
Snapz Pro X | Sep 30 2008 |
WINGS Just for the record, I too have a paid for installation of Snapz. But I found a workable solution. I now use Grab when I need a screen capture, and Snapz when I need a movie capture, which is very rare. (Version 2.1.2) | |
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Snapz Pro X | Sep 12 2008 |
WINGS Snapz still has the issue of causing a disk write about every 2 seconds. This is keeping my Mac from automatically going to sleep after a period of inactivity. As a workaround, I keep it in the dock and activate it when needed, but after my capture I must THEN bring up Activity Monitor to quit the process. I usually don't remember to do that until the next morning when I see my Mac is still awake. (In my case, I think I'm triggering this problem due to having many icons on my desktop. I read somewhere that this can cause the disk activity. Strange, yes.) And why is this important? A MacPro V8 pulls 205 watts at idle, and 12 watts asleep. 2 kilowatt hours per day, times 365 days, is around 60 bucks a year additional cost for not sleeping. I could buy a copy of SnapzPro(+movies) every year for that.... or not. This has been a problem for quite some time. Can't you fix it? (Version 2.1.2) | |
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Snapz Pro X | Sep 29 2008 |
ANDY49 I contacted Apple about this same problem that WINGS is experiencing. Apple said it was Ambrosia's fault and Ambrosia blamed Apple's last OS update. My hard drives are constantly cranking away and even caused a drive to fail. Apple replaced this drive, but the problem still exists. It took me quite awhile to find the culprit, which is Snapz Pro X 2.1.2. Quitting the process in Activity Monitor is the only solution aside from uninstalling Snapz Pro X 2.1.2. AMBROSIA PLEASE STOP DENYING THAT THIS PROBLEM IS YOURS. FIX IT! (Version 2.1.2) | |

Snapz Pro X | Sep 30 2008 |
It's possible that polling for a valid license file may be preventing your drives from spinning down in extended sleep. We would need some more information from you to isolate and verify the issue. Please contact us at Help@AmbrosiaSW.com so we can assist you. While we try to keep up on the other boards, we would encourage users to come to us directly via web, e-mail or phone for issues concerning our products. This was they can be address in a timely manner. Thanks! (Version 2.1.2) | |

Snapz Pro X | Sep 30 2008 |
ANDY49 What an interestingly evasive and sneaky way to try to weed out pirates. I'm sorry to say that I do have a valid license which was a waste of money so far. It was purchased under another name in my household. Obviously this bogus excuse is not the problem we are having. I reward good work and I have even donated money to the developers of freeware. Stop emailing me and posting demeaning comments and get to work. (Version 2.1.2) | |

Snapz Pro X | Sep 30 2008 |
WINGS Just for the record, I too have a paid for installation of Snapz. But I found a workable solution. I now use Grab when I need a screen capture, and Snapz when I need a movie capture, which is very rare. (Version 2.1.2) | |

ForgEdit | Mar 17 2008 |
WINGS I've been using SubEthaEdit for a while now and my only real complaint is that it isn't as easy as it should be to navigate around in my document. I was hoping that Forgedit would be the answer, but unfortunately it isn't. Like, I want a BACK button, I want a button to take me to the current cursor position (CMD-J will have to do), I want temporary markers that take me to that place with a click (markers that are real easy to set and clear). I'm not getting that with SEE or with Forgeedit. The biggie is that Forgeedit doesn't give me split windows and won't let me open another window with the same file. That's a killer for me. When I'm editing I often refer to other parts of the same document while editing in a certain area, and if I can't see it while typing then I waste time hoping around. Forgedit's nicest feature is the ease in which new modes are created and configured. Not really that much of a plus though, since once created you don't have to continually mess with them. (Version 1.0) | |
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ForgEdit | Mar 18 2008 |
STEFAN_E Hi Wings, and thanks for the review. Split windows is on the way. The other features you ask for is not though, i will put them on the todo. Jumping to caret position should be a breeze. Back button probably wont make it for a while. I do read reviews from time to time, but the best way to get my attention regarding feature requests is to use the contact form at forgedit.com. | |

