SHOCK J  CoRD doesn't seem to forward disks anymore. I use it very infrequently so I don't know when this started, but I no longer see my shares in the PC I'm controlling with CoRD. They show up fine using RDC.

I'm on a MacPro, 10.6.2.  
(Version 0.5.1)

SHOCK J  OK, I'm a huge fan of Adium and the development team is usually on point with problems, but what just happened here? They release an update to fix a specific issue and is just flat out doesn't work. It's not like this is a hard to replicate issue. It happens every time...can't login to Facebook. I certainly appreciate their enthusiasm to release a fix, but how about waiting until it actually works before you release it.   
(Version 1.3.8)

SHOCK J  Downloaded Adium 1.4b13, which says it fixes the FB captcha issue, but still no go. Instead of asking me for DOB, now it asks for two word phrase, but it still won't accept any response and won't log me in. I enter 10 in a row and I know most of them were correct. Apparently FB has changed something. Lame.  
(Version 1.3.7)

SHOCK J  Suddenly I can't login to Facebook. A Captcha windows opens and says "Facebook thinks you're not you. To prove you are, please enter your date of birth." It then provide 3 fields for year, month and day, but no matter how I enter the correct info, it just keeps cycling. The fields are pre-populated with zeros, so I assume they want numerical values, but nothing works. Not 1, not 01, not Jan not January, nothing. Anybody else seeing this?  
(Version 1.3.7)

SHOCK J  Hadn't seen an update for this app in a while. I thought the developers might have been slacking off, but looking at the new release notes nothing could be further from the truth. There is a HUGE laundry list of changes and improvements. Glad to see this app has gotten some major attention.

I due have to question the lateness of this release though, as the product was completely broken under Snow Leopard (would not launch), leaving it's user base completely in the cold for a full month. That's a long time to leave your users high and dry. I’m sure some people chose to move on the alternative applications. I did. But looking at all the improvements, I'll certainly go back and give Cornerstone another look.  
(Version 1.5.0.16)

SHOCK J  Hallelujah!!!! Quicksilver is alive and updated!!! This is my all time favorite most useful Mac utility. May it live forever and we shall all praise it's glory!!  
(Version 1.0b56a7)

SHOCK J  Icon previews are STILL broken...PF 5.5.3, Mac OS X 10.6.1. Good grief already.  
(Version 5.5.3)

SHOCK J  The Intel Core 2 Duo is the first chip (used in a Mac) to utilize 64-bit architecture. Snow Leopard is the first Mac OS X to take advantage of this architecture. It's not about backwards compatibility, it's about forward compatibility. I have a first gen MBP, which only has a Core Duo chip, which means it only runs in 32-bit. I can still run Snow Leopard and any other application written to run in 64-bit, they just run in 32-bit mode. Applications just don't run in 64-bit mode just because the OS is 64-bit. Developers have to update/rewrite their existing applications, which previously only ran in 32-bit, to run in 64-bit. An application like TTP, which has hooks into the OS, will require substantially more rewriting than "normal" apps. And the last thing you want is an app like TTP to be coded haphazardly so that it jacks up your system when you use it. So you just have to give them time.  
(Version 5.0.6)

SHOCK J  Rosetta? What? TTP does not require Rosetta. I don't even have Rosetta installed on my MBP (10.6.1) and it runs fine. Yes, it's still a 32bit application, but so is over half of the Mac applications out right now. Give them, and I mean all developers not just Micromat, a chance to update their applications. Snow Leopard's only been out 2 months.  
(Version 5.0.6)

SHOCK J  Wow...this blows my mind.

"You must provide Smith Micro with your credit card details to download the trial. If you do not cancel your trial within 30 days, you will be charged."

Users have been abandoning Stuffit in droves over the past few years. They continue to offer paid upgrades for trivial updates and now this? This is almost laughable. Talk about blowing you customer off and saying, "We don't really care about you, we just want your money!" These guys are on their way out of business...on the express route!  
(Version 2010 14.0)

SHOCK J  MBL is still quitting on me everyday, usually during or immediately after a sleep cycle. I hope a fix for this is coming soon.  
(Version 1.8.5)

SHOCK J  @HAL0THANE: Actually, I'm in this one: http://forum.cocoatech.com/showthread.php?t=5453. I attached a screenshot and posted my graphics card info. It's quite an annoying little problem. They're definitely aware of it and hopefully they're focused on fixing it.  
(Version 5.5.1)

SHOCK J  Damn. iTunes 9 finally broke this. This was a staple piece of software to use in conjunction with the iTunes music store. I hope the developer is still around and he updates this cause I will miss it dearly.  
(Version 0.1)

SHOCK J  Thanks for the link. Their web site isn't all that user friendly when it comes to finding information. No real navigation. Just normal text links inside the main content areas. It's almost like they don't want you to find the really useful information. Strange.  
(Version 3.1.5)

SHOCK J  Cocoatech has stated on their web site:

"We've released Path Finder 5.5.0 for Snow Leopard. The code paths between Leopard and Snow Leopard have diverged so much that we must now release separate updates for each operating system. Snow Leopard updates will begin at version 5.5, while Leopard updates will continue from 5.1.5."

They're not leaving anyone behind.  
(Version 5.5)

SHOCK J  Well apparently the "icon drawing code" hasn't been updated enough as I still get "corrupted" icons on the desktop after Path Finder has been running a few hours. I see a 5.5.x release coming in the very near future as it seems the haven't worked out all the Snow Leopard bugs.  
(Version 5.5)

SHOCK J  Unfortunately, "authorized copy/move operations for Snow Leopard" still do NOT work for me. Trying to delete item from or copy into "/Library/Application Support/*" (which requires authentication) continues to fail in 5.5 under OS X 10.6.1  
(Version 5.5)

SHOCK J  5.5 Release Notes:

NOTE: This version of Path Finder only runs on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.

