JOEL MUELLER  George, I've extended your trial until the end of the month so you can try out 5.0.2. Thanks!  
(Version 5.0.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Conlan -- it's always been company policy not the directly list competing products with MacUpdate Desktop on MacUpdate. This is nothing new -- since the release of Desktop many many years ago. It's also not "slimy" that Apple doesn't list the Zune for sale in their stores (when they list many other 3rd party products). Companies often do not directly market or sell competing products. This is quite normal and accepted by most people.  
(Version 5.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Select "Don't check for updates" by selecting a title and using the action menu (or contextual menu) at the bottom of MacUpdate Desktop's screen if you want to grey out apps that you would rather not get scanned in the future.  
(Version 5.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The developers of MailForge said that they caught that version number issue when prepping version 1.3. When it gets released, it should be fixed.  
(Version 5.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Sure, the version number isn't listed in the "Get Info" window of MacUpdate Desktop itself, and probably could be. But that has nothing to do with the apps functionality, features or anything else. And in fact, the version number stored in CFBundleShortVersionString is often not representative of the actual version number of the app, since Apple has no single standardization for devs when coding in their version numbers.

When Desktop scans apps, it's looking at all of the places where version number strings can be coded into the app. We've gone far beyond basic comparison of CFBundleShortVersionString when making it easy to show that an app is outdated and needs updating on your Mac.  
(Version 5.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Desktop 5 and MUMenu aren't connected in anyway. None of the resources are shared between the two solutions. I'm currently running MUMenu and Desktop 5 on my Mac without issues.

My guess is that you see MacUpdate Desktop 5 as the top listing and aren't noticing that the new releases are being updated below the top sponsored listing.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Desktop 5 and MUMenu aren't connected in anyway. None of the resources are shared between the two solutions. I'm currently running MUMenu and Desktop 5 on my Mac without issues.

My guess is that you see MacUpdate Desktop 5 as the top listing and aren't noticing that the new releases are being updated below the top sponsored listing.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Is Spotlight turned on? Did you make sure you have the latest "5.0" version that was updated a day after the main release?  
(Version 5.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Thanks for your input. I have a few suggestions or semi-solutions for a couple things you were looking for. Instead of downloading and installing everything, you can simply double-click individual listings that you want to update. That's pretty similar to selecting an update, one at a time, and asking it to then download all of the selected updates. It just starts the process for each individual update right away instead of waiting for you to finish your group of selections.

As if something doesn't update, you can skip it and move by right clicking (or use the action menu below) and tell the listing to,"Set version to current" or "Don't check for updates." By setting the version to current, it'll ignore the update until the next time a new release happens. By selecting not to check for updates, it will ignore updates indefinitely until you manually re-active it.   
(Version 5.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I've posted it on a mirror here:

http://download.macupdate.com/MacUpdate-Desktop-5.0.dmg

Usually if the download loops back to the info page, it's because you are blocking from showing the referral website. In order to download apps hosted on MacUpdate servers, they need to come from macupdate.com domain names. So if you block the referrer URL, it can't see that and loops you back. This is to prevent extreme bandwidth costs from direct outside linking.  
(Version 5.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I'd really like to see the webpage snapshot function be able to take a snapshot of the entire webpage -- just not the part of the webpage that is visible on the user's screen. This would make a handy feature for website designers as well as people trying to share information with small screens (laptops).  
(Version 1.0.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Someone should email Merlin Mann. This was one of his original ideas that he was looking for. He mentioned it in a blog post a couple of months ago.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  There is a really great feature called "Auto-pause" that allows you to continue working at your normal paces online while the backup occurs. But once you start using active bandwidth to upload or communicate, it stops the IBackup upload, giving you full upload resources.

This is really useful for people with slower DSL or Cable modem upload speeds. It keeps everything from seeming like it's grinding to a haul on my Mac, but maximizes the time things are open to continue my backup.

I currently have a very slow upload speed (512Kbps), so I decided to test this feature. I checked "Auto-pause" and moved the slider down to 1%. I'm actually impressed because now my web browsing seems virtually untouched. You can choose any % you want that IDrive will continue using when Auto-pause is selected, giving all other apps partial priority over your upload bandwidth.

Overall, I'm very impressed by iBackup so far. Interface is pretty good. It gives me a feeling of confidence and the app seems to be very comprehensive in features and automation.  
(Version 1.2.4)

JOEL MUELLER  It would be nice if this had some kind of response, like opening up the Time Machine preference panel to see that it has indeed started. Instead, version 0.1 does nothing but start the process (if your drive is hooked up).  
(Version 0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  I'm not too certain what the point of this app is. Anyone can do this with stickies, or a better free todo app like Anxiety (macupdate.com/anxiety). The functionality as of version 1.1 isn't too useful yet.  
(Version 1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Read www.mupromo.com/faq.php

Otherwise, contact the devs of ForkLift. Make sure you are matching your email exactly with the serial number in the registration form.  
(Version 1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Until other cats come into your courtyard and attack your cats. ;)  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Thanks for the heads-up. We'll hide that price. It was changed because Yep is part of a bundle of apps on sale right now. You can get all of the apps at a huge discount.  
(Version 1.7)

JOEL MUELLER  It works perfectly in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard now with the release of version 0.5.  
(Version 0.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Didn't work for me in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Logging out left a blue screen that hung for a while and then it finally gave up and showed the normal login background of blue.  
(Version 0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  This is really simply to use. It's nice to see Ambrosia come out with random goodies like this.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I'm massively impressed by this software. At first, I thought it would just stream your music over Wifi. That's cool, but it does so much more.

