THREEDEE912  Meant that as a reply to the comment below mine. Glitchy comment system?  
(Version 1.76)

THREEDEE912  Try decreasing the amount of connections it makes in the prefs. Some routers don't like it when apps like Transmission try to make 500 connections at a time. I have mine set to 250 without much of a slowdown.  
(Version 1.76)

THREEDEE912  I have to say, although past versions have been bloated with ads for Deluxe or whatever, Stuffit has gotten better.

When extracting a file a simple progress bar appears, uses Growl, and opens virtually any archive thrown at it (especially those old binhex and sit files).

I use The Unarchiver myself, but I do admit Stuffit has done a decent job of improving their basic expander program.  
(Version 13.0.3)

THREEDEE912  Simple, easy to use, and free! Way better than Stuffit, although this one really old obscure rar file that was password protected didn't work.  
(Version 2.0.1)

THREEDEE912  Be sure you are running 10.6, as 10.5 doesn't have OpenCL support.  
(Version V015)

THREEDEE912  Woops, I should say that the uTorrent search feature isn't the same as Xtorrent's so that's the only thing going for it.  
(Version 2.0v72)

THREEDEE912  Man, this thing is still being 'updated'? Nice looking interface and that's about it. Still buggy and crashes, and still banned on some trackers because it's still based on some old Transmission code. Not worth the $24.

I'd recommend the new versions of Transmission, or even uTorrent if you want the site search feature.  
(Version 2.0v72)

THREEDEE912  The Photoshop of audio. Not much else to say. Lots of great features, but you have to know what you are doing to get the most out of it.  
(Version 8.0.4)

THREEDEE912  Pros: Can open virtually any type of video file. Free!

Cons: UI is a bit messy/unintuitive, and sometimes crashes randomly when seeking.

Result: A decent piece of open source software that has lots of features that are packed into a somewhat confusing interface that occasionally crashes.  
(Version 1.0rc2)

THREEDEE912  Yeah. Plus it's Open Source software anyway, so there's no point in decompiling it to look at the code. You can download the full source code from the website anyway.  
(Version 0.6)

THREEDEE912  That's mainly because it uses the same rendering engine as Safari. It takes the system's WebKit (the Safari backend) and uses it to display it's pages. The 1MB is mainly only the new GUI wrapped around it.  
(Version 1.8.4)

THREEDEE912  I actually *do* want this feature. I dislike having my entire browsing history cleared when I clear my searches.

Thanks to the dev for this.  
(Version 0.2.3)

THREEDEE912  You do know this hasn't been updated in over a year?

Because Xtorrent is based on the free and open source Transmission BitTorrent client, it generally cannot be updated because the Transmission developers changed the license agreement to prevent other people from profiting off of their work. Such as what Xtorrent was doing.

From the Transmission team: "Portions of the code will be changed to avoid blatant attempts to profit significantly from our work"

But David Watanabe keeps selling this ancient version in the hopes that some ignorant person will come along and give money to him anyway.  
(Version 1.1v53)

THREEDEE912  Well, you obviously need sign up for an account to access it... Same thing with Yahoo, Hotmail, or whatever.  
(Version 3.0b2)

THREEDEE912  Flash has always been sllooowww on the Mac, and still is. Horrible frame rates on animations and games, and high CPU usage on videos.

This is another reason why we need to stick with open standards, like CSS3 animations, and HTML5 video elements.  
(Version 10.0.22.87)

THREEDEE912  Nice and fast VNC client for Macs. Much faster than CotVNC. Only thing (slightly) bad about it is the interface which could use a little work.  
(Version 0.96.82)

THREEDEE912  Obvious troll is obvious.

Don't feed the trolls.  
(Version 0.9.0.4b)

THREEDEE912  I have to say, printing has gotten MUCH faster on my Epson R200 with the last few Gutenprint updates. It used to take FOREVER to print a single page on "Standard" quality. Now it only takes a few seconds!

Plus it has drivers for my old HP LaserJet too!

Only thing that annoys me is the "Common Settings 1, Common Settings 2, Extra Settings 3" or whatever, as it's difficult to find a specific setting hidden in all of the generic-named menus.  
(Version 5.2.3)

THREEDEE912  I have to say, I'm surprised that AOL is still updating it's Mac client. It's a tad slow and still a little buggy, but the interface is clean, and you can chat to people fine. It's not on par with Adium yet, but it's a lot better than that ancient v4.7 back from 2003 or whatever.  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  Friendly competition is always good. I applaud both dev teams for their efforts.