1. Lots of code updates for SnowLeopard.

2. Fixed running authorized copy/move operations for Snow Leopard.

3. Fixed mounting password protected DMGs.

4. Fixed More menu in the contextual menu.

5. Fixed bugs in column view.

6. Updated icon drawing code.

7. Fixed Quicklook bugs.

8. Fixed Menu Key Editor bugs.

9. Fixed info views scrollbar.

10. New version of class-dump.

11. Fixed Open With popup in Get Info.

12. Fixed cmd-click window title menu for Snow Leopard.  
(Version 5.5)

SHOCK J  Apparently iTunes 9's Sound Check uses a new mechanism for adjusting song playback volume. Any new songs I import into iTunes 9 cannot be adjusted by iVolume. It gives me the "No iTunNORM Tag" error every time. And yes I have Sound Check turned on. I hope the developers are already on this problem.  
(Version 3.1.5)

SHOCK J  This will all be irrelevant very soon. From Visor web site:

"v2.1 (to be released)

* 64-bit version for 64-bit Terminal.app in Snow Leopard (using new SIMBL 0.9.x)'  
(Version 2.0.1)

SHOCK J  New version 1.8.5 seems to have a problem with the laptop sleep cycle. Whenever I wake my laptop from sleeping, MBL has quit and I have to restart it. Anyone else seeing this?

MBP with 10.6.  
(Version 1.8.5)

SHOCK J  Just because there is a newer version of SIMBL doesn't mean the old one doesn't work at all under Snow Leopard. I have Visor 2.0 and SIMBL 1.82 installed on Snow Leopard and it works as expected.  
(Version 2.0)

SHOCK J  Thank God this was updated for 10.6! I installed the app and ran it and it completely detected all my previous prefs and registration data. No problems here so far.  
(Version 1.8.4)

SHOCK J  Same here. Just redownload 3.1 and reinstall. Back to working on 10.6.  
(Version 3.1)

SHOCK J  I totally agree. I've been trying and trying to like this program but it's just too inconsistent. It has NEVER been able to save passwords in bookmarks. And now it seems to have to serious issues in Snow Leopard. I'm going to have to go back to Fetch or Interarchy, an app that's not just toying around with being and FTP client.  
(Version 1.2.1)

SHOCK J  Thanks. That didn't work exactly as you described but I did manage to pull up the main window. When I launched the app the first time via spotlight, no main window. But when I launched it via spotlight again, while the Coversutra was already open, then the Main Window appeared. So I got there eventually. Thanks.

Anyone know if the only issue is with the menu item?  
(Version 2.1.7v217)

SHOCK J  Appears to no longer function under Snow Leopard. Not sure if it's a MacFusion or MacFuse issue (or both). Hopefully theses issues get resolved quickly as they both are indispensable tools.  
(Version 2.0.3)

SHOCK J  Will not launch under Snow Leopard. PLEASE FIX.  
(Version 1.1.7.23)

SHOCK J  Please tell me an update is coming ASAP. Just installed Snow Leopard and Cover Sutra has issues. The menu item does not show up at all so if that's how you use it, it's a no go. Desktop cover artwork and key commands still seem to work, but I can't access anything else cause I turned off the dock access. I'd rather not dump all my prefs. Update PLEASE, love this app!  
(Version 2.1.7)

SHOCK J  Apple's Web sites states that version 2 and earlier are incompatible with Snow Leopard YET the Snow Leopard installer still moved my version 3.1 of iWow to the "Incompatible Software" folder. I have not tried to reinstall it yet, but does this mean ALL versions of iWow are incompatible with Snow Leopard?  
(Version 3.1)

SHOCK J  If by "preferences" you mean "System Preferences, version 3.5.x of Synergy is no longer a Preference Pane so it will no longer show up there. It is a stand alone application. Just copy it to your HD to install. Double-click it like a normal app to use.  
(Version 3.5.4a)

SHOCK J  Why are these widgets so big? I have over 20 3rd party widgets installed and the largest one is the HBO widget, coming in at 2.8 MB. The Quicken widget, which has the exact same functionality as the iBank Transactions widget, is only 670 KB. So why is the iBank Transactions widget 9.1 MB! Can you say bloated? Maybe that's why iBank is so slow...bloated code base.  
(Version 2.1)

SHOCK J  Airfoil has it's own video player that compensates for the lag. It also uses Perian to support a bunch of different video formats.

On a side note, version 3.3.2 was released 7/19. MU is a little slow on the draw here.  
(Version 3.3.2)

SHOCK J  I can certainly see your viewpoint, particularly being an independent developer. But I think you asked an important question, and I'm paraphrasing here, "why do software developers wait and release products with a ton of bugs fixes, INSTEAD of releasing the product in shorter intervals with less fixes/updates, which could potentially be more beneficial to the end user?"

I think it's all about perception. One side of the coin is hype/buzz/marketing. Like you said in your first response, "being able to make a big deal about its release." The other side of the coin is stability/quality. If you immediately start pushing out updates/fixes right after the product is releases, the end user could "perceive" that your product is unstable, it was released prematurely, and you're now rushing fixes out the door to create a viable product, i.e. Microsoft. :-) Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's what you did at all. I'm simply saying that's one way it could be perceived.

My initial comments were based on the latter perception, and yes, I could be completely wrong. But perhaps, you should take this into account as you're releasing updates/fixes. No end user actually expects bug fixes on daily basis. Even just pushing out updates once a week, would dramatically alter the perception of the "stability" of your product, at least in my humble opinion. The last thing you want to do in unintentionally sabotage your own product due to bad "marketing."