You can actually stream both your music AND videos. And not just over your local Wifi network, but over the EDGE network (which is what you use to get the internet on your iPhone).

Music streams great using the EDGE network. Video is a little choppy.

Also, the developers made DOT.TUNES free. It used to cost $30, but since it's required to connect the streaming of your iTunes library, they made it free. Killer cool!

Lastly, you can actually send other people the link to your music and THEY can listen to your iTunes library collections if you want.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  A post by garrettho was deleted because it claimed broken links on the developer's website. However, MacUpdate was unable to find any broken links on their site. In fact, the developer's site uses some pretty slick javascript navigation techniques. It looks like they've put a lot of time into the site. Anyway, we would have left the comment, but we think people were voting it up without actually verifying the post's information. We were unable to find any broken links on the site.  
(Version 5.05)

JOEL MUELLER  This is the full version. You can download the demo, commercial, or updater files on the MacUpdate download page:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9636/bugdom2  
(Version 3.0.6)

JOEL MUELLER  I have a 12" PowerBook that only has USB ports - no PCI slots. I could never take advantage of the high speed EVDO internet from Sprint. But they released the AirCard 595U, which uses USB 2.0.

I was able to use the Sierra Wireless Watcher software to activate and connect my PowerBook to the AirCard 595U. Now, I have high speed internet almost everywhere that has Sprint's mobile phone signals. And the speeds are as fast as my DSL connection (downloading at 100KB/sec easily).  
(Version 1.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Another blog post, written by Erik Barzeski, explains his side of the story:

http://nslog.com/2007/03/06/adam_betts

Erik says that the only mention of a lawyer involved was when he offered Adam a 3rd option: to get a lawyer himself if he wants payment. But that doesn't really fit in with a resolution like the first 2 options, so I wouldn't consider it a third option. In fact, I'm not even sure why Erik would mention that to Adam. If the context was that Adam get a lawyer for _defense_, that wouldn't make sense either, because no one goes and gets an attorney until after they have received notice from the group making the charges.

Adam states that he didn't complete the project, using two reasons in different posts: (1) "There is a reason why I cannot continue and I can't tell you why yet....[it has] nothing to do with me doing graphics for any competing products." (2)

"this was not a breach of contract but more of 'personally offended.'" So it sounds like a mixture of dealing with relations that were already poor between Erik and Adam, and priority of something else Adam was doing.

Overall, it sounds like Adam should have completed the project. And Erik should have handled it more smoothly. I can understand Erik's frustration with the situation, but he sounded pretty harsh in the replies to posted publicly, and even if no law suite was actually threatened, I can understand why Adam would back off even more after communicating with Erik.

Erik has since pushed a strong arm decision for MacUpdate to either (1) remove this thread from our site, or (2) remove the Cyndicate product altogether.

Obviously, this is starting to snowball and Erik is not making friends by taking such a stance. If I were Brad Miller, the developer of Cyndicate, I might pull the reigns in on this entire situation, before enemies are made all over the place. I say this because I desire good things for Cyndicate.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  MacUpdate isn't making the winners public right now. That's something we'll consider doing.  
(Version 3.0.3)

JOEL MUELLER  edjm: The licenses are normal licenses, that match the regular behavior of the developer as if you purchased directly from them. Consider this true always unless otherwise stated.  
(Version 3.0.11.3370)

JOEL MUELLER  The developer commented saying they were releasing a universal binary shortly. It would be a free upgrade for people buying here.  
(Version 1.3.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Thank you to everyone for such a great event. It was challenging and fun, and it now comes to an end. Cheers!  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  TechTool Pro disc image is hosted on Amazon.com servers - some of the fastest bandwidth in the USA. I'm maxing out my cable modem speed downloading it now.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  It's been mirrored on Amazon.com servers now for a while:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/macupdate/techtool_pro_453_dvd.dmg  
(Version 4.5.2)

JOEL MUELLER  elegraphy: These are some of the major Mac shareware applications that have been under development, most, for quite some time. The developers are probably not going to just drop the ball and not support a new major OS release.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  mediahound: please read the FAQ: www.mupromo.com/faq.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Albert: 212 error code means card declined. It thinks some of the credit card data you entered is invalid (number, billing address, name, expiration, etc..)  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  dumiscstud: Please read the FAQ. Your answer about the serial number will be there. www.mupromo.com/faq.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Scotepi: Bottom of the page, there is a link to the public forums.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Step: You need to send out your invites to get your membership extended for a year. www.mupromo.com/send-invite.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  TTP serials were sent out the day it was released. Read the FAQ to retrieve your serials if you didn't get the email.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  In order to make sure that we could get you the serial numbers right away, a couple of the applications use a unique MacUpdate bundle number identity that is tied to your name when you purchase. This was the only way we could manage such a large distribution of serial numbers and allow users to retrieve them in our system if they didn't get email receipts (it would have been a huge mess otherwise).  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Gordon: We'll keep the download links valid for at least a month. The only one that will expire is TechTool - the rest can be downloaded using the normal download links on macupdate.com.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  The TechTool $15 option allows you to use a MUPromo exclusive coupon to purchase the physical DVD of TechTool Pro, shipped to your house. The URL and coupon code is in your receipt under the "Special Instructions" area. Thanks to Micromat for giving bundle buyers such a big discount on this option.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  We're uploading to the Amazon.com S3 servers, so it's going to be massively fast. The upload is taking a while, but hopefully will be done before 11am ET (or noon hopefully).  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  TechTool serial numbers are going out now. They are 1/2 way done sending, as of 12:15am ET. Read the FAQ page for retrieving serial numbers that get blocked by spam blockers. Also, note that the download servers for the 600MB TechTool disc image are pretty busy right now. They are pushing 100Mbps, which is equal to 64 T1 lines! Give it some time and try an hour later if you can't get through. I'm going to sleep now and will answer email questions in the morning. Thank you everyone!  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Make sure you read the Special Instructions section on your receipts and registration emails. Important TechTool Pro download links and DVD discounts are there.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Intaglio serials are going out (started 10 seconds after you unlocked it). Read the FAQ if you don't get yours because of spam blockers. Also, make sure you have the latest version of Intaglio installed for your serial number to be valid: macupdate.com/intaglio

