale 5
Jan 20 2006

JOBBY  Ah, found in the manual that the connection is an attempt to download templates - which would explain why there didn't appear to be any in there.

I think I still have a bit of paranoia left over from the last time I used Windows...  
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Jan 5 2006

JOBBY  It would be useful if Subscriber supported Growl as a notification method.

Supporting standard keystrokes like Cmd-Left in the text entry field would be nice, too :)

More worryingly, what is amber.x-dns.com? Subscriber tries to connect to this at startup - probably just a version check (but there's no option to disable this, and there should be). If you deny connections to this address, email notifications don't work. In fact, Subscriber doesn't even try to connect to my mail server. Is it trying to send email via x-dns.com, and if so: why, and what guarantee do we have that our email addresses aren't being harvested? It doesn't inspire confidence :(  
(Version 1.1b1)

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