UMAROMC  ...similar occurred during Apple's move to Mac OS X.  
(Version 11.5.2r602)

UMAROMC  Yeah I noticed the MIA 64-bit version as well... although the 64-bit version worked fine for me. I personally never noticed a performance improvement over the 32-bit version.  
(Version 1.0.3)

UMAROMC  Considering good-looking, cutting-edge yet conservative charts are difficult to design the example looks pretty good.

I still won't let Silverlight touch my hard drive on purpose, though.  
(Version 2.3.0)

UMAROMC  No.  
(Version 1.6.8)

UMAROMC  Unfortunately I'd have to disagree with the part about having access to their website. The last version I upgraded to was Toast Titanium 7 and, since registering the software on their site years ago, I've been able to access it a couple of times when I had to re-download the latest update for 7 for both a fresh install on my MDD G4 after an OS re-install and years later when I got my MacPro Xeon.

I can't comment on direct support from customer service because I've never needed it... and whilst this version still works with my current setup and I'm not doing anything with BluRay I won't be upgrading anytime soon.  
(Version 10.0.3)

UMAROMC  In case you're wondering... yes, that is malevolent humor in my post. Thanks.  
(Version 7.1)

UMAROMC  I don't know what to say... checked info on installed DivX Player... guess what? 7.0 was installed in place of my 7.0.1 installation rather than the 7.1 I expected- AWESOME! 7.0!  
(Version 7.1)

UMAROMC  It's a Universal Binary.  
(Version 2.0.2b)

UMAROMC  CONSIDERING I JUST GOT A NEW MACPRO AND CANON PRINTER, THANKS.  
(Version 2.1)

UMAROMC  I would HIGHLY suggest going to the company's website and searching for the drivers for your printer- you're going to save a LOT of time (well I did)... and the downloads did not sum up to nearly what this behemoth does.  
(Version 2.1)

UMAROMC  Yep. No biggie but yes, I noticed.  
(Version 10.6.1)

UMAROMC  HP's page regarding this printer with 10.6: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01844302  
(Version 10.6.1)

UMAROMC  "3" stars for Features- Hey, it's Doom! "5" everything else!

MacPro Xeon 2.66GHz Quad-Core 3GB RAM/Radeon HD 4870/OS X 10.6 running at max resolution of my monitor with all options on: 1680x1050-runs almost TOO FAST!

Way better than what I had to do with the cfg file to get it to run on my old MDD G4 1GHz Radeon 9800 Pro!  
(Version 1.3.1revA)

UMAROMC  Just tried with Radeon HD 4870 OS 10.6 (Xeon 3500 2.66 Quad Core)- it ran but with FUBAR graphics.  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  Thanks for the heads up!  
(Version 1.5)

UMAROMC  I was wondering why MU had OS 10.5 listed as a requirement since the description of this update states "BETTER Leopard Support..." rather than "Made SPECIFICALLY for Leopard" but it looks like they did their homework. After rummaging through the developer's site I found, indeed, that the [OS] requirement is 10.5.6 where earlier versions of Leopard "may work".  
(Version 2.03)

UMAROMC  It definitely seems a BIT snappier than the last version... please read into the emphasis on "BIT". For those of us still working on computers that may have been excellent work horses a couple of years ago and are showing their masters some strain (ie; my MDD G4 Single 1GHz CPU comp, albeit w/ a Radeon 9800 Pro) I cannot gleefully recommend this [yet].

1. It's sluggish.

2. Little or no content - it's frustrating to follow through channel links only to be shown a "This Channel Contains No Episodes" message... then why's the channel THERE? I have no doubt you will run into this. And of what collections of videos there usually MIGHT be, many are restricted to 1-2 minutes... seemingly more of an advertisement themselves for the actual television/cable channel than entertainment worth the annoying price of entry!

3. Annoying advertising - not only are many videos introduced with irritating ads (as if we aren't hit with enough every day), their shoddy audio (for the ads, usually, not so much the actual clips) will annoy even more.

