NEUTRALZONE  Sorry, SED won't work. No drag-and-drop integration with Finder and standard photo apps, must learn geeky syntax, can't see where you can number files, extreme potential for unchecked user error...I bought a Mac so that I wouldn't have to deal with nerdy command lines (I use NameMangler, which is as free as the Terminal but much less torture, but used to use Renamer4Mac which is also very nice).  
(Version 3.7)

NEUTRALZONE  It has appeared in Software Update again  
(Version 2008-003)

NEUTRALZONE  Also wanted to add that it was on Software Update earlier today (I didn't want to restart my Mac at that time) but is gone there now too.  
(Version 2008-003)

NEUTRALZONE  Just FYI, it works with my 10.5.4 MacBook Pro.  
(Version 1.5)

NEUTRALZONE  Wowww...definitely the most auspicious download of the week. Thanks!  
(Version 1.5)

NEUTRALZONE  Some freelance contracts require that the contractor have antivirus software on their computer. If they were to ever audit I could point to ClamAV and say "sure, I have some AV software installed."  
(Version 1.1.1)

NEUTRALZONE  A day too late. I put up with Tunnelblick for months and just yesterday I switched to the new Viscosity, and I am amazed how much nicer and more stable it is.  
(Version 3.0b9)

NEUTRALZONE  macsolu, you may never see a fix for this from Adobe, because it is said to be a bug of Apple's. Some of the other Leopard bugs with InDesign did not have to be fixed by Indesign 5.0.3 because they WERE fixed by Apple in Mac OS X 10.5.4. I have been watching this blog for the latest info:

http://blogs.adobe.com/indesignchannel/2008/06/indesign_leopard_1054_nav_serv.html

The latest on the Hiding bug is at the bottom of that post.  
(Version 5.0.3)

NEUTRALZONE  Apparently some posters are clueless as to what POS means to the target audience of this product. Regardless of what POS means to the kids on the Internets, in the serious and extremely lucrative grown-up's world of retail, POS is overwhelmingly recognized as an abbreviation for "Point of Sale." Who should the developer listen to, the target customers in a billion-dollar industry...or some amateurs looking for freeware on a web site?  
(Version 1.0.4)

NEUTRALZONE  I found the answer at the Growl official forums. The GrowlMail installer is skipping a step that puts it into the Mail preferences, so even if you run the GrowlMail installer AND enable it in Growl, it still might not show up (so the previous comment doesn't necessarily fix the problem).

A workaround mentioned in the forums is to download Widemail (available here at MacUpdate) and install it. Doing so also reveals the GrowlMail prefs in Mail. If you don't care to use Widemail at this point, you can go ahead and uninstall it and GrowlMail prefs will remain.  
(Version 1.1.3)

NEUTRALZONE  This is a great idea. Would prefer it as a standalone utility, not dependent on having to start up Dashboard.  
(Version 1.3)

NEUTRALZONE  If you think the sliders are too short, you should increase the Option Panel Width, there's a preference for it. Or you can click the spin buttons. Personally I turn both off and enter small increments numerically. It sounds like you didn't look at the program long enough.  
(Version 8.4.64)

NEUTRALZONE  Man, I gotta agree with the other two. GraphicConverter can intimidate new users because it seems to come from the time when the only way to adjust images was by using dialog boxes with sliders. It's definitely a valuable tool in a Mac user's toolbox - five stars for the features - but the way you get things done is as if UI design stopped at the end of the 20th century. The reality is that there is an amazing amount of innovation in image-editing UI that's happening right now...in other apps.  
(Version 6.0.4)

NEUTRALZONE  Not only is cleaning the cache folders on disk not the same as the questionable purpose of this software, but cache cleaning normally lengthens startup time quite a bit! Startup time in OS X is optimized by caches, so when you lose those, they need to be rebuilt. When I dump caches, startup time goes from 35 seconds to 3 minutes.  
(Version 2.5)

NEUTRALZONE  "Why add one more thing to the menu bar when it's already down there in the dock?"

