MacUpdate: Syzzygy's Profile

Apr 13 2007

EMRYS0821 "There's no undo function to take back a wrong tile placement, no pause function, no difficulty level to choose from."

Look at the Options area. Escape is the default pause. You can change it to what ever key you want.

I agree on the undo function... that would be nice.
(Version 1.0)

May 30 2007

ISKIPPY UNDO? Maybe I'm old-school (I go back to Tetris on the old beige Game Boy), but cursing at yourself for sticking a tetrad (what they were called before they started calling them tetronimoes... see, I AM old-school!) in a lousy place.

Undo... geez, what's with kids these days?
(Version 1.1.1)

May 30 2007

ISKIPPY Whoops... look what happens when I make edits. What I meant to say was "cursing at yourself for sticking a tetrad (what they were called before they started calling them tetronimoes... see, I AM old-school!) in a lousy place is part of the Tetris experience!"
(Version 1.1.1)

May 30 2007

JONLINK iSkippy, you are so right, I haven't ever even heard of any Tetris that allows an undo, that would ruin the game. Not everything in life needs/has an undo, that's part of the challenge.

I still have my old NES, mostly for Tetris... sadly the gameboy died long long ago.
(Version 1.1.1)

CipherWorks	Mar 25 2007	SYZZYGY CipherWorks is no longer available; SubRosaSoft has removed it from their website. It was, (although I still have a copy of it) pretty good at what it does, although at $90 it was quite overpriced. If you need file/folder encryption, just search under "encryption", here at MacUpdate; there are some good ones available, and at far, far less than the price CipherWorks was going for. (Version 4.0)		0
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Plain Text Editor	Mar 24 2007	SYZZYGY Oops!! This was unintentional. (Version 3.0)		0
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Plain Text Editor	Mar 24 2007	SYZZYGY It's all right for what it is, something basic and simple, but I just don't know why one would specifically choose Plain Text Editor over any number of other simple text editors out there. There's a shareware fee of $20 for this which is ridiculous. I would definitely choose the simple yet elegant, and FREE, "Smultron" over Plain Text Editor. (Version 3.0)		+2
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Plain Text Editor	Mar 24 2007	SYZZYGY please backup your claims with reasons (Version 3.0)		0
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Plain Text Editor

Mar 24 2007

SYZZYGY Oops!! This was unintentional.
(Version 3.0)

Firefox	Mar 22 2007	SYZZYGY While Firefox is feature rich, it's not all that fast; adding extensions(of which a plethora of useful and unique ones are available to choose from....which IS a plus) slows it down even more( which IS a big minus!). That's the main reason I don't use it as my default browser, which is too bad since a fast Firefox would be outstanding. Opera, for example, IS fast as well as feature rich but is, in my experience, quite user unfriendly and mystifying to use. It's got a strange way of doing things, unlike most other browsers. Firefox could be brilliant in the world of browsers, but still needs work. (Version 2.0.0.3)		0
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Shufflepuck REVOLUTION	Mar 11 2007	SYZZYGY The previous 2 reviews reflect my feelings to a "T". The game's WAY to difficult for all but the "hotshots" out there, and maybe for them too. There are 12 or so different"opponents" to choose from, although many are blocked in the trial mode, but there seems to be no differences in their "play". You get the "message" before playing very long that you haven't got a chance. I played 'till the time limited trial ran out, and felt that I had just been the victim of a vicious assault and battery. As it stands, now, there's no way in hell that I'd buy this game, let alone play it any more. It does show promise, though, if the developer takes these reviews to heart and makes the necessary modifications. (Version 2.0)		0
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IceClean	Feb 10 2007	SYZZYGY Hey, boys and girls, if you go the developer's website, you'll find that he's got Polizei there, too, in all it's glory along with IceClean. Now we've got a choice...whoopee!!! (Version 1.6.1)		0
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IceClean

Feb 11 2007

DJINIBABY it�s version 1.5 only
(Version 1.6.1)

IceClean	Feb 10 2007	SYZZYGY You need to have Growl installed. If you've already got it installed, it may be corrupted. Try redownloading/ reinstalling it. (Version 1.6.1)		0
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USB Overdrive X	Jan 29 2007	SYZZYGY Doesn't work with my Logitech mice. Emailed developer a number of times about it over several months but absolutely no response from him. Support appears to be non existent. (Version 10.4.5)		0
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USB Overdrive X