To those of you with fast[er] computers... for the lack of content alone I'd not recommend this... and the default Options-as mentioned by another poster-have this program launching at start!

Recommend AMP? Me?

No.  
(Version 1.1)

UMAROMC  Hey guys! I was perusing Mozilla's public download FTP directories and ran across Firefox 4.0 alpha 1. I apologize if it's old news to you but I'm using it right now and it seems fast and stable albeit incompatible with Firefox 2.x add-ons.

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2008-04-01-14-mozilla-central/firefox-4.0a1pre.en-US.mac.dmg

I'm looking for some way I heard of to enable the add-ons although they may still act weird if they work at all because I LOVE my adblock... otherwise it's FASTER than 2.x even with adblock, the interface seems like the love-child of Safari and IE7 and I am NOT complaining. You can also search for add-ons without leaving the add-ons window and also has a "Smart Bookmarks" which is a collection of the most visited sites. Anyway, try to back up your prefs first and have it a go!

PEACE!  
(Version 2.0.0.13)

UMAROMC  To double check version open Terminal.app and type; "java -version"

PEACE!  
(Version Release 6)

UMAROMC  There's only a version 1.0.3 demo but no 1.0.3 update? :P

Definitely a fun game for every kid at heart, my little brother and nephew love playing this for hours together (taking turns) and they definitely don't mind waiting for me to reinstall it every time they visit! lol PEACE.  
(Version 1.0.3)

UMAROMC  MU admin: clicking the Download now link only seems to reload this page. Problem doesn't persist when downloading from developer's site.

Thanks for your time and attention. :)  
(Version 1.6)

UMAROMC  Not too many options (only BG color can be changed) but nice and simple, not really a complaint I hope. One thing I noticed after trying to figure this out for awhile is that there seems to be an error in kerning/spacing between sets of time displays; the seconds, further displayed into the thousandths it seems, overlap on every other set so as every two sets of time displays look like an even longer string of changing digits.

Although it delivers in the "cool" factor arena, its utility is further hindered by the speed of rotation—I couldn't really take a passing glance or even sit still for few moments and tell immediately what time it is—this, compounded with the spacing error noted above.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  I'd originally tried this a very long time ago and wasn't completely pleased with it but decided to give it another go a few months ago and after giving myself time to figure out its utility I've trashed every other messenger app on my computer—save for iChatAV.

The interface is very smooth, seems more polished to me than iChat with options that make this app like the VLC of messenger applications, albeit not as complicated. 'Gone Dark' with the 'Mutation' variant is one of my little brothers' favorite setups. Considering all the options available I have to still give a 5 for Ease-of-Use because a lot is fairly straight forward.

So far I've only used this with my regular AIM and Yahoo! IM accounts as I was never fervent when it came to MSN Messenger or ICQ but I'd recommend this app to anyone looking for a solid IM experience, especially with multiple protocol-using accounts.

Given the dearth of really good software for the Mac in the 90s this app is in a class all on its own! ...and FREE?!

FREE! =) ...please consider donating, though!  
(Version 1.1.1)

UMAROMC  Stellarium 0.9.0, Universal

2007-06-06, r2229+macosx support

This is the really final release build of Stellarium 0.9.0.

INSTALLATION

1. You need to be running Macosx 10.4, preferably not 10.4.7. Drag the Stellarium.app icon from this .dmg window to your mac, and double click on it there to run it.

2. You don't need anything else for this build, it is all bundled inside.

3. If you had an earlier version of Stellarium set to start in full-screen mode, you want to remove your earlier configuration file. As listed in the Known Issues section, this version of Stellarium does not run very well when started in full-screen mode. Simply move the file:

~/Library/Preferences/Stellarium/config.ini

(That is: in your home directory, the Library directory, then the Preferences directory, then the Stellarium directory, the file called "config.ini")

to another location, or to the trash. Stellarium will copy a new config.ini file that starts in windowed mode.

