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Last Login:20 Jun 2006 10:06
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LiquidCD
Jul 30 2007
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TIMGOEREE  Great app. Very easy to use but also a lot of advanced options. This is an application that rivals Toast but this one is free instead of $80! I've deleted Toast from my computer and just use this instead.  
(Version 1.31)

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Office Open XML File Format Converter
Jun 17 2007

TIMGOEREE  I don't know what you're talking about. It clearly shows itself as a Universal binary on my system since beta 0.1, this version included.

If you're talking about Office 2004 itself then no, it will never be Universal, 2008 will be.  
(Version 0.1.1b)

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Code Collector
Jan 16 2007

TIMGOEREE  Very usefull but as already mentioned it still has some issues. I'll be using it nontheless. I've been looking for something like this.  
(Version 1.0)

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ICQ
Jun 2 2006

TIMGOEREE  Why can't we get e decent version of ICQ? No audio, no video, no universal binary. Even ICQ2go is better than the Mac version.  
(Version 3.4)

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FinderCleaner
Jan 16 2006

TIMGOEREE  You can contact me for an older version if you want. There seems to be nothing wrong with 1.9, people report me that it works as it should. Try downloading it again, it seems you're stuck with an older version with still the password bug in it.  
(Version 1.9)

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FinderCleaner
Dec 12 2005

TIMGOEREE  If you encounter problems please email me with some details like OS version and description of the error. Then I can actually try to solve it.  
(Version 1.8)

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FinderCleaner
Jan 17 2006

ARNOLDS  Downloaded and installed version 1.9. Have a 1.4 GHz dual G4 running OSX 10.4.4.

Trying to eject an external volume (memory stick) gives the error 'variable auteject not defined'. As the main reasin I (try to) use it is to clean my memory sticks of .DS_Store files etc for use with PCs, the program is of very little use now. Hope it will be repaired soon.

Regards,

arnold  
(Version 1.9)

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FinderCleaner
Mar 29 2008

ORGANMORGAN  cant run finder cleaner any more it now shows

variable version number not defined

has been a very usefull and good app for a few years but no more.

uninstall and reinstall makes no difference.

want to clean flash drives and MP3 player

cheers organmorgan  
(Version 1.9)

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FinderCleaner
Nov 24 2005

TIM GOEREE  You could be a bit more specific and help to identify the problem instead of just bashing a product I spent a lot of time on AND offer for free. At least I know there are a lot of satisfied users so I'll continue development but if everyone reacted the way you do there would be no more free software.  
(Version 1.8)

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FinderCleaner
Jul 23 2005

TIM GOEREE  Strange, I don't get that but I'll look into it. What OS are you on?  
(Version 1.5.2)

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FinderCleaner
Jul 19 2005

TIM GOEREE  I use it on a 256MB mp3 player so that can't be it. Tried it on my music folder (18GB) and it worked so it's not size. I've found that it hangs before it actually cleans anything so the problem is in Keychain scripting. You can force quit and retry without any problem but that's not really a nice solution. I'll look into keychain scripting today or tomorrow and I'll hope to get a fix out as soon as possible.  
(Version 1.5)

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FinderCleaner
Jul 18 2005

TIM GOEREE  I guess it just takes longer for larger volumes but I'm not sure what it could be. I'll check it out anyway. I see you use 10.3.9 and you say it works? I just got a comment it didn't work in Panther anymore so I'm a bit confused.

I'll check the problems and see what I can do.  
(Version 1.5)

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FinderCleaner
Jul 1 2005

TIM GOEREE  Try repairing permissions and rebooting. If that doesn't fix the problem please send me an email and I'll try to help you.  
(Version 1.4)

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FinderCleaner
Jun 22 2005

TIM GOEREE  I don't really like people who charge money for stuff Apple should have put in their OS but didn't for whatever reason. I think Apple should have provided us with the option whether we want Mac crap on our non-hfs volumes or not. Apple sees this as a feature, I see it as a problem so I came up with a fix. And fixes of OS problems should be free.

Expect version 1.4 to be out VERY soon.  
(Version 1.3)

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FinderCleaner
Jun 1 2005

TIM GOEREE  I'm currently testing a new version which should make keychain more reliable but there's only so much I can do. The main problem is with Apple and until they fix things my new found work-around sort of works but in some cases you'll still need to enter your password. I could make keychain acces 100% reliable but performance of the app would suffer so much that typing your password every now and a while is preferred.

I guess users are not going to like it when the app takes 5 seconds to complete operation and takes 5 minutes the next (or the tenth or whatever) time they use it.

I hope Apple fixes this fast but I don't think this is a major issue so it probably will take a while.  
(Version 1.3)

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FinderCleaner
May 16 2005

TIM GOEREE  Just curious, why do you care how big an application is these days? We have fast internet connections and hard disks that can hold 100's of GB's. It's 550kb and that's not too large I think. The app itself is only 96kb but the dmg with text file make it 550kb.

