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OnyX
Oct 24 2009

PENNYHEAD1  The drag and drop is much appreciated!!!  
(Version 2.1b5)

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SuperDuper!
Oct 13 2009

PENNYHEAD1  I have not updated in a long time (since Snow Leopard came out) and quite a bit had of info had to be backed up. What the developer said "Faster than ever - up to 2x on 10.5/10.6" is true!!! 322,628 files had to be updated out of 644,019 and SuprDuper! 2.6.2 did it in no time. Wish I had timed it but it was fast anyway. I love this app (not such a big fan of Time Machine, too many files!!!).  
(Version 2.6.2)

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SuperDuper!
Oct 13 2009

PENNYHEAD1  Didn't happen to me.  
(Version 2.6.2)

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TechTool Pro
Sep 29 2009

PENNYHEAD1  Tech Tool has mas functions besides it's protection features. You can rebuild volumes, optimizes files, optimize volumes, recover data, rescue data which has been trashed. You can do diagnostics and sometimes repair your computer's HD. I have no use for the huge library that Time Machine creates and use SuperDuper which updates what's necessary. Tech Tool Pro has been a valuable resource for me! :)  
(Version 5.0.6)

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3D-Space VFS
Sep 24 2009

PENNYHEAD1  DOA with Leopard  
(Version 1.9.4)

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HandBrake
Aug 31 2009

PENNYHEAD1  Wonderful software! Great for converting your DVD library, and it's free too. NEEDS ANGLE SUPPORT.  
(Version 0.9.3)

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Birthdaybook
Aug 13 2009
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PENNYHEAD1  Great program with great features. It's a nice way to automatically see reminders of important dates on your desktop and you can sync it with iCal. Very customizable too. Thanks!

Last year I had a bug which caused the program interface to disappear. I could get the data field to show up when I would go under file and select "Print Table" but when I would select the arrow button to go back to the interface, Birthdaybook would quit. The bug came back again and it's been about a year since it happened before. I was playing with it for a couple of hours to find out what was wrong. When I went to the preferences and changed the range of days from "up to 20 days before to "up to 10 days before" the interface came back. Maybe there was too much information to display? I don't really know but I'm glad it's working again.   
(Version 5.2)

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MainMenu
Jul 12 2009

PENNYHEAD1  How many years was this program used by people who never paid a dime and then complained about the price?  
(Version 2.0)

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WhatLCD
Jul 7 2009
*****

PENNYHEAD1  Simple, to the point and no issues. Also links to Google to do a search on your particular LCD. This is useful if you are looking to replace your LCD. Thanks for the nice app.  
(Version 1.0)

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WhatLCD
Jul 7 2009

AGATHEZOL  You are welcome, thank you for the kind review.  
(Version 1.0)

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Fetch
Jun 2 2009
*****

PENNYHEAD1  I maintain four websites (one with over 7G of info) and have been using Fetch since 2002 and consider it an indispensable tool. The following three updates are worth the price of the upgrade (for me at least):

* Edit any sort of remote file using any application and the changes

will be automatically saved back to the server

* Use Quick Look to preview remote files without leaving Fetch

* Improved compatibility and reliability, including automatic resume

of uploads that stop or stall in the middle -- Fetch will keep going

when others quit

It's certainly worth every penny. A big thank you goes out to the developer!

  
(Version 5.5)

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Mountain Tanks
Sep 24 2008
*****

PENNYHEAD1  Great fun game!! Great background music; this is the only game I can play without turning off the music. A great addition to the game would be an option to view the game as a realistic 3D environment, blue sky, clouds, concrete buildings, metal tanks, grass etc... Great way to spend a little time blowing off steam!  
(Version 1.6.2)

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Birthdaybook
Aug 1 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Great app when it worked. Interface is gone, list still shows up. Did what was suggested on the developers website (complete reinstall). When I imported the information I backed-up, interface disappears. Contacted developer and they did not respond. Too bad so sad...  
(Version 5.2)

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Birthdaybook
Sep 15 2008

ROBDUT  Never heard from you. Sorry about that. Wish I could have helped you. Rob DuToit, developer of Birthdaybook  
(Version 5.2)

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LicenseKeeper
Jul 31 2008
*****

PENNYHEAD1  App refreshing? Great! I love this app. Easy to use, nice interface! Thanks.  
(Version 1.4.2)

