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About rampancy
Perpetually Caffeinated.
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Type: Comments
Date: 3 Jul 2008 11:21
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Absolutely one of the most essential apps for my Mac and the first thing I install on every Mac I get. I donated as soon as this newest release was put out - I'm surprised it's still donationware, actually. |
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Type: Troubleshooting
Date: 2 Jul 2008 14:22
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1.2 crashes on startup for me, while 1.1 worked before. 10.4.11, MacBook Pro C2D 2.16 Ghz/2 GB RAM. I can send a crash log if it might be helpful. (Disclaimer: I do run APE, and 1.1 did crash until I set APE to exclude Scribblet, whereupon it worked fine afterwards.) |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 May 2008 16:48
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I can now report with delight that I can do searches for terms in texts without crashes. Additionally, MacSword no longer nags me to "upgrade" to 1.2.1b. Finally, I can switch from the aging BibleReader Free back to MacSword. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 19 Apr 2008 10:45
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If you think that Camino is such an awful browser, then why don't you download the Mozilla source and code your own version? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 27 Mar 2008 12:16
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I hope that with this version, MacSword will stop crashing when I try to do a search for terms in scripture... |
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Type: Review
Date: 25 Mar 2008 12:17
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Baseline lacks the nifty radial view that WhatSize now has, but I like the look of their Tree View mode a lot more than GrandPerspective and Disk Inventory X. Oh yes, and Baseline is much, much faster than any of them. |
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Type: Review
Date: 25 Mar 2008 09:34
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For me, this does what no other application that I know of (shareware or freeware) does: allow you to attach sticky notes to applications - that made it a must-buy for me. This means that I now truly get the reminders and to-dos that I need to see, when I need to see them - they're not constantly in my face, cluttering up my workspace, especially if they're not immediately pertinent to what I'm doing. Paperclip does something similar, and while I'm sure it's a fine product from a good developer, it attaches its stickies on a per-window/per-document basis, and according to some reviews only allows for one sticky per window/document. That means that for my needs, for now anyway, Sticky Notes is what fits the bill. I just wish development on this app were more active. |
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Type: Review
Date: 21 Mar 2008 12:43
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Sadly, I have to echo your own observations - the scheduler keeps on recording radio shows even after I've told it not to record them, and it'll often record different streams at times from the ones I've set it to record. I'd also like more control over audio playback from within Radioshift - I know RA probably envisioned us using iTunes for playback, but often, I myself don't want to bother with going to another app for even just basic audio playback controls. I hope 1.0.5 goes some way towards fixing this. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 17 Mar 2008 14:52
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The only caveats you would have had in running DW4 with 10.5 is that you shouldn't have run it when booted in 10.5, or that you should only run it when booted from a 10.4 volume (which is a a moot point since you can typically only repair your boot disk by starting up from the CD anyway), and that you wouldn't be able to use DW4 on FileVaults created from within Leopard. If you have a lot of data locked up in FileVault then I can understand your anxiety, but it's not like upgrading to 10.5 made DW4 useless to you. See more info here: http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/diskwarrior_4_and_leopard_proceed_but_with_caution_os_x_odyssey_900/ |
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Type: Comments
Date: 17 Mar 2008 13:45
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I don't understand why people are complaining so hard - Alsoft said we'd get a CD updater to 4.1 for registered users, and we got one. Were people expecting a free MacBook Air to go with it too, or what? And furthermore, if you're going to give an app a 1-star rating, do it on the merit of the app itself, not the company selling it. You're rating DiskWarrior, not Alsoft. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 8 Mar 2008 19:55
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I'm still getting the occasional AppleScript errors with this, (and I think they stopped when I told it not to parse the Clipboard for URLs) but all in all, this is the perfect "Web 2.0" app for me. It's unobtrusive, and its focus on updating your own status (as opposed to reporting the status of others) is what makes this app a better fit for me than Twiterriffic. And thankfully, this works a lot better for me than the previous version did. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 11 Feb 2008 17:03
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I'd give my left nut to know what on earth this does. (Well, metaphorically speaking, anyway.) |
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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Jan 2008 11:34
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Oops, sorry, I meant to say, I hope you can keep this *Tiger*-Compatible. Sorry - brain freeze, there. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Jan 2008 11:33
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I'm really hoping you can keep this Leopard-compatible... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 13 Dec 2007 00:37