Because I prefer to keep my Dock hidden, I can't see the badge. Therefore I prefer to see Mail status in the menu bar, next to my other status icons. I thank the author of this software for providing this freedom of choice.  
(Version 3.0)

NEUTRALZONE  Because Onyx does not do the same job.  
(Version 2.1.1)

NEUTRALZONE  OS X is certainly more maintenance-free with every version. But in Tiger, for instance, the maintenance scripts that are supposed to be automated are buggy, and OS X will not repair permissions by itself. Macaroni makes absolutely sure they get run, so I never have to think about it. With OS X alone, you do have to think about it.  
(Version 2.1.1)

NEUTRALZONE  Actually, I think it is worth the small purchase price to not ever have to think about it, ever. One less thing to do. Macaroni practically makes a Mac maintenance-free. Some people will pay more for a drink at a bar.  
(Version 2.1.1)

NEUTRALZONE  "...a BBEdit for novices."

That implies that professionals wouldn't benefit from integrated feedback and efficient workflow! A typical "high priest" type of comment. Making things easier doesn't necessarily have to dumb them down...if you don't believe that, you don't believe in the Mac.

I code in TextWrangler right now, but I think I'm going to get Coda.  
(Version 1.0.5)

NEUTRALZONE  I had the same problem, installed it and Acid Search no longer appeared in Safari v3.04 (523.12)  
(Version 0.7b4)

NEUTRALZONE  Although the original post was probably not from a Mac fanboy, this is a good lesson for the fanboys. Every day there are hardcore Mac fans berating software companies who don't upgrade their apps for the latest OSs right away, write in Cocoa, or support special Core technologies or other proprietary Apple features. The fanboys call those companies stupid, shortsighted, or doomed.

Now here is a developer who is taking full and complete advantage of the latest Apple tech, and they're still getting shot down! Well, the fanboys need to be careful what they wish for sometimes. Making a developer use the latest Apple tools and toys sometimes that means it's impractical to make the product backwards-compatible or cross-platform. If you want an app to be more practical in the world, sometimes you have to give up some of Apple's proprietary features.  
(Version 1.0v2r1)

NEUTRALZONE  Correct tekl, that shortcut does not substitute for this software because it sleeps both the computer and the display. This software sleeps just the display, leaving the machine fully awake.  
(Version 1.0)

NEUTRALZONE  Awesome concept, awesome execution!  
(Version 1.0)

NEUTRALZONE  I didn't mind the question either. I'm not the type to yell "RTFM" at people, but there is an interesting side to this one.

While the poster said he doesn't like to download software they might not use, it is important to note that this is one that is particularly worth trying yourself. Simply because, geeks tend to strongly criticize developers who cripple or restrict their shareware, claiming you can't really test it that way. But Carbon Copy Cloner is provided as unrestricted, uncrippled donationware. Every feature can be examined and thoroughly tested without pre-paying. Such developers should be supported.

(I chose to pay the developer twice his requested donation amount for 2.0 because of its value to me at the time.)  
(Version 3.0)

NEUTRALZONE  Since I bought Parallels many months ago, this is the first non-beta build that lets me sync my Kyocera phone via its Windows-only USB sync cable and software, so I'm very happy. CPU and RAM usage seem to be well under control. Nice job!  
(Version 3.0.5160)

NEUTRALZONE  Holy moly, it's a Growl update!  
(Version 1.1)

NEUTRALZONE  Confirmed...incorrectly reports WPA networks under the WEP column.  
(Version 1.0)

NEUTRALZONE  The developer is right. The Dock is hidden on all my Macs, because I launch and switch apps faster using the keyboard.

I use the menu bar for ALL status information: unread mail, network throughput and CPU load (thanks to MenuMeters), Airport, battery life, time, etc.

I do not want to un-hide the Dock just to see one or two pieces of data. Mail Unread Menu helps keep all my status info in one place, the menu bar.  
(Version 2.5.1)

NEUTRALZONE  You really, really should be using a FireWire to SCSI adapter instead of wasting your time with USB to SCSI (two flaky standards...together! What could possibly go wrong?).

