LEO SPILL  Nice little application - Just wish it had current time included...

Then it could replace the menu bar clock.

Unfortunately seems just eye candy Without it, as I'd only look at it once a day.  
(Version 0.63)

LEO SPILL  It's an OK system add-on. Not really anything you could

not live without. Otherwise Apple would have incorporated it already.

( It's like alcoholic beverages - not essential,

but once you're hooked you can't imagine life without it )

Two things make it annoying for me to use on my laptop :

A) That it slows my system down - while it fires itself up - previews can stop my Mac dead ( It's a brand new Mac, plenty of ram too ! )

B) That it doesn't even notice Java apps ( Not a biggie, but still disappointing that it isn't the 100% filing tool it's made out to be by some of it's die hard fans )  
(Version 4.2.1)

LEO SPILL  No, I'm not using a USB2 hub. But thanks for asking...  
(Version 3.1.2)

LEO SPILL  Best of the bunch - but the GUI is 10 years out of date.

Ask yourself if Apple would design anything even remotely similar to this ?

The one feature it desperately needs is the ability to view

and edit data within the application. Quickly and easily.

At the moment there is no way to view fully all the information captured.

( Without actually pasting it somewhere, editing and then having to re-paste it )

The 'custom filter window' would be a great place to do this for a start.

If there was an option for a pull out window to see and maybe even edit

your clipboard history - then this would be a truly rounded clipboard app.

For those of us PRO 'paid up' users - this should be a priority.

Considering the GUI and less than robust development of new features.

It is well worth a look - if you are in the market for a clipboard application.  
(Version 4.4.1)

LEO SPILL  Isn't that logo, while very pretty... an anachronism ?

Just like Redlers 'Mellel' word processor application using a typewriter.

Why do developers stick to iconically outdated metaphors ?

A sense of fun, using harmless obsolete cultural artifacts maybe...

Like a euphemism for something unpleasant ?  
(Version 2.1.1)

LEO SPILL  If only Maxi Dice had a playable version of FARKLE ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farkle )

instead of a maxed out version of Yahtzee.

Yahtzee is just so slow and boring... Isn't any fun at all.  
(Version 1.14)

LEO SPILL  I don't get it !

Why does the drop shadow not match the icon ?

The shadow seems to match the existing/default OS folder icon shape outline.

Is this deliberate - if so why ?  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  Next time you hear an excessive amount of fan noise - open 'Activity Monitor' in your Applications/Utilities folder and that might give you an idea what's taking up so much of your CPU.  
(Version 3.0.9)

LEO SPILL  Wow - It's back !

Original purchaser of this - way back in the day.

Spent an age tweaking sounds to get two great

sound sets on the go.

( One with sounds to accompany every action possible

- the other extremely minimal/low key sounds only)

Then after using both for about a day - I realized

it was too damn distracting and really silly.

Haven't used them since. Will download this new version,

but I am sure it will be just the same.

Seriously juvenile stuff.  
(Version 2.5b1)

LEO SPILL  I don't get it ?

How does this beat option/alt dragging a file ( or a set of files etc... )

- into any location using the Finders window sidebar ?  
(Version 2.1.7)

LEO SPILL  No updates in ten months ?

No fixes for sites - the app balks at ?

Very disappointing developer interest in this project

for a fee based application.  
(Version 1.1.4)

LEO SPILL  'USD $9.95, that's 50% off the final price of $19.95! '

I hope that the forthcoming plan to ask $20 for this, is a joke.

Who in their right mind would pay twenty bucks for this.

It doesn't actually do anything !

IMHO - Keep it at $10 and set it up for a 50% off sale

as a MacUpdate Promo immediately.

Twenty dollars for this - Is the developer mad ?  
(Version 0.9)

LEO SPILL  Very weak entry into the ever changing desktop picture world.

I really don't see what the developer had in mind when he wrote this ?

What does it add that the finder doesn't already do - and do rather well.

Namely being able to take a folder of wallpapers and change then at a predefine rate.

If this tool handled folders of files rather than just individual ones, then maybe...

But it doesn't even add a thumbnail to the recent/history so you don't what's what.

You can't import a folder of files ( You have to click on each file and then it's stored... )into the CM ?

Needs the capacity for favorite folder sets, image thumbnails... and since Apple made all contextual menu items spring from the bottom into their own sub menu - aren't all CM tools now dead ? It's just such a pain to navigate within them now.  
(Version 1.0.3)

LEO SPILL  I use this app a lot, and have been using it for a long time now.

My only compliant would be that since version three was released,

there has been an annoying USB bug.

On unplugging any attached USB device,

EyeTV closes and I get the channel unavailable notice.

Have to quit and restart EyeTV - Which means I can't use that

pesky USB for anything while recording.

A very frustrating little bug, in what is a very useful Mac tool.  
(Version 3.1.1)

LEO SPILL  Seems interesting - Maybe the original design was heading towards or intending this to be a Dashboard widget. As it does look very much like a widgets 'limited but handy' styling and feature list. But at a price premium of a full application.

The price is maybe a little steep as an impulse purchase. $10 is always a psychologically good price point - For something that looks so close to a widgets functionality.

It's is a good idea, but needs to grow and maybe even sprout a proper, complete and manageable database to fit all these ever increasing stacks of notes into. ( Rather than just exporting all those notes into another database - Well, why not just use that database to start with ) Plus when looking at the demo tutorials - it's a great clear, clutter free desktop. ( Like all Dashboard apps have ) In real life, I wonder how confusing this will be to have floating around - Rather than just having a dedicated info capture management application open.

( I hope this has nothing to do with the UK 'Softchaos' developers... As they have a habit of abandoning apps ( Workstrip, Webstractor... ) I would want to count on it's still being around and regularly updated in six months to a year from now.)  
(Version 1.2)

LEO SPILL  I have foolishly persevered, repeatedly paid hard earned cash on each paid update.

But no more. It never really fitted my work flow, never really fitted my needs.