Although I do use Transmission.  
(Version 1.41b3)

THREEDEE912  I know, It's annoying how Facebook is sending takedown notices to any kind of app that syncs email addresses, screen names, or phone numbers (see: FacebookSync, FriendCSV, Plaxo). It's almost impossible to export any useful contact info from FB, without doing copy/pasting everything manually.  
(Version 1.1.1)

THREEDEE912  Finally! SC doesn't eat up 100% of the CPU anymore!  
(Version 1.16)

THREEDEE912  Nice app. A tad heavy on the UI candy, but still functions pretty well. Relatively easy to use, not bloated like some other dl managers, and it's free!  
(Version 0.8b)

THREEDEE912  The latest version of VLC is out. Here's my take on it:

Features: Features a ton of video viewing options, can open almost any format out there.

Ease of Use: Relatively easy to use, just open up any video/audio file. However, the UI seems a bit messy.

Value: It's free!

Stability: Generally plays most videos well, however sometimes spontaneously crashes, or skips and displays garbage instead of video.

Overall: A great free media player which can playback almost any format, but not always very reliable.  
(Version 0.9.6)

THREEDEE912  This would be really useful to me. I might try it out once I get a chance to backup all of my files...  
(Version 1.0pb)

THREEDEE912  The NBC Olympics thing was horrible. NBC put a ton of DRM and region-locking and service provider checks in place, which really made everything, well, suck. However, that was NBC's fault, not really Microsoft's.

I'm gonna try an post an honest review.

Silverlight installed without any problem. It's function is similar to flash, displaying interactive content online. I'd say its about the same speed as Flash too, maybe only slightly faster at certain things. However, not many sites use Silverlight so it's hard to tell.  
(Version 2.0)

THREEDEE912  Runs fine now, I can create new paintings and draw perfectly.

Except some of the text is white-on-gray, which is pretty hard to read. I'm guessing it has something to do with Leopard's HUD windows?  
(Version 1.6v6)

THREEDEE912  I'm running 10.4.11 on a PPC Mac, and I can't seem to make a new painting at all. When I open the app, it only shows a tool palette, and selecting "New Painting" from the menu doesn't do anything...?  
(Version 1.6v6)

THREEDEE912  Anyone else having trouble with AutoCorrect/AutoFormat in Word after updating? It doesn't seem to automatically make formatted lists anymore. (like 1., 2., 3., etc.)  
(Version 12.1.4)

THREEDEE912  iMovie saves CPU usage and RAM by showing you a lower quality preview in the player window, as trying to live-preview full-quality DV files would take up much more resources. When you export your video (to QuickTime, iDVD, or whatever), it should appear fine.

You should see good quality video when playing the file in the actual QuickTime player.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

THREEDEE912  -_-

Because Privoxy and Tor are trying to anonymize your surfing, they obviously have to connect to the internet in order it to work! Any program you use gets routed through Privoxy/Tor, which then get routed through a bunch of different servers around the world to make it very difficult to determine for someone to determine where a connection came from. This is all the 'phoning home' you see (although it's not phoning home at all).  
(Version 0.2.0.31)

THREEDEE912  What the heck are you running OS X on? Even my almost 8 year old PowerMac G4 with it's STOCK Nvidia GeForce2 card supports Quartz Extreme.

If you are running an old G3, it will run Tiger, but you shouldn't be expecting it to run everything...  
(Version 0.9.5)

THREEDEE912  Nice! Keeps track of Woot and even auto-reloads the current Woot. Has the the usual picture and title/price, plus a percentage meter and the strobe-light thingy thingy Woot-offs.  
(Version 3.5.3)

THREEDEE912  I think it might just be a server glitch, but the official OO site has a button that says "Download OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 for Mac OSX PPC in US English", but when you click on it to download from the mirror rotator, you get a 404.

I'm guessing they are planning to release a 3.0 release for PPC, but it's probably a low-priority.  
(Version 3.0)

THREEDEE912  Yes, this is the version that doesn't require X11. I found the Release Candidates to be pretty stable, so 3.0 should be fine. For some reason the final 3.0 release doesn't have a PPC version.

