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Parallels Desktop
Nov 4 2009

REVCO  Misha: You deleted the thread? MacUpdate is littered with comments/reviews from people pointing out unfair upgrade policies. What makes this one so different that you had to delete it?  
(Version 5.0.9220.531002)

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Smultron
Sep 13 2009

REVCO  It really is that good. It's my first choice when I have to edit code.  
(Version 3.6b1)

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iStat Menus
Sep 5 2009

REVCO  Hmmm. On my Quad G5 activity monitor lists iStatLocal as a PowerPC (64 bit) app using 6.58GB of Virtual Memory.  
(Version 2.0)

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iStat Menus
Sep 3 2009

REVCO  Awesome update. Thanks! One problem though. On my G5 Quad the Backside temp senor has a reading of 1100°.  
(Version 2.0)

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Rivet
Aug 26 2009

REVCO  Try this:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/31698/playback  
(Version 2.2.1)

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Pod to Mac
Jul 13 2009

REVCO  Not working for me. App launches but does not display contents of iPod. I have a 2G Touch on 10.5.7. Also noticed iTunes launches shortly after opening Pod to Mac. Is that supposed to happen.  
(Version 3.0)

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Pod to Mac
Jul 13 2009

ANONYMOUS  Yes. iTunes is supposed to open (this is written in the Pod to Mac FAQs). One of the first instructions in Pod to Mac (done via the apple script interface) is to pause iTunes if it is playing music as this helps with the transfer in some cases.

If you have trouble with Pod to Mac it may be a result of the new iPhone 3.0 firmware which uses entirely new databases. If you e-mail the databases on your iPod (I can let you know how to find this), then I would be happy to debug the software to make it work with your iPod or iPhone (this shouldn't take more than 24 hours).

Best regards,

Chris

support@myPodApps.com  
(Version 3.0)

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Toast Titanium
Jan 6 2009

REVCO  I know we're only six days into the new year, but I think I can confidently declare this the worst upgrade of 2009.  
(Version 10)

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Toast Titanium
Jan 6 2009

REVCO  The problem is, with previous Roxio/Toast bundles anyway, all the extra software was Roxio Editions. Meaning Roxio will be responsible for support and getting updates out to you. That's not going to happen. If you need a bug fixed you'll have to spring for the retail version (at a slightly reduced rate). Happened to me with Toast 8 and 9 bundled software.

Toast 9 bundle:

Get Backup RE

DiscCatalogMaker RE

Disc Cover 2 RE

RE = Roxio Edition

Is that so for Toast 10 Pro?  
(Version 10)

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FontExplorer X Pro
Jan 5 2009

REVCO  No longer free. 39 euro ($75 AUD) until end of Feb and then back up to 79 euro ($150 AUD). Didn't see that coming. It is a nice piece of software but not 39 or even 79 euro nice.  
(Version 2.0)

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FontExplorer X Pro
Jan 5 2009

KOBALT  It was only yesterday that my local smack dealer offered me the first foil for free ... today, now that I just *must* have it, it's costing me Euro40 and if I hesitate too long, that price is going to go up to Euro80! Hmmm, Rapidshare, anyone? (Just a joke, just a joke - I wouldn't dream of suggesting it in all seriousness!) ;)  
(Version 2.0)

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Picasa
Jan 5 2009

REVCO  Intel only! Come on, don't be evil!  
(Version 3.0.0.310)

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Picasa
Jan 5 2009

GAVIN CUTSHALL  Power-Consuming-PC was evil. Tossing those processors out will pay for itself in energy savings alone.  
(Version 3.0.0.310)

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Monster Trucks Nitro
Dec 21 2008

REVCO  >Downloadable immediately!

Sheesh...still waiting!  
(Version 1.2)

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Monster Trucks Nitro
Dec 19 2008
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REVCO  Fun game. Great graphics and sounds. My kids love it. So much so that we bought it. Still waiting for the full game download link. Please hurry up and send it...the kids are driving me crazy :)  
(Version 1.2)

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Monster Trucks Nitro
Dec 21 2008

REVCO  >Downloadable immediately!

Sheesh...still waiting!  
(Version 1.2)

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StuffIt Deluxe 2010
Nov 7 2008

REVCO  While it's handy having zip compression built in OSX it doesn't compress files anywhere near what StuffIt is capable of. This makes a huge difference when you're uploading or emailing medium to large files.

I agree that version updates don't offer much in the way of new features. The secret is to skip a few versions every now and then. I went from 6 to 10 and now 10 to 13.  
(Version 13.0.2)

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DVDRemaster Pro
Oct 27 2008

REVCO  Great piece of software. I think it produces better results than Handbrake. My only wishes are to include Chapters makers on exported movies and a manual option to tweak the removal of black borders.