RealDiskBrowser | Feb 24 2008 |
WINGS I never could get it to open a disk. It'll open files but not the disk itself, so I wouldn't call this a disk browser. File browser, yep. Except on an external drive, where it wouldn't open anything on an attached SD card. I'm still looking. (Version 1.3.3) | |
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SnapTalk | Dec 22 2006 |
WINGS I see that if you have multiple users logged into one computer, there is no way to chat with one user without the other user being logged off. So, I'll keep looking for the ideal home network instant messaging app. (Hint to developer: If you would assign different ports to other users on the same machine, you might get this to work with multiple users.) (Version 5.0b1) | |
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x264 QuickTime Codec | Nov 30 2006 |
WINGS Hey, this is good. I re-encoded an 8.4MB 50-second 320x240 mpeg1 clip into h.264 using Quicktime's standard encoder and x264. Here's what I got: With QT h264 I set the encode to High, data rate to Automatic. File size turned out to be 7.3MB and it took 55 seconds. With x264 I had to set the quality to Medium-High to acheive roughly the same file size (setting it to High like in h264 encode resulted in a large file, 20-something MB). It took 45 seconds and generated a 6.3MB file. The x264 was noticably better. It wasn't WOW! better but it was definately better. You had to look hard to notice that either of them were not as good as the original. And x264 did it with a smaller file. I like it. Nice going, whoever did this. (Version 1.1) | |
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iClock Pro | Nov 22 2006 |
WINGS I paid. I downloaded. I installed. Received the email with the magic activation number. iClock refuses to accept it. Emailed the developer and so far have received no response. This isn't good. I'll give them another day and then I'm calling my bank to cancel the transaction. (Version 3.0.5) | |
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iClock Pro | Nov 23 2006 |
WINGS Got a reply from the iClock folks. They tell me my issue is with MacUpdate, not them. We'll see. (Version 3.0.5) | |

iClock Pro | Oct 17 2007 |
UNDEADBYDAWN Hey. I recall some time ago having similar problems. Since the iClock folks didn't bother to answer I hunted down and deleted the whole app, which took a while. Then on a whim I installed a newer version, and it worked perfectly. Turns out that's the way to do it: you have to remove every trace of the previous build. Best way to do that [for free] is AppDelete, which you'll find at freemacware.com. It's still on 3.0.5, still buggy as ever, but the install will work. (Version 3.0.5) | |

MacPAR deLuxe | Aug 12 2006 |
WINGS What I've always wanted in an app like this is the ability to UNrar a set when there is 1 or more missing pieces (and none or not enough PARs). Not useful for getting apps from the newsgroups, but at least for music or movie files, you'll get SOMEthing rather than nothing. (Version 3.6) | |
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RAR Expander | Aug 5 2006 |
WINGS What I want is an RAR expander that can tolerate a missing RAR file and STILL expand what is there, rather than quitting and just giving up. Sometimes I find a movie file or music file that's been RAR'ed but for some reason is missing 1 or more segments (newsgroups are infamous for this), and I'd like to see or hear whatever is available in the RARs. Do it, and I'd pay for it. (Version 0.8.5b2) | |
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RAR Expander | Aug 5 2006 |
ERRORR I think the -kb switch (keep broken) of unrar does that. Most UI front ends of unrar, such as unrarx, have that option. (Version 0.8.5b2) | |

RAR Expander | Nov 3 2008 |
DOM21 Ajoiner will do it. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19590/ajoiner (Version 0.8.5b3) | |

Compass | May 20 2006 |
WINGS I do hardware & software design. Have for many many years. I went to their site & downloaded the user manual, then read through the intro, titled "What Is Compass" (that's its new name, btw). And I *still* don't know what this thing does. (Version 1.0pb2) | |
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Flip4Mac WMV Player | Jan 12 2006 |
WINGS Well Telestream, try one more time. Although now vers 2.0.1 allows wmvs to play and it doesnt crash QT when you close the window (bug #1), when you try to export a wmv with QT Pro, you get an error "-2126" (bug #2), whatever that means. I tried several wmvs and none will export. None of them were DRMed. (Version 2.0.1) | |
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Flip4Mac WMV Player | Jan 12 2006 |
NEO979 Um... did you notice that you have to pay for an upgraded version to use Exporting? (Version 2.0.1) | |

Flip4Mac WMV Player | Jan 12 2006 |
CRAIGSEE Tech support is free for all versions. There's no upgraded "Trouble Shooting" version. Import (conversion to mov) is $29 otherwise works in trial mode. Import is working fine for me. I'm using WMV Player 2.0.1. Go to the forum to get tech support. http://www.flip4mac.com/fusetalk/forum/ You're not posting enough information to give meaningful tech suport. (Version 2.0.1) | |

Flip4Mac WMV Player | Jan 11 2006 |
WINGS Using a Quad G5 and MacOS 10.4.4 and QT 7.0.4, this QT plugin causes QT to abort as soon as you close a player window that just played a wmv file. Also, exporting a wmv file (with QT Pro) gives an error. They have posted in their forums that they are aware of problems with 2.0, so be advised, you may want to wait for 2.0.1 or whatever. (Version 2.0) | |
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