As compared to NeoOffice, both are very similar (mainly because NO is based off of OOo). Both have the native printing window and Open/Save, and use the system fonts. I actually find NeoOffice slower at certain things, but that may be because I'm using an old PPC G4.

I'd rate both about the same.  
(Version 3.0)

THREEDEE912  Not sure what I would need this for, but it definitely works well...  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  This software makes great panoramas, but it's a bit confusing to setup use, even with the new "Panorama Helper" thing, and the UI is also a bit confusing. The price can't be beat, however.  
(Version 0.7RC5+)

THREEDEE912  ABP list importing works great, doesn't slow Safari down much, does good job of blocking ads and cleaning up the space left over.  
(Version 2.2r1)

THREEDEE912  Interesting app, works fairly well. A nice feature to have would be the ability to scan the iPhoto Library, as it seems I can't select it in the "Add" dialog box.

Also, I don't understand the reasoning for having the program in a Installer package. It would be nice if I could simply drag-and-drop the app to install.  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  Interesting app, works fairly well. A nice feature to have would be the ability to scan the iPhoto Library, as it seems I can't select it in the "Add" dialog box.  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  Great AV app using the open source ClamAV backend. However, the UI has always been a little bit confusing for me.  
(Version 1.1.1)

THREEDEE912  iScrobbler used to be good, but the developer has been extremely arrogant when it comes to dealing with all the memory leaks this app has, saying "All apps should allocate as much memory to themselves as possible, as OS X will manage it better.", which is false.

The app eats up resources and is slow at times, but seems to do it's job OK.  
(Version 2.2b5)

THREEDEE912  Adobe's Flash Player is still slow as molasses compared to Windows versions. Many graphic-intensive animations are extremely slow on a Mac, while they perform fine on a PC of even lower specs. It's been like this forever, even when Macromedia was developing it, and Adobe still hasn't fixed it.

I'll be fair with my star ratings. It's easy to use, and enables Flash content on the web to be displayed. It's free, so can't really complain about that. But it's so slow sometimes it's unbearable to use.  
(Version 10.0d536)

THREEDEE912  Not sure what the point of this app is, but it does it's job well...  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  I have to be honest about this. Years ago, RealPlayer was probably the WORST media player for the Mac, with it's 'buffering' and "UPGRADE TO GOLD" adverts everywhere.

These newer versions actually aren't that bad. The few RealPlayer files I do stumble across open up in RP without any nagging messages or too much stuttering. The interface is clean, although it isn't the native OS X UI.

Overall, it's a big improvement from the early RP days.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

THREEDEE912  Why use this when Google already has their own iPhoto uploader plugin?  
(Version 1.3.4b)

THREEDEE912  I've used Transmission since 0.6, and have been a happy user until recently. It's been light and fast, and easy to use.

I've noticed recent versions of Transmission eats up huge amounts of memory, and doesn't seem to release it even after quitting. This results in tons of memory page-outs, which makes my Mac really slow.  
(Version 1.11)

THREEDEE912  Tiger has been supported for a while, but it seems like the MacUpdate listing hasn't been updated for a while.

Works fine on my G4 running 10.4.11. transfers data, updates the firmware, etc.  
(Version 1.7)

THREEDEE912  Works ok, but frequently locks up iTunes, and eats up CPU while scrobbling songs. Not sure why.  
(Version 0.50b)

THREEDEE912  "Now includes Soundflower 1.3 update for capturing System Audio, now featuring volume controls"

Soundflower 1.3 isn't even available from the official Cycling '74 website yet...?  
(Version 1.9)

THREEDEE912  What? No Pastafarianism? :(  
(Version 3.0)

THREEDEE912  Wow, after almost 3 years, AIM for Mac has actually been updated?  
(Version 0.8.6)

THREEDEE912  Plays almost any format of video and audio ever made, but the interface is quirky and crash prone. Video gets blocky sometimes when fast forwarding or rewinding.  
(Version 0.8.6d)

THREEDEE912  Perhaps you should look into iScrobbler, which is an alternate Last.FM client. It doesn't have Radio though.  
(Version 1.3.2.11)