I've moved on, trashed it. Ask yourself - would Apple make an app that worked

and looked like this ?  
(Version 7.0.4)

LEO SPILL  Bad design is off-putting.

This application is relentlessly badly designed.

On opening the dmg you get a black window

with a clipboard icon on it - That's Just idiotic.

Then I'm greeted by the weird clipboard on screen.

(Why do you need the clipboard metaphor on the floating window ?

It just takes up precious real estate.)

But the the real bug - is that on clicking the menu bar icon - no preferences open ?

Clicking the icon only activates the animation ?  
(Version 2.17)

LEO SPILL  Pages '09

The king is dead, all hail the king.

http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/  
(Version 2.6)

LEO SPILL  This fascinating application has nothing but praise lauded over it.

I would like to officially ask the developer, if he would put this app up

as a MUPromo.

Anyone else agree - please press the little smiley icon on the right...  
(Version 1.5b1)

LEO SPILL  What's with the new icon ?

What's that got to do with renaming files ?

Is it supposed to be the developers blood ?  
(Version 8.0.8)

LEO SPILL  Just from playing with it for a few moments and ...

A) There is no way to see what the dimensions ( How many pixels, inches, CMs etc... ) of any grab are ?

B) Once you have 'by error' clicked on the favorite star choice in the inspector you can't make it go back to zero stars.

C) No batch rename feature ( Really this should be on the top of the list of things to include - day one )

D) Snap area etc... from the menu bar sends the grab to the desktop and not straight to LS.

( Means you have to drag grabs into the application. Defeats the whole object of the app in the first place. )

E) Needs to be 'smart' when grabbing areas within the Finder. At the moment there is no difference or LS doesn't help in grabbing portions of the screen - From normal screen grabbing mode.

D) No slideshow feature - or automatic advance within edit or icon mode.

F) Would like more export options - lossless formats etc...

Could go on and on... I know this is just a single point release but so little thought seems to have gone into this version. Which is such a pity - especially when released at this price point.  
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  While I am sure to a lot of people $39 is nothing to stop and think twice over.

As an impulse buy - for me it is a lot. For something useful to have around

but not for everyday use.

If it was set at a Mupromo price promo maybe - But at full price - no way.  
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  While competition is the backbone of capitalism...

I should mention this freeware application :

http://bowtieapp.com/

Lots of GUI skins to change the look -

does almost all of the things you'd expect of a itunes controller.

...and did I mention freeware ?  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  For those who sometimes think to themselves... wouldn't it be nice, if I had a horse or a butterfly adorning that downloads folder ? Well, finally for those who do mutter those strange noises, harbor those bewilderingly odd notions - this should work wonders for them.  
(Version 10.1)

LEO SPILL  Close, but no cigar...

Seems underdeveloped and with little or not thought as to workflow scenarios. Can't edit a chunk of text or a URL etc... Can't paste/drag clippings as unformatted text or change case size. Can't read all of the text of a clipping or just grab a selection of text. Needs more contextual tools than the very limited operations is now boasts.

Plus the 'mottled' darkened background effect is ugly as are the display icon buttons.

Overall IMHO - A very poor application and very 'unmac' like GUI / interface. If you purchase this, you will likely regret it in a week.  
(Version 1.1.3)

LEO SPILL  Downloads all now end 'failed' or just unplayable.

( VLC Player or Quicktime )

It started off OK. Last week I was able to download fine.

But today every attempt fails.

Maybe the BBC are not happy with Mac users

being able to download their content ?

Pity as this was great to be able to download

and watch later, kind of a 'one-off' tool.

If anyone else knows a way to cache BBC iPlayer

material I would be grateful for a heads up on it.  
(Version 2.2)

LEO SPILL  For European users the price is 24.95 Euros - which equals = $35.75 US Dollars

It's outrageous to charge so much more - Please reconsider your pricing.

One price for all Mac users no matter where they plonk their hat.

This is shareware after all - Shouldn't all software developers keep that in

the forefront of their minds. When conjuring up these fiscal oddities in the

darkened recesses of their tortured heads.  
(Version 8.0)

LEO SPILL  Won't accept downloads from :

http://www.adobe.com/

Just downloads a dlm.html

Please fix these anomalies.  
(Version 1.1.4)

LEO SPILL  I purchased Leech and while not perfect does bridge a gap between bloated software and Apples own inept download window.

I can download fine using Rapidshare and other larger sites but Depositfiles, easy-share,filefactory and similar smaller download sites - Leach balks at their downloads.

My only request would be for a proper resuming of downloads - It's frustrating to when a download has to re-download completely from 0% after a stall or to pause it.

Also maybe that it's window could shrink up and down from the menu bar - so it saves real estate.

Or shrink into a mini-window when not in use.

But would recommend Leech, if you like a little more control over your downloads - and who doesn't ?  
(Version 1.1.4)

LEO SPILL  Problems for me include...

A) The game screen is too small.

B) Can't enlarge the field incrementally or go full screen ( It's meant for mobiles and handhelds not modern desktops or laptops - this should be made clear )

C) Quitting the game and the application opens Safari and takes you to the developers site - no warning or way to switch this off - This is not right and the developer should recode and not be allowed to get away with this.  
(Version 1.4)

LEO SPILL  Files captured won't play in VLC or in Quicktime Pro ?

VLC says : 'mp4: MP4 plugin discarded (no moov box)'

Quicktime says resulting downloaded file is not a movie file. It's 200Mb but won't play.

Tried multiple times same outcome.  
(Version 1.1)

LEO SPILL  Small Print

Everywhere on the site and in their email promotion material it clearly states rounded figures $45, $85 and $129 yet they stick you with tax at the checkout.

Yes, it's written in tiny text at the checkout, yes it's a European company but writing pre-tax prices is a cheat to entice and then squeeze you. Their US and Euro exchange rates are off. You end up paying 40% more then US buyers on top of the listed price.

