TVALLEAU  I've been using DataBackup for several years now. Contrary to other reviews, I've not had any trouble with it at all. No "internal errors" - nothing. For me (currently on 10.5.8) DataBackup "just works" and I'm delighted with it. I use it in conjunction with Super Duper. I'm a semi-retired Mac programmer, and so I've used it "in both directions" (meaning backup and restore both) and it's been there for m 100% of the time.

Neither have I had trouble with the company; they have been quite responsive the few times I've dealt with them.  
(Version 3.1)

TVALLEAU  Juist in case my reply got buried: the developer has just completed 2.1.3, and it works just fine for me. Very prompt fix. Good Stuff!  
(Version 2.1.2)

TVALLEAU  Great developer. 18 seconds after I posted, he fixed it in 2.1.3! :-)  
(Version 2.1.2)

TVALLEAU  I love DockStar, but 2.1.2 crashes my Mail hard on 10.5.8. Reverted to 2.1.1 and notified developer.  
(Version 2.1.2)

TVALLEAU  The $5 is for a full dmg to burn to a DVD. If you just want the program, and/or already have a burnable image, the update is free. Just download it here.  
(Version 2.2)

TVALLEAU  I don't have, and have never had, any of the problems listed below. My Dymo Twin Turbo just simply works. Never failed.

Now... a word of caution on the 8.1 update: the automatic address import from their own previous file, just plain does not work. Solution is to export from the previous version, which will yield a .csv file, and that will import correctly.

Unfortunately, if you have custom-designed labels... forget it. They don't even offer (or at least I could not find) an "import labels" so I had to redo all my custom labels by hand. Very tedious work, guaranteed to leave a sour taste in the customer's (mine) mouth.

While 8.1 is prettier, it isn't any better engineered than any of their previous software. Too bad hardware folks have such a tough time designing decent software.

Great and totally useful product hampered by software that looks like it was designed in Java. Yuck!  
(Version 8.1)

TVALLEAU  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-1.0.0-rc2/macosx/vlc-1.0.0-rc2-powerpc.dmg

and

http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-1.0.0-rc2/macosx/vlc-1.0.0-rc2-intel.dmg  
(Version 1.0rc2)

TVALLEAU  Well, I too have used QuicKeys "since day one" and unlike the other posters (below) I have absolutely -NO- problems with it. I consider myself a "power-user" with some fairly intricate and multi-step macros, along with a 60 or so fairly simple ones. The only time I've seen QK "lock up" has been due to a change in the circumstances when running a macro (such as a changed menu, window title or so on) or when I screwed up the macro myself.

I've been running all the latest 4.0 betas without any problems, and have, in fact, removed my other text expanders in order to try out the new option inside QK4.

So, while some folks seem to have trouble with it (and historically, that has always been the case: it's quite powerful software) I personally have no problems at all running it under 10.5.7 on an Intel Mac.

Just wanted to balance things out.  
(Version 4.0b4)

TVALLEAU  The file is now recognized and restored in SuperDuper.  
(Version 1.0)

TVALLEAU  ... except that credit is given; choose the about box.  
(Version 1.0b11)

TVALLEAU  Working just find for me on 10.5.6 and an Intel Mac. Of course, I don't have a zillion Safari Hacks, either.... (and wouldn't complain about problems if I did...)

I miss the stop and reload buttons.

I appreciate that it passes the Acid3 test.  
(Version 4.0b1)

TVALLEAU  I've been using this software for a few weeks now, and discovered that the previous comments no longer apply. The developer is very responsive. If you know how to run the program, you'll not have any of the previous problems... and the program continues to improve. If you're working with SQLite, this is the way to go.  
(Version 1.9.7)

TVALLEAU  Tried it on my PPC Quad G5 with 10.5.6. All it does it crash. Went to their site, and tried to join the forum, but there is no place to register to join it.  
(Version 0.11.1)

TVALLEAU  Works as advertised. Developer very responsive. New features on the way. Great price for this kind of thing! I'm happy with it.  
(Version 1.0)

TVALLEAU  I hesitate to spend that kind of money for something not reviewed, but I gave my 5G iPod to my wife, and needed to make sure she got all the games, videos and so on, and not just the music. So, I put up my $25... and everything worked as promised.

It's apparently a Java app, or some other kind of Windoz port, because it offers almost _zero_ feedback while it's working (one of my favorite complaints about Windows software. People have to just assume the software is working, as there is generally no progress bar; not spinning cursor... nothing... drives me crazy! - and is yet another reason to use Macs.)

So, when it was copying back the games to her computer, I had absolutely no clue at all that it wasn't just locked up. Well, it wasn't... and the software did everything it promised to do.

So, with that one caveat, yes: it works.

(Other products, AFAIK, don't handle _everything_ (such as games))  
(Version 6.30)

TVALLEAU  Good software with a responsive developer. Although I've not seen an update in a while (thanks!) when I did need to contact the developer a while back, I recall that he responded promptly and courteously. As to the software, it works just fine.  
(Version 1.7)

TVALLEAU  Perian doesn't encode, AFAIK  
(Version 1.0a)

TVALLEAU  Wait for 9.1

Unfortunately, this version is not ready for prime time. It crashes constantly. (Their forum is full of complaints.) There is no help; you cannot add a folder to the bookmark bar w/o crashing; adding a local file bookmark crashes it; the net tools are gone.. the list goes on.

