PEDRO FARDILHA  What a nice little useful app this is!

One of those one trick ponies, but quite good on that trick.

There's not much more I could ask on it... except: (there's always an "except" isn't there? )

Some sort of option to select a specific folder to be marked as "default" and every time that we open iFolderer, it would re-check that folder for new items on it.

That way, I could make in run every so often and automate the import of files.  
(Version 1.02)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Good point.

Count me in.  
(Version 1.5)

PEDRO FARDILHA  According with the info, there's still no support for subtitles.

Can someone who has a copy of it, please, confirm this?

Thanks!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 4.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi all.

The download link no longer works.

Does anyone know of another place where we can obtain this?

Thank you  
(Version 2.6)

PEDRO FARDILHA  You're quite welcome.

Perian is indeed a neat extra to have.

With it you no longer need to worry if that .avi is in DivX, Xvid, ms-mpeg or any other of the dozens of formats that it can handle.

Best regards

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 7.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  "What is your favorite feature of the DivX Player?"

Simple: Perian!!

Sorry!! couldn't resist :P

But actually, since version 7.1 still doesn't bring mkv encode (or faster decode) I think I'll keep using Perian to do the decoding part and VisualHub or one of it's "redux" siblings to those occasional encodings.

For my normal day to day encoding needs I', happy with mp4 (like when I want to upload to YouTube) so I have to agree that DivX is getting less and less relevant.

Best regards!

Pedro Fardilha

P.S.: I'll refrain myself to rate this version since I would be rating not the quality of the app by itself, but simply the usefulness that it has on my mac. and for the reasons described above, even if the app is really good, it just doesn't bring any kind of added usefulness to those already having Perian and one of the many free encoders installed on their computers.  
(Version 7.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi.

Like I explained on another post above, I can live with the "no free upgrade to version 2" option.

It was the simple fact that first it upgrade itself to version 2 and only then, after my properly licensed version was gone, that I was told that I would have to pay if I wanted a fully working version again, that really disappointed me.

Take care.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 2.0.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Actually, if you notice I posted the link to a screenshot of the update info that i've got and nowhere it says it's a paid update.

Maybe you should get your facts straight before making this sort of comments.

And regarding you being "so tired of the whingers." I can see on your review history that you aren't quite the most cherished reviewer around here.

I do concur that we bought A software not THE developer.

But that doesn't mean that I have to accept (and agree) to whatever policy he decides to use on the way that he jumps version numbers.

You seem to know the developer so it's actually noble of you to defend him.

I, personally, can only speak about this specific attitude and in what I believe it's the MacUpdate spirit I'm giving my feed-back so that future costumers can, at least, be aware that this type of situation might happen again.

That being said, of course that I can accept that the lack of proper info on the update window was an innocent mistake so my apologies to the dev if I was harder than the situation deserved.

Take care.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 2.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I must say that I'm highly disappointed with Acorn upgrade tactics.

Having a 1.x valid license I wasn't expecting that a normal update was going to install a version that would simply make my license useless.

I should have known that something strange was going to happen since I was already running version version 1.5.3 and the update window told me that there were a new 1.5.3 version ready to install.

I think it's easy to understand my surprise when after the update I have a .0 version and if I want to keep using it I would have to pay the upgrade fee as soon as the trial period expires.

No warning of any kind, no chance to keep my old and valid 1.x version of the app, nothing!

( http://ficheiros.fardilha.net/Acorn.png )

I have praised this nice app on the past, but in no way I will tolerate this kind of tactics by it's developer.

Not only this upgrade process is not correct but also we are talking about someone who sold a really huge number of licenses thru the Macheist bundle deal and decided that instead of properly support those new costumers he would simply jump the version number to a 2.x and make them pay again.

I'm not a US citizen, so I don't know if according to US laws this could be considered a scam, but one thing I know:

It's not the proper or even decent way to run a business and as so I'm out!

I already deleted it from my Mac and I will be searching for decent replacements from developers that respect their clients.  
(Version 2.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi, thank you for the link.

But it's sad that we need to do that, instead of Google doing the right thing and stop with this nonsense.

