EGN  Perhaps a note on your website or a blog letting us know the release date and progress would keep all who are greatly affected by this delay informed. I enquired some time ago and was informed that it would be out "in a couple of weeks" but that did not happen. I am very much affected and no, the temporary solution will not do because I get tons of things to put into info.xhead every day. I have already had to move to MyApps to put my new software purchase info and serials there. This should have come out long ago. I am guessing you may loose clients (if not already).   
(Version 2.0b)

EGN  Well, I just did not trust this anymore, deleted it and requested a refund. Will not use it.

I have found that a combination of Amnesia + Hazel will do much better with much less danger of deleting what should not be deleted. CleanApp requires too much overhead because you have to start really looking into what it "thinks" it should delete. Sometimes this is dozens of files. I don't have the time to be checking one by one and a lot of times one does not really know if a particular file or files should be removed or not.

If this app does what the developers say it does. that it monitors from the moment you start installing an app, all the files that it installs it should be very easy to remove only what it installed. This does not seem to be the case.

So, this app will not make it back into my group of utilities for a very long time, if it ever does.  
(Version 3.1.3)

EGN  The problem with what you report is that if you don't realize CleanApp screwed up "selecting" what it should it will delete tons of files necessary for the OS to work properly! These apps should be drag-and-drop-zap safe. Not everyone is going to use a magnifying glass to check on what it is about to delete. Others like Amnesia don't do this. In short, this app can really be dangerous to your systems health.  
(Version 3.1.2)

EGN  The link to the developer site is DEAD.  
(Version 1.6)

EGN  Great for encoding PHP and works on all platforms I have tried it on.

But support is really slow and the license changes every time you upgrade or reinstall which really stinks since you have to go to their web site and create/download another. This not always works correctly so you have to request support for one. Licensing scheme should be changed to a fixed license.

I can understand the author wanting to control the number or installations, etc., but I'm sure there are better ways to do it.  
(Version 7.0)

EGN  The link to download here is broken. Had to go via VersionTracker to get it. The project can be found at SourceForge. The file is 1.8MB not 18k as it appeears here.

The developer homepage URL is wrong here and at VT or the page is down.  
(Version 1.0)

EGN  Have tried others but for me this is the best one. Not because it's free, but because the ease of use and options make it the best one. Excellent time saver.  
(Version 3.0b9)

EGN  After 10.5.7 update LittleSnitch "forgets" rules specially on startup and shutdown and does not seem to record them for each time I shutdown or turn one of my macs on this happens. On Intel as well a G4.  
(Version 2.1.1)

EGN  Wrote the developer at the email kindly provided above. No reply.  
(Version 2.3.1)

EGN  This has all the necessary things to handle all type of invoicing and all the extras to email, save as PDF, etc. Client selection could be a bit more selective to handle Companies from AddressBook. As it is, the whole list is shown. The interface is not like most modern Cocoa apps. It looks outdated although the app version is very recent (2009).  
(Version 1.4)

EGN  Way, way, way too simple. Can't even create a product list with prices to not have to input the same info over and over. The AddressBook import can't use categories other than just personal contacts. If you have your clients identified as Company they don't show up.   
(Version 1.2)

EGN  This is a nice interface with a lot of hot air under the hood. Period. Out of 2 Macs I used it on, one defragamented and is still working. Mind you, it did not really do much in terms of speed. The other, with an external FireWire HD which was the subject of the second defrag and had been working perfectly before, was turned into a brick. None of the DG utilities was able to fix it. Even the eternal Scan failed to report anything wrong with it.

So, I used Apple's Disk Utility, erased the drive, partitioned it again and now it works perfectly! Just cloned my disk using Carbon Copy Cloner.

I did contact support and they gave me the same response others have gotten about backing up (which I had) and that those utilities can mess up your disk, and that I had been warned by the program, and that even the guys at the Genius Bar used this to defrag clients Macs, etc., etc. All very nice but no fix to my problem.

So, in the end, no lost data but about a day worth of work gone down the drain. If I had not gotten this with the MU promo I would have had a fit. Disk Utility fixed what this $99 program could not.   
(Version 2.1)

EGN  As others report, this does not work. Installing MySQL and activating Apache and PHP is quite easy. For MySQL just look it up here on MacUpdate. Be sure to download the correct version for you architecture (Intel or PPC). The installers will guide you through. Install MySQL, then the launcher an finally the control panel item so that you can start and stop your MySQL server). All you need to get it going is in the dmg you download.