Thanks everyone for making this fun and positive.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Everyone, please thank the developers for allowing us to lower the unlock goals to generate good will for the rest of the sale. They are the ones that have been open and willing to do whatever they can to help.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  big guns = lowering unlock values. that's not big guns, sorry. sigh, oh the speculation in these forums.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  HiddenPooh: Because there is no point in inviting people already at mupromo.com. They don't get any benefit by using your invite, as they can just send out their own to get the free memberships.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  wadwolf: 100,000 unique IP addresses. Over 220,000 page loads. And those numbers don't even though mupromo.com traffic.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  sickbar: the 3,000 people isn't how many people are reading or going to MacUpdate. It's how many people are subscribing to the mupromo.com RSS feed. There are over 100,000 visitors a day to MacUpdate.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  olipower: Actually it allows us to get bigger titles in the bundle because (1) it gives certain applications more branding awareness, and (2) it guarantees a certain number of sales for the developer. So the unlocking strategy is actually very important in getting the bigger apps to partner in the bundle.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  echmacup: Check the FAQ. If you send invites when there were 4 in your queue, your membership is automatically extended for a year. Nothing else you need to do.

Answers to questions are available on the FAQ:

http://www.mupromo.com/faq.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  alfista: You should have 4 coupons added to your account now.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Brilliant Orange: MacHeist is a promotional partner in all of this. We still haven't pulled out our big guns yet. We wanted the community to pull through first. Do not loose hope. We have every intent to unlock every app in this bundle.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Cedrick: Why do you think previous buyers will be upset? They have the same opportunity as new buyers. All they have to do is send out an invitation and they get a free membership. It's that simple. Everyone wins here that is a user --- regardless of whether they bought before or after the change.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Cold-1: I don't know who you are. If you send me an email identifying yourself as Cold-1, then I can see your emails. Otherwise, we get a lot of email and there are 2 people behind the scenes at MacUpdate to run everything! We're trying our best that we can to make everyone happy -- which seems to be impossible, even with more gifts. Sigh.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  There is a lot of mis-information being passed along by users and websites. The wording and communication has always been clear on MacUpdate, and we're trying really hard to go out of our way to make things even better for everyone. To clarify some of these mis-information rumors, we have a Frequently Asked Questions page. Please read this page to understand the truth about what we're doing to help you reach your goals. Don't be sidetracked by the naysayers that are disagreeable and passing mis-information. Lets come together and get this done! Your goal is the same as ours - to see the developers reach their unlock goals and the buyers to get their indie Mac software package with all 10 apps.

http://www.mupromo.com/faq.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  macfan601: The wording was pretty clear - "your friends get the free membership" - and now we're giving you one too, so that everyone gets a free membership that uses the coupons. How is that botching things up more? It's generous to give away free memberships to your friends, and it's also generous to let you have them too.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  -------------------COUPON UPDATE--------------------

We've now added the functionality to future coupons where YOU get a free $20 MacUpdate Membership for sending out your invites to friends. We've also added a total of 4 coupons to everyone's account. So go now and send out your invites to redeem YOUR free Membership:

http://www.mupromo.com/send-invite.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Cold-1: Please read the FAQ about not receiving serials via email: mupromo.com/faq.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  shadowfax: Why do you think giving away memberships to friends is a bottleneck? It's added value isn't it? The bundle by itself is an amazing deal right? So why is adding even more value to the bundle bad?  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  I think arrrgsmythe has a good point. People don't need invites to buy the bundle. It's already an amazing deal. Why not IM and call and email your friends and tell them to buy it? You'll be hooking them up already....even without the membership!  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Congratulations everyone! We've reached the first unlock at 2,500! People that buy the bundle from now on instantly get the Little Snitch serial numbers in their receipt. And people that were one of the original 2500 will start getting their serial number in an email....we're starting to send them out now.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  no1biscuit: You should have 2 coupon codes now. Try sending them out logged in:

http://www.mupromo.com/send-invite.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  millca: time, priorities and graphic design stuff. not enough room. We though the "$49.99" was posted SO many places that it's pretty obvious.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Status: MacUpdate has cleared out some of the requests for coupons that have already been met. A special thanks to Cedrik for making a way to connect users together to share coupon codes:

http://www.cedrik.fr/mupromo/  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  marriedcouple: When the promo first launched, we were moving everything over from the test database to the live one. So some things were still counting the test database. 30 minutes later, everything was cleared up.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  You can now access your coupon invites outside of the receipt page. This is only for people that purchased the bundle and are logged in:

http://www.mupromo.com/send-invite.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  We've posted a Frequently Asked Questions page. We'll continue adding to it with topics like missed coupon codes, no serials and more.

http://www.mupromo.com/faq.php  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  cjguitar: we're removing duplicate, unintentional purchases.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  donnacha: You have to burn your own TechTool DVD. However, Micromat has extended an offer where they will ship you the boxed version for an additional $25 through them.

