LEOOFBORG  As an additional comment, I've found another stupid bug:

PROBLEM:

Diskwarrior will rename Knox [or maybe other] disk images as the root disk.

0/ Root disk is called SPIKE. Filevault image is called *MOUNTY.

1/ mount the Knox or other Filevault image named '*MOUNTY'

2/ Rebuild with DW 411.

Result. Get this. Mounted disk is now called SPIKE. Sheesh!!!

Fix. Count to 10. Count to 10 again. Then rename Filevault disk back to *MOUNTY.  
(Version 4.1.1)

LEOOFBORG  Mini Review. As you'll see from my comment below, I find DW to be useful.. on external hard disks. I find Time Machine [and/or Superduper] and Applejack to be *much more useful* for disk fixing and backup recovery. You don't back up? In this day and age? You rely on vendors with slow update cycles? [Not just Alsoft..] Sucks to be you.

That aside, I was also able to update my DW 4.1 CD to 4.11, with the following bug-- DW's 'CD Update App' recognizes, but then does not use the Disk Burner that you specify. It will even READ from the burner just fine!

However, during the 'burn phase' it will just sit and sit and sit. Even tho you have chosen the supported DVD external burner, and it has read! Basically the updater will wait for the *internal* or first burner in the chain. Stupid.

If your *internal* burner works you have to insert a CD *there*. So, Alsoft, thanks for the useless popdown menu, burner selection *does not work* correctly.

Three stars for DW still being somewhat useful in this 'era of OSX' that Alsoft hasn't quite caught up to, -1 for releasing this slightly buggy updater as well as the byzantine process.

Aside to German and overseas users:: I feel your pain. When I lived in Germany we just learned to do without, that is, back up and find other, cheaper, and sometimes better tools.  
(Version 4.1.1)

LEOOFBORG  Leopard [with Time Machine] basically makes Diskwarrior obsolete. And I'll tell you why, as a DW user since OS9 days. It's two words:

Boot restore.

If you've been using Time Machine for a few weeks, and your disk becomes unusable, then you boot with your Leopard CD, and run the Time Machine application:

* It asks you for the Time Machine disk you've been using,

* It erases your boot disk,

* It restores EVERYTHING as it was.

The way DW used to 'save my bacon' in OS9, Applejack and Time Machine have been just as useful in OS X. As other users have said, Alsoft has not changed with the times and now, like Allume/Alladin and Stuffit, they've been left behind. When was the last time I made a *.sit file? About the last time I booted the DW CD....

Basically after last year's MacWorld I discarded Disk Warrior as a serious tool due to their spotty support. I mean, it took them *this long* after the release to come up with a CD upgrader? That now doesn't work with Macs from *one year ago*? Please.

I *do* use it to check removeable disks, but as a primary disk tool? Nah. That's what diskutil is for. And recovering files? That's what Time Machine / Super Duper / Carbon Copy Cloner are for.

I will be VERY SURPRISED if there is a DW 5.   
(Version 4.1.1)

LEOOFBORG  If you think programming is so easy or that the app should be $5, maybe you should code a plugin yourself?

For me, this little plugin is worth three expensive cups of coffee to a guy who does the heavy work.

I wasn't having problems with the plugin myself, but I thank the dev for making fixes. I'll take what I can get.  
(Version 2.1.4)

LEOOFBORG  This is not an AJ problem.

Holding down command-s at boot time should work regardless of whether Applejack is installed or not. It's how you get into single user mode.

If command-s isn't working then you need to try another keyboard or reset the PRAM. Or contact your administrator.

Applejack works on my machines just fine.  
(Version 1.5)

LEOOFBORG  This is an AWESOME port of MPlayer. Previously I could ONLY do what could be done using terminal commands; in addition, the author has cleaned up some freetype/font config bugs that kept me from seeing styled subtitles the way they were meant to be seen.

Add to that EASY font color [for SRT] and scaling, even of styled fonts, and MKV chaptering [only available via Quicktime with Perian, *not* VLC], and MPE is a winner.