FWIW You might want to fix the typo in the Help file. You spell Developpers with one 'p'.  
(Version 4.4.3)

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DVDRemaster Pro
Jan 7 2009

HOLYPOLY  Err..."developer" with only one "p" IS the correct form.  
(Version 4.5.1)

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DVDRemaster Pro
Jan 7 2009

DEMOLITION  Holypoly,

If you check DVDRemaster's help documentation, "Developers" is misspelled as "Developpers". That's what Revco was pointing out.

As far as I can tell, the misspelling has been there since this app's first iteration. However, I suppose we can excuse it because English does not appear to be the first language of the folks at Metakine (I think they're from France?).  
(Version 4.5.1)

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DockBlock
Oct 25 2008

REVCO  Looks good. I've come to accept the Dock but I have issues with it instantly popping up when my cursor touches the edge of the screen. Is there a way to adjust the delay of the Dock popping open?  
(Version 1.2.3c)

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Flock
Oct 15 2008

REVCO  What was once a lean clean browser is now a cluttered mess. That's a real shame.  
(Version 2.0)

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EyeTV
Oct 9 2008

REVCO  The editing tweaks are welcome. Doesn't make for finer edits though.  
(Version 3.0.4)

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iTunes Store Link Deleter
Oct 5 2008

REVCO  Quit iTunes, launch Terminal and enter this command:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-genre-when-browsing -bool FALSE

Relaunch iTunes and open the browser. You'll see the Genre column has been removed.

Tip courtesy of www.macosxhints.com/  
(Version 1.1)

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iTunes Store Link Deleter
Oct 5 2008

REVCO  Intel only :(  
(Version 1.1)

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VideoDrive
Sep 11 2008

REVCO  It works! Awesome. Tried a wmv and avi referenced movie. Thanks for the tip.  
(Version 1.6.4)

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Connect360
Aug 13 2008

REVCO  Still no support for folders within folders. Unbelievable.

Why would I want my music and movie library scanned at a maximum of every two hours? How often do you think we add movies/music to our libraries. Off or manual rescan is needed.  
(Version 3.36)

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Application Enhancer
Aug 7 2008

REVCO  Unsanity are my heroes. Their products offer features not available in OSX. In the many years I've been using their products I've never had a crash or lost work attributed to buggy Unsanity software.

Always check their site for compatibility notes and updates before upgrading your OS (which one should be doing with any software before an OS upgrade).  
(Version 2.5b2)

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Flip4Mac WMV Player
May 19 2008

REVCO  A few simple things I'd like fixed. The "Importing..." dialog box needs to be moveable. Locking it to the middle of the screen while it opens large movies is annoying. Secondly, a "Cancel" button in the "Importing..." dialog box.  
(Version 2.2.0.49R)

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Flip4Mac WMV Player
May 19 2008

CRAIGSEE  Those are good suggestions and we're already looking into them.  
(Version 2.2.0.49R)

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LaCie Update Tool
May 12 2008
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REVCO  WTF!!!

STAY AWAY FROM THIS UPDATE.

It just destroyed my Rugged 250GB drive. Uploading firmware gets to 80% then message changes to Uploading configuration. That gets to 83% then its status briefly changes to Verifying.. Erasing... Uploading firmware. It does that twice and then I get the message "Sorry, failed to update the firmware!" Drive won't mount, nothing. Launch the LaCie Update Tool again and now the drive's version is vF.FF. It was v1.10. I guess the F.FF is an abbreviate F*CKED.

Love your work LACIE!  
(Version 2.0)

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LaCie Update Tool
May 12 2008

BCOSTROV  same exact thing happened to me. A great external drive is now useless.  
(Version 2.0)

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LaCie Update Tool
May 12 2008

FLOMET  Same for me the drive is useless now. This is the last time I will buy from this Mickey mouse company. Thanks LaCie for putting software out without testing what it does. You should leave the drive the way it was when the firmware fails and does not update

VERY UNHAPPY

Jim  
(Version 2.0)

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LaCie Update Tool
May 12 2008

HEAVY_SHOWER  Incredible -- same thing here. Will LaCie replace the drives?  
(Version 2.0)

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LaCie Update Tool
May 14 2008

MSWFUJOWDFFYC  Unfortunately, same thing happened here too. Updated a d2 and a 2big without any issues, but the Rugged is now dead. -- Update starts, then does "Uploading configuration" and at 83% percent it stops. Then the updater tries to apply the update a few more times before it gives us and informs us that the update failed. -- DON'T USE THIS UPDATE ON A RUGGED, IT WILL BE DESTROYED!  
(Version 2.0)

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LaCie Update Tool
Jun 6 2008

BHAK  I too have a fried 250GB Rugged. On FW800, it appears under the system profiler as an unknown disk, it spins when plugged in, the LaCie updater can eventually find it. The updater lists it as a Blank Firewire Device (Oxford934). It doesn't show up on USB. Those are ths symptoms, now all LaCie has to do it fix it. Wonder if they will...  
(Version 2.0)

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VideoDrive
May 10 2008

REVCO  "Compatibility: improved Growl support. Systems without Growl displayed an error message in some cases at launch time."