For a bunch of smart guys running this company they are also a bunch of sharks. How many Shareware companies based in Europe charge TAX ?

2 or 3 at most. It goes against the shareware ethic.

They should be more upfront on the exact price they charge. Many other Euro developers announce a price and stick to it. Most ( Read practically all ) don't charge Tax and take their VAT out of the fixed price they sell their application at. Only the greedy developers charge the tax surreptitiously at the final point of sale like AquaFades do.  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  Like the app, But please Ms.Developer, why fiddle with the good stuff ?

Can we have the heart in the menu bar returned ( as an option in the preferences maybe )

...and also can the album artwork ( That seems to have shrunk) be put back to it's original proportion.

( ...or again can there be an option to increase it in the preferences) It's far too small now.

Thanks for listening Ms.Developer.  
(Version 2.1.2)

LEO SPILL  While this looks great and I'm sure it plays well - does the world really need another Yahtzee clone ?

Farkel has a huge following and apart from David Byrum's poor offering with 'no play preferences and dull graphics' the games crying out for a good treatment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farkle  
(Version 1.5.2)

LEO SPILL  To reviewer 'BILL CLINTON ' and other myopic listeners.

If you think that OmniWeb is just fine surfing all sites you are living in a cocoon... and shouldn't be allowed out of your schizophrenic observation room.

I wish it weren't true but OmniWeb balks at thousands of sites and Firefox ( With all it's faults and bad GUI ) is the only true cross-platform browser for the Mac. Buy this excellent Mac browser if you just surf Mac sites but just try banks and other heavy windozed world sites and you won't get far, won't get support and are open to huge security holes.  
(Version 5.7)

LEO SPILL  I love this browser. It adds the bits n' pieces I need a browser to do. But and this is a huge 'But' it still doesn't offer the near 100% integration that is needed on the mostly 'Windows-wide-web'

Firefox is still the only browser that most 'tricky' sites recommend or will even answer support questions about. It would obviously be a mammoth task to make a browser 100% but even Safari is nearly useless on so many sites. Designers 'especially those on a tight budget' only make sites windows compatible and that isn't going to change any time soon.

So this browser is a little like a low-end Mac. Good for a little bit of surfing but you can't really recommend it without reservation. It's such a pity as Firefox is so ugly and un-mac-like in it's look and feel and in use and Safari so limited.  
(Version 5.7)

LEO SPILL  So eight months has passed since I purchased another $25 upgrade and now there is yet another $25 upgrade fee to pay ?

What's changed ? Anything fundamental, anything really useful or revolutionary ? No I hear you say and no I say to using this flakey, badly designed application. Your milage may vary but my time using it is over - it's a subpar company and a subpar Mac tool.  
(Version 7.0)

LEO SPILL  Still crashes Safari (3.0.4) on installing. Have to remove the Plugin in order for Safari to even open. I have tried everything to make this work with my set up and whatever I do - It always makes Safari consistently crash on start up.

Very frustrating.  
(Version 3.0L159)

LEO SPILL  WOW - iOrganize - iRemember !

Been three years or probably much more since I regularly used this. Weird to see it back (Like seeing an old girlfriend who while hasn't changed much still wasn't anything to look at in the first place ). Patched up to work with the latest OS yet nothing new or mind-blowing added.

I've since moved on to DevonThink Pro and can't imagine returning.  
(Version 6.2.3)

LEO SPILL  Well thank you for taking the time to reply, Very gracious of you. Especially as I haven't purchased you a beer in well over five years ( I did buy 5-6 back then, but I am sure that went quite quickly)  
(Version 2.1.2)

LEO SPILL  Notes is an AMAZING application :)  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  'Unsanity's APELite' ?

More information please on why

you decided to go the unsane route ?

Most of us try and stay away of going Ape.  
(Version 2.1.2)

LEO SPILL  No Farkle ? - I'll have to pass again...  
(Version 2.2)

LEO SPILL  Interesting interface. Very simple and straight forward to understand. To mess with the minimalist design would probably be detrimental, but I would like to see a color picker/palette in the bottom menu bar ( click and hold on the colored blob and a recent color chart pops up ) A contextual menu option to change paint brush size without having stop drawing. The ability to open a JPEG and paint over it. But these are not really necessary.

My one real request would be to make it more kid friendly. At the moment it's designed with adults in mind, yes Kids can use it but it's all up to them. Their creativity/aptitude only ( Blank slate syndrome - not all Kids are creative whirlwinds ) Needs some bundled worksheets or things to start ideas flowing for the younger Mac users.  
(Version 1.1.2)

LEO SPILL  Seems to download a Zero KB saver ?  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  While I have used this plugin for nearly as long as it's been out - I have had no luck getting it to work with 10.5.

I miss it and wish that the developer would make a 'no fuss' installer one that 'does it all' without any extra hassle. I have tried installing and reinstalling it and SIMBL several times but nothing works.

A Pity - As this is a very useful set of tools and sadly missed.  
(Version 3.0L154)

LEO SPILL  ...Press the Shift key down when you click the Paste button to paste rich text as plain text (no style)

Doesn't work for me ?  
(Version 1.0.2)

LEO SPILL  Well after a couple of restarts and a response from the developers all is well. I have iClipboard preferences back and iClipboard working again.

A) I still would like the option of control clicking and removing multiple clips simultaneously.

B) Paste without style - option is a must.

C) A paste everything option. There is a clear option why not a paste everything to an RTFD file option. This could be transferable from one machine to another ?

D) A contextual menu item to copy text from any application into a project draw would be useful.

E) Real editing from within iClipboard ( iClip does this well. ) - If a clip was copied from Safari the clip opens in Safari and is not editable.

F) ... and a Move clips to individual projects option.