Jan 31 2007

CORPSECORPS _

I emailed him regarding my trouble getting it to work with the Logitech MX-Revolution on got a response within hours!
(Version 10.4.5)

SafariBookmarkChecker	Jan 4 2007	SYZZYGY Works really well. Now, if this were a universal bookmark checker, for all one's browsers, the developer could easily charge, oh...$12 for it and do well. I'd certainly buy it! This, as a universal bookmark checker, and Bookit....what a really sweet combo that would be! (Version 1.30)		0
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Monolingual	Dec 30 2006	SYZZYGY This latest version won't open; had to trash it and revert to the previous version, 1.3.4, which works fine. I'm running OS 10.3.9. (Version 1.3.5)		0
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Mousqueak	Dec 26 2006	SYZZYGY Since I'm using Panther, iTunes Volume won't work for me....it requires Tiger. But, if you want just a volume control on your desktop and are running OS 10.2 or 10.3, there's "Volume Slider" http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16669 It's just a slider, and a resizeable mute button(actually quite handy!). Also free and also very good. (Version 8.3.3)		0
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Hydromancy	Dec 21 2006	SYZZYGY This version works just fine on my Powerbook 1.5GHz w/OS10.3.9. (Version 1.3)		0
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Dofus	Dec 20 2006	SYZZYGY I downloaded it and installed it, but had a problem getting it to work(a Flash player issue, I think), so I uninstalled it and put it in the trash; God, does it take forever to delete. There's something like over 200 megabites or well over 10,000 files! (Version 1.16.2)		0
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	Dec 18 2006	SYZZYGY Really slick and efficient......seems to remove all files of whatever app one is deleting, and does it pretty quickly. No complaints at all! (Version 1.3)		0
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Opera	Dec 18 2006	SYZZYGY I totally agree...Opera is VERY user unfriendly. It's quite unintuitive and so often mystifying when trying to use it's features. Most other browsers, Safari, Firefox, Camino, Shiira, Flock are easy to use, but NOT Opera. It seems that Opera's developer's have made it unnecessarly complicated. I no longer use Opera, since I found it so exasperating. (Version 9.10)		0
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DiskWarrior	Dec 8 2006	SYZZYGY Diskwarrior is a very good utility; does that mean that it's, then, worth whatever the developers want to charge for it? Well, that's for the folks who might want to purchase it to determine. Clearly, some think that its worth the current price and some don't. If you don't think its worth what's being charged for it, then don't buy it. I purchased Diskwarrior some years ago and went for the last upgrade. But I'm not going for this upgrade because I do think that $50 is too steep. It, apparently, has got a few more bells and whistles, and is faster than previous versions. But the previous version is fast enough for me, and it does what I originally purchased it for. So, I'm sticking with that version. Oh, and $9 shipping and handling fees to put an upgrade CD in an envelope and send it via US mail? Gimme a break!!! Maybe, if it were sent by a personal courier service, but NOT via US postal service. Jeez!! I am NOT a sucker. (Version 4.0)		0
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EarthBrowser	Dec 8 2006	SYZZYGY EarthBrowser is a work of art, a brilliantly designed, fascinating and beautiful creation. I've been using EarthBrowser for years.... it just gets better and better. It's always interesting; it never gets boring. It also makes a wonderful gift! Kudos to the developer for an extraordinary job. (Version 2.10.5)		0
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NetShade	Dec 5 2006	SYZZYGY The idea behind this might have originally been good, but in practical use this app leaves much to be desired. Usable and secure proxies are not always available, and of those are, many or all are often painfully slow. The process for finding good proxies is, itself, most often quite time consuming. And if you choose to use the developer's proxy, often the only usable and efficient proxy, you need to be aware, as a previous reviewer stated, that he knows where, on the internet, you've been;this might be an issue to some. To use his proxy, you have to first log in. Then, of course, there's the matter of support, or, more to the point, the lack of it. I, and many other Netshade users have emailed him regarding one issue or another but have, most often, gotten no replies from him. And why hasn't the developer responded, here on MacUpdate, to this criticism from many regarding his lack of responses to inquiries? He hasn't even appologized, let alone given an explanation. Think twice, or even three times, before purchasing Netshade. I, for one, am actively searching for a better alternative. (Version 3.0.2)		0
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AppDelete	Dec 1 2006	SYZZYGY I've been using AppDelete pretty regularly for the past month. It's fast, efficient, thorough, easy to use and without issues. What more could one want? Kudos to the developer for a job well done.......and thank you for offering it free of charge! (Version 1.0.1)		0
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AppDelete

Dec 3 2006

REGGIE ASHWORTH Hi SYZZYGY!

