Apple Mac OS X | Aug 6 2009 |
QUICKBEN I tried 10.5.7, then had to revert to 10.5.6 which was a pain. Following the thread on the Apple user forums, it appears some resolutions have been fixed. Haven't heard word on 1360 x 768, however.
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Apple Mac OS X | Aug 5 2009 |
QUICKBEN You can bet a buck or two I'll be waiting to d/l this update until I KNOW it fixes the monitor resolution problem. Apple has handled this issue poorly and they should inform everyone one way or the other about their HDMI compliant issues.
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Apple Mac OS X | Aug 6 2009 |
MACNERD1984 Well, why don't you give Apple a chance and actually TRY it? It's an OS update anyway, so takes care of some other stuff so you have nothing to lose.
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Apple Mac OS X | Aug 6 2009 |
QUICKBEN I tried 10.5.7, then had to revert to 10.5.6 which was a pain. Following the thread on the Apple user forums, it appears some resolutions have been fixed. Haven't heard word on 1360 x 768, however.
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Apple Safari | Jun 9 2009 |
QUICKBEN I wouldn't mind trying v. 4 against Firefox, but Apple doesn't seem to be in any hurry to patch 10.5.7 so that folks using LCD TVs with non-standard syncs can play, too. (see apple forums). Hopefully a solution will be coming soon so I can upgrade from 10.5.6.
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MacGourmet Deluxe | Jan 31 2009 |
QUICKBEN I originally received this as part of a MU Promo bundle. I sent it my wife's way and she loves it. I've even taken to d/l recipes from some of the online resources. It's quite simple to use and the layout (gui) is exceptional. Nice program for a very reasonable price. Plus, it has a good beat and you can dance to it.
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Journler | Jan 19 2009 |
QUICKBEN Thanks for the info. I've been test driving Journler and MacJournal and so far, Journler comes out on top. I think I'll hold off on purchasing either one until the clouds clear a little.
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iVolume | Dec 21 2008 |
QUICKBEN Please disregard my post. The developers sent me a work-around to this problem. My apologies!
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iVolume | Dec 20 2008 |
QUICKBEN I'm not going to give this app a rating as I take full responsibility for not reading the user's guide, etc as I should have. As far as working, it seems to do a fine job. My problem lies in the comment replacement this app makes. Thousands of comments about songs dating back several years--all gone (the word 'furious' comes to mind in this situation). Does this app really have to replace comments with their own drivel? If you don't comment your songs, then go for it. If you do, I cannot recommend it. (There is a preference check that allows one to turn off comment overwrites, but if you click it a warning message pops up stating the app won't work properly if it can't write over comments.)
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iVolume | Dec 21 2008 |
QUICKBEN Please disregard my post. The developers sent me a work-around to this problem. My apologies!
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VMware Fusion | Nov 11 2008 |
QUICKBEN In 23 years of using Apple stuff, this is one of the best pieces of software I've ever used. I tried Parallels and Crossover (demo versions) and neither could come close to this app. Other than having a slight problem in pulling my VM from my old Dell (the problem was with VMware Converter, not Fusion), this app hasn't even hiccuped one time. I assigned two processors to the VM and 2 gigs of a 5 gig Mac Pro. Runs like a dream. Also, I purchased from Smith Micro and got $20 off the price. Nice work folks!
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NeoOffice | Oct 16 2008 |
QUICKBEN Now that Open Office is out for MacOS, I think I'll switch to it--not. The guys at Neo have been plugging along for a while and have a great program. No reason at all to switch that I can think of. Plus, I sent them a donation for their fine work, so I'm an investor. :)
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NeoOffice | Mar 30 2009 |
SCOTTISHWILDCAT Well, one reason would be that NeoOffice took the decision a while back to build NeoOffice off the Novell source tree and to support Novell's code and marketplace messaging, and to join in with the go-oo assult on Sun and the OpenOffice.org community. NeoOffice choose not to contribute to OpenOffice.org and, worse, occasionally take legal potshots at it. Not a very friendly bunch, really.
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Data Rescue | Oct 22 2007 |
First, the advertising on the software package and Prosoft's website plainly state "If your hard drive won't mount" and my hard drive wouldn't mount (as I stated in my original review). Second, the drive was still working to some degree or I wouldn't have been able to get a volume count on it. Third, to your ill-informed comment amount me not checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of my drive...I have Diskwarrior mounted to automatically check for such problems and it obviously failed, too. Is there anything else you would like me to do...burn incense maybe?
