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I was really down on CCC for having let the program stagnate. Recently, the *other* standard third-party mac backup utility has been giving me some problems. On two occasions, CCC. 3.0.x has pulled through. For now, I am keeping a close eye out on CCC, but the developer is earning my trust back. If this keeps up, I will definitely make a material contribution to the effort. CCC is definitely worth keeping an eye on. |
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Interesting app, but lots of bugs. Misinterprets keyboard input, glitches in window resizing, and slow refreshing. Conceptually, however, the software is intriguing. |
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Wow. Belkin completely blows. Their link to d/l the updated software is broken and gives visitors the default Microsoft IIS "page not available" notice. What's more, navigating through their website which looks like a refugee from the 1990s leads to a page for the Nostromo software that makes no mention of updated drivers. LAME. |
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Like other longtime users of CandyBar, I was glad to see the rollout of version 3. Then I looked at the pricing and haven't bothered to do anything more than download. For me. Leopard's default icons are not as hideous as Tiger's. That--combined with that fact that (to my mind) upgrade pricing for a $12-turned-$29 program should be no more than $10--means I will hold off on CandyBar 3 for some time to come. |
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All power to the people. I don't regularly use p2p download software, maybe 5 times a year, if that. This holiday, I searched for "That Holiday Feeling" (not avail for purchase anywhere) using Acquisition 2.x and was struck by the random elimination of results and the badge asking for money block the bottom of the search results (a window that can be moved using software like MondoMouse or Zooom). Anyhow, I was considering finally paying for a license after all these years but all these comments seem to indicated Watanabe has gone even further down the path of egotistic developer. In my opinion, Acquisition's beautiful interface comes at the cost of an intense internal critic, one that is now finding a target among Acquisition's user base. I'm downgrading to 128.5 (I keep an archive of downloaded software precisely for such possibilities). I wish Acquisition's users the best of luck and I exhort Watanabe to get his head on straight. Mr. Watanabe, your users are your base. Listen to them. |
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This application only had to mention Audacity before I stopped listening. Audacity has been tremendously buggy that I stopped checking for updates over a year ago. Also, for those hoping to offload all their ideas to audio: good luck with that. Audio is not searchable and cannot easily be skimmed for important content. Save your money and learn how to type. |
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USERS BEWARE! The development time between CCC 2.3 and 3.0 was over one year. As listed in comments below, the attitude of the developers is less than professional. I was dependent a long time ago on CCC and when 10.3.9 definitely broke CCC, the developers did absolutely nothing to fix the software for over a year. Apparently CCC 3 does not even maintain the same feature set as its former version, despite that it is a full integer "upgrade." My advice is to steer clear of CCC but keep an eye on this formerly wonderful piece of software. I highly recommend users not to rely on CCC until such a time that the developers behave as if they are providing a utility with the importance of *backup* software. This would require that they maintain their software in full working order for at least one year. In the past they simply abandoned their users. Let's hope they've had a serious change of heart. |
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The developer is slow to release and unresponsive to requests for support. The current version makes some minor improvements (speed), but endo languishes in terms of features compared to NewsFire and NetNewsWire 3. Don't waste your time with this subpar piece of shareware. If you're trying to save money, try Vienna whose developers are incredibly responsive and are on a very fast update cycle. |
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I am astonished at the pace of development and height of quality of Skim. This is the PDF reader that Apple and Adobe can only wishes they could make. I've been using Skim since version 0.4 or so and with one small glitch in 0.5, every update to Skim delivers a feature I had been wishing were present. I cannot praise the developers of this program highly enough and look forward to 1.0 and, I'm guessing, Skim's move to shareware. |
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I've been using Keyboard Maestro for quite some time now, maybe two years. Definitely more than one. It is, hands down, the most useful keystroke management utility I've ever used. It has its quirks, mainly the complexity of putting together new macros. Outside of this, this utility rocks the house as hard as an earthquake. For starters, it provides universal keyboard access for any and all AppleScripts you could think to whip up. And unlike a competing app in the same space (which only works for AppleScripts), Keyboard Maestro will work with AppleScripts which depend on Finder selections. I also use it to program interactivity between programs which would take more time using other means (e.g. AppleScript). It has a clipboard utility which (in all honesty) doesn't hold a candle to QuickSILSVER's implementation, but unlike QuickSILVER, Keyboard Maestro is not a system-wide search tool. It's a tool for when you know exactly what you what you want to do or where you want to go. For example, one can program a system-wide keyboard shortcut to open a Finder window to one's desktop and another to take one to a directory of frequently-used symbolic links, etc. For $10, KM is a steal. Oh, and for the MUPromo folks, don't bother bestowing a license for KM to this comment. I have my copy. |
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