4. An issue with mis-directed shared libraries discovered for the Intel architecture has been resolved.

ADDITIONAL STARS

There are four star catalogs included with the build, and additional star catalogs available from the Stellarium website, the "Extra-data-files" package. Each star catalog file listed there you wish to add to the stars available can be placed in:

~/Library/Preferences/Stellarium/stars/default

Up to catalog 6 has been tested on a PPC iBook with 750mb RAM, and there was something of a performance hit. The more RAM and the faster processor you have, the more stars catalogs you will be able to load.

KNOWN ISSUES

0.9.0 right now cannot *start* in full-screen mode. It can start in windowed mode and toggle back and forth to fullscreen mode. This seems to have to do with OpenGL and Qt, and it will be investigated in future releases.

The video mode list of the config screen has no options in it, the switch to Qt has made that display obsolete. It will be resolved later.

About half the time when quitting, Stellarium will crash on glDeleteTextures. It will show a "The application Stellarium quit unexpectedly" dialog. This does not seem to hurt anything, but there is an order of destruction that needs to be corrected in future releases.

ATI cards in Macs are known to not support point sprites properly. If you run Stellarium, but don't see any starts whatsoever, edit ~/Library/Preferences/Stellarium/config.ini, add this line:

flag_use_gl_point_sprite = false

to the [projection] section.

This build does not include all possible star catalogs. Details about how to download additional star catalogs separately and make the available to Stellarium will be forthcoming.

There is no audio support in this build.  
(Version 0.9)

UMAROMC  DEFINITELY the best media player since, ummm, sliced bread? Okay, bad metaphor, but you get the point. This thing handles almost anything thrown at it and is highly configurable.

Please use MacUpdate's provided links for the Intel or PPC-native versions respectively... it'll trim about 7MB off your download!  
(Version 0.8.6b)

UMAROMC  Can the output files be used on a PSP? Thanks.  
(Version 0.8.0b1)

UMAROMC  I've used a handful of (note: free) GUI'd FTP programs here 'n' there (including *NIX shell), windoze and Mac and I feel this is the most elegant and easy-to-approach program I presently use or would recommend to anyone who happens to own a Mac... if they don't own a Mac I'd suggest buying one because, amongst the thousands of others improve-one's-life reasons, there's nothing representing such relative ease with similar value on the wintel side.

Thank you for your efforts for the Mac community... if you owned a Mac during the 90s you know where I'm coming from! ;)

PEACE!  
(Version 2.7.1)

UMAROMC  In toe-to-toe comparisons, this has come out above and beyond the professional antivirus programs in detection, new-virus response times and in detection ( http://www.clamav.net/press.html#pagestart ).

There's no beating the price and there's no subscription fee to worry about (yet?). My brother had gotten a laptop about a week ago and I'd, after having to update several "required" components of Windoze, finally got Norton Anti-Virus installed. Then there was the extra headache of finding/downloading/restarting SEVERAL times and quickly noticed how LONNNG it took his laptop to become responsive after boot/reboot with Norton installed... I downloaded ClamAV and it was ready to use after installation and virus def updating-I didn't even have to reboot!

Clam, IMHO, makes other anti-virus programs look more akin to cripple-ware... definitely 5-stars for Features, Ease of Use, Value AND Stability...!!!  
(Version 1.0.5)

UMAROMC  No way! This is really cool! I'm getting further now than when I first played this game on my old Performa 630CD! lol

The only drawback is that switching to full screen mode screwed up the colors.  
(Version 0.1.8.2)

UMAROMC  ALL mirrors give the following message:

Error

Invalid mirror selected  
(Version 1.1u)

UMAROMC  Definitely reminds me why I hate computer Othello... the computer trounces me and I've no board to flip over and no one to beat up... :p

Ugh, me Tarzan!  
(Version 0.91v2)

UMAROMC  Very cool-now supports 16:10 ratio resolutions in configuration window by default–before this version I had to "Show Package Contents..." and find the INI file to place the specific parameters for 1680x1050 because changing the setting in the program to 1600x1200 within the program's configuration window would cause a blank screen to appear the next time I'd launch.