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For people turned off by the new HUD/bezel interface, the floating window is a substantial improvement. I was surprised with the menu animations but they don't seem to incur that much of a performance hit. All in all, a very welcome update - I actually prefer the newer HUD-style interface to the older Aqua-based interface. Hint: If you're feeling l337 enough, option-click the "Settings..." button for some extra preferences (like disabling menu fading, which gives a big performance boost). |
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Type: Comments
Date: 26 Nov 2007 14:27
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FYI, this version expires on Jan. 1, 2008. I hope they keep this Tiger compatible... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 Nov 2007 13:20
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Yay! I've been waiting for this release since they revealed details on it on their blog. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 Nov 2007 00:12
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Daaaaamn. Even with Hog Bay's Academic Discount this is still cheaper. I took up Jesse Grosjean's offer of a free license to a blogger who'd review TaskPaper (he's also giving discounts to people who've already bought it but want to publicly blog about it), but at this price, I'd feel good about giving him something in return for such a brilliant app. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 29 Oct 2007 01:34
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The reason why that is, is because the way PlugSuit apparently works is that it moves all of your SIMBL plug-ins to its own folder which it manages. Because they're not in the usual place (/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins) they don't work. I discovered this when I noticed that the "Edit in WriteRoom" and "Edit in TextMate" add-ons I installed disappeared from my menus. Probably a future request would be that if installed on a Tiger install, it would leave the location of any SIMBL plug-ins present as-is, only moving them if they've been disabled in the prefpane. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 26 Oct 2007 18:15
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And so the spirit of Conflict Catcher lives on... :) |
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Type: Troubleshooting
Date: 12 Oct 2007 16:02
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Hi Niklas, I am able to get it running, but the way the notification window is rendered is all wonky...it's rendered in large text with large icons on a totally transparent background. I'm wondering if this might be a WebKit issue - this is on a 700 Mhz G3 iBook w/10.4.10 (incidentally, this works fine on an MBP). |
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Type: Troubleshooting
Date: 12 Oct 2007 11:36
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For some reason which I can't understand, this plugin won't appear in Growl's list of display styles, even after a removal and reinstallation of the preference pane. I'm guessing a .plist or something somewhere is corrupted or isn't working right, but I don't know what it could be. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Sep 2007 13:34
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Thank God for Aqua4iTunes. At least I can still pretend that Apple still actually cares about UI consistency and good interface design. |
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Type: Review
Date: 28 Aug 2007 08:05
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An absolutely must-have utility; run, don't walk to get this. When I had (ultimately minor) configuration issues with 1.5 during its beta phase the developer always took the time to answer my questions. I know Alex has worked long and hard on this release, so I congratulate him on finally getting 1.5 shipped. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 23 Aug 2007 15:22
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...because God forbid that we, the customers, be allowed to do what we want to do with the computers and software we've bought for ourselves. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 3 Aug 2007 15:35
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Good idea...that is, until someone steals your USB key, or until it gets lost or broken. :) Is there a way the owner could bypass this if he/she needs to ? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 31 Jul 2007 13:17
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So now we know what happened to Caffeinated Cocoa Software's Magrathea... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 27 Jul 2007 10:56
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If all of these people seem to truly hate and revile Thorsten Lemke and GraphicConverter, as much they seem to, my advice is to just stop complaining, and don't use it. GC is an app subject to constructive criticism of course, but the level of complaining here about it is just plain ridiculous. No one is forcing you to use or even like GraphicConverter. If you don't, use something else. With the level of complaining about this program, Thorsten could be giving away a Mac Pro with GraphicConverter and people would still find something to whine about. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 27 Jul 2007 09:54
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...because God forbid someone receive monetary compensation for a quality product, right? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 26 Jul 2007 14:22
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No, it's not useless. It still works, just fine - I don't think it's any more "slower" as an app, I think. It's just that Privoxy leads to more RAM usage since it's in Rosetta (though not a lot, I think). And also, everything else is Universal too (like Vidalia). |
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Type: Comments
Date: 26 Jul 2007 14:14
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I just got my Bundle upgrade GCX6 license key in the mail a few minutes ago. Thanks both to Lemkesoft and to MacUpdate for their continuing efforts on our behalf. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 26 Jul 2007 09:51
