BOSIE  "In just a few minutes, you will receive an e-mail that provides the link to the private download page where you can get your free 30-day trial of FileMaker Pro."

Well I waited and waited and waited. Several hours later nothing so I tried again - same thing. Any correspondence I receive from FileMaker will now be deleted and advertising reported as spam. Bye  
(Version 10)

BOSIE  0.9.3 hasn't been very successful for me. Decrypting DVDs with files from VLC Player gives really poor results. Encoding mpeg content from EyeTV produces scratchy sound.  
(Version 0.9.3)

BOSIE  I'd like to try it but the download is too slow and continually times out. Same for the users manual.  
(Version 2.2.1.30)

BOSIE  I do like FontDoctor and have used it on and off for years. However I see the latest version 7.5.1 still has that nasty tendency to unexpectedly quit when trying to "fix" problems - on a large file that means starting again and narrowing the search and as such can be very time consuming.  
(Version 7.5.1)

BOSIE  I'm not able to watch BBC News with this release - SOCKS errors. The previous version works fine though.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

BOSIE  It's a beautiful design with excellent GUI. The logging feature doesn't run nicely though and can interfere with normal operation of my computer. Strange thing is, even with logging disabled, whenever CleanApp has been opened, All Messages in Console becomes blank - i have to restart to get it running again.   
(Version 3.0b6)

BOSIE  Hi, after installing QT 7.4.5 update Snapz Pro fails to launch. Anyone else? Thanks

06/04/2008 13:01:43 com.apple.launchd89 (0x0-0x56056.com.ambrosiasw.snapz8969) Exited with exit code: 255  
(Version 2.1.2)

BOSIE  New Movie Recording from Quicktime using iSight on a brand new MacPro failed after installing Audio Hijack. I had to remove the instant hi-jack plug-in and reinstall Quicktime to get it working again. OSX 10.5.2  
(Version 2.8.1)

BOSIE  It would be nice if Elgato's website actually worked. When I try to purchase the upgrade, i'm forced to register (again, it doesn't recognise my old login) then complains about an order error because it tries to proceed without asking for any credit card info.

Ok this aside, I fail to see what makes this software a big figure version hike (other than to extract more cash). Given Elgato's European roots it still supports only the US preferred MPEG-2 HD which in Europe is considered the poor relation to MPEG-4 HD as employed for example by the BBC HD. Over 1 year ago Elgato promised MPEG-4 HD support was a priority. It didn't happen.

From: support@elgato.com

Subject: [Elgato #IKT-901299]: BBC HD1

Date: 18 December 2006 21:54:57 GMT

To: bosie

Reply-To: support@elgato.com

Thank you for contacting Elgato Systems. Your analysis is correct. See this article:

http://faq.elgato.com/index.php/faq/more/408

EyeTV should be updated to play H.264 relatively soon. A guess (not an offical statement) would be in the first half of 2007, but I can't say for certain at this time.

This is one of our priorities for future development. The main issue is that QuickTime isn't suitable for this, so we would have to provide our own playback engine. We use our own engine for all the files we receive.

[name removed]

Customer Support

Elgato Systems LLC  
(Version 3.0)

BOSIE  DivX (Pro package) Player crashes after a short while opened on a clean install of Leopard (Macbook Pro OSX 10.5). Anyone else?  
(Version 6.7)

BOSIE  At last a radio application that doesn't depend on trawling through long lists of irrelevant names. Click on World, choose a city and select your station. Brilliant. The interface feels very Mac like, i'm not sure what the post below is suggesting. London, Paris, Athens...so much to explore!  
(Version 1.0)

BOSIE  Cinematize Pro converts non protected DVDs to movie files. Encoding is realised through its own engine so it doesn't suffer the same synchronisation bugs currently present in the Quicktime engine. iPod m4v results surpass Quicktime itself.   
(Version 2.0.1)

BOSIE  Scenery is still boring, crashes as regularly as previous versions even on a G5 Quad. I still can't see a reason to want to buy it unless as people say all you want to do is twiddle the knobs for realistic flight simulation. If refunds were an option I'd take it.   
(Version 8.5)

BOSIE  SSHFun has retired.   
(Version 0.7)

BOSIE  eyeTV 2.3 finished off running iChat video on the same machine. It's fantastic software but firewire devices seem to become more and more troublesome as Apple moves closer to the USB world of Intel.  
(Version 2.3)

BOSIE  I've used iClip for about 2 weeks now and am quite comfortable with it popping up from the side of my Desktop. Clipboard management made easier. Thanks  
(Version 3.7)

BOSIE  Lovely. As a menubar item I can mount not only iDisk but regular FTP accounts as a bubble on the Desktop. Having the list of accounts sorted alphabetically would be complete for me. Thanks.  
(Version 1.1.1)

BOSIE  Is it just me or is snapz pro no longer able to screen capture movies? I have sound, one frame of movie then a white screen. G5 Quad 10.4.6  
(Version 2.0.2)

BOSIE  Quoted GBP 295 + VAT for this product by www.netunlim.com

Wow, expensive!  
(Version 4.2.1.3)