What else do they need to finally realize that most of us don't like the idea of giving them full access to our computers??  
(Version 5.1.3506.3999)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Ops, my apologies.

This is a response to a previous comment just a little down.  
(Version 4.0.3846)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi Kentr.

I cannot talk about your experience with them, I was simply giving mine.

For me, actually Parallels is the worst of the 3.

it's the one who gave me more trouble accessing my old PC devices like my serial Garmin GPS, among others.

And regarding VirtualBox, it installed just fine on my Macs and it runs without any problems.

Actually it's the one with the smallest performance penalty (again, I didn't do any type of extensive benchmarking, it's just my personal perspective considering the CPU charge that Activity Monitor show's when I have any of them doing the same type of tasks).

And frankly as long as you don't want do to more than you do with Parallels or Fusion, VirtualBox it's not complicated at all to install.

My reference to the manual was just in case you really want to push more for it, for instance I have VirtualBox running headless on one of my macs and I needed to check on the manual what was the command that I should use to make it run that way.

Last: the price! Right now I don't find anything on either Fusion or Parallels that could justify paying for either of them.

Best regards

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 4.0.3846)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi.

"Back in the days" when virtualization for Mac was starting I tested both Parallels and VMWare Fusion.

Although they both were able to deliver a decent experience, I end up choosing the VMWare product.

My decision was made not because a specific killer feature but more for a dozen of small "things" of the way Parallels worked that simply were easier on Fusion.

Fast forward a little and something funny happened.

When Sun released VirtualBox for Mac (as a fully functional and free product) I decided to give it a try.

To my surprise it worked better than I was expecting.

Of course it could be a little rough on some edges, but it was growing fast so I decide to keep using VMWare Fusion as my "real" virtualization app but definitely I was going to keep testing the upcoming versions of VirtualBox.

Well, right now I still have a license valid for the latest Fusion version but I no longer use it. VirtualBox 3 does everything that I want and does it the way I want it to do.

You know what's funny? Good products with open source versions tend to gain a momentum around them and VirtualBox is no exception.

So, I might still be dependent of the other users on the forums to help me on specific problems that might appear but, on my opinion, since this is a dedicated community that really likes to help, I'm having a better support that I usually have with most paid programs.

My advice?

Download VirtualBox and give it a try.

The manual might look a little "geeky" but it's a really good and complete one.

Best regards

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 4.0.3846)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi, just to let you know that I fully agree with you.

Since I'm not from a country were English is a native language, I really need to be able to add the subtitles when converting a movie.

Thankfully I just decided to give a try to the latest version and compiled it from SVN.

Guess what I found there?

Not only does HandBrake will support (our) subtitle needs, extracting them from DVD, but also it accepts .srt.

I just did a quick test with the .srt option and it worked really well. Actually, since it properly embed the subtitles in a selectable form ("soft" burn instead of hard burn) I think this will quickly became THE app to convert movies with subtitles.  
(Version 0.9.3)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi, try this:

Right Click on the game > Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources > game > properties > config.txt

There, you can chage the resolution to whatever you would like it to be.  
(Version 1.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  If, like me, you use VirtualBox to run Linux or BSD machines you should be aware of a probleml with this 3.0.x series and the guest additions.

IF you have 3D on or you gave more than 64 Mb or ram to the graphic card the GUI will not boot properly.

I've seen this happening with different guest OSs, namely Ubuntu 9.04 (both normal and the new Netbook Remix), CentOS, Debian, etc.  
(Version 3.0.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hummm... so strange.

BannerZest, as the name implies, is targeted to those who need to, among other things, quickly do some banners.

As a lazy person who only makes flash banners out of necessity, I was quite interested in this app, but the more I read about it the more it surprises me.

How is it that BannerZest cannot support industry standards clickTAG or clickTARGET vars?

Let's face it, most of us out there who have to do banners, will integrate it with some sort of ad server, yet we have this banner making app that simply doesn't work with ad servers... strange indeed.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.5)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi All.