Yes, there are minor little bugs [like forcing aspect ratio broken], but at this point MPE's a winner.

My nephew and I [Macross Frontier fans!] thank the dev. Fantastic job!

Also: The source builds very easily. Thank you for putting the source up as well!  
(Version rev6)

LEOOFBORG  GrowlSafari's file permissions are not properly set in /Library/Inputmanagers/

See my post in the Growl forums here:

http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17511#p106261  
(Version 1.1.3)

LEOOFBORG  My bad, I meant one other post over at 'Versiontracker', and here's the link:

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/feedback/article.php?story=20080529185710659  
(Version 10.5.3)

LEOOFBORG  As the 'author' has given me some tasks, here ya go:

Funny. Reviewing the evidence I think I'd say the same thing again.

Actually I *do* know how to use WHOIS from the command line:

Registrant:

Domains by Proxy, Inc.

DomainsByProxy.com

15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353

Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)

Domain Name: NOTHINGGOES.COM

Created on: 16-Sep-06

Expires on: 16-Sep-11

Last Updated on: 19-Feb-08

Administrative Contact:

Private, Registration NOTHINGGOES.COM@domainsbyproxy.com

Domains by Proxy, Inc.

DomainsByProxy.com

15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353

Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

United States

(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2599

Technical Contact:

Private, Registration NOTHINGGOES.COM@domainsbyproxy.com

Domains by Proxy, Inc.

DomainsByProxy.com

15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353

Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

United States

(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2599

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM

NS2.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM

Note the vague names and.. 'Domains by Proxy'. Very interesting.

Next: It's very hard to contact you via your website as there are no links nor 'About' page as of this writing. We don't know who you are, why would we buy software from you?

Finally, the only 'low quality' response I made was to MacUpdate, not 'various boards'... But if the "developer" [note the quotes] likes, I can certainly post it somewhere where other users are likely to "Digg" the story.  
(Version 10.5.3)

LEOOFBORG  Sorry, but I'm with Marook.

If you want to PAY MONEY to hobble your system, that's your business.

If you want to REALLY have a secure system, save your money, and put it towards a 'Little Snitch' license and avoid this crapware.  
(Version 10.5.3)

LEOOFBORG  Actually, I've been to Alsoft's website and the Leopard upgrade to DiskWarrior 4 will be free.

I thought the eDisk that TTP makes might be a good idea, but in all truth I only used it 2-3 times.

I'll probably wait for the DW upgrade and for the author of Applejack to update his script... personally I'm a bit ambivalent about $30 for an incremental upgrade in light of what Micromat's competition is doing.  
(Version 4.6.1)

LEOOFBORG  Sheesh, I didn't even get around to LCC and they have an update out within HOURS of the 10.51 dot release..

Nice job, guys!  
(Version 4.0.1)

LEOOFBORG  I'm sorry Ivanovich, but you have the worst case of PEBKAC I have ever seen.

Maybe as a 'veteran user' [probably of Mac OS 9] you should RTFM and then post **ONE** review instead of polluting the reviews with excessive noise.  
(Version 1.1.1)

LEOOFBORG  I'll be less polite than the Dev.

This is the worst case of PEBKAC followed by a tantrum I have ever seen.

If you're not going to RTFM, then you deserve everything you get.  
(Version 1.5.2)

LEOOFBORG  Seems like a good idea, but all of the Japanese radio stations *crash* the widget.  
(Version 1.1.4)

LEOOFBORG  It's obvious that Parallels is a small team of people. With finite resources.

If I have the choice between 'support' and 'development' I will definitely take 'development'.

To the Parallels folks: Please come up with an email / forum template that says 'Thanks for your Msg, we look at every msg and will look into it!'

Because, obviously, with all the bugfixing going on, that's what they're doing.  
(Version 3.0.5158)

LEOOFBORG  I guess the Developer doesn't want his time wasted with tire-kickers.

I tried and bought the previous version and submit the occasional bug.. this new version rocks..