Thanks for the great review and thanks for using AppDelete! :D

Sincerely,

Reggie
(Version 1.0.1)

CleanApp	Nov 30 2006	SYZZYGY While CleanApp works just fine and $10 is a fair price for it, AppDelete http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23149 is free and works just as well. Try them both. (Version 2.0.1)		0
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Dec 6 2006

JEEPEE AppDelete and many other uninstallers will not find all the files belonging to a program. They seem to search by names, instead of looking for files secret or hidden files.

CleanApp can find all files (only if programs are installed for the first time after CleanApp is installed and your Mac is restarted). UnInstaller and Yank also have another approach and can find more files than AppDelete, AppZapper and others.

I like CleanApp, it's simpler than UnInstaller and Yank and I know everything is gone after it has finished it's job. :-)
(Version 2.0.1)

Dec 22 2006

JUKI Well, so far I haven't come across any apps that AppDelete hasn't completely deleted. I've used Easy Find: http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076

to check for files left behind by AppDelete and haven't found any, yet.

What apps have you found for which AppDelete leaves files undeleted?
(Version 2.1)

Dec 23 2006

JEEPEE I didn't know Easy Find, but it seems that AppDelete and others can not find invisible files and/or files with completely different names. An example is the little game 'Burst'. CleanApp, Yank and Uninstaller are able to find a file that tells Burst how long the demo is used... Try it yourself.
(Version 2.1)

Dec 26 2006

REGGIE ASHWORTH Hi JeePee! :D

This is Reggie the Developer for AppDelete. I just happened to be reading this post and I'm curious would you mind sharing the name of the file you're referring to in the Burst game. I made my own trials and I see that AppDelete found the same files as CleanApp so I'm just curious what you came up with?

Thanks for your input...I guess it helps all our apps to become better! :D

Sincerely,

Reggie
(Version 2.1)

Dec 27 2006

JEEPEE Well, actually I'm not sure it's legal to tell... :-(
(Version 2.1)

Particle Changer Screen Saver

Dec 27 2006

REGGIE ASHWORTH Hi again JeePee! :D

Hey that's no problem. Thanks anyways for your input! :D

Sincerely,

Reggie
(Version 2.1)

Word Galaxies	Nov 24 2006	SYZZYGY The graphics and music are pleasant but that's all this turkey's got going for it. I played it for a bit but got bored really quickly. There's just not much(if any) sizzle...I could find nothing, at all, to hold my interest for more than a few minutes. At $19.95, it's rediculously overpriced. There are plenty of games available that offer a lot more for that price, and many that offer more and at a much lower price. This dud's not worth more than $5, or better yet, it should be offered free of charge. (Version 1.0)		0
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	Nov 23 2006	SYZZYGY I recently became aware that the one very important feature that AfterSurf lacks is secure delete, something that all decent internet track removers have. Overwriting information at least seven times before deleting is considered secure enough so that deleted info can't be recovered. AfterSurf doesn't do that so that info it deletes CAN, in fact, be recovered. The developer really needs to get busy and add secure delete to AfterSurf. That would make this app truly outstanding in all respects. (Version 1.9.1)		0
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Particle Changer Screen Saver	Oct 5 2006	SYZZYGY Installed it, but Particle Screensaver doesn't show up on my list of Screensavers in System Preferences. This thing seems totally "dead in the water". There's a particle screensaver.qtz file in library/screensavers, but doubleclicking on it brings up the message, "Error Opening Movie......the movie could not be opened". There's no "read me" file and virtually no info about it on developer's website. Well, so much for that one. (OS 10.3.9) (Version 1.0)		0
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Oct 5 2006

DIETPEP The ".qtz" indicates that this screensaver was likely created with Quartz Composer. So not only does your OS have to be Quartz-compatible (10.3 or 10.4), your graphics card needs to support Quartz.

