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1) This is a beta of version 3 so X11 is not required as version 3 will be a native application. 2) The download now link is for the Intel build of the application. A PPC version can be downloaded from http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.0.0beta2/ |
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Sounds like people were having problems with version 1.0, version 1.1 is working perfectly on my system (C2D MacBook). Very nice effect, perfect complement to the default Leopard desktop. |
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Some people have more self control then others. Once you start Freedom you have to restart your mac (or use some rather complex CLI commands) to get your internet back, simply quitting the app won't do it. |
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Even the 'core' (=lite) version is nearly twice the cost of a Scrivener licence? |
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This is my favourite screensaver from Vista (possibly favourite thing from Vista) so was glad to see a port to OSX. However, you only get about ten or seconds before the bubbles fill with dollar signs and an unregistered notice. $2.50 isn't much so I might think about it, but at the moment its only an early beta. |
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Crap, crap, utter crap. After using Office 2004 under Rosetta for so long I jumped the gun and bought Office 08 early on as I need it for work. However, it is ridiculously slow to startup, beachballs if you even look at it wrong and has random crashes. I was hoping that this update would fix these issues but it hasn't so its into the trash for Office 08. The aqua version of openoffice.org is coming along nicely, I can't wait for the final version |
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I, for one, like this new feature. I often download torrents where I only want certain parts of the torrent. This allows me to select which parts of the torrent I want to download before it hits the download queue. |
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1) This would be much nicer if you could have it running just as a menubar app without a dock icon and window open all the time. 2) When changing the slider there is no live updating of the time you're selecting which makes it hard to get the timing just right. 3) Ten minutes of demo time is ridiculous. 4) It would be good if instead of just putting your text up on the screen it blacked out the rest of your screen for the specified time as well. 5) Having said all that, this app shows promise but at the moment is lacking in the implementation. |
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Using Unsanity's APE and then blaming Dictate for your system being unstable by having KP's etc is completely unfair. It is well known to most Mac users that running APE is likely to make your system much less stable and that users run it at their own risk. |
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Wow, I think my brain just melted. It took me and my partner, working together, ages to get started but we finally finished our first Kakuro puzzle. Definitely gets the old noggin' going. For a 1.0 release it feels quite polished and the developer has stated he will be adding new features. |
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I agree. I was a beta tester of Mailplane and while I liked the convenience of Mailplane when Gmail was still running under POP3, I switched back to Mail.app when Gmail made IMAP available. |
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Yes! Like Antichrisis below me I have been eagerly awaiting a Universal Binary of this program. I was actually expecting it be a version 2 release and I was getting ready to pay the upgrade fee to (IMHO) the best journaling program out there. |
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The 'deal' is that his problems were to do with APE (well known to cause system problems) and yet he only gave Firefox two stars - because it didn't play nicely with a third party system hack. |
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You make derogatory remarks about Firefox because you have APE installed and it doesn't play nicely with APE? If you have APE installed you have to accept that things are going to go screwy with your computer. |
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27 MB of real memory is nothing. A more relevant question would be how much CPU it is using while running. |
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Doesn't seem to be able to make it 3D when on the side, only on the bottom. |
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I wonder if the poster below has even used the Mac version? I've had numerous crashes, CPU hovering over 90% and two failed burns so far. Plus I had to send them my email address just to get the privilege of getting a trial licence. I'll try again on a later version. |
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Its such a pity this program is no longer being developed. I have tried MacJournal, Journler and heaps of others and this one fits best with what I want a journal program to be. However, it is getting left behind now that all the others are Universal Binaries and run much faster on an intel mac. |
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Although not installed by the Install Disks, Open Firmware Password.app is present on the disks that came with my MacBook. I used Pacifist to install it into my Utilities folder where it works like a charm. |
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Although this looks interesting, it doesn't even recognise .txt, .doc or .rtf files when I use the open dialog. The preferences are so disabled (in the demo) you can't even see what the preferences are (preferences is greyed out). Plus there is no way to save the format in anything other than .schrieben in the demo and see how they play with Word and other programs. $3 looks like a more than fair price, but it is way too limited at this stage. |
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I have tried both this and VMWare Fusion (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23593) on my MacBook to run Win XP Pro. In my experience the beta version of VMWare has been much smoother than version 3 of Parallels. |
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Some new software purchased by work had no OSX equivalent so I was finally forced to install Windows (XP Pro) on my MacBook which I installed via BootCamp. I initially tried Parallels but had lots of difficulty getting small things working (mounting USB drives, etc). I then tried VMWare Fusion and so far it has worked smoothly without any hitches. It is still at a public beta stage whereas Parallels is $80 and is at version 3. In my experience the beta of VMWare Fusion has been better than version 3 of Parallels. |
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sorry, didn't realise that, I had only heard about it being released with Leopard. Even stranger then that it talks about the original snow (which I own) and graphite base stations. |