It is a slick entry into the pasteboard application arena and hopefully will continue to improve. Disappointed that SOHO Notes owners have to run it concurrently with it's own limited clipboard feature and pay through the nose for it. iClip 4 was such a major disappointment and iPasteboard while free for basic cut and pasting is $24 for pro features and butt ugly ( but does work well ). This is well worth a try if you have the time and energy to Beta test and figure out any problems that may or may not pop up. Hopefully this will be less of a risk with each new release.  
(Version 1.0.2)

LEO SPILL  Well thank you for replying, I did as you said and control clicked on the alias - It didn't obviously point anywhere. I control clicked on the application and inside resources found the iClipboard Preference pane and made a new alias from it in the user Preference pane folder.

Now iClipboard's preferences still don't show in system preferences main pane or appear when I click the preferences option pull-down menu from within iCilpboard.

MacBook pro / 10.5.1   
(Version 1.0.2)

LEO SPILL  Is this the preverbal 'emperors new clothes' ?

Why would anyone pay for this ?

Seriously bizarre logic behind the making of this.

Fools with too much money ( As the brits say ) form an orderly queue.  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  Well I am still having problems after installing (1.0.2)

I have removed the (.plist) from Preferences and checked the iClipboard Preference Pane and it seems to be the problem. The iClipboard prefPane is only an alias ? Upshot is I still can't access iClipboard Preferences.

At the moment iClipboard is taking up the same amount of RSIZE ram ( 44Mb) as DevonThink Pro

and 2.99Gb of VSIZE ? ) Like the last reviewer I can't always access the clip I want - Seems to get stuck on first opening the iCilpboard tab - sporadic but still a problem.

My requests apart from resolving the issue with the applications preferences would be the ability to reduce the vertical screen space iClipboard takes up and the option of control clicking and removing multiple clips simultaneously. An option to move a clip into a different project rather than 'cut n' paste'. Lastly an automatic close tab option ( this may already exist but I can't access the preferences to be sure ? )

I am also getting a little weary of being an unrewarded Beta tester.  
(Version 1.0.2)

LEO SPILL  Well this second ( 1.0.1 ) release seems better but now I can't get the preferences to show ( On clicking the preferences option no window - all other windows open, licensing etc..). I also noticed that RSIZE memory is about 28Mb but the VSIZE is a whopping 2.93 Gb what's that all about ?

The site seems to have been updated to show the difference between SOHO Notes and iClipboard which is a bit of a swindle for registered SOHO Notes users. They have less features and if they want iClipboards extras they have to pay for it and run it concurrently with SOHO Notes ( Chronos sticking it to their users ) Very disappointing customer care/public relations.  
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  Very useful tool to have around. Thanks to the developer for making it available at this very low price.

Now Apple has downgraded playing audio files within the Finder - The crimes of no time-line scrubber and no M3U both of which were very useful and much missed - make this application even more useful.

Thanks !  
(Version 1.5)

LEO SPILL  What is the difference between SOHO Notes clipboard feature and iClipboard ?

Surely SOHO Notes has iClipboard built in ? Or is iClipboard somehow more versatile/different ? Or is it just that you don't have to have SOHO Notes running in order to use iClipboard ?

I wish Chronos would be more enlightening with it's product releases.  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  $25 for what a set of finder folders within a folder will accomplish ?

What some people will pay hard cash for is amazing.  
(Version 1.0.4)

LEO SPILL  While I might stay clear of mumbo-jumbo like this - A female acquaintance saw this and asked me ' I've entered all my data and it does nothing ? Well she is right the 'New' in the file menu is blanked out and she has entered all the details yet there is no start button or redraw button to be found on the application window or within the file menu or even in the online manual or on the developers site ?   
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  How do you revert back to the default OS icons ?

Can't find it mentioned on the Panic site or in the FAQ's or an option to disable CandyBar from within the application ?

Surely it should be well documented. There is no read me included in the zip. Please someone post how to restore the default so I can remove this application.  
(Version 3.0)

LEO SPILL  The two reasons I used to use Candybar almost religiously on every Mac I worked on were the default system folders and the Finder sidebar icons . I really didn't like the design and before Candybar made swapping system icons out easily and safely I used to edit system Resources files manually. But with Leopard the sidebar has gone from 32X icons to 16X and the nasty OS folders have been cleaned up, lost that fake 3/4 view and wrinkly styling. I think Panic/Iconfactory missed the boat for me. If it had been ready day one of release I would have kept using it, but I've had time to get used to the new defaults and think they work and am happy with them. Who in their right mind wants to keep thousands of icons in a database - probably the kind of guy that wears a tin foil hat. If Iconfactory had a repository of icontainers ( Similar to their iPulse gallery) completely set up with reference pictures of the new look - that would help but unfortunately complete sets are rare and who has the time to search for every unique icon for each Category ? The guys who make this just haven't thought it out properly. It used to be a 'little app'. thirteen bucks which brought a little personal preference to your system icons but Pixadex/collecting icons is a seriously nerdy hobby and doesn't warrant being included into Candybar and the price hike that entails. The design of the application looks sloppy and it feels like the programer spent more time with the new online only activation coding than actual time spent making the new version which looks a step backwards in terms of ease of use and functionality. It looks awkward and confusing. Now Apple uses Coverflow and 256X icons within the Finder my old full system icontainers just don't cut it anymore and how much work is there in re-artworking all of them up to 256. It seems a big of a change as OS9 32X to OS10's 128X and Candybar version three has no answer.

Coming late to the party means I won't be using Candybar anymore.  
(Version 3.0)

LEO SPILL  On the developers site he says of his app 'WindowFinder is easier and faster than Exposé' What an outrageous claim. At ten dollars a pop I think this deserves an award for the most useless non-freeware software made for a Mac. A real bona fide Dodo.  
(Version 1.4.1)

LEO SPILL  Chinese commercial software developer ?

Long live the new Capitalist revolution baby !  
(Version 2.0.2)

LEO SPILL  Make the streets names, stations etc... editable or be able to choose an option of multiple cities at the games start and I might buy but US only ?

What an opportunity of world domination missed.  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  Why do Ambrosia soft charge such a high premiums for their small utilities ?

