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MacFamilyTree
Oct 14 2008

RCN  Umm, that's exactly what he was talking about. I'm a happy MacFamily Tree user, but I don't need to know through MacUpdate when every single build is released in a beta cycle. Can you imagine how much of a mess it would be if EVERY program did this? If OmniGroup did this for every build of OmniFocus? If every build and Release Candidate of every point update to OpenOffice was posted? Etc. Post such build information on your web site or have it available through an automatic update process in your program - NOT through MacUpdate. It ends up muddying up the list and looks like a shameless attempt to keep the app in front of everyone's eyes.  
(Version 5.3rc2)

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Alarm Clock Pro
Aug 28 2008

RCN  Constant 10 to 15% CPU usage when it is just sitting there, waiting. And more than 54mb of RAM. Comparably, Awaken shows basically 0% CPU usage and 43mb of RAM.

I would love a good alarm/reminder program (capable of alerting with Growl notifications), but it needs to quietly sit in the background when not in use. A big plus too if it could remove the icon from the dock.  
(Version 8.4.7)

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Alarm Clock Pro
Sep 1 2008

EMBRACEWARE  Hi RCN,

I just wanted to let you know that Growl support is coming to Awaken 5 for alarms and egg timers. Screenshot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/embraceware/2820197110/  
(Version 8.4.7)

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Alarm Clock Pro
Sep 28 2008

RUSTMAN  Could the developer please explain why the stopwatch application uses 50% of my CPU? Seems a little excessive doesn't it?

I got this with the School Promo Bundle, but for an app that should have such a small footprint this is not just excessive, it's an app-killer. And not in a good way. It just makes me want to CMD-Backspace.

Stopwatch use should be below 5%. Tops, 10%.  
(Version 8.5.1)

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BibDesk
May 5 2008
*****

RCN  Perhaps the best designed Mac application there is. It's a shame that more people aren't aware of BibDesk and end up buying one of the competitors instead. BibDesk makes managing large collections of pdfs easy, and you don't need to know anything about bibtex to use it.

In fact, one of the best things about BibDesk is how well it integrates with Skim, the pdf reader/annotation app. Manage your database with BibDesk, double click on a pdf to open it with Skim, do all your highlighting and note taking, and when you go back to BibDesk your highlights and notes are waiting there as searchable text! In fact, it is simple to search across the entire text of a large library - searching both the text of the pdfs and your own notes.

The screenshot (maybe it is time for a new one?) really doesn't begin to show you how well this program is designed or all of the features (including integration with a number of online databases). If you're looking for anything near the bibliography/note taking realm, I strongly suggest you give BibDesk a try.  
(Version 1.3.16)

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WebnoteHappy
Dec 29 2007

RCN  Doesn't seem to yet support Firefox 3. Freezes when trying to import from it.  
(Version 1.3.1)

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TimeLog
Dec 7 2007
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RCN  I just used TimeLog 3 for two days of work. It just crashed and, upon reopening, none of my timed work remained. I just lost two days of documentation of my work and will have to guess at my time spent.

There is no 'Save' feature so data should have been saved automatically.

I might try TimeLog 4 when I upgrade to Leopard, but won't touch TimeLog 3 again and am looking elsewhere.  
(Version 4.0.1)

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Shredder Classic
Oct 27 2007

RCN  Why, oh why does Shredder still only allow you to have one game open at a time? I would love this program if I could have multiple windows for annotation and comparison purposes. I really wish there was a full powered database/annotation program available for the Mac. I really don't like having to run Chessbase via Fusion.  
(Version 3.0)

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Shredder Classic
Sep 19 2008

SANS DIEU RIEN  For analysis, I recommend Vektor3, and it allows for multidocuments! Just what you're looking for!  
(Version 3.0)

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