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Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware
Jul 9 2008
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PENNYHEAD1  Still have issue MBP running 10.5.2.  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 9 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Would be nice to have it available on the menubar. I was using a launcher that would also quit all applications. 99% of the time I used it only for quitting all applications and it was impeding my start-up time because it wasn't coded for Intel. When I saw Force Quit All Applications, I jumped on it and threw the old one in the trash. Thanks for the nice app!  
(Version 1.0)

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Shatner Facts
Jul 8 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Great, great widget! It takes up a little too much real estate on the screen and probably could be one third the size.  
(Version 1.0)

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Vendetta Online
Jun 14 2008

PENNYHEAD1  This isn't spaceships but WWII airplanes. It's really fun and sounds exactly what you're looking for except that it uses airplanes instead of spaceships http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15496/osx-skyfighters-1945  
(Version 1.8.21)

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Wild West Online: Gunfighter
May 10 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Don't try downloading this with FireFox, it freezes.  
(Version 1.1)

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Wild West Online: Gunfighter
May 14 2008

ED ZAVADA  Thanks for pointing that out. The game cannot be played from Firefox at the moment. We are working on fixing that, but in the meantime Safari 2 or later is required.

You can safely download the game with firefox, but just don't try to play.  
(Version 1.1)

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Simple Floating Clock
Mar 20 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Thank you for reducing the lower limit on clock size!  
(Version 1.6.1)

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Simple Floating Clock
Mar 10 2008
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PENNYHEAD1  Really nice and simple the way things should be! It would be nice to be able to make it about 20% smaller if possible. Thank you!  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Firefox
Mar 2 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Lots of crashes after opening a new tab or signing out of Yahoo. Running Leopard 10.5.2 on a MacBook.  
(Version 2.0.0.12)

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Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware
Feb 19 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
(Version 1.0)

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LicenseKeeper
Feb 18 2008
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PENNYHEAD1  I really like this app. I finally got rid of that free one (which I won't mention) that was taking forever to load and to save individual entries with. It was driving me bats! LicenseKeeper works smoothly and I was happy to spend the money in order not to slow my computer down which the other application did. Thanks.  
(Version 1.3.1)

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Feb 3 2008

PENNYHEAD1  Very useful but slow and clunky. MacBook Pro, Leopard  
(Version 1.5.1)

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Bin-it
Dec 8 2007
*****

PENNYHEAD1  Nice app. Developer responsive, highly customizable and uses little memory. I really like the idea of managing the trash anywhere on my desktop. Thanks!  
(Version 1.5.1)

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Starry Night Updater
Nov 29 2007
*****

PENNYHEAD1  Keeps getting better and better. Nice panoramas, great 3D models, nice simulations. I started using Starry Night around version 4 and by 6.2.1, it has been vastly improved. The developers are quick to sort out problems and there are more updates in between versions than in the past.  
(Version 6.2.1)

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Jicons
Nov 9 2007

PENNYHEAD1  Hello and thank you for your comment. I am sorry you feel that way but art (or the lack of it) is very subjective. Maybe in the next set there will be something you like. If one person finds one icon that they like, then I'll be happy! Best Wishes!

John  
(Version 1.0)

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Apple Mac OS X
Oct 27 2007

PENNYHEAD1  Airport disk connections are no longer reliable since the last update. I've had problems with my Lacie disk randomly disconnecting. Probably not good for Time Machine's performance.   
(Version 10.5)

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NotePad
Oct 2 2007

PENNYHEAD1  Great to see an update on this app. A couple of issues. The scroll bar for an individual page only exists on page 3 (at least on my computer). A few times there were some strange effects while scrolling the notes on page three. I wish I had taken a screen shot when this happened. At first I would see lines underneath the words. Then the characters started bending back at the top of the page kind of like the marquee at the beginning of Star Wars No I don't take acid). If I switched a page then went back, the page would be normal. It happened about three times. It has not happened since I moved the app. to the applications folder. When this happened, I was running it from my download folder. I do not know if this would make any difference. I have a MacBook Pro running on 10.4.1. I have used this particular notepad for years any am very happy with it's simplicity. In fact I use it every day and want to thank the developer for updating it.  
(Version 2.6b1)

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NotePad
Oct 3 2007

FOR NEXTSOFT  please feel free to contact support at for next soft dot com with this information, these are the types of bugs I need to know about so I can fix them, and these are issues that certainly need addressing.

