BENR  The company proudly tweeted a few weeks ago, "We now have more applications in active development than you can shake a stick at, including *3* iPhone apps".

It shows.

They should really consider whether they want more mediocre apps "than you can shake a stick at", or fewer polished, bug-free, best-in-class apps.

I own several Mariner programs, and I'm increasingly disappointed in their attitude.  
(Version 1.0.1)

BENR  I don't understand.

If the Tyler's original work is now open sourced, and no-one is planning to try and make money from it, why aren't st373n and the Mad Hatter guy just contributing back to the main project?

Why have multiple forks going in different directions? Am I missing something?  
(Version 1.2)

BENR  Is this release directly from the transcoder-redux project at Github, or is it a fork of that project? Is the source of this version available?  
(Version 1.2)

BENR  I agree with all the above. I bought the Desktop app as soon as it left Beta – with the promise of multiple Mac sync hanging in the air – and the iPhone app as soon as it was available. Half-a-year later and still no sync, which really makes it a non-starter for me.

Like the other commenters, I really hope they make good on their early promise (and promises), but the disappearing forum makes me somewhat nervous...  
(Version 1.1.3)

BENR  I think pretty much everyone commenting here HAS personal experience with the program. That's kind of the point.  
(Version 2.1.9)

BENR  I've now found that by hiding the toolbar and the sidebar, switching into "simple" mode, showing only the Name, Status, Est.Time, Speed and Size columns and doing all my file management with right/ctrl-clicks on the downloads window, Speed Download does for me what I wish Leech would.  
(Version 1.1.4)

BENR  Further to my earlier complaint about the developer's shift from conventional sales to per-use fee, they recently sent me an email claiming that they had, "detected that you are using Boomerang for commercial use". I was doing no such thing – I'm a perfectly regular user.

When I logged into the user area of their site, I found that they had BANNED my license code.

I paid $179 for THAT?

I'd like to know (quite seriously) if anyone has any suggestions of how to go about seeking a refund – I can't believe there's a legal precedent for the way they're behaving. I paid (handsomely) for the software, and now I can't use it AT ALL unless I pay more.

Truly shocking.  
(Version 2.1.1)

BENR  Couldn't agree more.  
(Version 10)

BENR  At the time of our original purchase, this was an expensive ($179.95), but worthwhile investment. We needed to recover a failing 500GB drive, and did so. So, thanks Boomerang.

Now they have moved to an annual ("Pro") or per GB ("Home") pricing scheme. Recovering that same drive today would cost us $279, and still require us to pay again next time.

I don't care what the developer says about "being around in 10 years", this is extortion, pure and simple. People who need data recovery are naturally upset and panicked, and likely to pay the absurd price without proper consideration.

A tool like Boomerang should provide individual-users a fair level of service for a fair one-off investment (price). Upgrade pricing is of course fair, and I understand a "pro" pricing scheme for for-profit users, but charging home users for recovery "quota" is offensive – particularly given the size of contemporary hard-drives.

I'll be looking to other tools in the future.  
(Version 2.1.1)

BENR  I think this has to be a joke. Automatic update checking and - stop the press! - a preferences window as key features! Twenty bucks for someone's first half-day experiment with Xcode. Good grief.  
(Version 1.0)

BENR  I wish it could replace Speed Download, but so far it just can't. My specific irritation is the lack of a bandwidth throttle. SD lets me keep browsing while downloading by reducing its download speed, Leech just sucks it all up!  
(Version 1.1.4)

BENR  I'm in the same boat. I love Hazel's funtionality, but it brings my PowerBook G4 to a crawl, and uninstalling really does make a difference.

Ideas anyone?  
(Version 2.2.1)

BENR  Photoshop users be warned. With 10.5.3 installed, saving files over the network WILL corrupt them unrecoverably.

Adobe has long warned that opening and opening and saving files on network volumes (as opposed to drag-copying, editing locally, and drag-copying back) is unsupported and not recommended. With 10.5.3, file corruption is guaranteed. BE WARNED!  
(Version 10.5.3)

BENR  Funky workaround: install the 10.5 Server Admin Tools, rename the "Server" folder to "Server 10.5" (or whatever) then simply copy the 10.4.11 "Server" folder next to it from a Tiger Mac. Rename it if you're fussy.

Result: I have two sets of tools in two folders ("Server 10.5" and "Server 10.4.11"). They seem to co-exist happily, and I admin both Tiger and Leopard servers.

Of course, you need an old Tiger Mac hanging around to do this. I've backed up a .zip archive of the Tiger "Server" folder for the future.  
(Version 10.5.3)

BENR  So here we are, a year on, and nothing. The developer's site still claims: "There are some amazing things in the works for Disco". When? 2009? The twenty-teens?

Disco was billed as the future of disk burning on OS X, and I was happy to see Toast get some featherweight competition. Sadly, it seems the developers were happy to take the money and run.

Call me naive, but when I buy a 1.0 app with this much hype around it, it's for what it implicitly promises to do in the future as much as what it does now.

Can we ever expect to see this app updated, or is it just going to wither and die?  
(Version 1.0.2)

BENR  10.0.1 (on Leopard, installed as Input Manager) breaks Safari's Downloads window. Tested on a G5 dual and a PowerBook 12". Anyone else seeing this?  
(Version 10.0.1)

BENR  While Growl is one of the greatest additions I know to OS X, and one of the first things I install on a new machine, I agree with JETFIREDX below.

The new notifications are way too slow.

I use Music Video exclusively, and it takes a full second to crawl onto the screen now, instead of simply popping up. In spite of the undoubted improvements, this is enough of a blow to the core experience to make me downgrade to 0.7.6. Any chance of a fix?  
(Version 1.1)

BENR  There's been a new "Babya" app every other day for a while now. None of it appears on their site, none of it seems to be exactly kosher.

Who are Babya, and what are they really up to?

If they are on the level, they're not doing a very good job of appearing so...  
(Version 3.0)

BENR  Version 1.0 and I'm afraid it shows.

No obvious support for automounting LAN AFP shares (surely one of the most likely destinations). Buttons failed to respond/GUI hung while creating a new task. Also, shows (XCode default?) "NewApplication" in main menu instead of "Lifeboat".

Backup software needs to inspire 100% confidence. I'm sticking with Deja Vu, sorry.  
(Version 1.0)

BENR  This has to be the lamest update in history. The PowerMate is the only hardware I have ever owned that consitently produces kernel panics, on PowerMacs G4 through G5 and PowerBook.

Finally, 87 years too late, another spectacular non-update. I'm not even installing it this time. Truly the worst gadget ever produced for the Mac.  
(Version 1.6.4)