All in all, I don't think anyone doubts the devotion and hard work you put into your product. The Mac community could certainly use more developers like yourself. Be smart. Don't forget it's not just about making good, great or better products than the next guy. If that's all it took, we'd ALL be Mac OS users and Windows wouldn't be infecting computers across the planet. ;-)  
(Version 4.0.6)

SHOCK J  No one said you were "sitting" on your software. In fact I said the opposite, I said you were "paying attention to user feedback and quickly responding," which I think is great. My point is that any software product needs a certain level of stability before it is released to the general public, especially if you're selling it.

You said, "I use Conjure every day, for almost everything I do, and I didn't catch any of these bugs." Does that mean you're the ONLY beta tester. If that's the case, in my humble opinion, therein lies your problem. As a single user you can't possibly encounter every use scenario you product will encounter and you will naturally miss a lot of problems. So when you do release it to the general public, and it fails for a significant user base, your product will look "unpolished." And that is the feeling I get here. To quote TANKKNIGHT, "Unfortunately so far out of v4.0.0 thru v4.0.5 only version 4.0.2 works. v4.0.2 will work only as long as I use it lightly, do not leave it active long."

Your dedication and effort into your product are not in question here. I think that's obvious to us all. My concern solely focuses around the level of testing and overall stability of what you call a releasable, and more importantly, sellable software product.  
(Version 4.0.6)

SHOCK J  I'm all for developers who pay attention to user feedback and quickly respond with bug fixes and updates, BUT having to publish seemingly critical bug fixes everyday for a week immediately after the software is released would leave one to believe that the so-called "final" product needed a little more beta testing and was not quite ready for prime time. Beta testing with paying customers never goes over well.  
(Version 4.0.6)

SHOCK J  Same here. I didn't even realize until now, but Hear is not enhancing sound for me either. Activity meter moves but sound is unchanged.  
(Version 1.0.3)

SHOCK J  Wow. I've never dumped an e-mail program after only 10 minutes of trying it. This program wouldn't even display HTML e-mail. I KNOW it can, it just wouldn't. The images would flash for 1 second, disapper, and all the formatting would collapse. If that can't get something that simple to work then I' not going to bother wasting time looking any further at it. Pathetic.   
(Version 1.1.1)

SHOCK J  Thanks ELRAINA. That actually helped a lot.

I had to also check "Hide Finder's Desktop" in the same pane. Once I unchecked "Show Desktop Background" then I had two sets of icons visible on my desktop, from the Finder & PathFinder, but only PathFinder's set was clickable. It became totally confusing. Using this method also allowed CoverSutra's desktop "widget" (for lack of a better word) to become visible using Path Finder as well. I had all but given up on that one. There's also a numerical Desktop window level adjustment. I had no idea the app could even do that. They shouldn't keep such useful settings buried in the app.

Anyways, Thanks for the tip. I hope it holds up.  
(Version 1.0b7)

SHOCK J  Glad to see this is becoming a full fledged project. The parallel session technology that "allows you to log into a site using different credentials in separate tabs at the same time" is super cool, especially for Web developers. And Stainless already passes the Acid 3 test. Firfefox 3.5 doesn't even do this yet. Certainly it's missing a lot of features that would make it useful as you daily browser, but it's of to a really good start.  
(Version 0.6.5)

SHOCK J  Like I said before, I have been using Synergy for years. I've used it on 10.3.x, 10.4.x and 10.5.x. I've used it on G4's, G5's, Mac Mini's (PPC & Intel), Mac Pro's and Mac Book Pro's. Hell, I have it installed on my G4 Cube! I have never had a problem with Synergy launching during start-up for me. And from what I'm hearing from most users is that they haven't had a problem either. So if the majority of users don't have start-up issues, I find it difficult to come to the conclusion that the product is defective. I find it much easier to come to the conclusion that the product is fine and your experiences are anomalous. Why it doesn't work for you I obviously can't explain, but putting the blame on the developer is logically unsound. So you can continue to complain all you want or you can focus that energy into finding the real problem.  
(Version 3.5.2a)

SHOCK J  Four months and three release candidates later, Hyperspaces still has major issues with Desktop labels. Regardless of whether I launch Path Finder or Hyperspaces first, labels continue to be "covered" by Path Finder's Desktop. Back to You Control Desktops.  
(Version 1.0b7)

SHOCK J  Don't bother with this virtualization version of Chromium. Native Mac OS X versions are available here: http://www.manu-j.com/blog/download-updated-native-google-chrome-for-mac-os-x/230/

I don't know why MacUpdate doesn't have this listed.  
(Version 0.9.0)

SHOCK J  I have been using Synergy for years. I don't ever remember having a problem with Synergy starting up during boot. 3.5a7 has always worked fine for me. This sounds like the problem is specific to your local system. In the future, I would suggest doing a bit more research before you go ranting at the developer about how his product is defective.   
(Version 3.5a9)

SHOCK J  I've seen forums/boards where the user has a fixed amount of time to update a post, say 15-30 minutes. After that it becomes locked. That seems like a good intermediate solution. If a person makes a typo they didn't see on the initial post, they can go back and fix it within the specified time frame. Locking it quickly afterwards prevents them from doing want you state, changing their comment based on a reply.  
(Version 1.0.16)

SHOCK J  Strangeness again... Another "dated" version of the Zinio Reader is published and it's still not the latest version (at least not according to the version I have installed). The 3.0.17019 installer package is dated March 31, 2009. I still have 3.0.17024 installed. You gotta wonder if this is intentional or is some slacking on their job.  
(Version 3.0.1.17019)

SHOCK J  Just checked the Adium Beta page. Looks like they updated Libpurple (today 6/19) and this fixes the Yahoo connection problem. I presume they'll update the stable version ASAP.