THREEDEE912  iScrobbler was the main AudioScrobbler plugin for Mac before the AS changed into Last.fm. I personally think the new client uses up more resources, which is why I am sticking with this one.  
(Version 1.51b1)

THREEDEE912  Nice of Blizzard to keep fixing bugs on this old game. I still play it once in a while.  
(Version 1.15.1)

THREEDEE912  Nice and simple with just enough features. Fixed the UPnP bug too.  
(Version 0.81)

THREEDEE912  Very slow on my G4, but that's to be expected. Successfully installed Win2000 and Ubuntu.   
(Version 0.8.1a35)

THREEDEE912  Great FPS. Still in development, but already looks really good. Nice multiplayer map editing too.  
(Version 2007_08_22)

THREEDEE912  Pros: Run lots of interactive web content with this plugin

Cons: Slow on ALL Macs compared to PC speeds. Adobe already knows about this.  
(Version 9.0.60.184)

THREEDEE912  GREAT BitTorrent app. Simple, while still feature-full. Encryption is supposed to be in a future release, I think.  
(Version 0.80)

THREEDEE912  I always use this feature in Firefox and Camino. Great job 'porting' it to Safari.  
(Version 1.2.1)

THREEDEE912  It's unlikely that the developer will be able to fix it until 10.5 is actually released, and unless you are authorized to be running 10.5, you shouldn't be. Probably going to mess up your system anyway.  
(Version 2.1)

THREEDEE912  Seems to improve graphics handling alot. Just noticed the Release Notes said the same thing.

Still slower than MS Office, but getting better.  
(Version 2.1 Patch 5)

THREEDEE912  Simple and easy to use program. Free, and saves in multiple formats. Similar to Paint on Windows.  
(Version 0.6)

THREEDEE912  A bit sluggish at times on my G4 running 10.4.9, but it works. Email and composer have been removed, but Netscape blog says they might be coming back sometime soon.

Overall a decent Firefox-like browser (because it shares code from Firefox) that integrates well with it's social website.  
(Version 9.0b1)

THREEDEE912  Yep. It's back. I've been reading the Netscape blog every here and there. There's only been like 5 people working on it ever since AOL fired everyone at Netscape. Good to hear that they haven't forgotten the Mac community.  
(Version 9.0b1)

THREEDEE912  Appears to do the same kind of memory management as the weekly maintenance script, by 'removing' inactive memory. You could do this easily for free.  
(Version 1.6)

THREEDEE912  Lots of features, but they seem to be placed in the oddest places and are confusing to use. Also pretty slow and eats up plenty resources.  
(Version 3.0.1.2)

THREEDEE912  The game wasn't made for Intel Macs, such as your Mac Pro. That's why it's slow. Maybe they will release an update for Intel Macs.  
(Version 1.1revA)

THREEDEE912  Slightly confusing for newbies to use. You have to start dragging the file and while dragging, press F12. This brings up Dashboard while you are still dragging. Then just drag the file over the widget.

Overall, it works fine. A bunch of UI problems sometimes happen, like huge tooltips, and the widget doesn't always change it's size when changing the settings.  
(Version 1.0b1)

THREEDEE912  You could report this to the developer...  
(Version 3.0b4)

THREEDEE912  Got named confused with Kaskade (Singer/DJ)?  
(Version 1.0.3)

THREEDEE912  Woops, nevermind then. Like I said, I don't have multiple monitors. :)  
(Version 1.3.1)

THREEDEE912  Forgot to add something: Even at "More Responsive", the app still uses only about 3% of the CPU. It even supports dragging files and windows!  
(Version 1.3.1)

THREEDEE912  Although I don't have multiple monitors, this little app does come in handy sometimes.

For people that do have more than 1 monitor, arranged -vertically-, is it possible to set this up so that the cursor moves from, say, the top monitor to the bottom, and vise-versa?

The user would probably have to configure something to tell what monitor is on top of the other, though.  
(Version 1.3.1)

THREEDEE912  Needed this badly for a project I was doing. Works great, and easy to use!  
(Version 1.2v2)

THREEDEE912  Nobody uses IE for Mac anymore, and this shouldn't even be shareware.  
(Version 1.8)

THREEDEE912  Hah! Just had an idea like this and found it's been already created!