What is the point of trying something if it is clearly overpriced compared to the competition ? I have pointed out that for some lucky guys n' gals $70 is a '*iss in the ocean' and I am sure the developer of this app is one.

I appreciate replies, but as Mr.Welch and the other poster have wrongly said 'I have trashed the application'. I have not trashed it. But I have trashed the price. Wiretap is priced similarly to their companies other expensive 'utility' Snapz pro 'with movies' All I would say is that Ambrosia sell utilities at absurdly expensive prices and surely not for the mass of Mac users but for just the rich core. Those on a budget try Rogueamoeba's Audio Hijack Pro at half the price.   
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  $69 to buy new ? Rogueamoeba's Audio Hijack Pro (AHP) at $32 now seems a real bargain. While I realize that you have to figure in Rogueamoeba's audio editing app, Fission at another $33 ( Brought together $50), $69 is still a high introduction price point, twenty dollars more than Rogueamoeba's double act.

AHP has saved my bacon so many times and with the addition of an audio scrubber it has everything I need to grab a piece of audio, test it and save it out in a plethora of formats. While I don't like Rogueamoeba's use of a 'Haxie' (Application enhancer) to start a new recording. If not installed you have to restart the application you want to grab, which is a real pain. It does it's job and While AHP is not the most appealing GUI application, WireTap just seems like a GUI toy and at twice the price - an expensive toy or even a seventy dollar widget.

If only WireTap were not so expensive, even with the crossgrade it's an outlay of another $30. On the positive, WireTap studio does seem polished and well worth a try if you don't own either

WireTap X1 and Audio Hijack Pro but realize you are paying through the nose for that polish. For some it may be worth it.   
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  So if you don't want to convert 'on the fly' ( Rather use VisualHub and it's great multiple settings ) and don't want to add everything you just want to see into iTunes this application is near useless ?  
(Version 1.9.1)

LEO SPILL  Version 1.1.9 was released in july now a 65% of full price upgrade to version 2 ?

What happened to version 1.3 or 1.5 etc...

Seems a poor excuse to fleece existing users... very poor company PR.  
(Version 2.0)

LEO SPILL  Well I brought this 4 months ago with a two license deal for $15 - seems to have gone up a tad since then.

No way to turn off 'version checking' or whatever you like to name 'calling home'

Now if you could change the angle/viewpoint or have replays of 'great shots' or set up a five game series etc...

Don't know about 'hours of entertainment' but then again games like this are thin on the ground for Mac users - So this unfortunately is the best sim of the great 'money game' you are going to find.  
(Version 8.0)

LEO SPILL  Well I brought this 4 months ago with a two license deal for $15 - seems to have gone up a tad since then.

No way to turn off 'version checking' or whatever you like to name 'calling home'

Now if you could change the angle/viewpoint or have replays of 'great shots' or set up a five game series etc...

Don't know about 'hours of entertainment' but then again games like this are thin on the ground for Mac users - So this unfortunately is the best sim of the great 'money game' you are going to find.  
(Version 8.0)

LEO SPILL  7.9.2 ?

Seems like version 8 is just around the corner. Droplets look interesting, but are they 'smart' or are the attributes locked down when it's first made ? ( near useless if they are not smart - what good is renaming different files with the same name and numbers) I have been using the tagging/renaming option set in iView and they as well as the scores of freeware alternatives have always sorted me out.  
(Version 7.9.2)

LEO SPILL  .

As I said before I paid for a Pro license 9 months ago ( $149 ) now an upgrade fee of $69 ?

$70 for an upgrade ? These guys are sharks ! Last version 3.2.2 now a huge jump to 4.0. No '3.5' etc... just a massive jump and a price to match.

Why not try a PR initiative to gain a little community respect - Have a barn sale and reduce the upgrade fee for registered users by 50% for a certain period - Send out a few good-will emails to registered users. Spread a little happiness - Try loosing the 'company full of sharks' and don't listen to users reputation.  
(Version 4.0.4)

LEO SPILL  Is it only PPC ?  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  Why on earth would anyone spend a twenty on a desktop changer ?

Very 'nice' - 'Computer arts' magazine style wallpapers/desktop pics but twenty bucks ?

Buying desktops is like buying screensavers, a seriously weird phenomena and inexplicable - so I won't try.   
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  Everyone seems to be waiting or at least hoping for Intaglio.

Don't you realize that it's at version number 2.9.5 within a very short time there will be an upgrade to version 3 It will involve a fee of upwards of another $40 to upgrade from your MuPromo serial.  
(Version )

LEO SPILL  Please send invites to:

invites@Ihavenofriends.com  
(Version )

LEO SPILL  Hej Maintain,

Thanks for the offer and a chance to see why your application is a serious going concern.

I am touched by your generosity and PR entrepreneurial benevolence. I hope you achieve the longevity you and your application so obviously deserve.

Long live swedish shareware - Hej dÃ¥!  
(Version )

LEO SPILL  Interesting offer - Glad to see the advertising has been changed from the outrageous offer of '10 apps ($400 ) for $49' earlier today to the more reasonable '7 for $49' Macupdate could have been potentially sued over that one.

I recently purchased Snitch in a MuPromo and can see little use for Integlio as an Adobe user. Plus it will reach version 3 very soon and will involve a hefty upgrade fee for all those wonderful new enhancements you are bound to want after seeing. Which in itself is a little harsh and an unscrupulous sales gimmick to sell it so close to a major update.

Cocktail has it's distractors and seems on the way out and Graphic Converter while an OS8/9 Stalwart is so messy and outdated now that again Adobe users mostly stay away. Amadeus Pro seems stuck in 90's as does the revamped Fetch.

My question would be, does the price $49 stay constant over the 9 days or does it go up tomorrow and the next etc... ?

Overall a bundle for OS beginners and those with money to burn and like having second rate apps hanging around but never using. But as usual with these kind of things - your mileage may vary :)  
(Version )

LEO SPILL  .