These guys rock!  
(Version 1.3.4)

SHOCK J  Anyone having a problem with Adium suddenly not being able to connect to their Yahoo account? If I go to Yahoo's web site I can log onto chat no problem. I updated my credentials in Adium to use full Yahoo e-mail address (it seems to need that now) and it still just hangs on "Connecting." Restarted the computer just to make sure. Still won't connect to Yahoo. I can connect via Yahoo's Messenger app, so it' not my connection.

Anyone else seeing this?

MacPro 2x2.8Ghz Quad-Core

10.5.7

6GB RAM  
(Version 1.3.4)

SHOCK J  I missed that. At least you're giving your users UI options, but if I were you, I would use a screenshot of the other UI. I think people are likely to overlook the fact that the you do provide a paned interface, as I did. I think the days of Eudora have come and gone. Touting yourself as a "Eudora style" e-mail client could potentially alienate you against a large user base without them even taking a look at your product. Just my 2 cents.   
(Version 1.0)

SHOCK J  Does anyone still like the "Eudora style" e-mail client? So many disjointed windows. No other new/upcoming e-mail client uses this type of interface. Maybe that's a hint. I wouldn't use this if it was free. Just a bad UI. They need to move past this and stop trying to emulate a 10 year old defunct application everyone has gotten over.  
(Version 1.0)

SHOCK J  OK... Moving from version 5.3.1 to 5.5 requires an upgrade fee. Let's see what we get...

• Improved Edit command - you can now edit any kind of file using any application and the changes will automatically be saved back to the server

• Added automatic resume of stalled or failed uploads

• Added Quick Look support for previewing files on servers (Mac OS X 10.5 and later only)

• Added support for gestures on laptop trackpads: in the transfer window, swipe left to go back to previously viewed folder, swipe up to go to the parent folder, and swipe down to open the selected folder

• Made Get Info quicker by not calculating folder sizes until you ask for them

And that's it! $10 isn't a lot but I don't appreciate being nickel-and-dimed for these measly updates that don't add any "real" new or useful features. Gestures on trackpads?! Gimme a break. This is a FTP client not a word processor. That's total a bloatware feature in order to try and justify charging an upgrade fee. And their "fix" for "Get Info"... how long did that take to recode, 10 minutes?

This should be version 5.3.2 And it should be FREE.  
(Version 5.5)

SHOCK J  DL link is broken.  
(Version 2.3)

SHOCK J  Only checked this out for about five minutes so far, but it's already got one major drawback, particularly for business users. It only handles POP type mail accounts, which most businesses don't use. It really needs to be able to handle IMAP and/or Exchange protocols to be considered a replacement for Mail, Entourage or even Postbox at this point. It's looks clean and pretty robust, but if you can't get you e-mail, then that's pretty much show stopper.  
(Version 7.1.2)

SHOCK J  Strange...while it does say version 3.0.17013 on the Zinio Web site, I have had version 3.0.17024 installed for over a month now. Naturally, I'm assuming build 17024 comes after build 17013. The date on the "current" 17013 installer is 3/25/09 so it's not "fresh" off the shelf. Very strange indeed.  
(Version 3.0.0.17013)

SHOCK J  I can pretty much tell you the answer to that question is no. You don't change rendering engines midstream. If the Flock developers had wanted to use the Webkit engine they would have used it from the beginning. The chose Mozilla's technology for a reason, it's extensibility, something Safari and Webkit lacks.   
(Version 2.5)

SHOCK J  YC Engine has been quitting alot since the 10.5.7 update. Anybody else seeing this? I feel an update on the horizon.  
(Version 1.7.2)

SHOCK J  I'm on a Quad Core Intel and it won't launch for me either, so I think the app is broken. They will probably fix/repost new version asap.  
(Version 9.2)

SHOCK J  You guys need to catch up. This is up to version 1.9.1 now (4/14/09).

http://visor.binaryage.com/  
(Version 1.5a1)

SHOCK J  Ok, scratch my comment. It just "magically" appeared. Very strange. There is a bug/issue though. I use Path Finder primarily. Path Finder has the option of "appending the Finder's contextual menu items" in "a Submenu" or at "the End" of Path Finder's CM. Springy only shows up in Path Finder's CM if it is set to "at End." If it's set to "a submenu" you get nada. Personally I do prefer Springy at the root level, but it would be great if I didn't have to have ALL the Finder CM items at the root level.

I would love for Springy to play a bit nicer with Path Finder's CM. It has always been a bit "off." For example, it seems that the font size for Springy CM is hard coded. Path Finder has the option for a "small contextual menu font size." When this is checked, all the other 3rd party CM items font sizes adjust down appropriately, but Springy does not. So all the other CM items are at 9px, where as the Springy CM item is still at 12px. Just looks weird.

These are minor gripes. At least it's working for me now.  
(Version 1.5)

SHOCK J  I can't get the contextual menu to show up at all..root level or any other level. I actually you this more than the app itself. I re-installed and restarted my computer. I still got nothing. Anyone else seeing this?  
(Version 1.5)

SHOCK J  Quicksilver went open source.