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Requires Airport Utility 5.0 - strange they are releasing a public update that requires a component of Leopard. Us plebs using Tiger have Airport Admin Utility 4. |
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Whenever I open it up (or go to the about dialog) I just get the message "Where is GrowlHelperApp.app?" and that's it. No way of actually getting content into FVD. I have tried copy & pasting URL, dragging web icon onto FVD's dock icon. Crap. |
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EDITOR NOTES Pre-order Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" from Amazon.com. It's shipping at the end of this month (March). Shipping at the end of the month?! Where did you get this from? P.S. a simple reboot seems to have fixed the problems I mentioned below. |
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When logging back in after applying this update my Bluetooth status was no longer in the menubar and now scrolling doesn't work on my BT MightyMouse. |
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I agree - what are you supposed to do with an 'up' piece if all your pies already have an 'up' piece? |
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If you want your iCal info on the desktop take a look at iCalViewer: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11500 |
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Nice, fun game that gets you thinking and observing. A little bit like a cross between Myst and I Spy. My only wish at this stage was that it was a Universal Binary. |
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A good concept and seems to work well at what it does. However, it could be vastly improved by: 1. Allowing you to choose a location to have the .SolidFolder, e.g. in your home folder, instead of the Resource folder within the PortableSolid.app file. 2. Providing password entry in hashed form instead of as plain text. 3. Help files in languages other than Japanese. |
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I get the same deal on my MacBook with a Gig of RAM. On first start-up it also says that my video card is not supported. You sure you weren't reading about MacBook Pro's? |
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I am a high school science teacher. After playing around with Quiz Press I don't think this program is worth $30, let alone the usual price of $50. There is no spell checking (this should be an obvious feature) and the printing of the finished quizzes is well under par - 1 question per page is just ridiculous for multiple choice. |
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Can't open .rtf, Word documents or import projects from other applications, e.g. CopyWrite. Until these things happen this program won't be finding a permanent home in my Applications folder. |
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I agree with a couple of posters below - the time limitations on the demo are ridiculous. (As far as I'm concerned, any program that puts such limitations on a user is a demo program NOT shareware). It looks like a nice program, but it won't even allow me to play one full game. |
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Thanks for pointing that out - I hadn't realised that I could also change the computer's character. |
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Although the game play is good, it feels like its still in early stages of development - e.g. I've only played 2 games and one them both 6-0. At that rate I would probably tire of this game quite quickly yet the developer wants $20 for it. BTW, it has a generic icon which could be vastly improved. |
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Doze (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20699) does exactly the same thing, is free, and works flawlessly on my Intel MacBook. |
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Bounces in the dock a couple of times then quits. |
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The application that was being slimmed at the time the fans started raging and then hung Xslimmer was the program Comic Life which shipped with the MacBook. The temperature was that recorded by the dashboard widget iStat pro. |
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First, the developers website states that Xslimmer is a "Public Beta", its not, its a beta demo, it is limited to 50MB unless you register. Second, halfway through the slimming process my fans started roaring and iStat Pro informed me that Xslimmer was using between 98 and 99.8% of the CPU and the temperature of my CPU leapt from a comfortable 46°C to a raging 72°C. Third, the program then became unresponsive and had to be force quite. Fourth, after this I decided to check things out with Activity Monitor. Activity Monitor failed to launch. No worries, following the developers instructions I had told Xslimmer to make a backup of all altered applications. However, when I replaced the now slimmed Activity Monitor with Xslimmer's backup copy of AM, it still failed to launch. Very unimpressive. Obviously still at an early beta stage, but they want you to fork out $10 for the privilege of helping them iron out some pretty heavy bugs. I'll be staying well clear of this app from now on. |
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By keeping the operating temperature lower, it shouldn't get to the point where the heatsink is expanding so much that it makes contact with the sensor cable, causing the short circuit. Having said that, I've had my heatsink replaced under warranty. I still installed this update. The fans seem to be spinning slightly faster at idle, which should keep temps down. |
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Awesome set of solitaire games - now just waiting for it to be updated to a Universal Binary. |
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SWEET!! Now if only it could do something about the aqua menubar because now that looks cheesy when it has a nice UNO window butted up against it. |
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A program that claims to be a journal program doesn't even offer a means to insert date or time. |
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Brilliant, just what I was looking for. After reading the previous two reviews I was hesitant to give it a go but so far it has worked flawlessly. PLUS, its free! |
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Same here, doesn't open on a 2GHz MacBook. |
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This, along with OmniWeb, seems to have been at beta stage for a long time for a .1 update. |
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Apparently its not just for the moos, it also makes the MacBooks run significantly cooler, especially at idle. |
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Thanks! |
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I'd like to try this app out but I can't be bothered downloading Stuffit to uncompress it. Why isn't this just packaged as a zip or similar? |