Thanks

FOR neXtSoft.  
(Version 2.6b1)

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Neutrino
Sep 15 2007

PENNYHEAD1  I used this when it was MachineHead and was very impressed. It worked fine. I was really looking forward to trying out the new version .92b but it crashes upon start-up. I get the message "The application AudoCodex quit unexpectedly". I am using a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.4.10. My iTunes library is stored on an external drive. Any help would be appreciated!!!  
(Version 0.92b)

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Neutrino
Sep 16 2007

ALEX CLARKE  Hi Pennyhead,

Can you please either send us your email address or contact us via our forums so we can look into you issue.

Thanks,

Alex Clarke  
(Version 0.92b)

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AppDelete
Aug 25 2007
*****

PENNYHEAD1  I tested AppDelete by trashing two applications and it worked like a charm. I was using a similar application that only worked 10% of the time and wanted something that worked. Thank you!  
(Version 1.1.1)

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AppDelete
Aug 25 2007

REGGIE ASHWORTH  Hi Pennyhead1! :-)

Hi this is Reggie the Developer for AppDelete. Just want to say thanks for the great review and thank you for using AppDelete! :-)

Sincerely,

Reggie  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Species Distribution Map
Aug 1 2007

PENNYHEAD1  Nice!!  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 26 2007
*****

PENNYHEAD1  I was going to create something just like this software. I'm glad to see someone create something to keep track of applications. One nice feature for RapidoSerial would be the ability to automatically check the version of the software in it's database and update it if necessary. Thanks!  
(Version 1.5)

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Netscape Navigator
Jun 5 2007

PENNYHEAD1  IE didn't kill Netscape, they just stopped supporting Mac. Maybe now that Apple computers are selling better, Netscape wants a piece of the pie. I used their software and remember looking for a new browser after they "dropped" Macs. For whatever reason they're back, I don't care.  
(Version 9.0b1)

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Firefox
May 8 2007

PENNYHEAD1  I did a complete reinstall of FireFox 2.0.0.3 and everything seems hunky-dory now. Running like a champ! FireFox was crashing every time I would check a box to delete a message within the new Yahoo Mail Beta (amongst other things using CGI boxes).  
(Version 2.0.0.3)

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Firefox
May 4 2007

PENNYHEAD1  FireFox has been freezing up quite a bit lately (beach ball spinning fun). I don't know if it's the most recent security update for OS X or a recent build of 1passwd, but it's not good. I have been using FireFox for quite some time but it is exhibiting long load times and the previous freezing issue.  
(Version 2.0.0.3)

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iStat nano
Apr 21 2007
*****

PENNYHEAD1  A#1. Love this even though I do not care for Widgets. I have a lot of other programs that monitor specific functions on my computer but this does it all in one package. Now I'm contemplating getting rid of the others. Thanks to the developer for a great application!  
(Version 2.01)

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Cepstral Voices
Mar 27 2007

PENNYHEAD1  You can't tweak the voice through any interface except to slow it down using the speech preferences. This doesn't help. Try using the Cepstral Diane voice which is way better in sound quality. Good luck!  
(Version 4.2)

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Adobe AIR
Mar 19 2007

PENNYHEAD1  I like the new application icons, I can now find Photoshop on the dock with ease. I think their old icons were a little too busy :).  
(Version 1.0a1)

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Cepstral Voices
Mar 17 2007
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PENNYHEAD1  I have been using the Cepstral Diane voice for about a year. Works great and the voice is much better than any of the canned Apple voices. Just a bit more tweaking is all that's needed as there are a few pronunciation errors and a slight wavering can sometimes be heard. All-in-all the application is A #1.  
(Version 4.2)

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Cepstral Voices
Mar 27 2007

JEFF EDSELL  I'm trying the Callie demo voice and I really like it -- EXCEPT for the burbling sound you mention. How can the voice be tweaked to improve that?  
(Version 4.2)

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Cepstral Voices
Mar 27 2007

PENNYHEAD1  You can't tweak the voice through any interface except to slow it down using the speech preferences. This doesn't help. Try using the Cepstral Diane voice which is way better in sound quality. Good luck!  
(Version 4.2)

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SuperDuper!
Mar 4 2007
*****

PENNYHEAD1  To make a long story short, I manually would back up thousands of files almost everyday: over 20,000 for websites alone, preferences, software etc... SuperDuper! did it for me. After reading the reviews I tried it. Worked like a charm. Once you clone your computer for the first time and purchase the software, you can do a "Smart" update which only migrates updated files. I tested the Smart Update by changing a few .jpg files and everything worked out fine. I have had a few computer crashes where I wished I had something like this. Only problem was that a few times the clone would not mount quick enough and the software could not find it. I highly recommend this for anyone who manages thousands of files and for people who just want a piece of mind that their information is protected from a disk failure.  
(Version 2.1.4)

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Stellarium
Oct 7 2006

PENNYHEAD1  Veggiedude THANK YOU! I thought I was up to date on my OS. I should have remembered what I learned in my college electrical engineering class, if it doesn't work, see if it's plugged in before doing allot of unnecessary trouble shooting.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

PENNYHEAD1  If you can think of anything else, please let me know. Thank you for your help.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

PENNYHEAD1  Thank you for your response.There is no such file on my HD.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN  You're welcome. Ok, it may be that you don't have that file because it is not required for your installation of Stellarium on your Mac.