Latest build is here (2/09): http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/downloads/list  
(Version 1.2)

SHOCK J  Glad to see the widget functioning again. However, a new TV listings source apparently means having to re-enter all your TV Shows again. Lame, but I suppose there is no way around it.  
(Version 2.4)

SHOCK J  This app sounds great but is definitely lacking a bit. First of all, it just needs to be smarter. I had two albums (in different libraries) where the only difference was a capital letter in the album title ("onmyradio" vs "Onmyradio"). Otherwise the files were completely identical. It just can't have a generic search where ANY difference whatsoever is merit for copying. Minor discrepancies in album titles happen all them time, particularly when there is punctuation. (i.e. "Vo1. 1," vs "Vol 1:" or "Vol. 1-"). If this thing copies anything and everything with no "intelligence" to speak of, I'm going to spend hours removing duplicates from all my synced libraries. This app is supposed to save me time, not create more work for me.

My second issue is the interface itself. Simple is good, but TOO simple, to the point where you have too little control over what happens, is not good. There is too little the user can do to actually help the app make the correct choices. You can "transfer tracks by dragging between the track list and the source list." How about enabling the track list and source list to be viewed in SEPARATE windows so we can see them AT THE SAME TIME. Having only one view and having to go back and forth is just retarded.

This app has potential, but it still feels like a fresh off the shelf version 1.0 app. When it becomes smarter and more robust, then it'll be a great addition to my software library.  
(Version 2.1.3)

SHOCK J  I use Mail to do exactly that, check my GMail account. You can use POP or IMAP. It works perfectly fine. Plus, Mail is not the only mail application that can check GMail. I going to have to agree that this application is totally redundant.  
(Version 0.97)

SHOCK J  I would really like to use this app, but it's still a little buggy and has a major issue for me. I use Path Finder. I use Path Finder's "desktop" instead of the Finder's. Hyperspace's desktop labeling feature is on layer underneath Path Finder's desktop, thus I can't see its labels. I have been using YouControl Desktops, as I do find Spaces feature set lacking, but YCD has some limitations as well. For me, desktop labels (in conjunction with Path Finder) is a must have. When Hyperspaces addresses this issue, I'll check it out again, but for now I have to stick with YCD.  
(Version 1.0fc4)

SHOCK J  While OmniDiskSweeper is a decent (now free) alternative, it does not have the same feature set as WhatSize.  
(Version 4.4.2)

SHOCK J  Love this widget. Use it all the time. Unfortunately, the latest version (2.3.5) causes Dashboard and all my widgets to freeze while it's trying to load the TV data. Not cool. All widgets become inaccessible until TV Forecast loads all data. Same problem on the Mac Pro desktop and my MacBook Pro both running 10.5.6.

I'll have to lay off this one until a fix comes.  
(Version 2.3.5)

SHOCK J  $25? Really? For a simply services addon? Try this... WordService (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10523/wordservice) and CalcService (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10524/calcservice) from DEVON technologies. BOTH ARE FREE!!!   
(Version 3.0)

SHOCK J  Max is a great GUI encoder less the fact it uses MusicBrainz for ID tagging, which practically never finds the CD you're trying rip. You have to do a lot of manual ID tag entry with it.  
(Version 3.98)

SHOCK J  I really like the app and it would be my main encoder except for the one major problem... album/song tagging. The MusicBrainz DB is total garbage. It finds less than half of the CDs I want to rip. This app should either switch to Gracenote or AT LEAST check the iTunes DB to see if the album info is there. Since iTunes does use Gracenote, it almost always finds the correct album info. Max could simply use that. This has got to be an easy fix.  
(Version 0.8.1)

SHOCK J  Spark cannot do what Visor does. Visor is not an app launcher. Visor alters the presentation method of the Terminal.   
(Version 1.5a1)

SHOCK J  Ok...I'd like to ACTUALLY see what the changes are for 5.0.3 (and 5.0.2 for that matter). The currently listed changes are from 5.0.1. This is not MacUpdate's fault though, as Cocoatech is only listing changes up to 5.0.1 on their own web site. I have noticed a few bugs, but I don't want to "upgrade" to a version that's worse than what I'm already using.  
(Version 5.0.3)

SHOCK J  This app (consistent with most Adobe apps) has as awful update system. It never automatically detects when a new version is available and you can't download the updater. If you go to Adobe's site, no updater is available for download, it just launches the installed version. I'm stuck with version 1.1 until by some magic the application miraculously discovers that a new version is available. Totally lame.  
(Version 1.5)

SHOCK J  I hope you're not trying to suggest that because someone uses open source code in their project that their ENTIRE project, including the code that THEY WROTE, must now be open source?

You've got to be kidding. Apple uses TONS of open source code in Mac OS X (i.e. Darwin) and they certainly don't give their OS away for free or submit every piece of code they write into the open source community.

Just because you happen to use some open source code in a project, doesn't mean that the code YOU wrote the utilizes it isn't still proprietary and doesn't belong to you.  
(Version 2.6.6)

SHOCK J  Apple's DVD Player can play .vob files located on your HD (versus DVD). Just select the surrounding "video_ts" folder as source.

1. Launch Apple's DVD Player.

2. From "File" menu select "Open DVD Media..."

3. In Open dialog window, navigate to your movie folder and select the "Video_TS" folder.

4. Press Play in DVD Player controller.  
(Version 2.6.6)

SHOCK J  Anyone know what the 5.0.1 update "fixes" compared to 5.0.0?  
(Version 5.0.1)

SHOCK J  No kidding...Unsanity should be issuing refunds at this point. This is utterly ridiculous...completely useless software. They haven't even released any beta versions to at least show they're working on it and/or making some kind of progress.  
(Version 2.5)

SHOCK J  Add me as well. No iTunes 8 from software update.  
(Version 8.0)

SHOCK J  The version has radically increased the sensitivtiy of the button presses on my remote. The repeat pref are already set to 1. Reducing the repeat pref to 0 make button presses completely unpredictable and/or unresponsive. So my choice is now no press or too many presses. Lame. I need to go back to the previous version.  
(Version 7.5)