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For those of you complaining about what LemkeSoft did: this is pretty much why the devs of the apps of the bundle agreed to be part of that deal in the first place! As the classic saying goes, "TANSTASAFFL". If they didn't do this they'd obviously be losing money - hence making shareware development more of a losing proposition for them. This really isn't new - Delicious Monster and Macromates are both doing this with their products which were with the original MacHeist bundle (the reason why it hasn't happened yet is because of the delay with Leopard). |
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Type: Comments
Date: 22 Jul 2007 23:59
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Speaking of Privoxy, it's still not Universal yet... :( |
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Type: Comments
Date: 21 Jul 2007 15:35
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The best just got better - to me, this is the ultimate version of just what might be the ultimate game. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 23:21
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Looks like the servers are getting a good workout. My download rate of TTP is still going strong but it plummeted quite a bit just now. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 22:45
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@sdotbailey Try going to all of the various apps' vendor pages to download them - you can enter in the serial numbers later; don't worry, they'll probably get to you by the end of the week (since there's a flood of purchasers to keep up with now). |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 22:42
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Yee-haw! We made it! TTP baby!!!! |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 21:48
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@Voodooboy: Also remember that MH tossed in Linkinus, Exces, Browseback, and now WriteRoom too, along with the betas for Pixelmator and Flow. So really, that's a 15 app bundle, if you toss in everything together except TTP. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 19:01
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@Sunriser: http://www.cedrik.fr/mupromo/ |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 12:40
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I personally use Amar Sagoo's Licensed for my serials: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21176 It doesn't have the fancy bells and whistles that other such programs do, but it just stores serial numbers in an organized way - nothing more, nothing less. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 09:44
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So MH tossed in another app, WriteRoom, and MU lowered the sales requirements. What more reason do you need to buy?... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 16 Jul 2007 00:08
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Heh. This is insanity. They just tossed in another app in the mix. They're going to have to do a little more publicizing if it's going to bring us to Intaglio though... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 14 Jul 2007 21:13
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I've got to say, SRS iWow may be the sleeper hit of the bundle. I have to honestly say, it didn't make my $29 2-channel speakers sound like a $290 5.1 setup, but it does make songs sound a lot more "richer" (whatever that means - judging sound quality is so notoriously subjective). I don't know if there's some actual effect or if it's all just a placebo but I will say that with it turned off it's like night-and-day; Madvillain sounds more like Barry Manilow without iWow turned on. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 14 Jul 2007 13:30
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My God. People are still complaining about the MH SkunkWorks camera effect? (Not to single you out, arrgsmythe) It's an _extremely_ simple prank that anyone can assemble with Quartz Composer; the recipe is here: http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/wlg/7409 It basically takes the input from your web camera and spits it out on the web page that it's embedded in. This is done by the Quartz Composer composition file in your browser - absolutely no data is being transmitted from your camera to anyone's web site. It's just a simple QuickTime redirect. There is no security risk, and there are no L337 h4XX0rz breaking in ur boxxen. It's basically a very clever, very simple prank. Honestly, the mythos surrounding this is approaching MFI's "repair permissions/use combo updater/boot in safe mode/sacrifice goat to your Mac" approach to system updates. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 14 Jul 2007 11:06
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Doesn't work - I get an error message saying I can't open the application because it is "damanged or incomplete". |
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Type: Comments
Date: 13 Jul 2007 14:44
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@etphonehome: I really wouldn't recommend you send off your invites to dummy email addresses - that's seriously quite dishonest, and I'm sure that there are people out there who could put them to good use. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 13 Jul 2007 14:26
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Whoa, looks like I missed out here. I take back my earlier complaints about original buyers not getting memberships - I think the additional four invites sent out with the free membership is quite fair enough, especially since invites were quite in demand earlier. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 10 Jul 2007 01:49
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I still can't download this; both Safari and Camino can't reach the developer's website - is there a mirror anywhere? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 29 Jun 2007 23:46