Can't wait for the iPhone to come out!

But why is the version already 3.0.2? Doesn't seem to be any huge changes...  
(Version 3.0.2)

THREEDEE912  A little slow (my fault, old Mac...), but not bad at all. A bit confusing, but then again I don't really know how to be a DJ...

This app looks very promising.  
(Version 1.2)

THREEDEE912  People! Please learn exactly what this program does before you bash it!

The program will not seed to other users who are only downloading (unless they just started to download) and are not uploading or have a very low upload rate, being greedy (leeching). This is how BitTorrent is supposed to work, but some people always have to set the upload to 0 and download to max, so this is what BitTyrant is trying to fix.

It's perfectly fair. Everyone shares with everyone.  
(Version 1.1)

THREEDEE912  Does this really work on 10.3? I've installed it, opened the app, and then it instantly crashed. Edited the Dock as well. I have no clue why.  
(Version 2.09)

THREEDEE912  There really shouldn't be a limit, as Limewire 'Pro' makes 5 connections somehow. BTW, you can download Limewire'Pro' from Limewire itself!  
(Version 0.7)

THREEDEE912  Remember guys: this version of PS CS3 is a BETA. Just a TEST version with some bugs still in it.  
(Version CS3b)

THREEDEE912  UI still a little messy for me, but can open almost any media file out there, and now Windows Media too? Awesome!  
(Version 0.8.6)

THREEDEE912  "The bug will be fixed in release 2.0"  
(Version 2.0b1)

THREEDEE912  This would have been really really useful to me about 3 months ago when I was exporting a movie file. But it doesn't matter as I'm using 10.3, and it's for 10.4.

Great to see the Pooch developers did make this plugin though. Might need to use it again.  
(Version 0.95)

THREEDEE912  Toast is large because it comes with it's own drivers for burning, instead of using OS X's built-in ones, and has DVD authoring as well...  
(Version 1.0b5)

THREEDEE912  It does have that Mac-ish feel, but there is definitely some clutter.  
(Version 2.0.3.195)

THREEDEE912  Great BitTorrent client! Not many advanced features, but thats partially why I like it! Simple and easy to use!  
(Version 0.6.1)

THREEDEE912  Not bad. I remember this back in the OS 7 days. The interface is a bit messy, but it can open almost every single image format in the world!  
(Version 5.9.2)

THREEDEE912  This is a RealBasic app. When you show Package Contents, there is a 'rbframework' item, as well as other RB files. I'm NOT saying that RB apps are bad (unlike what some other people say).

This one seems to actually be pretty good. But, in the web interface, there seems to be alot of problems. I keep getting a bunch of CSS and javascript text inside the frames instead of whatever is supposed to be in there. I don't think I'm the problem, as i've tested this with Camino, Firefox, Safari, and even iCab!

Accessing it from my windows box also causes the same problem, and installing it on my other mac also has the same problem.  
(Version 3.0b1)

THREEDEE912  This program is great! Probably a bit 'lacking' for pro dj's, but it's OK with me! It hasn't ever crashed, and it's free!  
(Version 1.3.6)

THREEDEE912  There is only one or two 'spyware' apps out there. CarbonKeys keylogger and the legit SilverNetworks Spy app. They aren't even really spyware, as you have to manually install them.

This could be useful in the future, but I doubt there will be any type of malware threat to Mac OS X any time soon.  
(Version 2.2)

THREEDEE912  I've used this app for many months now, and although I haven't experienced any drive failures, it's a nice utility to have. Of course, it can't detect every possible drive failure, but it seems to be working.  
(Version 2.1.5)

THREEDEE912  This new beta version of NeoOffice is faster and now has an Aqua interface, and even is compatible with ShapeShifter's GUIkits! Still a bit slow, but it's free! Great!  
(Version 2.0b3)

THREEDEE912  Help! I still am using 10.3.9, and deleted the old Gmail Notifier because I didn't know the new version was for 10.4 only! Does anyone know where to get the old version?  
(Version 1.9.61)

THREEDEE912  This app is great for making beautiful panoramic images, but is klunky and confusing at times, and seems to crash alot (for me, anyway).  
(Version 0.6.1)

THREEDEE912  This is one of the most useful little apps out there! I found this when using AudioScrobbler, as they say to 'Check your tags!!'.