SHOCK J  Is it just me or is the application slow as molasses when it comes to updating/refreshing views. SmartSVN doesn't have nearly as clean an interface but at least I don't spend half my time waiting for the view to update. When this things get about 10x faster, I'm all over it.  
(Version 1.0.2.59)

SHOCK J  Decent first effort, but more features and options have got to be added to make it useful. My main complaint is that there is no real notification of when a message is received. I don't want to have to check the app every 10 min to see if a message has arrived. It's got the bounce the dock icon or something. You also need to be able to change to font size. The contact list (at least for meebo) doesn't scroll so if you have alot of contacts they're just "off the page" because the typeface is so big. Like the idea, but the implementation has got to be upgraded before I can use it.  
(Version 0.4.1)

SHOCK J  Anyone getting this to work? When I do a Software Update to get specific files I get the error message, "The Installer could not validate the contents of the ‘HP_Laserjet’ package. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance."

When I download the full dmg, it fails to mount with an invalid checksum error. What kind a crappy update is this...  
(Version 1.1)

SHOCK J  One of my primary criteria for using a browser is does it correctly render the web sites I visit. Now, I don't know what site you guys visit, but there hasn't been a single version of Opera that has outperformed Safari or Firefox when it comes to correctly rendering web site. Being a web developer myself, I certainly know that there are some poorly developed web sites out there, but there is not a more "standards compliant" web browser than Firefox. You WILL see more web site rendered as they were intended by the developer (if they know what they're doing and they build to correct standards) by using Firefox.  
(Version 3.0)

SHOCK J  PowerPC and Tiger? If you're going to come back from the dead and update your software, why waste your time with a version that only a fraction of the people can use? Do they think anyone other than already existing customers (who haven't upgraded to Leopard) is going to even bother with this? What a waste.  
(Version 4.0b1)

SHOCK J  MacFusion hasn't been updated in almost a year. I can't even get it to work with latest version of MacFuse.  
(Version 1.2.1)

SHOCK J  While I think it is very cool that this works at a system level and can enhance sound even using Quicklook in the Finder, I would have to agree that there are too many options for the general user. Who wants to spend a half an hour trying to find a configuration that sounds good to them. Something with only 5 or so options can sound just as good (i.e. SRS iWoW) and is substantially easier to setup and use.  
(Version 1.0)

SHOCK J  I'm going to have to agree with JWDriskell regarding the "UserEventAgent" issue. I design, build and deploy web sites for a living. i'm very familiar with Linux and the terminal. Simply put, before installing Hear on my MacPro, the UserEvent Agent ran fine. AFTER installing Hear, the UserEventAgent is stuck and non-responsive. After removing Hear, UserEventAgent runs fine again. The is most certainly the result of installing this software. That does not mean that Hear is the sole cause of the issue, as it could just as well be a conflict with another 3rd party app/plugin, but Hear is definitely part of the problem. If the developers continue to say it's not, then they're just in denial.  
(Version 1.0)

SHOCK J  This is very annoying. I will be using Cover Sutra until this is fixed.  
(Version 3.5a5)

SHOCK J  Same as others...crashes immediately after launch. MacBook Pro with 10.5.1.  
(Version 3.5a3)

SHOCK J  It appears that what this application does is simply put a folder with a custom icon inside your downloads (or documents) folder and name it " " (blank). Giving it a blank name make it always appear first if you have your stack sorted by name. If you have it sorted any other way, this trick won't work. I personally prefer my Downloads folder to be sorted by Date Added. So this doesn't really work for me. Plus, the fact you have to have a blank folder inside the chosen Stack's folder is kind of disappointing. I like to keep my stuff better organized than that. Every time I see I want to delete it. While this is an interesting "trick," I wouldn't call this a true customization, especially since it only works for 1 of the 5 sorting presents a Stack provides.  
(Version 1.0)

SHOCK J  First, I wasn't whining. I was merely explaining how the applicaiton worked. Second, maybe you should read the f*cking manual sh@t for brains!! Directly from the Web site:

"Yes, the volume adjustment corrections made by iVolume will be carried over to the iPod. You have to turn on 'Sound Check' on the iPod and it will play the songs exactly like iTunes. Unfortunately, songs can not be adjusted directly on the iPod, because iVolume needs the file path to the songs and iTunes does not provide this information for songs located on the iPod. So the songs have to be adjusted in the local iTunes library and then copied over to the iPod."

Exactly like I said, "SONGS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED DIRECTLY ON THE IPOD!"  
(Version 2.5.3)

SHOCK J  I got it working. I had a separate install of the LAME framework installed and I think it was conflicting with this one. As soon as I removed the extra framework, this encoder started working.  
(Version 2.0.9-34)

SHOCK J  This no longer works for me in iTunes 7.5 and Leopard on MacBook Pro. Not sure if it's an iTunes issue or a Leopard issue. Anyone got this working in these conditions?  
(Version 2.0.9-34)

SHOCK J  Latest version of iWow (2.0.2.255) has a process called "genredetection." If iTunes 7.5 (in Leopard) quits unexpectedly, the genredetection process doesn't quit and forces iTunes to automatically relaunch and spawns a second genredetection process. Here is where the problem starts. Now, whenever you try and quit iTunes normally, either via command key or file menu, the genredetection process continue to force iTunes to relaunch and continues to respawn new processes of itself. At this point, iTunes becomes practically un-quitable. You now have to go into the Activity Monitor application and force quit all the "genredetection" processes that have spawned and only then can you actually quit iTunes. I consider this a serious bug. Seeing as how we all know SRS's support is non-existent, we'll see if this ever gets fixed.  
(Version 2.0.2.255)