I have been using a FireWire to SCSI adapter with my Nikon scanner, for years, with VueScan. Sure, VueScan's had some quirks, but the adapter itself has been FLAWLESS through OS X updates and upgrades, and VueScan has not had problems with the adapter. It's been a very long time since I worried about any of my old SCSI devices in OS X. It's time to put an end to your misery. Forget Adaptec cards and adapters; they just don't work. Buy the right gadget.  
(Version 8.4.30)

NEUTRALZONE  Cannot download this file. Safari and Firefox get

"Access denied. Access rights not sufficient."  
(Version 1.0)

NEUTRALZONE  When I commented on the inability of iStat to follow the colors of the OS X Appearance theme, I should have mentioned I was using the application, not the widget.

Speaking of which, I have no use for the widget and greatly prefer the application. The widget has the disadvantage that it can't be watched while I work in other apps. When I try to use debug mode, going into Dashboard to see other widgets rips iStat out of debug mode and it disappears when I hide Dashboard. Thus, I agree with the recent post asking why the application is so far behind the widget.  
(Version 4.0)

NEUTRALZONE  Yeah, I disable Spotlight for my backup drives. It's annoying to watch Spotlight try to index an entire backup and slow down the machine when I don't want it to give me results from those drives. I actually use Spotlight to set the default to not index any drives except my boot and archive drives.  
(Version 1.2.3)

NEUTRALZONE  Well, maybe you're not most Mac users. Maybe you're only on your first Mac. After 3 or 4 years, every Mac user ends up with a spare computer, when you get a newer one. Unless you eBay your old Mac or give it to a family member, you'll have a spare computer soon.

In my case, I have two primary computers, a desktop and laptop, and Screen Recycler helps me make the most of all my monitors.  
(Version 0.82)

NEUTRALZONE  Carbon Copy Cloner used to be a great utility, until the one-two punch of SuperDuper and Intel Macs came along. A CCC devotee for years, I switched to SuperDuper some time ago.

I'm happy to see this new 3.0 beta of CCC. It looks like CCC is attempting to close the gap with SuperDuper's currently superior usability, feature set, and compatibility. When CCC 3 gets out of beta, Mac users will once again have two powerful options for intelligent disk cloning.  
(Version 3.0b4)

NEUTRALZONE  I agree with the replies. The original post asks "Is there really an urgent need for all these?" There's the error, assuming every fix has to be an urgent need. One man's unimportant fix is another man's urgent need. The great thing about VueScan is that unlike other software companies, if you have a problem and you need it fixed you DO NOT have to wait a month or six months until some big, anonymous company feels like releasing an update patch. Some of us love having a problem fixed within days of discovering it.

I have personally skipped many of the VueScan updates. It does not hurt to do that. It would hurt more if a bug went unfixed because the developer went months between updates.  
(Version 8.4.06)

NEUTRALZONE  Highly functional and useful.

It's just too bad that the UI has a choice of several garish, semi-unreadable color schemes. I run my Mac with the Appearance set to Graphite, to gray everything back when editing photos, iStat won't respect the gray and insists on its colors.

I hope future versions provide more customizable color schemes, or at the very least, a readable Graphite theme.  
(Version 3.3)

NEUTRALZONE  Congratulations, you just proved that you don't read release notes or new features lists on numerous websites.  
(Version CS3b)

NEUTRALZONE  http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs3/sk_features.html

and

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cs3/

for a start.  
(Version CS3b)

NEUTRALZONE  Crossover was never possible on a G4/G5 because Windows doesn't know what to do on a G4/G5...unless you use slow Virtual PC, which emulates the Intel processor.

Crossover, Parallels, and Boot Camp are possible and fast BECAUSE they don't have to do the work of emulating the Intel chip. The necessary chip is already there...in the Intel Macs only.

You will not see anything like Crossover on a G4/G5 unless another company wants to do the heavy lifting of emulating an Intel processor. Right now, almost no companies are interested in doing that, when the result is so slowwwwwwww. So, practically speaking, you will never see Crossover on a G4/G5.  
(Version 6.0b3)

NEUTRALZONE  Re: MP3s

Only recently have some pro-level audio editors allowed you to import MP3s. I don't think early versions of GarageBand did. The reason is that if you are creating a high-quality work, highly compressed material like MP3 will not be acceptable as source material. The question is whether Adobe considers this pro-level for the final product.