Thanks!  
(Version 0.8)

UMAROMC  This version comes with a cool Vidalia GUI for TOR, please post feedback on it. i think the last version of TOR I used did not have this and was a pain to setup, etc.

Thanks!  
(Version 0.1.1.21)

UMAROMC  video.google.com now no longer allows downloads without having to download their video player... big, fat, disgustipated THUMBS DOWN, Google!

haha, almost wrote "giggle"

Umm, yeah, Im upset. :p  
(Version 2.0)

UMAROMC  Best version by far! MUCH more useful than OpenOffice X11 is especially because of font compatibilities with OS X! For the first time, in any version, have I opened a certain document up and even the tabbed bulletpoints were where I last left them— no editing and ready-to-print!

Three thumbs up!

Could use some Printing Setup GUI enhancements... but that's not enough to make me purchase Office.

If you're on a budget, want Office-like-usability to compliment your deftness in working around obstacles, and you'd much prefer not having an illegal copy (of Office) I can only *highly* recommend this!  
(Version 2.0a3)

UMAROMC  I sincerely believe this is the best visualizer for iTunes, whether it's worth $20 for the Gold edition or $30 for the Platinum edition to anyone is relative.

The demo now has advertising and has for awhile now–nothing new there. The installer also doesn't respect browser preference launches Safari no matter what– no prob if that's ur fav browser though... other than that, awesome visualizer!  
(Version 3.5.4)

UMAROMC  MacUpdate admins have included a link not requiring a login and/or sign-up... kudos!  
(Version 10.1 (412))

UMAROMC  The playback is plagued with decoding artifacts that leaves little green squares in a grid pattern acorss the video while the eye is completely strained to try to visualize what's being shown behind the bright green fence... two thumbs down.  
(Version 10.1)

UMAROMC  I've been using my DMR for a few years now and have had my fare share of use out of it: my nephew, little brothers, sister, father, mother and myself have enjoyed, at one time or another, movies, music and videos on my 16:10 20.1" using, mostly, Apple DVD Player, iTunes and VLC and have enjoyed the basic/added functionality of my system as an entertainment center—especially the DMR.

I have to give "Ease of Use" the full five stars because, even upon first configuring the mapping interface, you realize that most of the buttons are preset to be immediately used in most of the widely used audio/video end-user applications. While the same can't be said of the button assignment [process] when adding a new set for a new program, I think it goes without saying that the programs usable vary quite widely in relative design so, having said that, the interface, while seemingly unintuitive at a glance, is actually quite useful insofar as the wide range of uses for the DMR. The up side of this is that you'll rarely interface with this aspect of the software's GUI.

All-in-all; a straight-forward program/software suite(?).  
(Version 2.4b4)

UMAROMC  Perhaps adding the addendum of "(Intel)" on the side of the main software listing (on the MacUpdate main page) would help clarify that MOST Mac users should not bother with the direct download provided...  
(Version 7.6)

UMAROMC  Alright, I just HAD to give this a "3" in the features department.

First of all, with some CFG editing, I was able to get this running as fast as Doom 3 runs on my 1GHz MDD G4/1GB RAM/Radeon 9800Pro GPU. Please note that without that GPU I would NOT attempt to buy/run this game OR Doom 3!

Second, whether unfortunately or not, I had to compare this to Doom 3 as well as Quake 2 (from which the storyline continues). Insofar as the Quake series goes it's not that much more exciting than Quake 2 was on my old BlueG3 (which ran rather well with the Rage128 but better with a flashed Voodoo3 5500 PCI, albeit with banded lightmapping) but the graphics have been upgraded to take advantage of the latest technologies. This is where Features falls short: it's not memorably better than Quake 2 (especially with its online playability and awesome old MODs like Action Quake 2!) and Doom 3 does a much better job in setting the player in an environment where he/she feels that great attention has been paid to detail to the point where one may actually feel startled or frightened and otherwise enveloped in the game— Quake 4 falls a bit short of this. Sure there are things that you may see that may be described as looking technologically "awesome"... but I still feel a bit detached from the game.

