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Real Name:Randy Harris 
Last Login:28 Aug 2009 13:10
Posts:17
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Gruml
Oct 13 2009

RANDYHARRIS  I have been using Vienna for years and happened to spot this on MU, because of it's Google Reader synchronization ability I thought I would give it a try. So far it is really cool, admittedly it is not quite as snappy as Vienna which I attribute to the fact that it syncs to the Google Reader online, but the benefit of having two machines that are always on the same page with RSS feeds is pretty awesome.

Still using it, and so far pretty darned glad I tried it out.  
(Version 0.9.11)

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Syrinx
Aug 7 2009
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RANDYHARRIS  This is by far the best free Twitter client I have tried bar none. Additionally, the developer is very receptive to input and suggestions.

I've made the switch to Syrinx, and will be donating some beer money for the great efforts.  
(Version 2.1.1)

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Apple Safari
Jun 8 2009

RANDYHARRIS  Yeah I agree, I finally get used to them (and enjoy the larger real estate for pages, and now they axe it.  
(Version 4.0)

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Apple Safari
Jun 8 2009

RANDYHARRIS  Try using GlimmerBlocker, I switched and prefer it much more.  
(Version 4.0)

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Scheduler
Dec 19 2008

RANDYHARRIS  I was referring to built in graphical scheduling not terminal wizardry.  
(Version 5.0.5)

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FlashMount
Aug 7 2008

RANDYHARRIS  FlashMount is great, but when DMG's are downloaded from Safari FlashMount doesn't not automount the DMG. It would be great if FM were updated to work around this issue.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Glims
Aug 4 2008
*****

RANDYHARRIS  With version 1.0b6 Glims is now full featured enough that I'm ditching Saft.

Both sport:

- Undo closed tab with Ctrl Z

- Restore Safari with tabs from last session

- Type Ahead (search by just typing your search string) and Glims does it far more elegantly than does Saft

- auto close or supress the downloads window

Additionally, Glims does (my apologies if I don't realize that Saft does these things.)

- thumbnail pictures to accompany Yahoo and Google searches

- Inquisitor style searches from the search bar

- favicons on the search bar

- favicons show up on tabs

Saft does have these features that are not in Glims at this time, you'll have to decide if they're worth the price of Saft compared to free Glims which is adding features quickly.

- autocomplete, the ability to store and recall your logon info for secure sites that ask a browser to not store it.

- Kiosk (I'd never use this)

- Ad blocking (why, Safari AdBlock is free and great)

- quick search abilities (I prefer Launchbar for these)

- Tab handling, some features about tabs are more full featured in Saft.  
(Version 1.0b6)

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Microsoft Office 2008
Jun 25 2008

RANDYHARRIS  I have Office 2008 installed, I tried updating with the 12.1.1 update but after it scans my system it tells me that I have no Office found on my system. Odd since I got the update from the Office AutoUpdate application.  
(Version 12.1.1)

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Scheduler
Jun 3 2008
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RANDYHARRIS  For years Windows has had a feature called "Scheduled Tasks" this offered the ability to schedule events easily in the Windows environment.

While you can use iCal for some scheduling tasks, this is not an ideal approach.

Scheduler is a great utility which brings the ease and function of Windows Scheduled Tasks to Mac OS X.

The program is very simple and easy to use, I've only used it for a day now, but in setting it up and testing it out - it works flawlessly for me. I am so very excited to have stumbled upon this little gem. While it is freeware, I'll be donating a few bucks to support the cause.

If I can nitpick, I'd prefer the Scheduler have a look which is more inline with other Mac programs, but it's not a bad interface, and it works well.  
(Version 5.0.3)

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MovieChapterizer
Apr 30 2008

RANDYHARRIS  This developer does great work, however, MetaX can chapterize your files and it is free... Food for thought.  
(Version 2.8)

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Renamer
Apr 28 2008

RANDYHARRIS  Note: This is a great program, but it used to be freeware with 2.8, not it is no longer freeware.  
(Version 3.0)

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AutomountMaker
Jul 20 2007
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RANDYHARRIS  I just started using AutomountMaker 1.3 for SMB network connections on my LAN. It works wonderfully, very easy to setup and it fires up and connects to the network volumes just as it should.

Keep up the great work.

I would love to see an internal manager for activating connections upon boot instead of adding the files to my account launch items, but that's a small thing, it does work fine how it is.  
(Version 1.3)

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MKVtools
May 8 2007
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RANDYHARRIS  This program has been 100% successful in converting the few MKV's that I run across into playable XviD files. Other programs like ffmpegX and VisualHub choked on them, but not MoKgVm2DVD.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Feb 15 2007

RANDYHARRIS  Please make these available in ZIP or something more common that SIT which is proprietary to Alume.

Thanks much, I look forward to being able to unarchive this in Zip or similar.  
(Version 1.4)

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Feb 15 2007

CMUVIOLIN  all set. I hope this helps everyone else as well.  
(Version 1.5)

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RedPill
Aug 2 2006

RANDYHARRIS  I tried to install this on my Intel iMac but get the following error:

"You cannot use the screen saver Red Pill on this computer. Contact the developer of this software for a newer vision."

I'd love to see it in action.  
(Version 1.4.2)

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RedPill
Nov 9 2006

SANHOLO  Same here with my MacBook Pro. I used it on my TiBook before and I _definitevely_ need this on my MBP, too! Please give us an Intel version! =)  
(Version 1.4.2)

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Audacity
Jul 19 2006

RANDYHARRIS  If you're on an Intel Mac, here is the link to a pre-release of an Intel Only build (This is not a Universal Binary, PowePC need not apply.)

http://audacityteam.org/mac/audacity-macosx-1.3.1-IntelPre1.dmg

Randy  
(Version 1.3b)

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Audacity
Oct 28 2006

CHRISB1  Thanks for the URL!  
(Version 1.3b)

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Voice Candy
May 24 2006
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RANDYHARRIS  I've been using Voice Candy for a few weeks now and I really like it a lot. I bought it with the intention of using like a voice version of Apple's PhotoBooth, which my kids love.

After using it a little I quickly realized that Voice Candy is about the best and easiest to use Voice eMail program that I've run across.

This app works great for Voice eMails, very simply and straight forward to use, and it can also do all the effects which are fun.

I've had the application crash a few times when I was adjusting Preferences, but never while using it. I'm using v1.0

Randy  
(Version 1.0)

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