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Whatever this 1.2 download is, it's corrupted. It downloads a .bz2 compressed file, and if you extract that you get a .bz2.cpgz file. If you extract that, you get a .bz2 file again. The only way I can get it to extract is to use BetterZip and extra the package, as the default BOMArchiveHelper app won't do it. So you get an Opal 1.2 DMG file, which when double clicked notes "no mountable file systems." FAIL. This isn't an issue with MacUpdate per se, as the downloads from the developer site (and their mirror) exhibit similar behavior. Perhaps they should try a better packaging mechanism next time. I've used .bz2 archives before and they've worked (LaunchBar is compressed this way), though frankly straight .dmg files are nicer, and they can compress as well. Maybe not *quite* as well as .bz2, but 2.6 MB versus 5 MB for a download these days is pretty trivial. |
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I used it for a few months on the Mac after using the PC version and it was about the same... pretty bare-bones. A friend then let me know about Ascent by Montebello software which is *fantastic* and IMO worth the $35 over this free software. I've been using it for about a year and have been nothing but pleased. |
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Also see from this developer: Bunny Rabbit Easter egg hunt! Available this June. |
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Leap is a pretty neat application -- basically it fills in a lot of key search functionality (saved searches, easy "search by kind," etc.) that Finder actually has (by way of having the ability to use Spotlight, but which Finder doesn't expose easily. So Leap makes it very easy to find things (by a regular search, or by tags) and to save queries, etc. Though I will say the changes from b5 to b6 have confused me a bit... it used to be the default saved searches were in the left pane and now they're in a drop down. Also, there are some terms that I'm not certain fit perfectly... "Bookmark" is really a saved search... or at least it looks to be? It's going to take me a while to adjust to b6... the behavior of the application has changed pretty markedly... Maybe it's just that when you start it it defaults to "tagged files" which means that in my case *nothing* shows up. I have to go to the drop down and select something (e.g. applications or all preferred file types). Also with the drop down, it's a bit odd to construct more complicated searches... e.g. all excel documents modified in the past week. I must manually pick "last 7 days" and then after the search crunches, pick excel spreadsheets in the list. I think I like the old way better where the options were always in front of me and I just clicked. |
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They're very differnet products. Pathfinder is basically a finder replacement. It has lots of gadgets, whatzits, etc., which is nice if you want that. Leap is really an uber search/tagging tool. You're not doing typical "finder-ish" things, but rather organizing or searching to find things easily and quickly. By type, by time, etc. Now true, Spotlight in Leopard can do a lot of this. By saved searches, etc. However, the UI of Finder for creating searches is NOT so intuitive. |
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This mail plug-in has been fantastically useful for me. I'm not using all of the functionality, but rather just adding tags to messages (waiting, follow-up, etc.) and using the OmniFocus plug-in so I can quickly move to-do items as follow-ups over there where I manage them in a centralized location. I tried to work with Leopard's to do functionality but it had some real limitations which made it unusable for me (specifically, if you have a few hundred to-do items over the course of all time with Leopard, which I did, it breaks down). The developer has been fantastic in quickly resolving issues, and in adding much needed functionality. This is a core productivity application for me, along with OmniFocus and Circus Ponies Notebook I can efficiently keep track of whatever I need to, and follow up in a timely manner. Nothing falls through the cracks anymore. |
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Did you apply the ATI Firmware Update that was released a couple weeks ago prior to updating to Leopard? I'm having no issues with the ATI X1900 and Leopard, and I've been running it for a while. |
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I just tried Vienna... and have a really tough time seeing how you could consider it "better." Heck, it dumps all your feeds in a linear list in the left pane! That won't work for me with my 100 feeds... totally unmanageable. Plus, I couldn't find a way with Vienna to set custom refresh times on a per feed or per-group basis. NNW has a ton of functionality, and if you actually use a large # of feeds and want to customize that (e.g. only refresh personal stuff daily, but refresh work stuff hourly), then NNW gives you tons of options, and Vienna gives you far fewer. Sure, Vienna is free, but free doesn't affect the quality of the product one iota... it only affects the price. |