SHOCK J  Show in Finder, Move to Trash and other don't seem to work properly in Leopard. Hope and update is in the near future.  
(Version 9.0.1)

SHOCK J  I have been an avid Path Finder user for years now. While I will still give this app a great review, I have stopped using with the installation of Leopard. The new Finder in Leopard has gotten some key improvements that for me outweigh the things I lose by not using Path Finder. Yes, I miss the tabbed views, yes I really miss the drop stack, but these things are conveniences, not functionality. The big thing I love in the new Finder is the "SHARED" section in the side bar. The auto detection and listing of Mac and PC computers on your network is great. The auto connection to computers you have stored passwords for and listing of shares is awesome. And then on top of that, the ability to share screens with just a click of a button is just insane. I'm sorry, but this type of functionality completely outweighs anything I lost in Path Finder. Not to mention you can now have smart folders in your Finder side bar and there's cover flow view for easy previews. Path Finder adding Quick Look is definite step in the right direction (although their version doesn't have the cool scale transition), but they gotta get the networking functionality up to speed before they get me back. At that point, I'll at least give it another look. Until then, the Leopard Finder is the winner.  
(Version 4.8.2)

SHOCK J  Here is the real deal with this software (from the developer). This application will NOT adjust the volume of songs ALREADY on your iPod. It will only adjust songs in your local iTunes library. Those changes stay in effeect when you transfer the songs to your iPod. This is not a bug. The information this software uses to make its adjustments is not stored on your iPod, only in your iTunes library. So, adjusting the volume of songs already on your iPod in simply not possible using the method this particular application uses.  
(Version 2.5.2)

SHOCK J  Viewing contents of archives via the Contextual Menu no longer works in Leopard. This was one of the coolest features in my opinion. Hopes this gets fixed soon.  
(Version 1.3.2)

SHOCK J  Agreed. What if I have one server running Leopard and one running Tiger. I can't manage both servers on with the same computer? What kind of crap is that?  
(Version 10.5)

SHOCK J  Nice software but it needs more options. It picks the same artist too many times in a random selection. You should have the option to never pick the same artist twice. I've built playlist with 50 songs but only 15 unique artists. I doesn't seem to want to give me more variety than that.  
(Version 2.4.4)

SHOCK J  Straight out of the box, Plone's default settings are way to restrictive. You have to do some serious customizing to make it useful. Problem with that is that the UI is not intuitive. This CM has a very steep learning curve. The Zope database has more negatives than positives. I would stay away from this. My company is migrating to Drupal.  
(Version 3.0.1)

SHOCK J  Oh, and one more thing. This app is only capable of exporting ACC or WAV files? What's up with that? If you simply use iTunes, you can export MP3, ACC, WAV and more.... whatever formats iTunes can convert to. Most phones can't use ACC, but can MP3. Like I said, $5 MAX!  
(Version 1.1 (21))

SHOCK J  $20? For features that are all built into the OS? You've got to be kidding.

iTunes is completely capable of creating custom ringtones within the app. And Apple has it's own application for transferring files to bluetooth devices. It's called "Bluetooth File Exchange." I have made a handful of 30 sec ringtones in iTunes and transferred them to my RAZR.

Here is a link on how to do it.

http://wateronlydries.com/2005/11/make-a-razr-ringtone-with-itunes/

It specifically talks about the RAZR but it should work with any bluetooth enabled phone. Sure, maybe this app shortens the process for the user, but it doesn't shorten in $20 worth. This is a $5 app MAX!  
(Version 1.1 (21))

SHOCK J  This looks to be "software" emulation of Microsoft's new "Surface" technology. Of course, Conjure completely pales in comparison. Surface is a multitouch touchscreen tabletop computer. It's incredible, and yes, I can't believe it's from Microsoft either.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/  
(Version 1.1)

SHOCK J  Apparently the third time's the charm. I can finally upgrade my Vista install with the latest Parallels tools drivers. Previous two versions crashed Vista during login. Updates seem to be coming pretty frequently so it looks like these guys are working hard. Thanks for the fix.  
(Version 3.0.5158)

SHOCK J  Same problem as last update. My Vista Business version will no longer boot in normal mode after applying new Parallels tools. Have to boot into Safe Mode and roll back system to before Parallels Tools update. These updates are useless if I can't boot into the OS with all the new features.  
(Version 3.0.5144)

SHOCK J  This program doesn't really "do" anything. It's a glorified file browser with built-in preview. If you have to edit all your files with a different app, what's the point of this?  
(Version 1.2)

SHOCK J  Haven't had any problems with Parallels updates until now. This updated broke both of my VMs (Vista and XP). The app quits during the boot process. I can boot into safe mode, so apparently the new Parallels drivers cause the crashes. Great. :-(  
(Version 3.0.5120)

SHOCK J  Over three months since the last update, which did NOT fix the artwork issues with iTunes 7. I hope people aren't buying this because I think these guys are on a year long vacation.  
(Version 2.2.2)

SHOCK J  I have a G5 and a Mac Book Pro. And yes, while speed difference is pretty negligible, Cabos uses more than twice as much memory running in Rosetta on my MacBook Pro than it does on the G5. This is a small app, I don't see what the hold up is.  
(Version 0.7.3)

SHOCK J  I really like this app, but the developer needs to step up and make a UB version. The "Read Me" says it's based on LimeWire and Acquisition. Well both LimeWire and Acquisition are both UB now. So what gives? The first Intel Macs came out in Jan 06. This is a simple app with a simple interface. I think he should be able to convert this tiny app to UB in 16 months, especially if he's basing his code on other apps that are already UB. Let's get with program here...  
(Version 0.7.3)