As a paid user ( Express $70+ version two upgrade fee ) I am taken aback by Nisus software attitude towards paid contributers. I paid $70 for Nisus Express and they decide instead of continuing to develop Express into the leading writing software to charge users another $45 to upgrade to Pro ? ( which is just Express with features needed since this application was brought from a developer who was releasing it as freeware ) As a paid user I will have to pay $120+ my license upgrade from version one to two for Pro when a new user only has to pay $79.

Fleecing the users is wrong - Registered users are the ones who should get all the breaks not new users. We are the ones supporting the company for the last four years of OSX.

Very poor company attitudes towards user loyalty and fiscal greed.  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  MemoryMiner looks an unusual digital asset manager/ picture storytelling aid and could well be worth a download to see if it works for you.  
(Version 1.52)

LEO SPILL  ... and happy Independence Day :)  
(Version 1.6.4)

LEO SPILL  For those who may need the tools that IPNetTunerX offer - The 50% promo price must be very tempting :)  
(Version 1.6.4)

LEO SPILL  I take this has an OCR tool so you can scan all your paper trails into a virtual filling cabinet. If I would ever get around to doing that is another matter. Looks OK for those anally retentive enough, just not for me. Devonthink Pro Office - while more expensive seems a far better choice as it has plenty of leg-room to grow with your needs - this will just stunt you.  
(Version 1.0.8)

LEO SPILL  .

This is purely a GUI/interface comment :

I like the new Devon ball company logo and think that the developers would be wise to use it as DevonThink/Pro etc... application icon ( Just color it differently for each type of release ) and loose the shell design.

Secondly:

Please use an interface designer to revamp the application - It is so Home made that it puts a lots of potential users off - Why do so many first time users say it has a steep learning curve ? Because of the ugly interface is confusing and not user friendly. It has zero WOW factor.

Look at barebones Yojimbo - It has hordes of pleasant comments and appeals to nearly everyone on first launch.

On a GUI scale of one to ten - DEVONthink is a very poor three out of ten, which is a pity as the application deserves better.  
(Version 1.3.1)

LEO SPILL  .

This is purely a GUI/interface comment :

I like the new Devon ball logo and think that the developers would be wise to use it as DevonThink/Pro etc... application icon ( Just color it differently for each type of release ) and loose the shell design.

Secondly:

Please use an interface designer to revamp the application - It is so Home made that it puts a lots of potential users off - Why do so many first time users say it has a steep learning curve ? Because of the ugly interface is confusing and not user friendly. It has zero WOW factor.

Look at barebones Yojimbo - It has hordes of pleasant comments and appeals to nearly everyone on first launch.

On a GUI scale of one to ten - DEVONthink is a very poor three out of ten.  
(Version 1.9.9)

LEO SPILL  This is an amazing tool and if you haven't tried it yet, now is the time at this great introductory price. It is a powerhouse application and will grow with your needs. It also has a bigger brother ( PRO ) which if you happen to be a Poweruser is well worth a look. All round best of class in the notebook/digital media organizer category. A must have.  
(Version 1.9.9)

LEO SPILL  .

Paid for a Pro license 9 months ago ( $149 ) now an upgrade fee of $69 ?

$70 for an upgrade ? These guys are sharks ! Last version 3.2.2 now a huge jump to 4.0. No '3.5' etc... just a massive jump and a price to match.

Bad company mentality towards paid users. Very disappointing.  
(Version 4.0)

LEO SPILL  While not something that I would use - It is a unique and reminds me of the 'heady' days of OS8 and a time when Apple was a little more relaxed about their interface and even included themes. This theme does seem like some of those early 'Kaleidoscope' shareware application themes that spawned hundreds of varieties of similar creative responses to Apples GUI.  
(Version 1.0)

LEO SPILL  Good choice if on a tight budget, been on a development 'backlot' for a while now but worth a look at this price point if you don't already own iView, or Adobes and Apples premium image viewers.  
(Version 2.21)

LEO SPILL  .

Why can't you pick a playlist or browse tracks from the player controls ?

You should be able to display 'multiple' artist jewel cases on the desktop and enable a user defined playlist from that selection - It would have the feel of a real world scenario - Pick a few CDs and play them.

Over-all a very poor application in the heavily contested field of iTunes remotes.   
(Version 1.1.6)

LEO SPILL  .... Has anyone actually won a free copy ?  
(Version 3.4)

LEO SPILL  Sound Byte seems a much needed Mac alternative to bespoke windows radio station tools. Glad to see it as a MuPromo.  
(Version 3.4)

LEO SPILL  So after a complete debacle where the developer destroys the development line of the best notebook application. He then starts again to make a complete mess of an app. He doesn't work on it for a year, then sells it ?

Where are all the paid users in all this - *ucked is where.  
(Version 1.6.1)

LEO SPILL  With OS X Leopard a few months away this looks a useful little launcher in the same style as DragThing and Overflow and like the OS8/9 days of folders being dragged down into pop-up windows. It has that funky large 'heads-up' display icon to show what application you are about to launch. Worth a look if you don't have any of the other leading shareware launchers.  
(Version 2.0)

LEO SPILL  Great app, nice to see the built-in web page QuickPreviews - and suggested color schemes. Useful for Adobe graphics packages users. Interesting all-round product.  
(Version 1.5.2)

LEO SPILL  Not just a pussy cat cache cleaner but a real tiger of a system maintenance tool.  
(Version 3.2.11)

LEO SPILL  .

No Farkle ? - I'll pass on iDice 2  
(Version 2.0)

LEO SPILL  Chaotically interesting software - Viewing all content before downloading is thoughtful and it does look ergonomically simple to use.  
(Version 6.4)

LEO SPILL  If I wanted my very own digital Secret Book, this would be it ! Simple and elegant design.  
(Version 3.1.1)

LEO SPILL  Pitched at the right price - this is a great addition to anyone's musical arsenal.  
(Version 1.1.2)

LEO SPILL  Pdf archiveing for the rest of us !  
(Version 1.6.2)

LEO SPILL  PPC only ? - No major updates in years ?Very sad to be 'flogging' this off and it's not even being a Universal Binary - you are wasting your money !  
(Version 1.5.9)

LEO SPILL  .