It's not always right, but it's better than typing in dozens of song names and artists!  
(Version 1.07)

THREEDEE912  Oh, sorry. It was to the first post, about the "Can't get status" message.  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  All of the best opensource programs in on package!  
(Version 0607)

THREEDEE912  I wish it was for 10.3.9... It sound good.  
(Version 1.27)

THREEDEE912  A bit confusing to use, but i finally got it to send an email out to a few hundred people at once.   
(Version 5.2)

THREEDEE912  This is one great app! It's slow, but I guess you can expect that when it is working with 2000+ photos. great features, and it's still being developed! Can't wait till it's out of alpha. I even used this for the title page of the school yearbook!  
(Version 2.0a6)

THREEDEE912  Firefox used to be relatively fast, but now it's getting slightly slower with each release. Each extension added also makes it go slightly slower. I still am a fan of it, just not as much as I used to be. Still a good browser on Linux or Windows though...  
(Version 1.5.0.4)

THREEDEE912  It's like a hybrid of Safari and Firefox.

Made with Cocoa, Renders with Gecko.

Very stable, faster than Firefox, and it's simple to use, too. With CamiTools, it's even better.  
(Version 1.0.2)

THREEDEE912  All issues about the downloading problems, the 'damaged packages' and other problems have been fixed.  
(Version 1.6.0.2b)

THREEDEE912  Due to various webserver problems, some WAN Check downloads ended up getting 'cached' files that included older, buggier versions that did not have the 'damaged package' bug fix. WAN Check will be hosted on MacUpdate until further notice.  
(Version 1.6b)

THREEDEE912  HAHAHA! This is like the funniest software i've seen yet! Too bad I don't have a MacBook... Just remember: dont swing it around too much, you might drop it! :D  
(Version 1.0)

THREEDEE912  A simple and fast VNC client, with Bonjour support.  
(Version 2.0b4)

THREEDEE912  This the the best FREE antivirus for Mac OS X! It's virus DB is also updated at least once a day. Even found some worm in a zip archive that was e-mailed to me (even though it won't affect me). COmes with a 'Sentury' to keep an eye on download folders, desktop, or whatever you set it to.  
(Version 1.0.3h)

THREEDEE912  WMP (or 'wimp') hasn't been updated in years, and is terrible anyway. It lacks a standard interface, and can't open over half of the windows media files out there. I'd use QuickTime any day.  
(Version 9)

THREEDEE912  With lots of windows on my desktop, this app is great. Almost no bugs, except for when you quit with windows on other desktops, you lose them!  
(Version 0.5.3)

THREEDEE912  I am a fan of Firefox, but it seems after every release, it gets slower and slower, but it seems to have no new features. I also can't go to the start/end of a text box by pressing up/down. From a cold boot, it takes at least dozen bounces. If you just installed a new extension. sometimes 2 dozen, then quits, then starts up and bounces some more.  
(Version 1.5.0.3)

THREEDEE912  This 'Free' software should be marked as a demo version.  
(Version 5.0a)

THREEDEE912  From the developer webaite:

"Pooch even operates correctly on mixed clusters of Intel and PowerPC Macs."  
(Version 1.7)

THREEDEE912  I'd use QT or even WMF before this! I can't believe they are still around. In old versions, they tried to trick you into getting the 'Gold' version. Was almost like adware for mac.   
(Version 10.1 (412))

THREEDEE912  This is just a beta release os 9.0. It installed perfectly on my G4 Quicksilver with 10.3.9.  
(Version 9.0.0.297)

THREEDEE912  This game is simple and fun, just a multiplayertank shooter. You run over flags to get powerups, anything from being able to walk thru walls, to rocket launchers, and even a laser. The game controls are simple, but some of the more advanced commands and controls are difficult to use, because there is almost no documentation.  
(Version 2.0.8)

THREEDEE912  VLC can open up almost every single type of audio/video file. It has a bunch of features, and you can't beat that price. The only thing is that it stutters and crashes ALOT.  
(Version 0.8.5)

THREEDEE912  I've been using this browser along with a few others for a while. It's a great little browser, with many features a web developer could use. There's a few bugs, and bookmarks and history don't really work.  
(Version 0.837)