QuickCopy | Jun 11 2009 |
OSSIE Better than other methods? At any given time I may have a couple external drives and a couple network drives. Right-clicking plus a small desk area to mouse too often results in failed attempts and/or incorrect placements. For the latter, too often I don't even know where the dang thing ended up. With QC it's simple clicks in dialog windows as fast as, if not faster than, right-clicking in contextual menus. Plus, my contextual menus are getting kinda cluttered. I use both this and Dragster, though if I had bought this before Dragster I would not have bothered. The only time I use Dragster is when I do not have a Finder window open.
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Dock Gone | May 1 2009 |
OSSIE Does NOT totally hide the Dock. What it does is shrink it down to something a bit longer than a quarter inch and sticks it way to the right. Better than nothing but definitely not hiding. Oh, sure, if your Dock is set to hide it will be hidden until you drag over it, then you will see it and actually be able to use it. Why, oh why did Apple make Leopard unable to allow the Dock to be shrunken away to the top behind the menu bar?! So, worth the full $10? Arguably not since it is not truly hidden. Still, I'll probably end up buying it. Dang.
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Dock Gone | May 1 2009 |
EASER Yes, I had not noticed this earlier. It appears to be based on an old trick I had read about several years ago. However, I tried that trick, and while it worked, it also very quickly hosed my system. So far, Dock Gone does not appear to be having adverse effects. And the teeny tiny dock one is left with (mine appears in the lower right corner) is still unobtrusive enough to be satisfactorily out of my way. So, no, it's not the perfect solution. But it's the best I've seen to date. I think people should at least check it out.
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Dock Gone | May 5 2009 |
The new 1.0b3 should keep the little phantom tiny dock thing away most of the time. I'd be curious to hear your opinion of it.
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Album Art For The Rest of Us | Mar 11 2009 |
OSSIE Loading iTunes will keep me from using this. Nothing against iTunes but it just shouldn't be necessary and to have it open is very klunky.
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Finder Size & Position Scripts | Feb 10 2009 |
OSSIE Better and better. My wish would be for it to open a window when one isn't already open. I would want an item sitting in the Dock. Say I'm in an app and I know next I want to go to Finder. Presently I click empty desktop space or Finder's Dock icon. As I normally keep Finder windows closed, being in an app and wanting to go to a new Finder window made just like I want it and doing so with but one click on the Dock icon would be pretty nifty.
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QuickCopy | Jan 11 2009 |
OSSIE What the developer means by "turned off" is that it is "on sale for 50% off." $5 for this thing is a steal! I was loving Dragster, and in some ways these compliment each other more than duplicate, but within 5 mins. I was looking to buy this thing. Yeah, translation could be better but their English beats my Japanese.
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Find File | Dec 29 2008 |
OSSIE Assuming most times you'll already be in a Finder window, add the app to the toolbar. With a Finder window open, click on the app wherever you've saved it and drag it to the Finder window's toolbar, waiting a second or two for it "to take." Then whenever you need to invoke it and you are in a Finder window merely click the icon.
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Fluke | Sep 14 2008 |
OSSIE No art = not worth the trouble. I've written developer a couple times. No response.
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Fluke | Sep 14 2008 |
MACMELO To tell you the truth, I believe that this is not a problem of Fluke, but a limitation of the method used... However, I agree that withour artwork support it's more practical to just convert to ALAC and move on... Not that this doesn't have it's shortcomings too, of course...
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RadioRocker | Jul 25 2008 |
OSSIE In one place on this screen you say "completey free" and then you charge money? For a buggy as can be app? That is clearly in it's earliest stages? Perhaps the issues are beyond the developers' control. Whatever. Did they not try the app themselves? Are seriously expected to believe they have sufficient success to warrant this version (1.2.2) to be considered a full, ready for prime-time release.? I sure do hope they get it sorted. Specific issues, in no particular order: too many stations do not connect (may have to do workaround of actually hitting play button), no installer, data in stations window not sortable, trial is one hour (one time), payment required at this early stage of development.
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Mousqueak | Jul 24 2008 |
OSSIE Please add year and song length to the wonderful floater that appears on song change. Also good would be able to show floater on keystroke or mouse over (like art window is).
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wifiTunes | Jun 21 2008 |
OSSIE I have no issue whatsoever with Playlists or the 500 limit. I trust the developer's judgement about the practicality. If someone is so into their collection to have done such good work organizing, I suggest it wouldn't be that much more work (if not a type of "fun" for such a one) to make wifiTunes specific/workable playlists. Indeed, I see that in my future as I am digitizing my almost 2000 CD collection.
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Signal | Jun 21 2008 |
OSSIE wifiTunes is new and freeware. Signal is a bit more refined, but worth $25?
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Mousqueak | Jun 3 2008 |
OSSIE No foolin'! Great job. I wouldn't mind have a bit more information in it: time, rating, etc. But the size and action are wonderful.
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Pillage | May 12 2008 |
OSSIE Sorry. I had missed the go to AIFF part. So, until Max can write those AIFF tags this app does fill a very narrow niche. But why use AIFF in the first place? Why not Apple Lossless?
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Pillage | May 12 2008 |
CDBOY When I tried using Max, the preferences and interface were much more confusing than Pillage. As long as you have iTunes, Terminal, and cdparanoia, Pillage seems to run pretty smooth. Xact does let you rip a CD, but only with WAV, with does not support tags. AIFF supports tags. I prefer to have full AIFF rips, and then I batch compress select tracks to Apple Lossless for my iPod (not using Pillage). Pillage seems better than a 1 star program, but I am still going to try it out more before I rate it (or pay for it).