Great release from Patrick Corrieri. Nice to see some entry level animation software for the Mac. ( I don't know if the Windows version came first or vice-versa but it is a shame that Mac developers don't produce great applications for young minds to grow/develop with and to explore their creative potential with )

Apart from a few exceptions there are no well-made tools for kids and beginners to experiment with digital art for the Mac. There are also not enough applications/games that aren't just beat'em-ups or inane puzzle games - Which often leads people to lump Mac users in the same mindless nerdy groupings as our PC users often are. Try finding some decent Mac learning applications for the young - They don't exist.

Kudos to Mr.Corrieri for bringing a little bit of creative fun back to the Mac !  
(Version 0.4.2b)

LEO SPILL  If I were to recommend a subversion client this would be it.  
(Version 1.1.2)

LEO SPILL  Lev - If you can't figure it out - Maybe you need some tuition - I can't do that for you but maybe this will help a little.

A is better than B because B is limited in scale ( what you can put into it ) and tools ( What you can do with that information when it's in there and how you get it in there in the first place )

If that is too abstract then...

B is fast food and will leave you hungry 5 minutes after consumption and A is not only a fine meal but will keep you full no matter what size you grow.

A may not look as sweat as B but is lean and the healthy, nutritional alternative.

A=ad infinitum...  
(Version 1.3.6)

LEO SPILL  .

Upgrade price = 63% of full-price - unbelievable.

No price incentive/benifit for 5x users than 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x users ? Each of these involves an upgrade fee - That alone tells you quite a bit about Chronosnet and the people who run it !   
(Version 6.0)

LEO SPILL  .

I used to big a fan of 'QuickImageCM' which unfortunately is only PowerPC, and doesn't look like being Universal Binary any time soon.

Like QuickImage this opens your images in a window but unlike the latter it doesn't offer the plethora of editing options that made it a great replacement of the OS's Preview application.( If you don't mind your entire screen being 'hijacked' then you could also try the Contextual menu launched 'ImageViewerCM' - $10)

Apart from showing all images in a folder and not just the ones selected, which is annoying not having a preference to switch it off, you should also be able to have all the pictures 'landscape and portrait' show in the same sized window rather than - when a landscape image is selected it forces the window to near full-screen and is not resizable. Lastly the ability to double click an image to show a thumbnail of all the images within the one window would be also very useful.

Obviously still developing - and if it were to incorporate some basic image editing/tagging and most importantly IMHO the ability to move files ( preference for user defined folders ) - It could be a great productivity tool in the future.   
(Version 1.0.2)

LEO SPILL  I am sure the developer is a great guy and this app to some is a great place to store some odd snippets. But if you want to invest in a piece of software to organize your digital life-flow .Then this is a candy colored child's toy and has all the longevity of yesterday's newspaper news compared to DEVONthink Pro.

If you are purchasing for a child, Then try KIT. If on the other hand you want a real application that can grow with your needs then this will not satisfy you.  
(Version 1.3.5)

LEO SPILL  A sweet dutch treat !  
(Version 2.0.1)

LEO SPILL  An interesting idea but when I am using my Mac it's nearly always covered with app and FInder windows so rarely do I ever see the desktop. Maybe if you have a 30" display and have a single browser window open...

It's really just useless eye candy or something to amuse the kids for a few minutes but seems near pointless to have this eating your CPU.

Try 'PhotoStickies' which does a lot of what this does and more - yet has been around for a few years and is a couple of dollars less expensive.  
(Version 2.0.1)

LEO SPILL  MagiCal 1.1a8. is 4 seconds slow !

When the system preference is set to 'set date and time automatically' MagiCal is four seconds out from the right time.

This is a huge bug and users who need an exact time from their system clock shouldn't use this Alpha.  
(Version 1.1a8)

LEO SPILL  At this 'one day discount' price it seems a bargain - But remember this is a 'FINISHED' app it has not had an update in seven months nor does a revision look likely. It is a shame when a developer makes something as a one-off-deal. And this is a prime case in point.This kind of product is a scam on the community of Mac shareware users - It looks like a going concern but in fact it isn't.  
(Version 2.7)

LEO SPILL  .

A big thanks to the fabulous 9031 for making this screensaver available. It simply puts a flip-clock on your desktop when your Mac or you are having a doze.

This version ( 1.1 ) seems to add a 24 hour clock format to the original.

Check out his site '9031.com' for more freeware and a great selection of his quirky, yet very cool design ideas.  
(Version 1.1)

LEO SPILL  Thanks Widgetman - But you still haven't convinced me this is not a scam of an application - except it saves you the task of mousing to the dock.

Have you tried Quicksilver ? - Please take a look at the literally hundreds of ways to launch multiple items in a myriad of ways. It makes this look like a child's application.  
(Version 2.0.3)

LEO SPILL  I don't get it ?

Seems to be an Emperor's New Clothes kind of application. What does this do that the dock doesn't already accomplish ? That the developers charge for this is nearly criminal.

It's an alias to apps and folders and you can 'drill'/ navigate into folder hierarchies/nested folders - Isn't that the very definition of the dock ?

For those looking for a real power-user launcher with real tools you can use and enhance your productivity try Quicksilver ( http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14831/quicksilver) Or try using the dock that comes with your OS.  
(Version 2.0.3)

LEO SPILL  I think Magical is a better clock replacement. It's more OS like and you can color differentiate between time and date which you can't do with MyMenuDate. The background color option in MyMenuDate is tacky and very un-mac-like. The calendar isn't a click away and while interesting that you can drag it away, it's so ugly you probably wouldn't want it always in your face.