Re: Intel

If Adobe based this on the code of their existing Audition pro audio editor for Windows, the question is not whether it is "impossible" to compile for PPC. The question is whether they think it's "financially worth it" to do a full port to a different CPU. They probably think making a Mac Intel version is an easy win so why not. That's good, because it means if all Macs were still PPC we wouldn't have even had the chance to try this.  
(Version 1.0b1)

NEUTRALZONE  Well, duh, iView Media Pro IS targeted to prosumers and professionals. And, it is infinitely more powerful than iPhoto. iPhoto simply can't handle keywords, other metadata, and import/export with the flexibility and sophistication of iView Media Pro.

If you are suggesting it should be a $50 program to compete favorably with iLife, well guess what, it already exists. It's called iView Media (not Pro). It has cut-down features. Not enough features for me, but certainly fitting what you ask for.

However, I am not an iView cheerleader necessarily. iView Media Pro has some outdated limitations and the last upgrade was too highly priced. Currently iVMP sits somewhere (well) above iPhoto and yet in some ways short of Aperture and Lightroom. iView is very good at what it does but it is currently in danger of falling behind at its price point.  
(Version 3.1.2)

NEUTRALZONE  PodTube still works with iTunes 7.  
(Version 1.0.1)

NEUTRALZONE  Congratulations on selling CoverFlow to Apple!

As long as you are happy with the deal, this is what should happen to small developers who have good ideas. iTunes is the right new home for CoverFlow. Thank god it didn't get sold to Microsoft like a couple other apps I've used.  
(Version RC1.2)

NEUTRALZONE  Can you elaborate on how the LinkOptimizer effective resolution report is $65 better than the effective resolution readouts already built into the InDesign CS2 Info palette and preflight module? Or are you using CS?  
(Version 2.0b8)

NEUTRALZONE  Are you using a SCSI card? I hear they don't work well in OS X. I run a SCSI film scanner with VueScan and it always works in Mac OS X Tiger, no matter how I power up the devices. The way I have it connected is with a Ratoc FireWire-to-SCSI adapter to the FireWire port of any of my Macs. That adapter has been rock solid reliable with VueScan.

If your Mac doesn't have a FireWire port, then I guess this doesn't apply.  
(Version 8.3.63)

NEUTRALZONE  Even though I switched to Apple Mail some time ago, it's obvious that Eudora is superior in many ways. It's just that the ways in which it is superior have become less and less relevant to the general user base (which includes me) as Apple Mail and other have gotten better and better. I held out with Eudora for a long time before Apple Mail reached the point where it could replace what I did with Eudora, and with glitch-free Secure IMAP.

I do not agree that they should cease development of Eudora. Reducing user choices is never good. If they modernized the UI, not just cosmetically but also functionally, the underlying great power of Eudora could be made accessible to everyone. I might even go back. But right now, although Eudora has some features that others don't, the features that are most important most of the time to most people are currently implemented in a more usable way in other mail clients.  
(Version 6.2.4b6)

NEUTRALZONE  Actually, it's Boot Camp that lets you set up Windows on your Mac. The value of Parallels is more than that. Parallels doesn't force you to shut down all your Mac apps to run Windows, because it lets you run Windows alongside OS X.  
(Version 2.2.1862)

NEUTRALZONE  Actually, it does make sense.

When Microsoft puts out the Universal Binary, it will be an upgrade, not an update. Office ain't some $25 piece of shareware, you know.

Word and Excel are much more powerful than most people need to use, but those of us who actually need the advanced features appreciate that power and acknowledge that a large, old code base can't be turned on a dime. If you think another app is better, you really should be using it instead.  
(Version 11.2.6)

NEUTRALZONE  Yes, I just started to see a font problem with Office. Launching Excel crashes ATSServer over and over, which sometimes brings down 3 or 4 other non-Microsoft apps and causes some characters to become missing in the menus. It's pretty spectacular. I need to narrow it down or reinstall, but yes, font problem can happen due to Office.  
(Version 11.2.6)

NEUTRALZONE  Yes, that was it! Now that I have filled in "As user" it no longer asks for authentication. I use static IP addresses on this network so changing IPs should not be a problem.

Thank you for the quick reply even though I recognize this site is not an official support channel.  
(Version 0.9.6)