Inquisitor was sold to Yahoo, probably that's why the original dev no longer supports or even answer emails.

If you go to Inquisitor web site and click to read the terms of service (EULA) this is the link yo get:

http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/inquisitor/inquisitor-3961.html  
(Version 3.2v61)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Humm...

I'm curious to see how they compare with CodeWeavers's CrossOver since both are based on Wine.

I'm aware that CodeWeavers are supporting the Wine Project (http://www.winehq.org/acknowledgement) so maybe that gives them an edge.

Also I noticed on the screenshot that Bordeaux is running directly under the X11 interface (well to be fair, so does CrossOver, but if I remember it correctly they sort of "hide it")

Well, if anyone has some type of benchmarking that wouldn't mind to share I would appreciate them.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.8b1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Actually, since he's in Brazil, he would have to go to:

http://store.apple.com/br

Oh, wait... there's no Brazil store. ;)  
(Version 2.1.3)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Just a quick apology notice:

I'm not an English native speaker and writing reviews at 2 am it's not what I would call my best idea so far.

MacUpdate doesn't allow reviews to be changed, and rightfully so, otherwise the rating system wouldn't make sense and we would all end up "swearing" that we never said such a silly thing. ;)

That being said please disregard all those errors on my review and I hope that if still find it useful.  
(Version 2.3b1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Every so often I like to test who's the market for making VRs on a mac.

I started "playing" with this using the good old Apple QTVR.

Back then it was more a toy project of mine, since no one on "the other" platform could see or use the those VRs... but man, it was a joy to make them.

Fast forward a dozen of years and another dozen apps (Cubic connect, Cubic maker, VR Worxs, etc) and even with the Quicktime plug-in having an almost decent market share on Windows (mainly thanks to iTunes) I still got some complains that having the VR tours dependent of such an "unknown" plug-in wasn't a good idea and somehow I just couldn't find myself using java to do things exactly how I wanted them to work.

Enter Pano2VR:

Pano2VR is pretty much all that I wanted on a VR app.

(Well, it would be EVERYTHING if it could do the stiching á la PTGUI or Huggin.)

So, what is that I like so much?

Simple, It can easily:

• convert the panoramas onto other formats (great to do some late retouch on photoshop);

• create hotspots to connect those dozens or defines panoramas;

• add my skins on the top of the tour (I only need to add on the first panorama, since the others can use the skin form there... now that's what I call making my life easier);

• add a (by now standard) pop-up map to show were on the tour we are;

• even the "radar" option is usefull sometimes, when I need the end user to know were he's facing to;

• connect specific areas to specific sounds, making them higher / lower depending of the distance of that place;

And finally export everything as a standard flash (.swf) file.

No, I'm in no ware related with this company.

I'm just a happy user who bought a license and believes that good things should be praised as much as bad things should be bashed.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 2.3b1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Heh, looking at the reviews below people either love it's speed or hate it's looks!

So, basically what we are all looking for is something with Cyberduck's interface and FileZilla's multiple (and simultaneous) downloads.

Of course it would also need to me "smart", meaning that when you would transfer a single folder onto it, it would break it's contents in multiple downloads.

(I apologize for this "non-review" but I really find it curious how well segmented are the opinions here)  
(Version 3.2.6rc1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  If speed it's not your major concern ;) try the Q emulator.

Pretty damn good and works fine (as an emulator app, not a virtualization one) on PPC platform.  
(Version 3.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi.

If all you need is to convert your (home made and unprotected) DVDs onto a format suitable to work on FCP, them you will be well served with the great (and free) MPEG Streamclip ( http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15466/mpeg-streamclip ).  
(Version 5.1.3)

PEDRO FARDILHA  "The Bad: persistent background app installed"

Indeed.

For all of us "nomad" users out there that must pay premium price to ensure internet access thru a 3G / CDMA or similar connection, having this rogue background app downloading whatever it wants whenever it wants it's just a big nonsense.

Besides that, why on (Google) earth should I give them the power to decide what can or can't be installed on my computer?