Thank you!  
(Version 1.5.7.01)

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SwitchResX
May 1 2008

REVCO  Huh? What wrong with APE? Me APEd for many years with no problem. Don't point finger at APE. APE good not bad.  
(Version 3.8.2)

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Connect360
Apr 26 2008

REVCO  Spoke too soon. Do you think it's possible to add support for folders within folders? That is for folders to retain their position within folders instead of every folder appearing at the top level.

Also, do you think you can add a manual option to "Rescan Movies folder every:..."

Thanks.  
(Version 3.3)

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Connect360
Apr 26 2008

REVCO  v3.31 works for me. Thanks for the folder support.  
(Version 3.3)

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Rivet
Apr 24 2008

REVCO  Why is Rivet's interface identical to Connect360? Did you have anything to do with Connect360?  
(Version 1.0.1)

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VideoDrive
Apr 24 2008

REVCO  Nope. Don't have Growl installed. Never had Growl installed. Just did a search for the Growl phrase on my Mac and nothing showed up. What do you think?  
(Version 1.4.1)

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VideoDrive
Apr 20 2008

REVCO  All I get when I launch the app is "Where is GrowlHelperApp.app?". Useless.  
(Version 1.3.3)

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VideoDrive
Apr 20 2008

AROONA SOFTWARE  This is most likely a problem with your configuration. Do you have growl installed, or recently removed from your system?  
(Version 1.3.3)

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VideoDrive
Apr 24 2008

REVCO  Nope. Don't have Growl installed. Never had Growl installed. Just did a search for the Growl phrase on my Mac and nothing showed up. What do you think?  
(Version 1.4.1)

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VideoDrive
Apr 24 2008

AROONA SOFTWARE  We have not heard from this problem before. If you can send us a screenshot of the error message and the exact moment when the problem occurs, we can further investigate it. Thanks!  
(Version 1.4.1)

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VideoDrive
May 8 2008

AROONA SOFTWARE  This issue has been addressed and the fix will be included in the release of VideoDrive version 1.5.7.   
(Version 1.5.6)

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MacPilot
Jan 31 2008

REVCO  >Retains old license information for license window

Went from 2.5 to 2.5.1 and still had to enter my reg info again.

Regarding the Disable Spotlight Menu function. Does that mean remove the Spotlight icon from the menu bar? If so, it doesn't seem to work.  
(Version 2.5.1)

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Connect360
Dec 10 2007

REVCO  Good call on the double install. Unfortunately it's only in my Users directory.

My PayPal registered email is from tpg.com.au. First part begins with a "t".

The emails sent to nullriver tech support are from optusnet.com.au. First part begins with a "t".  
(Version 3.23)

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Connect360
Dec 9 2007

REVCO  Have checked spam/junk folders. Nothing there. Have sent you and email. Automated response received. Still waiting.

I don't know what the issue is with port allocation. Connect360 is the only app trying to access TCP/9335 & UDP/1900. Any ideas?  
(Version 3.23)

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Connect360
Dec 8 2007

REVCO  >Version 3.22

>Fixes UI scaling issues in Mac OS X versions prior to Leopard

Still not fixed. Unless 3.23 broke it again.

Also, why does it always error with "Could not allocate required port" even though the port is open available and worked before. I have to reboot twice before it starts working with the port again and the menu icon eventually appears.

"You should receive your registration information via e-mail within the next few minutes..."

Next few minutes? Yeah, feel free to send me my serial number that I paid for yesterday.  
(Version 3.23)

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Connect360
Dec 8 2007

LUPINGLADE  We're still working on fixing the UI scaling.

Regarding the port allocation error, likely the port is being used by some process or you wouldn't be seeing this error. Check ports 1900 and 9386.

Regarding registration, it is automatically mailed out instantly. If you still haven't received it, it may be in your junk mail folder or perhaps was somehow undelivered. You can contact us: support (at) nullriver.com and we'll get that serial number out to you.

Thanks for your feedback.  
(Version 3.23)

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Connect360
Dec 9 2007

REVCO  Have checked spam/junk folders. Nothing there. Have sent you and email. Automated response received. Still waiting.