To enable PHP you must edit (as the root user) /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf and remove the leading pound sign (#) from line 114 (or close to that) that reads:

LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so .

Save the the httpd.conf file.

To activate Apache just go to System Preferences->Sharing and click on Web Sharing option so that it is checked. That starts up the webserver.

To test it, create a file (pinfo.php or whtever you like) in your Sites folder with:

Then in your favourite browser: http://localhost/pinfo.php

You should get the PHP config page.

MySQL resides in /usr/local/mysql.   
(Version 5.5)

EGN  This will be my final comment on this app. But let me just finish by stating that I don't have to call anyone a noob or say they were dropped on their heads too many times just because they don't like what I think of a particular application. That would be like me insulting you by saying that you are a moron because you can't remember passwords (which I'm not).

Perhaps a bit of respect for those of us who think different from you would do you some good. I never insulted anyone with my comments and if anyone did take it as such, my apologies. If the app works great for you, fine. I never said it was a bad app, just suggested some might get a healthier brain by not using it. It is still a free internet as far as I know and anyone has a right to their say and that is what the comments section is for, be it positive or negative. And FYI I do have many many different passwords, servers and login sites. And I do remember most. Guess why?   
(Version 2.9.3b4)

EGN  Please note, it is not a REVIEW, (when it is a review it says "REVIEW" in a small rectangle on the left side). What I posted was a just a COMMENT expressing that perhaps memory would best be served by remembering passwords and thus putting your brain to making connections instead of letting an app do it for you. The less you think, the less you remember and the idler you brain becomes. Putting info into your brain and making the connections and remembering all the info is like jogging or going to de gym, but you're doing it for your brain instead of your body. That way you don't have to also invest money in purchasing flash card and memory mapping apps here to help your idle brain remember! Get my point?  
(Version 2.9.3b2)

EGN  Well, doing both, remembering passwords, plus other things, without having to spend any money on unneeded hardware/software is a whole lot better! Sorry but I much prefer it that way and have been happier since I zapped my 1Password. Even prom my ipod Touch. Anyone care for a swap?  
(Version 2.9.3b1)

EGN  I have this and used it for some time. It is very handy. But it made my brain lazy. "Mad Cow " has much to do with not making connections in the brain and keeping it exersized by remembering things. Passwords are one of those things. Also, security will always be better if passwords are not in some computer somewhere, and worse if kept on the net, no matter how encrypted. In my brain, that is where they are best kept and used regularly, keeps me brain fit. Oh, and I do have lots of passwords, server logins, and other info I have to remember.   
(Version 2.9.2)

EGN  Tried this app but all I get are errors like "Error: 20" and "Error: 103". The mail accounts I used are valid and work great with other mail apps. I post this message here as I found no place to report this on the author's web site.  
(Version 2.4.9)

EGN  Not working for me. Tried to install some of the OSs that work great with VMWare on my Mac and which I use on a regular basis (FreeBSD, Arch Linux, WinXP, BeOS/Haiku, OpenBSD). Even tried with Solaris, Open Solaris, etc. to no avail Either, they did not run or did not finish installing. No error message, no warning pop-ups, nothing. Just plain died. Perhaps a future release will work better. VMWare does the job perfectly for me now.   
(Version 2.0)

EGN  The auto-updater keeps downloading the same old version over and over. Had to go to the Yahoo site to get 1.6 which the downloader claims is the latest version. But I did not like the app anyways. Interface and steps to configure a connection are not clear. And the SSH service suggested by the author has an inaccessible web page.  
(Version 1.5)

EGN  The app is excellent but the best part is the support. I've had lots of questions and they have all been answered in a timely and very generous manner.  
(Version 1.0.2.59)

EGN  I come from the web-app programming world.

Had been looking for a good, solid development platform for Mac. Tried Xcode, read Hillegrass (Cocoa programming for Mac OS X-3rd edition), but man, Objective C is not my cuppa! And, I could only develop for the Mac using these (maybe porting and jumping through fire hoops could ge my apps on other OSs). Also tried Runtime Rev. but found that to have an inconsistent interface, very un-Mac-like, almost Java-ish, and with a language that although is almost like spoken English, is very hard to remember. And the "stacks" deal... Tried a couple more and those were worse.