That being said, I can't say I'm not having fun playing it. The weaponry is varied but you'll have a difficult time deciding which is really your favorite as there is not one that does/gives(?) that maximum amount of damage with a short amount of burst rounds where I might say; "Oh crap! THIS is my gun!" The rail gun proves difficult to aim and having to reload after just three shots is quite annoying where only a few guys may need to be liquidated and you spend half the time reloading.

The play is pretty linear, more or less like its predecessor (in storyline), and getting stuck trying to find my way to procede can be frustrating as I soon discover that I was supposed to be looking for some well-placed rabbit hole... err, vent. This was done in Doom 3 as well but the placing seemed to be a bit more intuitive with where one had to go...

Okay, I'll sum it up: if you like shooters and already have 'em all, get Quake 4. If you want to show off the graphic capabilities of your new system and already have Doom 3, UT 2004 and Halo, get Quake 4. If you just feel like it, get it... if you're tight on money this is NOT a must-get.

Out of five, if there was an Overall rating, I'd give this a 3 1/2.  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  The retail price (from Intel online) is $649 for the Pro Edition, $499 for Standard.  
(Version 9.1.024)

UMAROMC  Yeah I'm showing this to my dad and bro– there's no way I'm letting them buy a peecee after this! My dad's last Gateway is sitting uselessly next to my MDD G4...!  
(Version 1.0b1)

UMAROMC  Very cool, very configurable (for its simplicity) and very smooth. This is better than just about every virtual desktop software I've tried– Linux (KDE), Windoze or Mac.

Quite honestly, if I were to compare it to its Wintel and linux counterparts I'd give it a four in the Features department but this being designed so solidly and Mac-like I don't think it'd be fair.

THREE-THUMBS-UP!!! ;)  
(Version 0.52r114)

UMAROMC  After the 10.4.6 update AppleJack goes into an inifinite loop when repairing permissions... hopeful for an update soon.  
(Version 1.4.2)

UMAROMC  I don't want to give this a review based on what I've been experiencing but I'm having serious font display problems with this application.

For one: anti-aliasing does not enable no matter what I do.

Second: The fonts that display correctly (including antialiasing) in NeoOffice revert to another font [in OpenOffice 1.x/2.x) even though font replacement is not enabled. I have a fine serif font and it's replaced with what looks like Helvetica which makes the document look even more disgusting.

I'd love to use this application because it's more responsive than NeoOffice (2.x not 1.x) but if my documents look this disgusting no matter how I change the settings then, quite unfortunately, I have to trash OpenOffice.   
(Version 2.0.1)

UMAROMC  ...any plans for a widget??? =)  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  What I really like about this widget is that it's very polished and comes across as a "Why didn't I think of that?!" design. This is excellent for those with short attention spans– like half the population today– or those that absolutely must be reminded of something very important.

The timings for the reminder can be set in minutes, hours, days, weeks or for an exact time– really cool, check it out!  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  This looks to be a solid application for what it claims to do [for the end user] and for not too bad a price.

FreeMind (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19325), though, offers much of the same functionality at the unbeatable price of free.  
(Version 2.1)

UMAROMC  Right-click on the link and choose "Save as..." The developer's ISP does not appear to have correctly set metatag data for the filetype so you'll get a page full of gibberish.

Alternatively, you could just let it all load and then save the document as-is (yes, this works, too).

:P  
(Version 1.1.1)

UMAROMC  I've been using this for a few days now and after getting over the small hump of a learning curve (I've never used an app like this, either, but I've recent need of one) I've found this to be fairly straight forward and intuitive.

I don't know what else I'd suggest that might end up making this bloatware... but I'm sure I can't be the only person that'd benefit from LARGER ICONS.

Thanks!  
(Version 0.8)

UMAROMC  I apologize for posting this here but I find this information difficult to locate on Laminar's website; Are the F-16 Falcon and F-22 Raptor on the X-Plane CD?  
(Version 8.4b2)

UMAROMC  It does what it claims to do, albeit not very well; an exact, universal resolution must be assigned in the setup (no resolution detection) so most images will be stretched, images must be in a specific location to be loaded rather than the ability to choose your own directory.