The file exists on my Mac but my Mac is not an IntelMac.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

PENNYHEAD1  If you can think of anything else, please let me know. Thank you for your help.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 7 2006

VEGGIEDUDE  Are you running 10.4.8? That is the recommended OS.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 7 2006

PENNYHEAD1  Veggiedude THANK YOU! I thought I was up to date on my OS. I should have remembered what I learned in my college electrical engineering class, if it doesn't work, see if it's plugged in before doing allot of unnecessary trouble shooting.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

PENNYHEAD1  I use MainMenu to run maintenance. Nigel the developer was good enough to work with me to try and get the problem sorted out. I experienced the same problem with 8.0 ad 8.01. I sent the crash logs to him and he could not find anything. Turned off Little Snith and repaired disk permissions. I was hoping that someone with the same problem who corrected it would respond.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

PENNYHEAD1  Wished it worked on my Intel MacBook Pro. Freezes up while constellations are loading. Same thing happened with previous version. I really liked this program and wished it would work on my computer.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Have you run any utilities to try and fix the problem? I'd start with using something like OnyX to clear all caches, etc.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

PENNYHEAD1  I use MainMenu to run maintenance. Nigel the developer was good enough to work with me to try and get the problem sorted out. I experienced the same problem with 8.0 ad 8.01. I sent the crash logs to him and he could not find anything. Turned off Little Snith and repaired disk permissions. I was hoping that someone with the same problem who corrected it would respond.  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Stellarium
Oct 6 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Ok, have you tried deleting the stellarium.ini file?  
(Version 0.8.2)

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Tickershock
Sep 29 2006
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PENNYHEAD1  Buggy with new Intel Macs. Crashes sometimes when going to reference web page. It also crashed during trying to set up new feeds. Developers did not respond to question. An update please!  
(Version 1.3)

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Carbon CapsBeeper
Sep 23 2006
****½

PENNYHEAD1  Nice function. Emailed developer with question and was quick to respond.  
(Version 1.1)

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Stellarium
Jun 20 2006

PENNYHEAD  Got it to work by downloading the correct files (SDL_mixer.framework and SDL.framework) but my computer freezes up during the loading process. Waiting to hear from developer.  
(Version 0.8)

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Stellarium
Jun 19 2006

PENNYHEAD  Thank you for the reply but I do not have a path "user>Library>Frameworks folder" that exists on my computer. If by "user" you mean starting from my user account, there is no "Frameworks" folder there. I have the requested files (unless I downloaded the wrong ones) sitting in the "Macintosh>Library>Frameworks folder". The only other Framdeworks folder I have is at "Macintosh HD>Library>Application Support>" etc...  
(Version 0.8)

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Stellarium
Jun 19 2006

PENNYHEAD  Great program and I look forward to having it work again. I loaded .8 and it refuses to launch even after adding the SDL_image.framework, SDL_mixer.framework and SDLMain folders to the Macintosh>Library>Frameworks folder. I have a 17" MacBook Pro. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated!  
(Version 0.8)

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Stellarium
Jun 19 2006

O5220803  Based on help from RichS and the author"s Read Me, I put the SDL frameworks in my "user>Library>Frameworks folder". And now it's working fine.  
(Version 0.8)

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Stellarium
Jun 19 2006

PENNYHEAD  Thank you for the reply but I do not have a path "user>Library>Frameworks folder" that exists on my computer. If by "user" you mean starting from my user account, there is no "Frameworks" folder there. I have the requested files (unless I downloaded the wrong ones) sitting in the "Macintosh>Library>Frameworks folder". The only other Framdeworks folder I have is at "Macintosh HD>Library>Application Support>" etc...  
(Version 0.8)

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Stellarium
Jun 20 2006

PENNYHEAD  Got it to work by downloading the correct files (SDL_mixer.framework and SDL.framework) but my computer freezes up during the loading process. Waiting to hear from developer.  
(Version 0.8)

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