For more info on whether your graphics card supports Quartz Extreme, see: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301347
(Version 1.0)

Particle Changer Screen Saver

Oct 5 2006

JOHNNYCAT1 My iMac is Quartz Extreme compatible (as told by System Profiler), yet this screensaver does not appear in my list either. Hrmm....
(Version 1.0)

Zen Puzzle Garden	Sep 18 2006	SYZZYGY Well, I gave it a try and, I must say, found this game only sightly interesting; I lost interest in it quite rapidly. Sorry, but Zen Puzzle garden just doesn't grab me. There's just not enough "sizzle" , or interesting content therein to keep me going with it for very long. My feeling upon not getting the little monk to rake the entire garden?......so what, I'd rather spend my time playing something more engrossing. And graphically, it's rather dull. I think that at $19.95, it's overpriced; maybe $8 is all it's worth. But ya never know, it might be your cup of tea. Try it out and if you feel it's worth your time and your $19.95, then, by Jove, go for it. Different strokes, and all that. I guess there's no accounting for people's tastes, though. (Version 1.24)		0
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NetShade	Sep 12 2006	SYZZYGY I, too, have had the same experience. I've tried to contact the developer several times over the past year regarding NetShade issues but have gotten no replies. Apparently, he considers customer support low priority. (Version 3.0)		0
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NetShade

Sep 12 2006

TYRAYNER There was a period there where NetShade had to go on the back burner, and unfortunately it coincided with the time when NetShade was getting really popular. Now I am back on it 100% and will be developing it actively. I'm sorry to you and the others who I didn't get in contact with.

-Ty
(Version 3.0)

Cubes	Sep 7 2006	SYZZYGY Interestingly, only the OS X download contains the Oversized.zip "infection". I scanned the Windows version of Cubes 1.4 with Clam X and it was clean (The OS X download won't open on my Mac, anyway). Here's some info about Oversized.zip: At 05:02 AM 10/5/2005, TAC Forums wrote: >Hi, > >Can somebody please point me to some info about the viruses that use the logical bombs like oversized.zip ? ------------ Search google. No actual viruses use this technique, but fall under the rather vague category of "malicious files." These aren't real viruses, just a specially created small zip file that will expand to a very large or infinite size, with the intent to fill the hard drive of anyone who tries to unzip the file. The files by themselves don't cause any harm, but filling a hard drive can cause a Denial of Service until someone deletes the offending file. These aren't new; they appeared shortly after zip files first appeared. It then didn't take long before someone noticed that you could crash AV scanners by feeding them one of these. Now, all antivirus scanners detect these and will either alert the user or just not scan them. ClamAV is configurable, and can either detect or ignore, whichever the sysadmin prefers. -- (Version 1.40)		0
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WeatherPop Advance	Aug 30 2006	SYZZYGY This little app is really sweet......gives all the weather info that most folks need for their selected locations. It's got a nice, well thought out and user friendly interface, too....really easy to configure. At $8, it's well worth the money. I got it for $4.95 from Macupdate's daily special(whoopee, such a deal!) (Version 2.4.1)		0
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LanderBrowse	Aug 30 2006	SYZZYGY While LanderBrowse may be small and fast, it's so severely crippled by it's lack of features that it's really a pain to use. One can't set ones own home page....the preset homepage is Apple.com; upon launching LanderBrowser one is, currently, immediately greeted by those two Apple dorks going, "Hello, I'm a Mac.......and I'm a PC....", which is extremely annoying. There's no bookmark feature....a MUST for any browser, nor are there most of the amenities that make any browser user friendly. There aren't even any browser preferences to choose from. I'm just wondering why the developer chose to make his creation available so early in the developmental stage. The developer still has a long way to go before this browser can even be considered ready for prime time. (Version 0.5)		0
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Pacifist	Aug 29 2006	SYZZYGY Pacifist is outstanding.....it's saved my sanity at least half a dozen times since I purchased it about a year and a half ago. Just recently, I found that one crucial font was missing from my OS causing an important utility(Terminal) to malfunction. I used Pacifist to extract that one font from my installation disk and then install it.....a piece of cake, really, bringing back full function to Terminal app. Without Pacifist, I would have had to reinstall my OS, which would have taken me some time and cause a lot of aggravation. Pacifist is truly worth its weight in gold....it's definitely a must have! Needless to say, I very highly recommend it. (Version 2.0)		0
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WheresTheFreeSpace	Aug 25 2006	SYZZYGY WhatSize http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/13006 does essentially the same thing and is free. While it doesn't have the bar graphs that WheresTheFreeSpace does which show which folders are the largest, you can easily determine that just by looking at the top of the lists, which are ordered from largest to smallest folders/files. OmniDiskSweeper http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7402 is another alternative, although it costs $15 but is nearly identical to WhatSize. Anyway, $30 for WheresTheFreeSpace is way too high. Check out the alternatives mentioned above, compare them to WheresTheFreeSpace, then decide which one you would really like. (Version 2.0)		0
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G-Force	Aug 24 2006	SYZZYGY This has got to be the most elegant visualizer out there. Truly outstanding imagery! G-Force is a CPU hog, though, using 100%. I guess it needs to, since G-Force continuously generates some incredibly sophisticated, ever changing images. (Version 3.5.6)		0
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Pac the Man X	Aug 24 2006	SYZZYGY If you like a game to spit in your face, kick you in the groin, puke on you, let you know again and again how worthless you are, and laugh contemptuously at you, this game is for you. It is positively VICIOUS. It is designed to prevent you from really excelling at it. You may play it hundreds or even thousands of times, but Pac the Man will soundly humiliate you 9 out of 10 times. This game must have been created by demonic entities. Most often, it will leave you feeling miserable after playing it. If you feel the need for repeated psychological punishment, Pac the Man is the game for you. Masochists, rejoice! We have found our game. (Version 1.0.6)		0
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i am the mighty jungulator	Aug 22 2006	SYZZYGY This version installs and opens without problems. Looks interesting, but there's no instruction manual. The Jungulator website states that a downloadable manual will "shortly" be available. Hmmm. Then why didn't the developer wait 'till the manual is ready before making Jungulator 4.3.1 available? While the full app is available without any limitations, the website states that Jungulator is shareware, and asks that the user "consider" a �35 contribution, which is currently about $66. OK, sounds fair, although, whether this app is worth that amount remains to be seen. I'm waiting for the instruction manual to be made available, so that I can try this puppy out. (Version 4.3.1)		0
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Aug 26 2006