I'm certain that I'll be able to learn how to leave without Google apps on my Mac, thank you very much.  
(Version 5.0.11729.1014)

PEDRO FARDILHA  OpenDNS has another service called DNS-O-Matic that I use to update all my dyn dns services (like dyndns.com).

It still uses menu bar space, but at least I'm using a single app for all my dns issues.

If you want to give it a try (it's free) he url is: www.dnsomatic.com/  
(Version 2.7)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I also bought this under the MacHeist package, but actually didn't even get "that" far using it.

I use metric (International ) unit system, something that SousChef can't handle.

As so, this app will be pretty worthless for me and pretty much for all here in continental Europe.  
(Version 1.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Espresso is a decent IDE, but definitely needs to be further polished.

As already mentioned here, it's as if MacRabbit (Espresso devs) are so worried not to clash with their other main app, CSSEdit, that they "forget" to add some usefull option on Espresso.

Probably the major absence is a visual CSS editor, as so I can not call this "one focused app".

I truly hope that they add some sort of CSS editor still on 1.x version otherwise my license will end up being a waste of money. (I barely started using it and already find myself constantly jumping to other apps to complement what I can't do here. If I keep doing this for to long I might as well go straight to those other apps)  
(Version 1.0.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I'm somewhat a game addict.

I like some games because they are entertaining, others because they help on giving some adrenaline rush and there are a really big list of reasons why I like a game.

But I think that this is the first time that I will say this about a game:

I like World of Goo because it's a really beautiful game.

From the cartoonish slightly "dark" graphic style to the music that helps on creating the mood I think this game was beautifully done.

( For some strange reason it reminds me Tim Burton's "The Nightmare before christmas" atmosphere )

Even knowing that the levels are timed (for score purposes only) I find myself taking some extra time and delaying, on purpose, the completion of them, just to spare some more time enjoying it.

In a world of standardized "fast food" this is a great "home cooked meal" that deserves to be tasted.

Thank you for making such a great game!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I already rated DVDRemaster before, so I'm just going to give my impression of the new 5.x version.

I'm a long time user of both DVDRemaster and Handbrake and before this 5.x version I found myself using more Handbrake for 2 main reasons:

Handbrake has a nice queue option and their compression of dark scenes, when using 2-pass encoding, was slightly better than the one of DVDRemaster 4.x (although at the expense of more 30 ~ 45 minutes per compression).

DVDremaster makers (Metakine) has a long track of listening to their costumers and the evolution of this app is the proof of that.

Not only they implemented a queue on version 5, but also their re-compression engine is even better now and it shows, specially on dark scenes.

As an added bonus I like the fact that chapter markers are directly embedded on the new file.

So now I'm back to DVDRemaster.

I prefer the interface, the re-compression is faster than the one of Handbrake and it has all the features that I need.

Overall I'm quite pleased with it and I think that Metakine deserves to be properly praised for the good work done here and for being a company with such a good relation with their user.  
(Version 5.1.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I'm not related with this project in any way, but i just read on the developer site that this project, PySol, is dead as is, but being an open source project it has been forked by another devs and it lives as "PySol Fan Club edition" here: http://pysolfc.sourceforge.net/  
(Version 4.82)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Does anyone knows how to download the 1.1 version?

When i click the link it always downloads the 1.0 version.

Thank you!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi.

I will need to make an installer in the near future so I'm quite curious about how is this any better than using the (free) Apple PackageMaker.

If someone could give me some hits that would be great.

Thank you so much!

Pedro  
(Version 1.9.5)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Amazing.

You just don't know me what so ever but you don't have any problem of insulting another potential costumer.

I think that shows how mature and professional you are.

And extrapolating that to the support area, I can imagine what one can expect if there's a problem related with your application.

If you actually had loose 5 minutes checking my profile here in MacUpdate you could have notice that i review applications here on a regular basis and that I end up buying the ones that I like.

Not only do I buy them, but also help supporting since as a foreign language speaker I help with translations and as an Apple certified tech I try to help on more technical problems.

To bad that you, with this child like attitude, prefer to show here on MacUpdate that you cannot be trust.  
(Version 3.0.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  ..."then you are simply an idiot."