So take that for what it is.  
(Version 2.0b8)

LEOOFBORG  My bad... I got Little Snitch 'again' in the July promo...not 6 months previous as I wrote.

Sorry to mislead.... regardless, this is a MAJOR upgrade to Little Snitch.

I've already written a bug to the author and gotten a response.. you can't pay for developer response like that.

Little Snitch is more than just a network filter with this release. The fact that the author is giving you a beta key to try things out is icing on the cake.  
(Version 2.0b6)

LEOOFBORG  Instead of jumping to conclusions, why don't you contact the author himself??

The promo happened 6 months ago, do you expect him to remember EVERY LITTLE THING?

I have TWO Little Snitch licenses, one from 2004 [which I happily upgraded] and another that I got from the mupromo around 2/16... yes, it's a 32*** number, and yes, that one was 'free' for me.

Again, developers do not have perfect information, I'm sure he's more concentrating on coding now and not licensing.

I recommend that all of you who got in early on the promo _ask nicely_..

Setting a cutoff date at 6 months is reasonable. Missing it by a few days is at the author's discretion... IF he remembered.  
(Version 2.0b6)

LEOOFBORG  This iteration of iPhoto, while having a number of new 'gee whiz' features -- also suffers from the great 'dumbing down' that other users are complaining about with iMovie and iDVD.

My gripes are here:

http://expatleo.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/iphoto-7-drops-n-up-printing-as-a-feature-dumb/

I also list the workarounds to get around this so-called 'enhancement'.

C'mon Apple. Bring back N-Up and real contact sheets.

I would give iPhoto 6 4.5 stars, and at this point recommend it over iPhoto 7.0x for at least the next couple months.  
(Version 7.0.2)

LEOOFBORG  Um, I use Delicious Library and some scripts to do stuff like this, but if someone spiffs me for free I won't complain...  
(Version 3.7.1)

LEOOFBORG  I have my MacBook Pro set to boot in verbose mode.

Basically it's a minor kernel panic as one of the processors is not properly addressed [or so the msg said, no panic.log].

*sigh*

Hard reboot, run applejack, all is well.

Not that big a deal.  
(Version 2007-004)

LEOOFBORG  Please note that this IS A BETA.

That being said, this is a very sweet upgrade.

Just follow their instructions and also BACK UP YOUR OS IMAGES.  
(Version 2.5.3036)

LEOOFBORG  I see nothing compelling in their feature list to warrant this as an 11.0. It's barely a 10.1.

Sorry, but I'm not donating to the beast formerly known as Aladdin at this time.  
(Version 11.0)

LEOOFBORG  And now all of us with iTunes problems should buy Pedro a Starbucks | drink of his choice for this quick codework.

I sure did... go to his site and hit the PayPal button. After you read this -- buy the man a drink at the very least!  
(Version 1.3.1)

LEOOFBORG  Hi Pedro... this fixed the issue for me. Thanks!   
(Version 1.3.1)

LEOOFBORG  Pedro, I'm also running English systems on my Al_Book and Mini and getting this error.

10.47 current, iTunes 7  
(Version 1.3.1)

LEOOFBORG  I've also read over at pimpmycamino that the dev is dropping Camino support.

Hmm, I paid for this. As far as hit or misses go, this was a miss.

The other users are spot on, don't expect any support from the dev -- as such, I don't recommend running ANY input manager plugin that is not actively supported / bugfixed by its developer.  
(Version 2.6.2)

LEOOFBORG  If you find *.28 crashing on you at startup it's the new styles format.

Go to ~/Application Support/endo/styles and take out ALL the old styles you were using.

Replace these with the revised styles on the endo.dmg and all should be well.  
(Version 1.0.28)

LEOOFBORG  Excellent plugin for Safari, now updated for Intel and with man2html built in! Hint for man and apropos here:

http://expat-leo.blogspot.com/2006/06/geek-mac-safari-sogudi-now-does-man.html  
(Version 0.4.6)

LEOOFBORG  I hate to say this, but this really looks like a dumbed down version of Koolclip.