As for the membership, your FRIENDS get the membership when the buy the promo using the coupon link that you send them.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  HiddenPooh: Yes, Heist guys did it once and sold over 15,000 copies in a week. As long as everyone doesn't hold off, it encourages each other and it should reach the goal.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  Erichd: You could read reviews by the hundreds of users on MacUpdate, or from major Mac publications like Macworld or Tidbits, to understand the quality of TechTool.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  The license are normal licenses. This is what it means. We just wanted to people not think they get free upgrades for life, for all the apps, as that's not how most licenses work.  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  (From user PRAMIN MacUpdate) Easy to use, intuitive interface (but it can be improved, because the stop and pause symbols are not right), customizable features, good integration with QuickTime Pro, audio editor and e-mail client.

Recorded messages can quickly be stored and retrieved in user defined groups and can also be accessed from the Finder as QuickTime files.

Perfect stability on my iMac G5 PPC.

Can be triggered within any application from the menu bar (a hot key would be great), but the interface remains hidden.

The recorded sound is crystal clear.

It lacks quick ways to hide and show and to switch between internal microphone, audio in port and other sources (you have to go to the application Sound Preferences or to the System Preferences).

A warning for you MacUpdate people: you posted this very same application twice!

Once as "QuickVoice for OSX 2.1.1" and also as "QuickVoice X 2.1.1 -":

http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/7779 .

You should appriopriately merge the related information, reviews and ratings.   
(Version 2.1.2.133)

JOEL MUELLER  This is positively one of the best arcade games I've played on the Mac. It's super fun to play in 2-player mode with your girlfriend. It's so fun that girls actually like it too!  
(Version 1.5.9)

JOEL MUELLER  These themes are smashing cool! I always use iPhoto for slideshows. This will bring the "wow factor" into them.  
(Version 2.8.2)

JOEL MUELLER  I would think that the developer would be able to release a single release with all of the languages instead of constantly releasing new "versions" updates of software, and the only things different are one additional language added. It seems like cheating the system and cheatings users. It's not a real version update at all!  
(Version 3.9)

JOEL MUELLER  This is cool. It's like myspace meets my desktop in some ways. I can have all of my friends and travels staring right back at me on my desktop. :)  
(Version 2.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  This promo is doing really well today. I'm impressed by how people have responded to it today. Thanks everyone!  
(Version 1.2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Even though many people say the risk of viruses and spyware on a Mac is low, I think it's interesting to see how popular security software like MacScan is: 70,000 downloads speaks for itself. People want to be sure their Mac is secure.  
(Version 2.4)

JOEL MUELLER  Great idea. I'm always taking screenshots for the MacUpdate site, and my desktop is always cluttered from downloading so many files!  
(Version 1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  I think the "Check Now" option should be above the "Go to Mail" option. It's more often that I want it to force check the mail in the menu bar and go to the webmail interface from the menu item itself.  
(Version b3)

JOEL MUELLER  The icon is kind of large in the menu bar. Otherwise, it's a simple app that works well enough to show me how many unread messages are in my email inbox, as well the beginnings of each message.  
(Version b2)

JOEL MUELLER  This makes it super simple to get your banking data from your bank and automatically send it to the Wesabe system.

The main issue I have is that Wesabe features are pretty simple. It doesn't yet support basic financial reports like Income Statements (monthly, yearly). It does however make it easy to modify common expenses like "ATM WITHDRA KZOO, MI 04/07" and make it plain "Personal ATM Expense."

But for getting the data from your bank to Wesabe, this couldn't be any easier. I just entered my bank user name and password and clicked and button. It did all the rest.  
(Version 1.0.13)

JOEL MUELLER  Please give specific examples of where they call Thai people demon worshippers, and any other specific references to things that you think make this unlistable.  
(Version 1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The promos end eastern time.

And to buying the promo through paypal isn't an option because we built the system from the ground up to automate serial number distribution after a credit card charge went through successfully.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  No. Promos last 24-hours and expire at midnight. The Xslimmer promo is done and now Mac Cleanse is running.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Anyone that tries out this application should post how much disk space they saved for certain applications. That would be really interesting. Happy buying!  
(Version 1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  The application doesn't even launch for me. I double click it and nothing happens. I'm running the lately OS on a PPC PowerBook.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  We thought it was a good idea to give people data about how much each of the products within the promo normally costs, and its discount. Because the bundle price is clearly marked below the "Buy Promo Now" link, and on the huge image on the right sidebar of the purchase page, we figured it was pretty obvious how much the price is.  
(Version 1.7)

JOEL MUELLER  Shipping prices are quoted live on the purchase page. Shipping in the United States is free. There is no way to purchase individual items in this promo. It is a bundle promo, which allows us to give such a massive discount.  
(Version 1.7)

JOEL MUELLER  Thanks for your follow-up Cortis. I like the perspectives and stance detailed in your reply.  
(Version 1.6.2)

JOEL MUELLER  It's a secure purchase page. Use Safari to see it's "locked."  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Even Aspyr Media makes you put in your birth date before viewing the product info page for this game on their site. So I think it's probably a good idea to highlight this on MacUpdate's site as well.