Nice!

A real professional comment made by the author.

I _was_ going to give it a try, but after reading this I changed my mind.

Yes, I like to put my money not only on the application itself, but also on the developer and frankly you no longer inspire much trust.  
(Version 3.0.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Thanks for the info.

I hope you can make then add it,

It really would be to have the best of both worlds.

Pedro  
(Version 0.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  To bad that it just works under 10.5

I would gladly try it but I don't plan to update, not until 10.5.2 (at least).  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Ok, let me put it this way:

Was your MacBook Pro crashing for unknown reasons?

(Mine wasn't ;)

If not, you should follow that old and wise rule:

"If it ain't broke don't try to fix it!!"  
(Version 1.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  You should be happy hat there's no need of firmware updates for your macbook pro, that means it was already stable when it was built!!  
(Version 1.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Seems a really great idea and for a 0.1 version it seems to be going the right way!!

A few questions, if that's ok:

Since I already have Transmission on my Mac, can't Clutch use it's engine and preferences?

This way they would be always in sync.

I prefer to use transmission when I'm at home, but being able to "control" Transmission without having to use VNC would be great.

This way (making them use the same prefs) I wouldn't have the problem of duplicating my downloads as I end up having when I tried Clutch.

All in all a really great start!

Keep up the good work.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 0.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Pretty good for a "Jumping Jack" lime myself.

My main suggestion? Allow the user to select not only the folder from the Mac but also to select the specific folder on the pen were to the sync should be done.

Keep up the good work!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.0b)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I'll refrain myself from reviewing this right now, or probably I would be a little unfair.

But I can tell you one thing:

Let's just hope that you never need their support assistance!!

Protogo doesn't work on my new MacBook Pro so I went to their forum area.

There I read that they were aware of that and that I should contact the sales department.

Their sales department said that I should register myself on their website and AFTER that I needed to register my product.

Only then I could ask for help.

Ok, that made (some) sense so I went there and registered myself and guess what I found after that?

Protogo is NOT available to be registered.

Again I ask for help by email and they said they would register it for me.

Fine! I send my serial number as asked and my user name and waited for the registration process.

Guess what?

They gave me a new registration username but still no option to register Protogo and still no option to try to find out why I need help using my help application!!!

Let's see how it ends!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.0.3)

PEDRO FARDILHA  It's unbelievable how buggy Logitech software is.

They should buy SteerMouse and learn how to properly make a mouse driver.

It's revolting how bad they treat their Mac users.

If it wasn't for the already mentioned SteerMouse I would have stop using Logitech devices... and the idea that I had to pay for it just to be able to properly use my mouse isn't very acceptable either.  
(Version 2.3.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Last Quicktime updates kinda broke Perian.

The "bug" that version 0.5 use to show, it's back again.

Perian prevents Quicktime to properly show native formats again.

EX: DV inside an AVI container. With Perian installed Quicktime cannot show it, but after clicking "Remove Perian" on the System pref, it will work just fine.  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I wanted to share some of my photos and music among my other macs and PCs.

So far Share is the simplest app that does exactly what i need.

Keep up the good work!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 1.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

I'm aware that this is an external review from MacInTouch.com but i just would like to express my personal experience regarding VMWare Fusion and Ubuntu.

I use quite a lot that combination and frankly Fusion, on my opinion, works better than Parallels for that.

Not only VMWare's drivers allow me normally use the mouse on an entegrated way, but also to drag and drop from the Mac finder onto Ubuntu's desktop.

Also when using old serial devices (under WIndows), Fusion was a lot more easier to configure.

On Parallels I ended up using utilities from 3rd parties to allow me the properlly connect to those devices.

Well, i just thought that I should leave my 2 cents, since I've been using both for some time and in the end I bought Fusion using the 50% price rebate ;)

Pedro Fardilha

--

Apple Certified Technical Coordinator

Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist   
(Version 1.0.51348)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

If your problem is with Logitech mac driver i highly recommend uninstalling it, since it's really bad.

After buying a new Logitech mouse and installing it I had nothing but problems related with their control center.