Definitely looking foward to version 1.1  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  Thank you very much! I love when the Mac community jumps in to help the Mac community— I wouldn't give my Mac up for anything, and the community makes owning one always that much better!

You may also want to check out clamxav (search MacUpdate) and install it to keep on constant lookout for these things that are almost inevitable... it's already been updated to detect/remove Leap-A/Oompa-Loompa as well.

PEACE!  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  It is always appreciated— although and albeit many times not publicly voiced— when developers show support to those whom feel they've possibly been forgotten— as if something beautiful we use teeters on the edge of non-existance...

—A Looooong-time Mac user

(I'm here with ya, man! ;)  
(Version 1.0rc5)

UMAROMC  This is a really cool widget! I just replaced my accuweather.com-linked Weather widget with this; it offers more information and is linked to locations within a smaller proximity to my location than any other weather widget or app I've come across (free or not).

Thanks.  
(Version 1.0)

UMAROMC  Thanks for posting the update, MacUpdate.

NWN players, please see here for more details regarding the Mac patch and for direct downloads for those with the add-on packs:

http://nwn.bioware.com/support/mac_client_beta.html  
(Version 1.6.7b1)

UMAROMC  I just picked this up for $9.99 from Amazon... and, by the way, version 1.0.2 is available.

http://www.aspyr.com/games.php/mac/raven/  
(Version 1.0.1)

UMAROMC  Excellent drivers! Finally the Mouse Up/Down buttons on the right side can be reassigned!

These drivers offer on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment which can be viewed on-screen and configuration of your Razer Pro mouse well beyond those built in to OS X (it's specifically for the Razer|PRO mouse but works *perfectly* with my equivalently set up Razer Diamondback).

A couple of polished/clever design features are the little test areas for double click speed and scroll speed– the double click speed tester has a slight response delay, I believe, because of the audio that plays as well as the graphic animating.

The only drawback to these excellent and appreciated drivers, it seems, is that buttons left unassigned do not revert to their pre-destined OS X function– they're disabled unless assigned a keystroke. This can be cumbersome for applications where you may have to reassign/reconfigure all those controls (ie; games) and a bit more cumbersome for applications that simply rely on having a three-button mouse setup (ie; Maya, X Windows, etc.).

I'd like to find a workaround (there are no readme's included in the download) to this shortcoming... :P  
(Version 1.6.2)

UMAROMC  FREE *cough* FREE

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19064  
(Version 1.5b3)

UMAROMC  Roxio states that Internet Explorer should not be used to download the update– I'm saying "Don't use Firefox, either." using Firefox you'll get a [VERY annoying] fowarding goosechase.

Safari works fine, though... :P  
(Version 7.0.2)

UMAROMC  Dang! PCs get version 5... we get crumbs... oh well, to the trash.  
(Version 3.4)

UMAROMC  Simply an excellent application! makes me want to invest in a barcode reader for my collection...  
(Version 3.1.1)

UMAROMC  Very cool... I just get annoyed by the design of the installer to launch Safari after the installation rather than respecting the user's browser preference.  
(Version 3.1)

UMAROMC  This thing is SOOOO cool! I didn't even know it was pulled! :P I can see my house from here...! haha

Flies on my 1GHz MDD G4/Radeon9800Pro/10.4.3/1GB RAM  
(Version 3.1.0371)

UMAROMC  When registering WRITE DOWN or COPY your user NUMBER... it CANNOT be recovered later if you don't use an email address to register... like I did! lol

Peace  
(Version 1.1)

UMAROMC  You can get Virex for Mac from McAfee but, at least online, you can purchase no less than 5 seats (which costs over $200!)!  
(Version 12/14/05)

UMAROMC  NO WAY! This is the freakin BESTEST! I've got the ONLY stupid smile across my face!

Sorry for the "2" on "Value" rating... it's based on whether I can live without it.  
(Version 1.0.3)