MIKE ABDULLAH  Can I please point out that for Mac apps the "OK" button goes on the far right. This isn't Windows. Plus, it would be more normal to label it "Suspend."  
(Version 1.0)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Brilliant, an app that refuses to do anything unless Quicksilver is installed.

I do not use Quicksilver, yet the app refuses to let me do anything unless I select where Quicksilver is. I can't select it because I don't have it - load of junk!  
(Version 1.5)

MIKE ABDULLAH  What a colossal waste of time. We really don't need yet another "one line of code" web browser that is utterly useless for any practical application.

This is not what Apple made WebKit for!  
(Version 1.1.1b)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Reasonable enough idea for a program I guess, but lacking in polish:

* The "Comments" box keeps the arrow-style cursor when you hover over it.

* The date pickers do not use my local, British layout. Every other date on my system is displayed correctly - why not this one?

* You can't view a file by dragging it to File Sleuth's dock icon. You can drag a file onto the main window, but visual feedback is ever given that this is going to work.

Oh, and with the MP3 rename facility, it feels rather like this feature has been chucked in to add value to the program. It would be better in a separate app.  
(Version 1.0)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Well to be fair, I think you have to use a 32 bit copy of Windows, and that cannot cope with more than a certain amount of RAM around the 4Gb mark.

I imagine that Parallels will eventually be able to fool Windows into thinking it has less RAM available, but in the mean time, you'll just have to wait I guess.  
(Version 2.2.1884)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Calendar Creator is not something I had come across before, but it is part of my eventual aim.

However, as far as I can see, Calendar Creator works by simply adding the event to iCal and then letting you edit it there. I intend to do the editing of the event details within the Event Maker program itself.  
(Version 0.3b3)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Thanks for the suggestions. I had never actually heard of this Anagram thing before!

I don't intend to fully go down that route. I have absolutely no intention of expanding Event Maker to dealing with Contact information at any point.

However, on the calendar events front - just wait and see!  
(Version 0.3b3)

MIKE ABDULLAH  That is MSN's policy. If you want non webmail access to your account, you have to pay them.

However, they used to offer this service for free, so when the conditions changed, anyone who had used this feature was allowed to keep it for free.

Rather reasonable I think. So basically, if you want non-webmail access to a new account, go with a proper provider, not Hotmail.  
(Version 1.48)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Why pay the developer $10 for this when Quinn is better looking and free?  
(Version 2.0)

MIKE ABDULLAH  This sounds a lovely idea, but it just crashes constantly for me!

I log into my account and the little donations window pops up. However, before I can actually do anything with the donations thing, the app crashes!  
(Version 0.4)

MIKE ABDULLAH  I downloaded this and rather like it. However, one thing is that it seems to have issues with sending Applications. When you do the app shows up all the indivdual components of the application on the recieving person's computer.

I do understand that this is becase you are actually sending a folder, but it is quite annoying for the person recieving the app since they have to wait for Schick to put up its notice for each of these files.  
(Version 2.0)

MIKE ABDULLAH  So far for me, this is a really nice little app. Dead simple to user, just tell it the torrent and away it goes.

One request to the developer though, (I can't find his email address!). When I first tried a torrent with this app, it wouldn't work. It just sat there trying to connect to the torrent. I realised that I had my firewall on and that was what was causing the problem. So I turned it off. However, Tomato Torrent still didn't work. I had to close and then re-start the feed. So, would it be possible for a future version of the app to check if the computer's firewall is blocking a particular port when trying a torrent? iTunes does so.  
(Version 1.1.2)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Why does this app use an installer? It only installs the application into the folder of your choice. Nothing else is installed.

Apple say you should only use an installer if your app needs to install components in seperate locations.  
(Version 1.6.2)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Do you mean the main screen of the app? If you just wish to view it, you can then simpply quit the app.

The close window button is disabled because having started the timer, you cannoot then accidentally close the timer window.  
(Version 1.6)

MIKE ABDULLAH  This is a nice little widget. Very polished.

Couple of suggestions - can you add an option that keeps the rating overlap thing visible permantly? And also, write the version of the widget on the back of it - this makes it easier to tell when updates are available.  
(Version 1.1)

MIKE ABDULLAH (DEVELOPER)  Thanks for the info. I always have iTunes running on mmy system so I've never really considered it an issue. Next release should fix this.  
(Version 1.0)

MIKE ABDULLAH (DEVELOPER)  You can only drag olders onto Disk Utility. Dragging files results in nothing happening. Also, how many people have Disk Utility in their dock?  
(Version 1.0)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Also, this article has come up on MacFixIt, it may help you: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050328074518672  
(Version 0.5.2)

MIKE ABDULLAH  Dear Annon, sorry to hear about your problem.

It seems most unusual that the iMac would not start properly again, even after you had removed the power cable. The sleep function in pause works simply by the applescript command:

Tell app "System Events" to sleep

So it shouldn't cause any problems like you've experienced unless they're Apple's fault. I have had an issue whereby I couldn't persuade the computer to fully wake from sleep (black screen, fans going but no other response, I have an iMac G4), but this was after sleeping the computer using the power button.

Afraid I can't remember how exactly I recovered from that position before, I think I either had to force restart the computer, or perhaps sleeping it and then re-awakening fixed the problem.

Can I ask that you just try testing this a few times more to see if the issue happens again (I suggest you save all your work first!). I reiterate that I can't see how Pause could be causing the problem, but if it is I would dearly like to know so I can look into it more. If not, it sounds like it could be a firmware issue, and in which Apple need to look into it.

Yours Sincerely,

Mike Abdullah.  
(Version 0.5.1)