AND we're hosting the demo for you on our own servers. You're welcome. ;)  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  This is a bundle, so use the tabs just above the "Buy Promo Now" link to see info for the second product in the bundle.  
(Version 4.9)

JOEL MUELLER  Liquifile's file filter in the window is much faster than Apple's Spotlight. When searching in Spotlight, it breaks things down into confusion categories of file types and it keeps moving and moving until the file search is completed. Liquifile's filter keeps things displayed as if they were all in one tree structure, making finding the specific file you want WAY faster.

And the visual display of file size and date by round dots is a great idea. Once you get used to this format, you can scan and find documents visually much faster than searching for dates represented by lettered timestamps.

The only thing I really want is Finder integration. I want to replace the normal Finder with Liquifile's interface, because I often find myself ending up back inside the Finder -- a place I'd rather not be after getting used to being in Liquifile.  
(Version 1.5)

JOEL MUELLER  I'll personally vouch that the two main guys behind this project are really great guys. Very personable and generous.   
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The price is clearly marked below the "buy now" link. You just didn't load the individual product pages to see detailed information on the other products in the bundle. I think it's about as straight forward as possible.  
(Version 7.9.8)

JOEL MUELLER  Use the link MacUpdate provides to get the discount. Don't go to the Allume site directly using your own navigation.  
(Version 11.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  No, it can't also be used with iCal. We ran the iCal version last week. You can buy it at full price from them though.  
(Version 2.5)

JOEL MUELLER  It's nice to see pzizz is now a Cocoa app, and the new interface is simple and clean. Nice step up! It would be cool to be able to add your own voice overs to the guy speaking, and use it for different types of things....  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  When I say, "Let me check my calendar" over the phone, the calendar I'm referring to is MenuCalendarClock. It's one of the only small add-on software apps that I use consistantly on a regular basis.  
(Version 2.6.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Yes, it can read ClarisDraw and MacDraw files.  
(Version 2.9.2)

JOEL MUELLER  I emailed the developer asking if they'd stop by and reply to all of your questions. But so far I haven't heard a reply.  
(Version 2.6)

JOEL MUELLER  Wow, an update from Unsanity on one of their main apps. It feels like it's been a while. Welcome back guys.  
(Version 3.6.2)

JOEL MUELLER  This creates the nicest looking battery power charts I've seen!  
(Version 1.4.4)

JOEL MUELLER  This sounds very interesting to me. I'd be interested to hear about performance of this running in the background as well as disk space usage.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  It's really cool that (1) you can play a transparent movie over everything you're working on, and (2) it support DVD video. Very fun!  
(Version 1.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  I appreciate that this is pulling ahead of Snapz Pro, as it can export to more formats like .swf for video (instead of just .mov) and that it is a Universal Binary. It would be cool if it could integrate or bundle some of the compression and conversion features of VisualHub as well.  
(Version 1.010)

JOEL MUELLER  I use VisualHub along with Snapz Pro to create video walk-throughs of features on MacUpdate. I record my voice and mouse movement using Snapz Pro, and then I'm able to conver the .mov file into a faster loading, smaller Flash .swf file. VisualHub does the trick just fine.  
(Version 1.1.6)

JOEL MUELLER  Why is your name "macupdate31"?  
(Version 1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  MacUpdate isn't branding all posters as liars. We are simply stating the facts, that some of the 5-star ratings were posted by users at the request of the developer, in order that those users get a free educational license. So we're making this simple fact public so that the people that read the reviews can be aware that some of the reviews could be posted with this motive in mind.  
(Version 4.5)

JOEL MUELLER  The developer requires users getting an educational license to post a 5-star rating user review. This is confirmed information, and you should be aware of this practice when seeing so many 5-star ratings on MacUpdate for Captain FTP.

Also, be aware that all of the "perfect score" 5-star ratings were posted under user accounts where the only software on MacUpdate they ever reviewed was Captain FTP!  
(Version 4.5)

JOEL MUELLER  It's funny because we often have people reporting issues with RapidWrite crashing MacUpdate Desktop on their computers. And the people that email in always say they used AppZapper to remove RW, but Desktop is still crashing.

This is because AppZapper never does get all of the files for RW. So choice is good. And even AppZapper has a ways to go in being able to uninstall things.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Hi Bruce. We've fixed the automated serial number registration issue, so buying now goes through smoothly. We'll manually email you your serial number in a few minutes. We're getting them from the system now.  
(Version 1.3)

JOEL MUELLER  This is the first MacUpdate Promo bundle. It will be running for 48-hours - all weekend! Enjoy.  
(Version 1.0.3)

JOEL MUELLER  You're not a dentist are you? :) Have you see the prices on the software systems dentists spend in order to manage their offices? It's REALLY expensive. Far more than this software.  
(Version 1.5)

JOEL MUELLER  Congratulations to the 1-week birthday of Happy Apps new son, born 7-days ago. This promo is to celebrate!!  
(Version 1.2.2)

JOEL MUELLER  You'll just have to keep coming back every day to see. But you're very warm.... ;)  
(Version 2.2.2)

JOEL MUELLER  This is a great program. I love letting it run in the background and then come back to it 1-week later and do a search for "MacUpdate" to see all of the sites that week that linked to us.  
(Version 1.3)

JOEL MUELLER  Haha, I like it, "It's better to be a pirate than join the Navy." Quote from Steve Jobs on Captain FTP's website. :)  
(Version 4.5)