If the Magical UK developers were to cut CPU a tad it would be a cinch but compared to the ugly GUI mess that is MyMenuDate, well it's really a choice between beauty and the beast. Unfortunately the beauty is also a bit of a CPU beast.  
(Version 1.7.1)

LEO SPILL  I feel stabbed in the back by this company - Why 'Nisus Writer Pro' instead of just a Nisus Writer Express 'version-up' ? like 2.8 ?

This is either fleecing existing users or just kicking them in the pants. Loyal users have suffered with a slow three year development only to have the proverbial carpet pulled from under our feet.

You are better off purchasing Mellel !  
(Version 1.0b1)

LEO SPILL  Doesn't work with Cepstral voices (http://www.cepstral.com/). They show up in the preference pane but the app bulks at using them.

Would love to see this fixed.  
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  It's OK but but at $16, I'll hold off on purchasing.

If it were say $10 it might fair better as an 'impulse buy' but at $16 it's a tad expensive for what is only a tartied-up a one trick pony.

I would have liked a 'window mode' rather than always having to be hijacked from doing anything else.

The Demo is a hard sell between games and is annoying.

The characters while heavily sold are not viewable during the game or have any real difference between them - Which is a pity.

The camera angle should be able to tilt to Pong classic mode.  
(Version 1.1)

LEO SPILL  After the developer seems to have taken a long vacation - He has returned to give his app a bug fix and a single point increase. It's gone from 2.0 to 2.2.2 since 2003.

Its a great idea and while very un-mac-like ( Its a OS 8-9 left-over ) it deserves to be given the modern makeover and use Apple interface guidelines for OSX.

This seems to be more of a 'hobby' for the developer - Which is very sad for paying customers - so if you want to invest, bare this mind.  
(Version 2.2.2)

LEO SPILL  Nice n' quick update for the '3arch' bug :)  
(Version 1.0.7r2)

LEO SPILL  Not worthy of a whole point increase - From 2.6 to 3.0 ? Seems a dubious way to fleece existing users out of some more dosh. It's big n' clunky, no operation is simple or straight forward and you still can't make 'drop-lets' or automator actions. This apps CM is very basic just compare with Mr.Doerner's MP3-Info CMM:

http://www.cdfinder.de/mp3info/

Very un-Mac like, over weighed with too many useless functions and ugly design - Please, Mac developers make a sweet and elegant media tag editor ! So this can be rested - indefinitely.  
(Version 3.0)

LEO SPILL  At 40% off - Today is the day to pick up this little gem. Great application, does exactly what it says on the tin. - Seems as if it will still be relevant on 10.5 - but 'who watches the watcher ?' You have to turn a blind eye to the Snitch because the Snitch never rats on itself or it's friends.  
(Version 1.2.4)

LEO SPILL  At 40% off - Today is the day to pick up this little gem. Great application, does exactly what it says on the tin. - Seems as if it will still be relevant on 10.5 - but 'who watches the watcher ?' You have to turn a blind eye to the Snitch because the Snitch never rats on itself or it's friends.  
(Version 1.2.4)

LEO SPILL  While it may not be rocket science to configure - the instructions are very sparse and could be confusing or near impossible for a newbie to work out. Dragthing ($29) has this same sound functionality as well as being an interesting app launcher taking up your CPU cycles. But this is a one trick pony and can after only a limited time become annoying both taking up your precious CPU cycles and hearing those repetive sound files. If you can spend the time setting the unfriendly GUI and find the right sound files that amuse without becoming repetivie then this is a fun toy to have in your arsenal. XSounds ( $10 ) by Unsanity is also a good choice but you have to run the APE plugin in order to run it.  
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  While it may not be rocket science to configure - the instructions are very sparse and could be confusing or near impossible for a newbie to work out. Dragthing ($29) has this same sound functionality as well as being an interesting app launcher taking up your CPU cycles but this is a one trick pony and can after only a limited time become annoying both taking up CPU and the repetive sound files. If you can spend the time setting the unfriendly GUI and find the right sound files that amuse without becoming repetivie then this is a fun toy to have in your arsenal. XSounds ( $10 ) by Unsanity is also a good choice but you have to run the APE plugin in order to run it.  
(Version 1.0.1)

LEO SPILL  Thanks Mr.Demosthenes :)

Version 1.0.4r2 does indeed hide on entering fullscreen. A small point - could you pack your app in a finder folder with maybe a 'read me' and a homepage URL next release ?

... And maybe fix that constant 5% CPU usage ?  
(Version 1.0.4r2)

LEO SPILL  .

LLSCOTTS - Nice write up. I checked your CPU usage and found that you are right. MagiCal uses between 3.60 and as high as 6.80 when idle. It spikes on just clicking the date to 76.90% ?  
(Version 1.0.4r2)

LEO SPILL  I think it's great ! - Kudos to the UK developer for making such an excellent freeware option of Mac users. It's great to have date and time differentiated by colour in the menubar.

My only request is the ability for MagiCal to automatically disappear when playing a movie by either Apple's DVD Player or VLC player.

Highly recommended !  
(Version 1.0.4r2)

LEO SPILL  While I think this application is far too expensive, it is not as the last couple of reviewers have mentioned 'just a photo viewer' It's a multi-media viewer.

Yes it can display Photos, but also movies and fonts and view Photoshop layers within PSD ( layer by layer ) It can render Illustrator AI files too, PDF's etc, etc...

No other app for the Mac ( that does not cost several hundred dollars ) can do what this does.

I would like an app like this but for it to loose the whole 'Catalog' metaphor - therefore be cheaper and of far more use to me. There is not one great multi-media viewer built for the average Mac user - twenty really greta journals or notebooks but not one great-allrounder like iView. Even APPLe and Adobe have fallen flat when it comes to the multi-media viewer.

Expensive yes, Dated in it's looks and presentation yes also , but it's truly one of a kind.  
(Version 3.1.2)

DURO  A great little Freeware application.

It does what it says and well - Big thanks to the developer for sharing this very useful tool.  
(Version 4.1.6)