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Trying to open this app (MBP C2D, 10.4.10) gives me the following message: "Library not loaded: @executable_path/rbframework.dylib Referenced from: /Users/jancheta/Desktop/CrossWire.app/Contents/MacOS/CrossWire Reason: no suitable image found. Did find: /Users/jancheta/Desktop/CrossWire.app/Contents/MacOS/rbframework.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture /Users/jancheta/Desktop/CrossWire.app/Contents/MacOS/rbframework.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture" Wrong architecture, eh? I guess he has some issues with building universal binary apps. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 22 Jun 2007 21:45
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"MainMenu apparently thinks 10.4.10 is 10.4.1" Hilarious! Although it does add more fuel to the Apple Numerology fire... :D |
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Type: Comments
Date: 20 Jun 2007 20:23
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Download doesn't seem to work for me - I've been trying all day, but I keep on getting a "Server Could Not Be Found" error message. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 28 Apr 2007 12:12
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This doesn't seem to work with the latest 3.0.3 release of Smultron. Hopefully we'll see an update? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 28 Apr 2007 12:02
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This doesn't seem to be compatible with the icon replacement patch... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 5 Apr 2007 12:51
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I had the exact same problem Migrant had. Until this issue gets resolved I simply can't use or recommend this. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 2 Apr 2007 12:56
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Same as William Schaff. No go on an MBP C2D, 10.4.9. |
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Type: Troubleshooting
Date: 13 Jan 2007 03:14
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Edit: My apologies for my mistake, the actual app running on startup which is PPC is Privoxy, not Vidalia. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 12 Jan 2007 23:53
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A warning: while the Tor package itself is Universal, Vidalia, which also runs as a startup background application (not just the launcher) is still PPC-only. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 10 Jan 2007 23:17
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Shhhh! Keep quiet! You don't want Apple to know this is still up and force whoever's providing this file to take it down, do you? ;) |
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Type: Review
Date: 12 Nov 2006 16:23
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An awesome program that does exactly what I want it to do and what I need it to do - nothing more, nothing less. Thanks! - the only thing I'd like to see is Address Book integration (allowing for contacts to be linked to items alongside URLs and files... |
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Type: Review
Date: 4 Nov 2006 02:50
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Great utility. One problem though - on 10.4.8, with NuFile v1.9 installed the "Open With..." selection in contextual menus freezes and crashes the Finder consistently. The usual suspects (repair permissions, reset LaunchServices database) don't work at all. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 30 Aug 2006 13:23
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A really nice utility. I really didn't appreciate how awful Apple's decision to go with a Metal Finder was until I saw how clean and nice everything looks with UNO installed. Definitely a must-have. |
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Date: 6 Aug 2006 09:56
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The game works great now! I had to start a new player profile instead of using the default player included. The only problem is that for me, loading and saving games is broken - when I load a game I get the black transparent walls bug mentioned on the D2X forums. |
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Date: 4 Aug 2006 22:12
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Like the last version, the game crashes when a missile or a laser beam strikes a door. If one of the devs wants a crash log, I'm happy to send it their way. |
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Type: Review
Date: 4 Jul 2006 14:44
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I'd heard a lot about this when the betas first came out. Bravo to the devs for making this open source... Good: It's quite fast and doesn't take up any more CPU/Memory than Mozilla. You can hide the menubar and dock icon when it launches to save space and hassle. Very nice. Not So Good: It's crashed for no reason on me once, and I don't know how to configure the prefs once I've hidden the menubar and dock icon. The hotkey for making the window slide in and out doesn't seem to change when I change it in the preferences dialog - I had to change my spotlight hotkeys as a result because those conflicted with the defaults. All in all, it's something I might use as my main browser from now on - it's a nice complement to other apps of the same style like sidenote and Xshelf. |
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Date: 31 May 2006 08:04
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I have the same issues here. The scripts don't do anything useful, even though I've followed the instructions to the letter. All they do is just open the Script Editor. I tried saving the scripts as "Run-Only", but that didn't help at all. I wish this could work - it's a cool idea and it's something which could work perfectly with Butler. Pity it's unusable. |
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Type: Review
Date: 9 Apr 2006 22:21
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This is just what I needed for my small Mac network at my home, especially since xAFP doesn't seem to work. Growl support is an especially welcome feature. I'm wondering if the menu could actually show the name of the computer/user that's sharing with the host computer (in addition to its IP address)...that would be a nice thing to have. |
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