Code is pretty efficient as it is and if you think you can do better please do so. That will save me a lot of time. I made this app to be usefull to people, if you don't like it that's fine but please give a normal argument so I can improve things. Not some BS about it being 550kb.

Thankfully I have a lot of users that are very satisfied with my product and who actually try to make suggestions to make this app better.  
(Version 1.3)

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FinderCleaner
May 17 2005

ANONYMOUS  Thank you for your answer. In fact, I'm stuck on 56K at home and your fast internet connection and 100+ GB HDs don't make me feel better. :-(

As regards my phrase"bad programming," I apologize for even mentioning it. No offense was intended.

As I said, I was simply curious. When I stumbled upon this app the size made me a bit suspicious. You might also know that there are apps performing simple tasks, usually GUIs for terminal commands, whose size is unacceptably big (Cocktail, etc.).

But 96 KB sounds good. I will give your app a try.

Again, I'm sorry for the idiotic phrasing.  
(Version 1.3)

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FinderCleaner
Feb 24 2005

TIM GOEREE  For starters, I don't write this comment to defend myself or my app. I understand some people see problems in using it. That could be the case but it does what it should and claims to do. I hope this explains what and why to people who don't read manuals.

You're absolutely right about the .DS_Store files. You should not remove them from you OS X volume. This app wasn't designed to do that. I made it for external deveices like usb keys or mp3 player. The program will let you remove everything, it will warn as of version 1.2 if your trying a HFS volume but it is up to you wether you'll do that or not. To most people cleaning their OS X volume will not even be a problem although it isn't recommended.

Resource forks are another thing offcourse. The reason the program deletes them is because it was written to clean ALL Macintosh mess. Why? Simply because some deveices seem to choke on the mess your Mac leaves.

Warnings and what the app exectly does are all in the readme. I wrote this to be helpfull, not to get people into trouble. If you don't read the manual and screw up something that's not my problem. The description is clear and if you are unsure about this being safe or not you probably shouldn't bother.  
(Version 1.2)

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FinderCleaner
Jan 29 2005

TIM GOEREE  You should indeed not run this on an OS X volume, it won't cause problems if you're only running OS X exept for the trashcan wich won't work until reboot. There is no real point in removing resource forks from a mac volume anyway so just don't do it.

I expect people to read the readme file wich does specify that you shouldn't use this on a mac volume. Nevertheless I agree that this could be made more obvious to the user so I will look into this.  
(Version 1.0)

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FinderCleaner
Feb 24 2005

ANONYMOUS  "I expect people to read the readme file..."

Good luck!  
(Version 1.2)

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SoftwareUpdateFix
Sep 14 2004

ANONYMOUS  And again a negative reply...

Let's make one thing clear. This script is to be used when repairing permissions does not work. In that case it could help the user. You don't have to use it. If you read the description you would know what it does and why you would use it.

I know this script helped me, that is why I made it. So that it might help some other mac users with SU problems.

And why so negative about this? It's not like this could harm your system. If it helps that's very nice, if it doesn't find another fix or email me with a question. Don't bash something because simply repairing your permissions works for you...  
(Version 1.1)

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SoftwareUpdateFix
Sep 8 2004

TIM GOEREE  If your /usr/bin already contains a "tar" file this fix won't work for you. The whole point of this fix is that in some cases when Xcode/dev tools are removed your tar is removed as well. This file is needed by softwareupdate so it won't work if it's not there. If you want more info please email me with a question and I will get back to you asap.  
(Version 1.0)

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SoftwareUpdateFix
Sep 6 2004

TIM  It indeed repairs your permissions, which I admit is not nessesary but could be usefull. But it also copies the "tar" needed by Software-Update to the right location. The "tar" file not being there is the cause of the problem, which is thus fixed by this script. The permission repair is to be sure that was not the problem.   
(Version 1.0)

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SoftwareUpdateFix
Sep 8 2004

AXEL ROEST  Wait a minute, I'm confused.

In your script you copy a tar binary from the /sw directory (which I cannot locate), to the /usr/bin directory, which already contains the tar command.

I've never seen or heard of the /sw directory. What am I missing?  
(Version 1.0)

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SoftwareUpdateFix
Sep 8 2004

TIM GOEREE  If your /usr/bin already contains a "tar" file this fix won't work for you. The whole point of this fix is that in some cases when Xcode/dev tools are removed your tar is removed as well. This file is needed by softwareupdate so it won't work if it's not there. If you want more info please email me with a question and I will get back to you asap.  
(Version 1.0)

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SoftwareUpdateFix
Sep 6 2004

TIM  It indeed repairs your permissions, which I admit is not nessesary but could be usefull. But it also copies the "tar" needed by Software-Update to the right location. The "tar" file not being there is the cause of the problem, which is thus fixed by this script. The permission repair is to be sure that was not the problem.  
(Version 1.0)

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