DAVOD hi Syzzygy,

Apologies for our untogetherness in getting our manual out there...it IS a bit of a pain to get over the initial hump of sussing how to load samples and whatnot if your unfamiliar with the jungulator, we've just finished the manual for the new version and its going up on our website and on the shareware sites over the next few days...meantime, i'm assuming any problems you'll face with version 4.3.1 involve actually getting a sample to appear in a waveform window and to make some noise...

...briefly, you can drop a folder of samples onto the long grey bar directly above the bluish/green waveform window in the centre of any pod...then click on the little up/down arrows on the right hand end of the grey bar...you'll get a drop down list of the contents of your folder...pick a sample from the list and hit the little square button called 'list'...what will then happen is, the waveform of the sample you've chosen appears in the window, and the name of the sample appears on the long grey bar below it...then all you have to do is slide the big volume slider to the right of the waveform window up until you hear your sample and your good to go! (you can also drop individual samples directly onto the waveform window and they'll automatically appear)...I should point out that of course you need to have a folder of samples in the first place!! jungulator doesn't come with any sample banks (at least not yet), and it prefers aiffs and wavs...as a rule i like to load up drums/percussion type samples first, into pod A, establishing a beat first, then introducing ambience. riffs, melodies, etc into the other pods...when it comes to saving your mix, go to the light blue metro window and click 'start record'...everything that jungulator plays between then and when you press 'start record' again will be saved as a stereo aiff file called 'mighty mix' in user/library/preferences/max 4 preferences folder.

re; 'Hmmm. Then why didn't the developer wait 'till the manual is ready before making Jungulator 4.3.1 available?'

the short answer is; we're a clueless bunch of fools who can't organise the simplest co-ordinated software release to save our lives, hence our decision to play the 'open and honest' card and make jungulator a full-featured download rather than a limited demo... we really wanted it to remain freeware, and as we're not a software company as such (we're a band more than anything else) we thought for the time being the best way to go was to make it essentially donationware, with the notional pricetag of �35...i guess we'll see how this pans out over the next few months, and of course we actually have to set up a paypal site as well...it never ends...

best regards,

dave at i am the mighty jungulator
(Version 4.3.1)

Sep 4 2006

DAVOD hi syzzygy,

our manual is ready, you can download it from www.iamthemightyjungulator.com...

hope it clears up any confusion,

regards,

dave at i am the mighty jungulator
(Version 4.3.1)

Sep 4 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN To the developer: Went to your site trying to find the link for the manual so that I could post it to the MacUpdate page for "i am the mighty jungulator".

Could not find it. Please post the direct download link for the manual here.
(Version 4.3.1)