JOEL MUELLER  It's the downloadable version. But yes, you can upgrade to the boxed version for $5 from the developer's site, which is a really good deal.  
(Version 1.3.1)

JOEL MUELLER  I agree with Kajtus in his comments. And the developers are _really_ stellar. Great guys. Great company. Great support. Wonderful product. Today is the day to snag this gem.  
(Version 2.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  BurnAgain is a really easy-to-use implementation of a great idea. Now I don't have to keep turning burnable CDs into coasters. And the price on this promo is great!  
(Version 2.5)

JOEL MUELLER  It's not free. There are a number of "shareware" implemented limitations in it....like only allowing you to play up to 5 Solitaire game types unless you purchase.  
(Version 1.9)

JOEL MUELLER  A demo has just been released for Quake 4!  
(Version 1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  One is called "Democracy" and the other is called "Democracy Player." So they are different names.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  It's elite in its simplicity but it's lacking a lot of useful features that Azareus and other clients have. Like limiting the speed of file uploads.  
(Version 0.6.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Yes, I understand the issue your talking about. It's because MUMenu is trying to connect to the internet before your TCP/IP information is retrieved and your net connection is live. It's too fast for your Mac!  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  It's red when you first start up your Mac because it hasn't connected to the internet yet and grabbed the latest releases.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Also, have you considered our Dashboard widget. It does this, and has a Member option that highlights new releases that match in your Watch List.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Requests for additional features will not be followed through unless many people request the same feature. It is not out intention to bloat the software. We take the 37signals.com approach to software. Lean and mean.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  MUMenu and Safari and in no way connected except that MUMenu downloads the files in whatever browser you have selected as your default system browser.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  This requires some manual work. If you want this process to be logged automatically, be searchable and not have to do it for every web page you want to mark, I recommend using BrowseBack.  
(Version 1.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  We're re-creating our mirror servers this week as you speak.  
(Version 5.8.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Just great. Freeverse makes it really simple to input audio and do basic editing features. I used Sound Studio to import tape audio into my PowerBook and then burn it to a CD. The learning curve was much lower than I expected.  
(Version 3.0.2)

JOEL MUELLER  Thanks for your response.   
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I'm not sure I understand the point of this application. It's available by default in Mac OS X under the Date & Time preference pane.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  There is no complete demo that is a Universal Binary. Check the Related Links section of the download page for the link to the UB file for the full version.  
(Version 3369-2)

JOEL MUELLER  It's Limewire Java, so it doesn't need to be made into a universal binary because it already runs on the Intel based Macs? I'm not certain, but I would assume this. Thanks for helping.  
(Version 4.10.9)

JOEL MUELLER  Hey, not bad. I like how the camera zooms in and out as it circles around where the fireworks are being shot off. It would be nice to get a little bit closer to have some _real_ detail in the explosions though.  
(Version 1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  This is a unique idea. I never would have thought to make a utility like this. Or course, I've never dated a girl that owns a Macintosh...  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I like this! Just enough information to make it interesting. I can't believe I spent 6-days of my life listening to music on my computer. I had no idea iTunes was logging my interaction with it.  
(Version 1.3.1)

JOEL MUELLER  I just upgraded from 1.4.x to 4.20.7 without any issues. I did it because i needed the new QoS support to give my Vonage routers more priority for voice phone calls.  
(Version 4.20.7)

JOEL MUELLER  It very well could be compatible with 10.3.9. We just never tested it.  
(Version 2.1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  I like the marketing idea of it. But then again, opening a whole nother window to play a flash game seems like more clutter unless you open your browser, find the flash game, and then quit your browser when iSwiff launches.  
(Version 1.2)

JOEL MUELLER  The interface was confusing. Click on the 'DVR' text links was not apparent at first. And the webcam function with the drop down menu seemed to always be disabled.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The game has some pretty cute 3D characters like a duck. The game play is pretty good. The graphics are nice. The hard part is controlling your pong teammate with the keyword. I much preferred the old shuffle puck style of play with the mouse where you could move very quickly, as well as forward and backward to some extent.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  All of the registration pop-up windows seem very extreme and "in-your-face." I literally do little things like select "About iPod Music Liberator" in the File Menu and after trying to close it (which there is no red "X" button, the registration warnings come up.

It should be one screen, with a single count down during that use and that is it. To the developer: check out how GraphicConverter does it.  
(Version 4.5)

JOEL MUELLER  I have a 1.33GHz G4 PowerBook with 768MB of RAM and a slightly faster 7200rpm hard drive and it seems to do quite fine here.  
(Version 3.1.0371)

JOEL MUELLER  Very cool. maps.google.com is great. This is even better because you can do it around the world and it has some nice zoom effects. I also enjoy how you can tilt the view as if you're coming from an airplane and not a space satellite.

It looks like it needs a little bit of work in the interface areas, but by the time it's a final release, no doubt it'll be cool.  
(Version 3.1.0371)

JOEL MUELLER  The graphics look phenominal in this game. Western Michigan University's flight program has many students that are familiar with this flight sim. Very impressive.  
(Version 8.2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Printer Setup Repair, the widely-used utility for Mac

OS X printers, has taken a malicious approach to

combatting software piracy. With version 5.0.3 for

Mac OS X Tiger, if the user enters a pirated serial

number known to the program, the program will

immediately and without any warning remove all user

preferences and the user keychain, and possibily do

other unknown damage to the user's system.