Then I found RealBasic. The interfase is consistent (and as Mac-like as can be), the documentation adequate and the learning curve much, much flatter than Xcode/Objective C or other competitors. You do all your coding from a single window, even creating databases and tables.

Plus, you can code once and use the apps you create in three different operating systems (if you use the Pro version; personal is just for the OS you are on; on Linux, RB is free!).

With RB you can program using OOP or from the top-down. I have not had it for long but it looks like I'll keep this one.  
(Version R3.1)

EGN  This integrates very well with browsers and organizes downloads in a neat way. Most important, the people at YazSoft are incredibly fast at responding to queries. Excellent product  
(Version 5.0.4)

EGN  New Safari 4 does this! File-> Save as Web Application....  
(Version 0.9.2)

EGN  This is definitely not there yet. Just messed up the messages that I tagged. Could not drag them to any of my forlders; they just popped back in to the orginal folder. Not even after deinstalling. I had to delete the messages to get them off. Anything MT touched it messed up. All the other emails that I did not tag with it were OK. So it's off my Mac. This is the 2nd time I've tried to use it and the second time it does something I don't like. !  
(Version 2.2pb5)

EGN  I think this project is going nowhere. No updates for a very long time. No news on the site since Jan 10 and just to say that things were still happening. And before that, nothing since november 2007 and then a totally unrelated post about a Psion! Man, have we lost our $49 bucks!  
(Version 1.0.15)

EGN  I had been looking for a browser that supported blocking everything globally (cookies, popups, etc.) and then allowing the fine tuning of all these for single websites. OmniWeb does this stupendously! I also compared memory consumption of OmniWeb and other browsers and find no such huge difference as reported by others. Certainly the biggest hog seems to be FireFox. But given all the additional things that OmniWeb provides such as being able to clear cache by site and also, the ability to pick which search engine one wishes to use, there is no question that OW tops the rest. The price is very good, specially ont he family pack. Have made it my default browser.  
(Version 5.6)

EGN  I had to stop using this software. It is a bandwidth hog. Not much use that way. Did not find an option to limit upload speed.

The idea and concept are great but if it's going to suck the life out of my connection I can't use it.   
(Version 5.2)

EGN  This does not work out of the box as stated in the developer's website. It complains about a classpath not being set or of some file not unzipped. There are no instructions on how to fix this. The app runs but it can't connect to anything.  
(Version 1.1)

EGN  The download link brings up a "site suspended" sign.

Not there.  
(Version 1.1)

EGN  Ok. links are fixed but I am not tracking "HOT" items. I want to track what I am interested in. For that the program does not work. Fo example I want to track a Nikon lens, ASIN: B000O161X0. If I put it on the list and then click on Item price drop to: and set 200.00, it starts bringing up popups with "Price too low to display" which is false, the page for that product states a stable price of $232.72. And it switches back to "Do not Watch". I also have another product under watch: ASIN: B000HNL8G0. That behaves OK, does not loose the "What to watch" state. So no, the app is still not working correctly.  
(Version 0.2a)

EGN  The idea for this is very good and I was looking for something just like this. But: it doesn't work correctly. I put in 3 items to track. It will automatically change to "Do not watch" although I have specified that it is to watch it and have entered a price. It sort of switches on or off whatever it wants when it want to without me changing anything. Also, the links that come up in the alert window bring up 404 error pages at Amazon and items in the popup always say "Too low to display" which is false. Hope you get it fixed because it will be very useful.  
(Version 0.2a)

EGN  Try VMware. It works and I found it easyer to use and everything worked for me: networking, sound, etc. I had been using parallels. No more.  
(Version 3.0.4560)

EGN  VMware Fusion works great! I was using Parallels and did not pay much attention to VMware and the reviews here and at MacWorld were always putting Parrallels ahead. So I went with the crowd. Until I decided to try it and threw not only XP at it but also OpenBSD 4.1, Ubuntu Linux and just for the heck of it, BeOS 5. They all worked except for networking on BeOS but that was expected. On all the others, everyting worked. Sound, networking, graphics, you name it. And being able to run XP apps in their own window is a plus. On Parallels that still does not work as I0d like. And the best part was I got a promo via email with a 50% discount on VMware. So I got 2 licenses and AppZapped Parallels! Give it a shot.  
(Version 1.0rc1)

EGN  Both download and site are down. No access to this.  
(Version 1.0)