That included several kernel panics!!!

I decided to try third parties utilities and right now I'm using SteerMouse ( http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19058/steermouse ) without a single problem for more than 10 days.

If it keeps this way I'll buy this great generic driver.

So I'm no so sure if the blame is on the Fusion's side or Logitech one.  
(Version 1.0.51348)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Humm.... is this some sort of Popcorn 2 (also by Roxio) without the compress to DVD part?  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I't never stops amazing me how a free (open source) office suite can be better for my needs than THE OTHER expensive office package.

It runs really well on my intel Mac Book Pro and even NeoOffice (OOo) dictionaries on my language (Portuguese) are better then the ones from M$.

I definitely think this is THE office for Macintosh (specially now, since it's the only way to open .docx and VBA scripts natively on an Intel mac).  
(Version 2.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

The short answer is: The price tag.

To be a little more detailed: I don't rate an app only for the app itself but also for how useful it is on the segment that it's inserted and the average price of a similar app of that segment.

And frankly I just don't think that Toast is worth the price it costs when we can do exactly what it does for free.

Take care.

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 8.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  SimplyBurns + iDVD and i'm happy!!  
(Version 8.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  To bad that it doesn't allow me to choose the decimal separator.

I need to use "," but balance doesn't allow me to.

Well... let's keep searching for a way to find out why I never have any money left on the end of the month  
(Version 1.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

I have to agree.

This quite wonderful app could be even better with some sort of selection overview, so that i could find out how much i spend on that vacation week. :)

Or ... an option straight on the main interface that would allow us to only see the transactions of a selected period and the "total" area would reflect that selection, showing instead some sort of sub-total.

Anyways, this is a great app going the right way.

Thank you for it dev(s)!!

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 0.50)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Quite unstable.

Amazing how even an open source "office suite" like NeoOffice can be more stable than this.

If we compare the funds of one and the other team, it's even more strange  
(Version 11.3.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Working just fine!!!!  
(Version 1.6)

PEDRO FARDILHA    
(Version 3.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Please!

Add subtitle support when importing from a (non protected) DVD.

Handbrake is as good as dead, I have to use ffmpegx just to be able to produce a usable iPod 5.5G video with the proper subtitle... And I don't particularly fancy ffmpegX.

I love "my" VisualHub but I can't really use it on a regular basis if it doesn't allow me to properly convert my DVDs to a iPod format (actually I use it on a mac mini connected thru wireless to my main mac, where the movies are :D )  
(Version 1.1.6)

PEDRO FARDILHA  My apologies if the "ad thing" isn't harmonic fault In my case it started as soon as I installed it (I was using pear lyrics and no, it didn't happen to me before). so I (wrongly) assume that it was harmonic fault.I'm updating my rating to a neutral 3.  
(Version 1.5.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  "We suggest:

Lyrics Directory - http://lyricsdir.com/

Don't forget to donate to keep this great service running" What the hell is this???Instead of finding the lyrics harmonic is populating all my songs with this AD!!This way all the other apps (yes, there's life outside harmonic) don't even try to find the proper lyric since they assume that they already have one!!  
(Version 1.5.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  To bad that this new version still can't handle European taxes properly.  
(Version 3.0b1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  My favorite app of it's class.With it's clean, non-obtrusive interface it's an oasis on the middle of some cluttered gui apps that II have to use.Work's pretty well and seems more stable than acqlite.Thank you for making (and giving it to us) this nice software   
(Version 0.6.4)

PEDRO FARDILHA  iBiz does not work properly in Europe. By law we have to make a state deduction of the initial value (prior of taxes) and iBiz can't handle that.What it's worse is that this problem was noticed on March 2005 and the devs just don't try to fix it at all!Why, oh why did i bought this???  
(Version 2.5.3)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I think that this nice app is going the right direction.Server vault is already showing a lot of the potential that it has. Keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.0.4)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Not bad but the player area lacks the burning of subtitles.It seems better than DVD2One for DVD re-mastering but still lags behind handbrake for iPod conversions (although I think Handbrake needs to be updated for the new iPods, the subtitle optin alone makes it the best of the pack).It's not a general conversion app (like Visual Hub) but the way that it let create a custom DVD makes it worth the price.  
(Version 2.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA   CHMOD(1) BSD General Commands Manual CHMOD(1)

NAME

chmod -- change file modes or Access Control Lists

iMod ?

iACL ?

iPermission ?

iPerm ?