This heavy-handed response to piracy has been

repeatedly condemned and the legality of such a

practice is doubtful. Just this past November, the

Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Homeland

Security warned Sony-BMG about its DRM technology,

saying "it's your intellectual property, not your

computer."

Printer Setup Repair goes beyond what Sony-BMG did,

intentionally damaging the computer rather than merely

opening it up to exploitation by other trojans.

Legally sanctioning such practice would be equivalent

to giving a merchant the right to burn down the home

of a shoplifter. A Palm OS developer who tried the

same thing in 2000 was sued.

This highly malicious response is ironic and

embarrassing for a software company called "Fixamac,"

whose utility is trusted to repair damage to a Mac OS

X system. The intent to damage user systems must be

treated as equivalent to a trojan or a virus, and must

be condemned and publicized, no matter what one's

opinions may be about software piracy. Paying

customers could also be inadvertently affected if they

were to mistype a serial number.

Fixamac, the developer of Printer Center Repair, is

based in Hollywood, California.

Contact: somerandomguyon@yahoo.com

References:

http://www.fixamacsoftware.com/software/psr/

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2005/tc20051117_444162.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/09/05/palm_trojan_horse_writer_sued  
(Version 5.0.3)

JOEL MUELLER  It's looks kind of like a non-event. Just a blur. Nothing really to look at. I think I prefer the look of my display in pure black when it's sleeping.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I would say it isn't. The IP addresses of the two posters are completely different. - MU ADMIN  
(Version 5.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Click on another widget, then click on the MacUpdate widget. It needs to be in the front to be active and showing.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  You might want to know that resizing windows in Dashboard have some big bugs right now. So much of your harsh review has to do with limitations to Dashboard's development abilities.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I believe it's a known bug in custom scrollbars in Dashboard altogether.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  It was also on Apple.com's front page for a few days. Thus huge download counts.  
(Version 3.0)

JOEL MUELLER  None of these characters are even found in the MacUpdate database, so if you use them, no results will be found.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Version 2.0 meets all of these recommendations.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Suggestion: Let us kill the sound so it doesn't play the loop every time Dashboard is enabled to the front. Thanks!  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  It would seem to me, based on people that I know well, that "disabled people" wouldn't want you to pity or look down on them just because of their "situation."

The question why they should have to pay extra for certain things is the same as asking why anyone should be anything extra. It's because it's costs whoever's making it time and money. I see no difference and look down on no disabled person in this respect.

But now we're not talking about the software SwitchXS, which is what this forum is for.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The downloaded ones are free. The commercial version has hundreds of them. It says this in the description.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Thanks for being the only person so far to review the widget instead of post about religions.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  That's odd, as the All category is the one that is selected by default. I just verified it here and it certainly works.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  We've heard reports that the resize feature is very unstable in Dashboard at this time, so it wasn't added.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Yes, it's considered the official MacUpdate widget.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  We're currently working on a full widget. This one isn't ours and was posted unofficially by someone else.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I don't see how it could be called a rip off. Drop boxes have been around since the beginning of a GUI internet. Apple has had drag and drop printer icons from the desktop. Apple's old eWorld community used drag and drop transfers. It's fair to say there is a better solution, but it's unfair to claim it as a rip off.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Really fun game. I got to the 6th level my first time playing and the super hero guy beat me. I like that the court types change as you get higher in the levels. The music is great and sound effects are fun. Adding more sound effects instead of making the characters repeat the exact same thing over and over would be nice.

I have dual monitors that I use and when I click off of the screen it pauses the game. This is good, but it'd be nice to have an option to disable the second screen so I don't keep messing up when my cursor pauses the game.  
(Version 1.0i)

JOEL MUELLER  Please note that reviews after this comment are for "jSearch" which is what this Globe Trotter product used to be called.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  It's far more than a text editor. If you do any coding to webpage management, BBEdit is the ONLY solution. As far as I'm concerned, they could put a $299 price tag on it and it'd be well worth the purchase.  
(Version 8.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Typically, if you're this demanding for a response from the developer, I'd recommend contacting the developer. Yikes.  
(Version 3.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Yes, I understand this, but typically I only use a few of the icons out of a set like this. Thus, I use the Get Info / Copy Paste method and it takes a really long time to look through the icons by double-clicking them.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  It would be nice if these icons where in a Finder format so you could see them right in the Finder instead of double-clicking the ICNS file to view them.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  MacUpdate does. It's at the bottom of every reviews page on the site. It goes like this:

"Please contact MacUpdate politely if you wish for a comment to be reviewed by MacUpdate for removal."  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  If it doesn't work with OmniWeb, then how could it slow it down like you claim?  
(Version 3.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Please email MacUpdate instead of posting comment about other applications from within MacUpdate's review section. This section is to be used for reviews of the software itself - not to communicate with MacUpdate.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  I've had a number of people comment that they liked the screensaver on my Mac. And it's grown on me too. It's great here in Michigan when you don't always get to see the sun AND clouds during the winter.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Yes, we (MacUpdate) are familiar with how slidesavers work. Anyway....I like them personally, which is why I posted them. 600+ downloads isn't bad for a day's work of screensaver downloading on MacUpdate.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Download the iContainer verison, as mentioned in the description of this page:

http://www.rad-e8.com/_files/icn/minium_px.sit  
(Version )

JOEL MUELLER  I installed the software on my Mac and found that it's quite confusing to find out how to remove it. I did a search for "Presstore" and it only found the startup items. How can I remove this 96MB installation?