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Data Rescue | Oct 22 2007 |
QUICKBEN I recently awakened to find a Maxtor 500gb internal SATA drive making weird clunking sounds (less than one year from manufacture date). The drive wouldn't mount with any s/w I had so I traveled down to the local Apple store and picked up this app. Long story short, it failed to do anything constructive. I wrote the company and informed them the product was a bust for me. I also mentioned that before I ran a scan using the product I could see how much used/free space was on the disk, but after the scan all I could see was zero data used/remaining. I suppose the tech support folks got in a snit about my email because they didn't respond to a subsequent email I sent asking the the meaning of certain error codes the program showed, and whether or not attempting a reformat followed by another try with their product would increase the probability of recovering data. Bottom line: $100 wasted.
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Data Rescue | Oct 22 2007 |
ILOVEMYMAC Of corse this app is not going to work, nor any other data rescue app if a hard drive is making "weird clunking sounds". Once a hard drive gets to that point, your screwed. You should have been checking the S.M.A.R.T status of your hard drive, and checking for bad blocks or sectors. These data rescue apps only work if your hard drive can still mount. And by checking your hard drive from time to time, would have gave you plenty of warning to back up your data. This Data Rescue app would have worked if all you had was bad blocks on your hard drive, which are indications of a failing hard drive.
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Data Rescue | Oct 22 2007 |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI The description implies that it works on drives that don't mount and drives that other programs cannot even recognize (which is a broad statement, I suppose). However, I wouldn't expect anything to work with a weird clunky hard drive. If the hardware doesn't work, there's nothing software can do.
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Data Rescue | Oct 22 2007 |
First, the advertising on the software package and Prosoft's website plainly state "If your hard drive won't mount" and my hard drive wouldn't mount (as I stated in my original review). Second, the drive was still working to some degree or I wouldn't have been able to get a volume count on it. Third, to your ill-informed comment amount me not checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of my drive...I have Diskwarrior mounted to automatically check for such problems and it obviously failed, too. Is there anything else you would like me to do...burn incense maybe?
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Data Rescue | Oct 23 2007 |
SHOTGUNWEDDINGS First off, no SOFTWARE will ever help when there is a serious HARDWARE failure as clearly stated in this case, clunking noises! From the sounds of it either one of the platters or read/write heads was gone for good. Whether the drive was able to mount is irrelevant, your only choice for data recovery is/was a clean room where they can physically remove the platters to recover what's still intact! Very expensive too! It's too bad you wasted your money on a lost cause but don't blame the software for your mistakes. Lesson learned, next time keep current backups and when something goes wrong you can easily try anything you wish to test the hardware and integrity of the drive. With the cost of drives these days and my own experiences of dying and dead HD's in the past it's cheap enough to have a seond drive MIRROR your primary drive! Not to mention DVD's and burners are also another cheap alternative to saving your data. Personally I'd say keep the software for future issues where it might come in handy, or auction it off on ebay!
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Data Rescue | Nov 7 2007 |
GORDON BELL Hi Ben (and others). Sorry to hear that Data Rescue did not work for you in this instance. If you still have the drive, I can offer for you to send it into us. We will take a look at it here and if we're not able to do anything, then I can have a data recovery house quote you for the recovery (that is, if we're not able to get any data from it using some additional techniques we have).. The big question first is, does the drive show up in Disk Utility. If it does, then that is a great sign (even if it's not mounting). If the drive doesn't show up in Disk Utility, then that is a sign of bigger problems... Not to beat a dead horse, but we always recommend to run the free demo from our website. Ben, if you're reading this, please do give our support team another call or call me directly at 1-877-4-Prosoft, we'd love to see if there was anything else we can do for you-- Gordon from Prosoft
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Apple Safari | Jun 11 2007 |
QUICKBEN For the most part, I only see Safari playing catch-up with FireFox, and still having a ways to go. The plugin and add-on development is simply too strong and well-developed on the FF side. Maybe in a year or so there will be parody, but not yet. I'll stick with FF for the foreseeable future and remain thankful that I have No Script (which I absolutely love using to block 'Google Analytics' and other tracking mechanisms) and Cookie Safe installed.
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Pandora | Feb 13 2007 |
QUICKBEN As a huge fan of the online Pandora Music service, I think it would be a good idea for you to change the name of this program. I imagine they have a wee bit more clout with this name than you.
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Civilization IV | Jan 27 2007 |
QUICKBEN Graphics fail to work properly on my Mac Pro (dual 2.66 w/ NVIDIA 7300GT). I tried all the different graphics settings in the game, yet there isn't any background showing up during game play. In other words, the characters appear to be standing in space--nothing but black.
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