;)

(good utility btw... but that name...)  
(Version 1.0.4)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I like this.

I agree that the standard Apple's BOMArchiveHelper could grow a little up and this one goes that extra step.

What I don't like?

That every time that i click on something it "opens" on the background.

Since there's no icon on the Dock (what I think it's the right way. An "helper" doesn't need one) the first times I didn't even notice that it was working.

Has the same problem (as BOMArchiveHelper )expanding zip files create by the php zip option on some websites.

Stuffit expander opens those well though.

I used a lot of expanders thru out the years but I think this one as a _great_ potential  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Sorry,

I forgot 1 thing:

I doesn't update .eu domains, even though the info appears correctly on the "Whois" window

Best regards

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 2.3.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

I'm just trying some domains management apps (and comparing to the "home brew" solution that I use right now".

One thing that i noticed was that every time that I open the "Edit Domain" pane and press "OK" (even without changing a single thing) all the info that was added automatically thru the "Update Domain Information" pane is gone.

Is this supposed to work this way?

It's not a "terrible" thing but I just think is not very practical either.

I do think this app is going the right path, but that "bug" (... ok, maybe not a bug but an "annoyance") and the fact that i cannot add/remove columns on the main list makes it an "almost there" app, but still not what I'm looking for.

Best regards

Pedro Fardilha  
(Version 2.3.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Yes!!

A standard open / save Macintosh dialog!!!

This was THE number 1 complain that i had every time that i tried to convince someone to change.

Thank you SOOOOOO MUCH Neooffice / OO team.

(oh, and the bars icons are much better also, and the database are working just fine, and... , and... :D )  
(Version 2.0b3)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hi!

Since Macs came with iDVD i personally don't miss most of the extra features that Toast have, especially the ones DVD related.

I do believe that iDVD is far better that Toast for that but i agree that you could be missing the videocd ones.  
(Version 1.27)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I have to agree.

Liquid CD replaced Toast on my utilities belt a log time ago (To be honest I never used the video part of Toast Since I prefer iDVD)  
(Version 7.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Very basic? maybe!

But definitely also very good!

Right now is my #1 torrent app,except for creating torrents, that it doesn't support.

But creating is just a matter of opening the official client, creating it and I'm ready to return to Transmission for the rest of the day.

Kudos  
(Version 0.6.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Yes please!!

This, instead of OCR, would be sooo great!!  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Does what it says.

Quite handy sometimes.

It's one of my "allways on" widget.  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Simply the best!  
(Version 2.2.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

I don't use network folders that much that will make me install (one more) app.

But I can tell you that when I do, those networked folders just don't update as they should  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  >i have played with Adium but lack of spellcheck and speech would keep me away.

Hello.

I use then for quite a while on Adium also  
(Version 1.5.6)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Hello.

I'm a little confused.

How is this different from selecting / deselecting playlists in iTunes ( instead of copying the full library ) controlling this way the number of songs on the iPod? (This is the method I use right know)

Thanks

Pedro  
(Version 1.0b)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Working fine here.

No more AppleScript or decimal errors.

All there is left is a big THANK YOU to the developer for making this great app (and making it free) and specially for all the patience and fast responses to all our nagging.  
(Version 0.9p)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I was aware that LAME was LGPL but Lame by it's turn uses mpglib and that's why on it's license LAME says:

" The decoding functions provided in LAME use the mpglib decoding engine which

is under the GPL. They may not be used by any program not released under the

GPL unless you obtain such permission from the MPG123 project (www.mpg123.de). "

Anyways I didn't pretend to start a war, just "protect open source", as I believe that it's worth to be protected and sometimes we have the tendency to forget that open source is a 2 way path. We receive something, but we have to understand that we'll be giving something also. (Usually on my case those are portuguese translations since I'm not a developer, just a web programmer ;) )  
(Version 1.0b6)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I'm sorry but I have to disagree.