This is very weird: Interarchy has always been a strong, reliable client... this release (9.0) isn't even ready for beta status, IMHO.  
(Version 9.0)

TVALLEAU  Aww... no Leopard. Soon as that's added, I'll give it a go.  
(Version 1.4)

TVALLEAU  NP. FWIW, I posted my QuicKeys macro that toggles them both on and off on the website. Perhaps that will help.  
(Version 1.2)

TVALLEAU  You have to launch it manually. It was designed to be "non-bloated" and to have it launch when EyeTV launches would require a second program running all the time in the background just looking to see if EyeTV was launched. Way too much overhead for a "little gadget."  
(Version 1.2)

TVALLEAU  Well, that's all nonsense. I've both used NetBarrier, and uninstalled it, and reinstalled it.

Anyone who says you have to "low level reformat" the drive to uninstall it doesn't know what they are talking about. (For one thing a "low level" reformat is not possible on Macs... nor generally on any modern drives without special software.)

Second, the Mac firewall works just fine, with or without NetBarrier.

Third, you can just turn it off.

I don't know what problems this poster had, but they are not typical, and likely unique to his own setup.

Sorry for his troubles, but they certainly do not match my own experience.  
(Version 10.4.4)

TVALLEAU  Watch out! If you got this as part of a pack of games, and more than two months ago, you won't be able to register it, or go back to the previous version.  
(Version 1.1.2)

TVALLEAU  Re: superduper - the answer is because I don't know the name of the disk used inside of superduper. What I did instead was ask the SD programmer to simply add the invisible file to his own list, which he uses for "restore spotlight state." He's considering it.

As to system preferences: it doesn't seem to remember the privacy state of removable hard drives between restarts. That is, in fact, what inspired me to write this little script.

Cordially

Tracy  
(Version 1.0)

TVALLEAU  I could not disagree more with the previous reviewer. For "newbies" iTools is -exactly- what's needed, unless you've got tons of time on your hands, and a strong geeky streak. Apache is "non-trivial" to control, and if you're doing anything more than the barest essentials, iTools is a delight.

You've got to understand that Apache server is a complex piece of software. iTools puts a friendly face on it, and more importantly, keeps you from screwing up intricate manipulations done by hand. I resisted because of the price, for years, in fact. But now that I have it, I wondered at my stupidity in delaying.

There's no free lunch, and iTools isn't bullet-proof, but it's a darned site better than "Apache Raw" IMHO.  
(Version 8.2.4)

TVALLEAU  to the fellow who was experiencing constant rebooting: you must have lots of other stuff on that stick, since a DW burn, with several other utilities added, takes less than 1 gig.

I did it, and it booted my MacBook perfectly.

Try erasing the stick first.  
(Version 1.0.1)

TVALLEAU  At this point, I suspect that virusbarrier is (over) reacting to the code contained in the script.

Here is their webpage on it: http://www.intego.com/news/ism0602.asp. A quick Google of the issue "osx.exploit.metadata.b" will provide more information.  
(Version 1.1.1)

TVALLEAU  Virus?

VirusBarrier reports a "Mac OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B" virus in the "...Kill.py" file.  
(Version 1.1)

TVALLEAU  If you use a Fuji S3 Pro for raw shooting, this is really the only sofware you'd want to 'develop' those photos. The difference between Aperture/Photoshop/Bibble/Lightroom and SilkyPix is just stunning! The image detail is probably twice as high with SilkyPix when using the extended range feature of the camera. This software produces a 12 megapixel image that will leave you wondering what the others did wrong.

example:   
(Version 3.0.3.4)

TVALLEAU  My gosh. I sent in two crash logs. I even explained that crash logs append data at the bottom of the list, not the top. I put the program in all the places suggested during my attempts to get it to run (the share folder; the games folder; etc) I placed the SDL in first one, then the other, and finally both frameworks folders. I re-installed the original game; I downloaded and installed three recent versions of the software.

Finally I sent off a second crash log.

In return for this effort, I received letters villifying me as "a butt"; suggesting that I get the code and compile it myself and so on.

Now when you consider that I went to a lot more effort than any of the several -other- people who posted the same problem (crash), I'm not sure why I was singled out for attack.

I tried to politely simply refuse further communications, but instead received a long letter letting me know what an idiot I am, and telling me to "read the instructions" (which I'd done about twenty times.)

Look: there are many other people having trouble with this software. I -understand- that you're doing it voluntarily. But so what? That's YOUR choice. I tried to help by providing crash logs and so on.

PLEASE: don't attack those who are trying to help you. If you don't like the criticism, pull the product.

Finally: PLEASE stop emailing me.  
(Version 1.5.44)

TVALLEAU  Ditto: crash on launch. I've sent off the crash log to the author... and yes: it's in the share directory.  
(Version 1.5.44)

TVALLEAU  I like it a lot. Wish I could contact the author tho. LCD monitors are ON when the screen is black, and are being 'saved' when the screen is white.

I'd like a red-pill version with a white background, so that it will -really- save my screen!  
(Version 1.4.2)

TVALLEAU   I have a couple-year-old 1Ghz 12" TiBook. Running great. Installed this product and it completely locked up after I initialized with the serial number. Would not reboot; frozen cursor; weird sounds; flashing "sleep light"... complete chaos.

I'm a programmer and this machine is kept in a minimalized, pristine condition, with a recent install of 10.4.1.  
(Version 3.4)

TRACY VALLEAU  Works exactly as advertised. Very good software; fast burning time; CDs checked out fine on my test PC. Simple and easy to use. Recommended (& worth the cost).  
(Version 1.0)