$12 is not miniscule for what looks like a one-trick pony.

Also the 'insta-5star' review posted here is suspect.

Me? Sorry, I'll stick with Butler. Unicode savvy clipboard buffer, iTunes remote, much more. And again _DONATION_ware.  
(Version 1.4)

LEOOFBORG  First time I've used this software; it -does- show promise. But for me there are two sticking points:

1/ A whole load of script errors on PPC and Mactel machines that I have tested, esp with loading machine data and the 'Maintanence routines'.

2/ **Repeatedly** asking for my admin password during said routines. Sheesh, throw'em in the keychain, or ask ONCE.

3/ [minor] logic error with the updater. I -have- 3.2, but it asks if I want to download 3.2. Urk.

Yeah, I know this is free. It's just that this is version 3.2. A version 3 should have some polish, and a .2 means 2 iterations of bugfixes to me. I'm just not seeing it. High marks for usefulness and effort, low marks for Applescript bugginess and weird password issues.  
(Version 3.2)

LEOOFBORG  I bought this because earlier iterations saved my butt. There are a few burps / questions I have for the author so I will take those to email.

The author is open to version the software any way they see fit. If they stream a fix but no new features you may just see a date change or a build number after the version in 'Get Info'. This is standard operating procedure.

Concerning the pirate users below? You get what you deserve. Barring that, you are very ignorant of Unix. You -can- unintentionally wipe directories, give bad permissions, etc if you have a low enough user id or use sudo. What's the difference between

sudo rm -Rf ~/Users/name/Library/Caches/*

and

sudo rm -Rf ~/Users/name/Library/*

..you'll find out really quick, ScriptPuppy. I hope you back up.

I have seen a lot of bugs, and a lot of shellscript based applications. I have blown up a few directories in my time and have had to restore from backup. Sorry, but you are WRONG.

Finally, if you pirated the software you did NOT enter into a contract with the developer. Go ahead and TRY and sue him for your data loss. Courts in the EU and North America will laugh at you.

Finally, you may read this blog entry about how I feel about whiners and script kiddies.

If you found a bug, email the author. If you didn't pay for the product [yet] then expect to be thrown lower in the queue under the customers. And if this program is useful -pay- for it.

Recommendation to the author: 14 day trial, or 'number of uses' trial [5-10 uses].

Leo

http://expat-leo.blogspot.com  
(Version 5.0.5)

LEOOFBORG  Users having upgrade troubles with 'The Serial Number could not be saved' should try turning off FileVault in addition to removing Prefs.

This bug bit me; I tested on two machines, one FV'd and on not.

Flip4Mac: Please test with FileVault!

Leo

http://expat-leo.blogspot.com/  
(Version 2.0.2)

LEOOFBORG  Agreed with the anon poster below. 'Sp@mXUser' is probably a Spammer.

Established ISPs score spam by user complaint. If the users don't complain then the spam cannot be acted upon.

The only people who would complain about this software and its approach don't understand it.. or understand it all too well.  
(Version 4.2.8)

LEOOFBORG  Thank you thank you thank you for including the SoundForGrowl.app!

Now that ONE process where I want Sound + Smoke Growl notification actually works!

[Message from networked server]

DING! "Process Complete!"

Very cool.  
(Version 1.1)

LEOOFBORG  Two things make this a _MUST UPGRADE_.

1/ if you paid the shareware fee, this is a free upgrade from version 1.. just put in your number. I -will say- that the next time this saves my butt I'm donating.

2/ Kernel Audit and Reporting by Package Receipt. This is VERY COOL.

So while the Solaris Adm below is unzipping his Archive.pax files, FINE. The rest of us can benefit from this great too.

I'll take buying 3-4 of these REALLY USEFUL tools over buying ONE really cruddy tool from a clueless vendor like Norton.

Anyone remember when the company named after Peter Norton had clue?  
(Version 2.0)