As seen in http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt for instance on section 2.b :

" You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. "

Or in section 6:

" Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License. "

I don't believe that a GPL based work can force a user to pay for it, not even a "hard" donationware scheme.

(And no, I'm not talking about LGPL, since this is not the case)  
(Version 1.0b5)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Well...

OK! To be honest we use a space to separate the blocks of large numbers.

I actually think it improve readability since this way instead of a visual artifact you can see the number as it it, just properly separated in blocks.

Instead of:

145,456,700.34

We use:

145 456 700,34  
(Version 0.9o)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Of course we do!!

We use the period to separate those large blocks!! :D  
(Version 0.9o)

PEDRO FARDILHA  And to think that I was going to replace my main burn app (SimplyBurns) with this one and they decided to make a really nagging popup saying that "Liquid CD is free, but a donation is appreciated!" .

This pup appears every time until you register... excuse me, until properly donated!!

Please!

Call the things with the proper name.

You even have to add the serial number!!

Oh well, if they were honest and call it "shareware" I would accept it, but this way...

(I wonder if they use some GPL or some other type of open source libraries to make this app... )  
(Version 1.0b5)

PEDRO FARDILHA  "iSquint can't correctly handle the decimal formating used in your country."

Well... at least now I can actually understand why it never worked on my mac.

I guess I'm not alone here, since i use the coma "," as do most countries in Europe.

Though luck for me.

Pedro  
(Version 0.9m)

PEDRO FARDILHA  OH!

I forgot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta_Tomcat  
(Version 1.0.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  WTH are you?

I've been meeting persons for quite a few decades, rather intensely, and I never met you!! :D

Sorry!

Couldn't resist!

I'm ok now.

Really!

Back to normal.

Nothing to see, cary on!!  
(Version 1.0.1)

PEDRO FARDILHA  "

error: could not create save file!

(1)

"

I just get this error with vers 0.9j and that it. :(

Did this happened to anyone else?

I really would like to give it a try.  
(Version 0.9j)

PEDRO FARDILHA  "dv stands for "Digital Video" geniuses. It is the pure form of video uncompressed. "

Well... actually:

"The sampled video is compressed using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), the same sort of compression used in motion-JPEG. However, DV's DCT allows for more local optimization (of quantizing tables) within the frame than do JPEG compressors, allowing for higher quality at the nominal 5:1 compression factor than a JPEG frame would show"

in http://www.adamwilt.com/DV-FAQ-tech.html

;)  
(Version 2.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  2.5.2 is, again, working just fine.

Cyberduck keeps his honor spot on my FTP apps.

I just don't give him a 5 start rate for 1 little thing:

I don't like how it "freezes" the windows (and the whole app) when deleting a large folder.

I need to wait until that operation finishes to be able to use any other open window.

Besides that... GREAT software!!!  
(Version 2.5.2)

PEDRO FARDILHA  My apologizes,

Somehow I didn't noticed that it was only for 10.4.

I'm using 10.3.9. since 10.4 freezes my dual G5.  
(Version 0.8)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Doesn't work for me.

Keep getting this error:

ImportError: Failure linking new module: : dyld: /Users/USER/Downloads/Castle-Combat.app/Contents/MacOS/Castle-Combat Undefined symbols:

/Users/USER/Downloads/Castle-Combat.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib-dynload/AppKit/_AppKit.so undefined reference to _NSAccessibilityActionDescription expected to be defined in AppKit

/Users/USER/Downloads/Castle-Combat.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib-dynload/AppKit/_AppKit.so undefined reference to _NSAccessibilityRoleDescription expected to be defined in AppKit

/Users/USER/D  
(Version 0.8)

PEDRO FARDILHA  Yes please!!!

Fix that boring echo problem.  
(Version 1.3.0.8)

PEDRO FARDILHA  reason: Adium !!  
(Version 5.0)