SHOCK J  First time trying this product. V2.5.1 doesn't seem to work with iPods (or latest version of iTunes (7.3) properly). I get a "No File" Error for every file on my iPod. My iPod is really the main reason I was interested in this. Looks like they have a bug to fix.  
(Version 2.0.2)

SHOCK J  Going to have to stop using MacFusion until they update it properly. Regardless of which user I use to connect to a server with (including root), I no longer have write access if I connect via MacFusion. I'm backing using sshfs for Darwin until MacFusion gets the bugs out. Too bad, MacFusion is super easy to use versus sshfs, which has no UI. Same problem with 1.2beta2 as well.  
(Version 1.1)

SHOCK J  Hey, Thanks for the CaminoSession tip. I upgraded to the latest version (1.0) (don't know what version I had before that) but that seems to have solved my problem. Thanks again.  
(Version 1.5)

SHOCK J  Can't get v1.5 to work. The app launches. I can load 1 page and that's it. Every subsequent attempt to load another Web site just leaves the browser "hanging." It just sits there trying to load the page. Version 1.04 works fine. I deleted prefs and App Support folder. Same issue. MacBook Pro, OS X10.4.9. Anyone else seeing this?  
(Version 1.5)

SHOCK J  Creating a symbolic link to the new location of the MacFuse extension where MacFusion expects it to be seems to be a temp workaround. MacFusion will give you a warning that it has not been verified with the version of MacFuse (0.4.0) that you are running and it could cause problems. To make symlink (in Terminal): "sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext /Library/Extensions/fusefs.kext" Of course , you have to be an admin to do this.  
(Version 1.1)

SHOCK J  Yes, I have encountered the same problem after upgrading to new version of MacFuse. I read the Changelog and the latest version of MacFuse has repackaged and moved the installed components to new locations. This is probably why MacFusion now longer works. It's looking for MacFuse in the wrong place now. Probably an easy fix for the developer(s). Hope they get to this quickly as I love this little app. :-)  
(Version 1.1)

SHOCK J  Uh oh. www.springyarchiver.com is gone (expired domain). I hope this doesn't mean development has ceased. I just bought this. Not cool.  
(Version 1.2.2)

SHOCK J  Path Finder and "click on folder" issues resolved...and quickly. Nice work. Simple, quick and free... just what the doctor ordered.  
(Version 1.0.2)

SHOCK J  Good initial free offering, but doesn't work with Path Finder (Finder replacement). Add compatibility with this and I'm in.  
(Version 1.0.1)

SHOCK J  This hasn't been updated in 6 months. If they're going to claim support for the PSP then they need to keep up with PSP firmware updates. PSP can now handle H264, higher screen resolutions, and has a "Video" folder at the root level of the system that can handle both video formats and jpgs as thumbnails. Roxio needs to catch WAY up.  
(Version 2.0.1)

SHOCK J  I like Max but it's got one quirk. First, to FREEBSD who said, "Track lookup database that has been better than that employed by iTunes." Is that a joke? MusicBrainz sucks. 70% of the time it pulls the wrong CD information and I have to re-enter it manually. What it SHOULD do is check your iTunes db FIRST to see if the track info already exists locally, THEN do an internet search if it doesn't. Every CD I rip has already been looked up in iTunes (which almost always pulls the correct info from Gracenote). Max is flawed in this one area.  
(Version 0.7.1)

SHOCK J  This update still does not fix the issues with iTunes 7 and images. These guys are super slow on the draw with support.  
(Version 2.2.2)

SHOCK J  Like the app, much faster than Mail when syncing to IMAP accounts, but the search has got some serious issues. "Anywhere" doesn't search anywhere. If I get results with a specific phrase with "Subject" I certainly should at least get those exact results with "Anywhere". "Anywhere" should include "Subject". But the app apparently doesn't work that way. I can only presume this is a bug. It needs smart folders, better integrated search, better handling/display of threaded e-mail.  
(Version 1.5.3)

SHOCK J  Seems to play .flv files fine. Immediately crashes when trying to play .swf files. So, we're halfway there. Still looks like the best standalone option for .flv files. You can just drop .swf files on your web browser.  
(Version 3.0)

SHOCK J  Love this widget, but version 1.7 seems to have major bug. On DUAL 2.3GHz G5, the process "tab" always shows the info of a different tab. Doesn't seem to be a pattern as to which tab it chooose.  
(Version 1.7)

SHOCK J  Straight from the horse's mouth: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2006/10/the_antirelease.html

We should see a FINAL release mid-afternoon, Tuesday, Oct. 24.  
(Version 2.0)

SHOCK J  When you go to www.getfirefox.com (which redirects to www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/), it clearly offers your version 1.5.0.7 as the "stable release" version at the top of the page. They offer a "preview release" (RC3) of version 2.0 in a sidebar. Pretty obvious to me that this is NOT the final version.  
(Version 2.0)

SHOCK J  I bought this application a few years back. Think it's great. But it hasn't been updated in over a year. Are we going to get a UB version of this anytime soon, or ever. There are a lot of alternatives that ARE being updated.  
(Version 2.8.5)

SHOCK J  This is "THE" Ruler appliation. PERIOD. I've been using this since time began. It continues to be the premeire ruler app even though it hasn't been updated in over three years..until now. I figured it wouldn't be updated again, but praise Allah, it lives on! Now, if we can get a Universal version for Intel machines, then the universe will be at peace.  
(Version 1.7b4)

SHOCK J  I just updated my G5 to Mac OS X 10.4.4 and iTunes 6.02. OSS seems to no longer function. Since I updated iTunes and the OS simultaneously, I don't know which one caused the conflict. Anyone else seeing this after updating?  
(Version 1.3)