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This is a fantastic app for me -- I have a Garmin 305 and use it when road and mountain biking. It downloads from the Edge perfectly, and shows a map, my route, and all the info from along the way (speed, altitude, gradient, etc.). It is WAY better than the Garmin software -- both the PC and Mac versions of it. I was using the Garmin software for a while because I didn't know this existed... then a friend pointed it out and I tried it out and bought a license within an hour. It's already excellent and it's maturing and updated quite frequently. Always great to find small software developers to come out with specialized Mac applications like this. Hooray for Montebello Software (I wonder whether it's named after the 5 mile, 2200 foot climb in Cupertino, CA... looking at the web site I sorta think so ;-) |
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If you want a good Mac application that works with the Garmin, look at Ascent by Montebello software. I just found out about it last week -- it is FANTASTIC for cycling/hiking/running/whatever GPS use, specifically with the Garmin Edge and Forerunner computers. Works with Google Earth, gives you ALL sorts of data... it is FAR better than the apps Garmin gives you. |
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rofl. does the name have anything to do with the types of pictures which are typically downloaded off usenet? |
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Well... There hasn't BEEN a "stable" release since July of last year. So that's back a ways, eh? 1.1b24e?!?! What the heck does THAT mean? I see it has 4 changes (one's a filter change) over the previous release. The "3 new lines of code a day, let's throw it on MacUpdate" is about as shameless as VueScan in using release sites as marketing. Call me when I should wake up. |
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TAO's versioning scheme couldn't me more lame if it rode the short bus to school every day for the past 19 years. Ship 1.1 already. Updates should be tested and then you can make 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, yadda. Or 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3. 1.11.21a? Good God. When was the last "release" version, 1996? |
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Yes it is a lot more than an expensive PIM. There are hundreds -- maybe thousands -- of improvements over 1.9. I find the UI so much better and *my* use of the product is so much better, that it can't even compete. You've found one feature that doesn't work as well as in 1.9. And hey, I'll bet you there are more bugs in 3.0 than there were in 1.9, for now. They had to pick a point to ship, and I've had pretty good luck so far. Still a few things I want to see in there -- I'd suggest you submit feedback with a detailed explanation of the functionality that worked in 1.9 and no longer works in 3.0. They have been EXTRAORDINARILY responsive throughout the beta, but the unfortunate reality is that if they waited for EVERYTHING to be in there before they shipped, it would be a LONG time. |
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Ummm... sparse images (such as what FileVault uses) are not a fixed size, and are what you should use from disk utility. They are growable. |
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How do 4 changes qualify as a major release #? This thing is going to be at version 47 by next Friday :-P |
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The more the merrier, I guess. I just can't help but wonder how this application could possibly sell well in light of: NetNewsWire Lite which is free, and looks to have similar/superior functionality, tested over 4 years of use. NetNewsWire which has been the class leader for 3-ish years, and has definitely superior functionality, by far. Shrook. NewsFire. Safari having RSS support built in. A host of other solutions. Talk about "me too." I don't mean to discourage application development, but following along, 4 years behind the competition, with nothing compelling and new to offer... not the best business model I've heard of. |
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How many of these freaking Sudoku games are there? My MacUpdate RSS feed is basically completely polluted with them... there are like 25 updates to different SuDoKu games per day. Between them and VueScan, there's no room for anything else in the 25 RSS updates :-( |
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I registered when the first beta came out 6 weeks ago. I haven't gotten a single email from them yet. |
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Why would you use this when OS X includes Keychain Access for free, and does all this with a decent search function? |
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I have used MenuMeters for about 2 years. It's been reliable, solid, and uses very few resources. Easy to see if something is awry, and launch the appropriate app (if necessary) to get more details. 5 stars, all around! |
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Uh oh... Yojimbo! http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/index.shtml Looks pretty similar. Though it uses OS X's built-in SQLite instead. Very similar in concept, though Yojimbo easily indexes PDFs and has very good integration with Spotlight. YJ can't yet do nested collections, though... which could be a bit painful. Have to see, but BareBones has a pretty good reputation. |
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That's backwards, you shill. This app takes a PDF and lets you edit/modify it in Word. That can be VERY useful. The reverse isn't interesting at all... because if you have Word you can just do print->save as PDF and you have your PDF. |
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