I can't even find installed docs for the software.  
(Version 1.5.4)

JOEL MUELLER  I get a crash when adding the MacUpdate RSS feed to the list: www.macupdate.com/mommy/macsurferx.xml

2005-01-18 09:31:58.270 MiNews[847] An uncaught exception was raised

2005-01-18 09:31:58.271 MiNews[847] *** -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value

2005-01-18 09:31:58.271 MiNews[847] *** Uncaught exception: *** -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value  
(Version 0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Does the Mac OS X FTP server have chroot jail that makes it so you can't view other user's files in their home/ directories? Not the last time I checked. MAJOR security issue.

Thus Rumpus certainly has it's place.  
(Version 4.0.2)

JOEL MUELLER  It would be nice if you could click your mouse to make the bullet hole in the screen yourself, instead of just watching the action happen in front of you.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  I'm not sure that it looks ugly. This is what fridge magnets look like afterall.  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  In reply to "Shame on MacUpdate for posting the screenshot" - it was submitted by the developer, and the image is no doubt a paid advertisement inside of the program. Not actually part of the program itself, and these developers may not even be aware that one of their advertisers posting this banner images.  
(Version 1708 RC1)

JOEL MUELLER  Red means editor's pick.  
(Version 1.5.2)

JOEL MUELLER  What other software is in it's category that's more expensive?  
(Version 5.2)

JOEL MUELLER  According to the head developer at Unsanity, he uses it (with Entourage I believe?) and it rocks for him:

http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000374.php  
(Version 2.2.3)

JOEL MUELLER  They forgot to renew their domain name registration.  
(Version 1.3)

JOEL MUELLER  Nothing is new. We (MacUpdate) just had a very old version listed since 2002, so we thought it fair to push some traffic their way and update the listing. Besides, it really is a great product.  
(Version 3.5.12)

JOEL MUELLER  Simply click 'Download Now' and it will download. You don't have to be signed up as a member already.  
(Version 10.3)

JOEL MUELLER  The Updater is free for owners of the game.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JOEL MUELLER  None of these comments have speed acceleration stats in them. They are full of registration and serial number, or cost issues. Still looking for the raw comparison stats from you.......  
(Version 2.7)

JOEL MUELLER  I have read the other reviews. I'm simply asking if you have hard stats to show comparisons between the different software. I ask because I notice that you post negative reviews to every single Alpha Omega software listing, and often multiple ones. I also ask because that kind of data would be very helpful.

Right now, the reviews are just opinions. There is no hard data to back any of it up.  
(Version 2.7)

JOEL MUELLER  I'm guessing that the initial reviewer is talking about the added RSS feed display capabilities from within Safari.  
(Version 2.0b6)

JOEL MUELLER  Have you tested it yourself? It seems you may know know about these acceleration applications and we'd love to hear your raw data to illustrate which accel app is best.  
(Version 2.7)

JOEL MUELLER  I think you probably misunderstood the listing -- but possibly not. I assume that the program will become a demo product that costs money once it's OUT of beta.  
(Version 1.0 beta)

JOEL MUELLER  I confirm that this is true. Version 1.5 does not launch in Mac OS X 10.3.5 at all.  
(Version 1.5)

JOEL MUELLER  We've updated the MacUpdate listing to include download links for the 2.1 updater.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The Mac OS X version is also on MacUpdate, at:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9470  
(Version 2.6.4)

JOEL MUELLER  Battlefield 1942  
(Version 1.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Mark,

No one but myself has access to modifying the content of posts, and I hardly ever take the time to do so. Usually posts that are inappropriate or very negative in nature get tagged and removed completely -- not edited. So there must be some mistake if you claim it was edited.  
(Version 0.86c)

JOEL MUELLER  No -- use Resourcer I believe.  
(Version 2.1.3)

JOEL MUELLER  It's not possible to cmd-drag it around, as it's an application and not a menu item. (see replies to other people mentioning this same thing).

As for sorting by license, this can already be done in version 2.1 and 2.1.1.  
(Version 2.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Are you connected to the internet? That's a requirement as it can't grab the updates from the internet if you're not.  
(Version 2.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Sure, you can email them to macupdate@macupdate.com

We might archive and post them on the MUMenu download page for others.  
(Version 2.1.1)

JOEL MUELLER  It's been changed since version 2.0 so that your clipboard contents are auto entered into the search form within MUMenu.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  The only custom icon set that's available for download at this time is already included by default in version 2.1 of MUMenu. I should just remove the individual link to it.

As for asking others to create icons, we do this in the Read Me file.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  Thanks. Turning the icons off in the MUMenu prefs should stop it from scanning your Mac and making it slower.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  It is not possible to make it move around. The technology behind this type of Menu Item doesn't allow for it.  
(Version 2.1)

JOEL MUELLER  You can't. The technology is not available for drag an NSStatusItem in the menu bar.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Is it possible that the particular application that you have that isn't displaying the icon isn't in your Applications/ directory? I'm not sure if that matters or not - just a guess.

Or it's possible that that application doesn't have a small version of the icon in its build, so it displays none.  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  Is sorting a list even possible in a menu item?  
(Version 2.0)

JOEL MUELLER  It does display the temperature in the window and Dock properly, however a looping MHz error saying it's missing CPU Director continually pops up until I manually click on and quickly quit the program.

I have a 900MHz, 750 powerlogix card in my Pimso, and CPU Director is installed.  
(Version V060)