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Yeah, nice trial version! (sarcasm) It centres the map over your home city then straight across the middle of you desktop it writes in huge letters "NOT REGISTERED - evaluation purposes only" with the result that this is plastered right over where you want to watch. Fair enough if the developer wants to put this somewhere on the trial screen but putting it where it is has turned me off this program. |
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I am having the same issues - ridiculously slow donwloads, taking a long time to connect to your home page, etc. |
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While the plugin is Universal the applications included with this installer are all PPC. |
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Tried to download but get a message from .Mac saying the page is not available due to data bandwidth restrictions. |
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I just got my new MacBook today and even running under Rosetta viJournal is just as fast or even faster than it was on my G4 PowerBook. |
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Looked good - until I went to their website and saw that the final version will have a price tag of $149.95!!! Whoah! |
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I'm curious - what does this app do that Keychain Access doesn't? |
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The profiles the program installs don't expire, just the actual installer. |
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I have worked out that the shortcut keys DO work from an admin account, however they don't work from a standard account (which is what I am usually logged in as). |
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Looks promising, however I can't get the shortcut feature to work. I've tried a number of different shortcuts (some so obscure they could never be used by anything else) and none of them have worked. |
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Excellant. Fast and stable. You can choose between aqua, unified and metal interfaces. There are different themes to choose from. You can choose different search engines. The one and only feature it needs to replace Safari full-time is the ability to check spelling as you type. P.S. don't bother going to their support forums, its mostly spam. |
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Although this looks very promising, it is also very buggy - especially for a 1.2 release. Numerous crashes, no way to bring your main window back up if you accidently close it, etc. I will keep my eye on this program, but it feels more like a beta or even alpha program than something that is ready for prime time. |
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This app is indeed getting there however, it needs a couple of things: 1) rtf support for bold, italics, etc. 2) better integration with Hog Bay's notetaking app Mori. On the plus side the developer has an excellent attitude towards the development of his software - check out his online forums. |
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It is a pity this program is no longer being developed as it is my favourite menubar launcher. I guess its because there are now a lot of free launchers that offer a lot more options, but I like the basic simplicity of this program. |
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I've been looking for a replacement for 'my favorite things' seeing as that program is no longer being developed. The one thing this program needs to be able to replace it is a keyboard shortcut to be able to access it. |
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Nowhere near as polished as the open source (and free) Battle for Wesnoth. |
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Well, where I come from (Australia) you actually spelt it right the first time. |
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Nice. Simply drop a jpeg or similar onto its dock icon and it changes the desktop picture for you, you don't even need the program to be open. |
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Easiest fool-proof way is to set Open Firmware Password to on then give your kids a standard (or managed) account in System Preferences. |
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I really like the information contained in this widget, however the analog clock makes no sense. Sure, it needs to be in 24 hour time, but shouldn't 0 hrs be at the top of the clock instead of the bottom. Perhaps some numbers around the clock face (e.g. 6 am, 9 am, 12 noon, 3 pm, etc) might help in this respect. But, as I am normally up before sunrise, this is good information to have. |
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What you are talking about is already available from the Window menubar in Safari (and nearly every other application). Also, Safari has the benefit of opening links into tabs instead of new windows. |
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Brilliant, just what I was looking for. Now I can choose to search wikipedia or google in my country (Australia) right from the google search bar in Safari. |
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I don't know what's going on - I get the lamp but I don't get the 'lava'. Looks good, wish I could get it to work. |
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An excellent program, just what I was looking for. However one thing I would like to see is that when you have your todo's sorted by calendar they are listed by priority instead of alphabetically. I have already emailed this suggestion to the developer (I am a registered user) but so far have had no response. |
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Does not take into account daylight savings time in Eastern Australia. It would be good if you could simply select your time zone from the map instead of having to try and figure out which time zone you are in from the clunky drop-down menu. If these improvements could be made it might find a permanent home on my hard drive, but not yet. |
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Excellent, just what I was looking for - the enter key on my PowerBook now acts as a command key plus I now have the bonus of using shift-backspace as a forward delete. So far its working very well. |
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I'm running 10.4.5 on a G4 PowerBook. I will try using it on the iMac. |
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Downloaded it, tried it and bought it, all in the one day. This is exactly what I've been looking for to use with my old PowerBook when I'm away from the office. Works well, not a single issue so far, and very reasonably priced. |
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Downloaded and installed into both my home and root level libraries but can't get it to show up in the Screensaver pane within System Preferences. The actual quartz file similarly does not play properly in quicktime. |
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Works well, nice AI and graphics, price may be a tad steep. |
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