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Pillage | May 14 2008 |
OSSIE But why not Apple Lossless?
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Pillage | May 15 2008 |
CDBOY To OSSIE: CDParanoia only offers WAV or AIF. You can not tag WAV files directly, therefore the choice I made for the rips is AIF. After you rip the tracks, you could then right click them all in iTunes, and convert them to Apple Lossless if you want. Pillage is just designed to give CDParanoia a GUI. I can not control than CDParanoia does not support other formats. I did not write CDParanoia. A nice man named Monty did that. While I appreciate your opinion, I think a 1 star rating is kind of unfair for what the program does. Regarding the Shareware fee: As the application is released uncrippled by any sort of shareware nagging, if you don't feel like paying me for the time and effort that I put into creating Pillage (which was truly close to eight weeks of AppleScript hell), you do not have to. Monty, the gentlemen who wrote the original CDParanoia program, has not complained about my shareware request. I did ask him before I went public with Pillage. To CDBOY: I was going to try to integrate the tag writing within Pillage, to exclude iTunes from the process, but it didn't make sense. Why not use the program I was going to have the ripped files in anyway? I know having Pillage bounce between Terminal and iTunes seems a bit much at first, but you get used to it quickly. I've ripped over 12,000 songs now with Pillage (on two laptops, and one G4 tower), and it works great for me. General comment: Max might be a fine application, but it seemed a bit complicated when I tried it out. Granted, Pillage isn't exactly the easiest program in the world, but aside from the checklist, it isn't too bad. Another note: xAct only rips to WAV the last I checked, which you can not write a tag in, like AIFF iTunes files (I am a tagging freak). As I planned on keeping the ripped files as AIFF files, CDParanoia turned out to be the best option, and using it directly via Terminal worked the best for my personal experience. Everyone else: Feel free to post your feedback on Pillage. Note: I am aware of one little bug with the "ui_splitter" error popping up on some users. I am looking into a solution. Thanks to all who have downloaded Pillage, thank you for the feedback, and thanks to those who threw money at me. :)
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Pillage | May 15 2008 |
OSSIE I appreciate your comments. But, rethinking, I still think one star for the one trick it does. I just don't see why you put yourself through it. You say Max was somewhat complicated. As complicated as writing all the sript, as going through the, your own word, "hell?" Some developers think the value of learning by going through their hell is how they're paid (exchanges with Max and xACT developers lead me to believe that indeed is their case). Again: Why not use Apple Lossless?
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Pillage | May 15 2008 |
CDBOY In my experience with Max, it never wrote the tags properly (AIFF, and iTunes AIFF, are two different animals), so Max did not work for me. That might have been fixed since the last time I tried Max, but as I wanted something different, I went forth and wrote it myself. Personally, I am happy that I did. CDParanoia has a simple philosophy. It just rips. THe author proudly states that he did not clutter the program with bells and whistles. I like that. Pillage simply adds one or two bells, and a whistle, that I personally wanted. It does not offer additional compression settings outside of AIF. If you want additional features, you can use another program. If Pillage does not do what you want (which, I am guessing, is Apple Lossless), you can feel free to use another application. Pillage is only for tagging the files ripped from CDParanoia. Nothing more. Pillage is just a custom GUI controller for CDParanoia. CDParanoia does not offer any settings outside of WAV or AIF.
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Pillage | May 15 2008 |
MACFELLER No! I am simply (or so I thought) asking *you* why don't you use AppleLossless in your DJing? I admit to knowing nothing of the art but if you're using AIFF/iTunes you could just as easily use ALAC and got them by Max (for ALAC it is fine) and not have bothered yourself and save a bunch of drive space in the process.
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Pillage | May 15 2008 |
CDBOY ScratchLive only just introduced Apple Lossless support. I also edit in Pro Tools, and I prefer to use AIFF there.
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Pillage | May 15 2008 |
OSSIE I appreciate the info.
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Mousqueak | May 12 2008 |
OSSIE WHOA! I take back what I said about Synergy. It's eating up 40 MB right now but it has been known to go down to 20. Sheesh.
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Mousqueak | May 12 2008 |
OSSIE v1.0.3 is doing better with RAM, but just barely. Before I was seeing 33 or 34 MB real RAM. Now. it's down to 28/29. Not a problem if you have plenty of RAM to begin. TotalTunesControl uses 24 and Synergy 14/15. Still, I love this app!
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Mousqueak | May 10 2008 |
OSSIE About the CPU usage: not seen here in this latest 1.0.2 version. However, I do note it uses more real RAM than any of the other iTunes buddy apps, even when sitting idle (iTunes not running). What I would love is for iTunesVolume to be able to control system volume when iTunes wasn't running. About the app: wonderful! I love the art showing large. It does lyrics, too. Great flexibility in usage and appearance, especially window location. Coupled with a system-wide keyboard assisting app (e.g. SizzlingKeys, GimmeSomeTune, Synergy, etc.) is very nice to have. price is right, too. Only 4 stars for Features: no auto-start or stop, no track change behavior (e.g. art/info show).
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Pillage | May 8 2008 |
OSSIE I do not understand the purpose of this app's existence. Mac users have *two* (not just the one Pillage's documents refer to) apps that are more useful, flexible, easier to use (much less setup!). And most importantly, they ARE FREE, their developers denying urgings to take money. These guys want $10 for something less than either of the two longstanding, venerable apps: xACT and Max.
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