I don't know what the issue is with port allocation. Connect360 is the only app trying to access TCP/9335 & UDP/1900. Any ideas?  
(Version 3.23)

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Connect360
Dec 10 2007

LUPINGLADE  What is your e-mail address (at least, first portion?)

Perhaps you have two copies of Connect360 installed, ie. one in /System/Library/PreferencePanes and one in /Users/yourusername/Library/PreferencePanes ?  
(Version 3.23)

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Connect360
Dec 10 2007

REVCO  Good call on the double install. Unfortunately it's only in my Users directory.

My PayPal registered email is from tpg.com.au. First part begins with a "t".

The emails sent to nullriver tech support are from optusnet.com.au. First part begins with a "t".  
(Version 3.23)

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QuteCom
Aug 26 2007

REVCO  Sounds interesting. It won't launch on my G4.  
(Version 2.1.2)

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QuarkXPress
Aug 1 2007
****.

REVCO  I'm glad Quark is pushing ahead with XPress. The updaters are always welcome. Thanks.

I've never been really taken by InDesign. It's always had a "PageMaker" feel to it. Didn't like it then, don't like it now. I hear others are happy with it though. Good for them.  
(Version 7.3)

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QuarkXPress
Dec 14 2007

PJDODD  I agree with most of what has been said about Quark 7 (7.0 to 7.31), especially regarding speed and reliability. I use it sparingly on a dual G5 when work comes in from outside sources and it's painful. We only upgraded to Quark 7 because other silly people had gone that route without looking ahead and/or waiting for a stable release.

I'm also not a fan of InDesign CS3. It takes as long to load as Quark 7.31 and has it's own speed issues (loading, saving, flattening artwork). There is also a disturbing problem with Pantone colours reproducing accurately from InDesign, especially using RIPs. I liked the comment that InDesign "feels Pagemaker" and it does.

There is a lot to champion for Quark 6.5.2, especially speed and stability. It launches in a few seconds and loads and saves files very quickly. I can still crash it when activating fonts but this is also true of every version of Quark and InDesign - the technology changes but the problems with fonts stay the same.  
(Version 7.31)

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SMART Utility
Jun 19 2007

REVCO  Hangs for me as well on a G4 PowerBook and MacMini PPC.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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TrueDisc
Mar 9 2007

REVCO  Hi Erich. To quote your previous comment:

"The one file limitation is more of a nuisance than an actual limitation. "

To dismiss this limitation as a nuisance really downplays its severity.

Firstly, in the same registration email I received was the other known limitation:

"Files larger than 1.85 GB are not supported."

Secondly, you've stated that maximum damage recovery is for files 292MB or less for DVD-R.

So, based on the above figures I can burn a 1.85GB image onto a 4.4GB DVD but I won't expect to achieve maximum recoverability because this image is over 292MB. Do you see what I'm getting at?

Also, given I can only use 1.85GB of a 4.4GB DVD why don't I just burn two lots of the same files on the same DVD using Toast? If one file becomes damaged I can always use the other copy.

Speaking from personal experience, I've been stung once or twice by archiving compressed and/or disk images. If the archive becomes corrupted you lose everything. I wouldn't recommend anyone combining all their files in one container for archiving.

At this point in TrueDisc's development it seems to offer limited usefulness and protection. So while it's really pretty to look at I can't actually use TrueDisc. What's your timeline for removing the two known limitations?

In another post here I asked the question what would the storage capacity be for a DVD-DL? The question should read "Once you remove the 1.85GB limitation what would the storage capacity be for a DVD-DL?".

FWIW I'm expecting good things from TrueDisc. Don't let me down :)

Thanks.  
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TrueDisc
Mar 10 2007

TRUEDISC DEVELOPER  My apologies for making light of the current limitations of TrueDisc. The 1.875GB limitation will be removed in TrueDisc 1.1, due next week, and multiple files will appear in TrueDisc 1.2, due the following week (assuming no hiccups with testing).

Once the 1.875GB limitation is removed, you'll be able to burn files up to the maximum file size supported by the format itself (less 7% space for redundancy).

Best, Erich  
(Version 1.0)

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TrueDisc
Mar 8 2007

REVCO  And what is the writeable capacity for a Dual Layer DVD?  
(Version 1.0)

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TrueDisc
Mar 8 2007

REVCO  I registered yesterday. My registration email came with the following tidbit:

"Known Issues: Only one file can be burned per disc. This will obviously be corrected in an upcoming point release."

This is a pretty big deal. Don't you think this should have been pointed out before users bought the product?

You calling this v1.0 software is, I think, a bit premature. It feels more like a beta or at best a preview. I look forward to the missing capabilities being added soon. Real soon!  
(Version 1.0)

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