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Very well conceived, with logical grouping of stocks, bonds, funds, etc. where they can be grouped into portfolios and watch lists. Superb interface, with ease of entering or importing data, and tracking value over time -- with nice graphic representation and reports. For an early release, Investoscope is a superb effort. Any investor would be smart to give this a try, I'm sure that the developer would appreciate feedback. Mac needs solid 'Mac-like' tools for investors -- and this has awesome potential |
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In a more perfect world -- Schreiben would be the 'Word Killer' app. Powerful, yet uncluttered interface. Check out the precise typographic controls in heads-up display, or the amazing (and animated) tool to resize embedded graphics. Layout tools, color and font choices, styles, and amazing array of controls are are cleanly and clearly in one place, with helper files and callouts to identify icons if you need help. Licenses are far too inexpensive, and the process from being impressed to getting a license was less than five minutes -- which is almost how long it takes Word to launch. Oh, and the price -- Less than coffee at Starbucks. Schreiben is perhaps one of the best examples of why using a Mac is so much fun -- great software that just works... |
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G4 Powerbook 10.5.2 also had the same Applescript timeout error posted by another user (-1712). Shutdown and reboot sequence also required over 20 minutes -- which seems excessive during which the menu bar disappeared and the computer was unresponsive. Although Onyx has always been a useful tool for me -- I would hold back until these and possibly other issues, are resolved completely. A maintenance utility should never cause this level of uncertainty and angst during it's use. |
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Microsoft's spin: 'Microsoft Office allows you to experience the beauty, power, and stability of all four Microsoft Office for Mac programs...' Reality: Belatedly fixes dangerous vulnerabilities without reducing the clutter and sluggish behavior of this ever-expanding bloatware dinosaur. |
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Good point. Exchange your stocks and bonds and other 'virtual' value for SL bucks or Star bucks and see how far you get. : ) |
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Support for VIRTUAL CURRENCY??? Oh pleeeze. Real world finance is confusing enough without the need to play make-believe too. Maybe 'Monopoly Money' is next? No need to cheapen a great concept. |
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V 1.01 still having problems on a G4 Powerbool with 2GB RAM and a slid good harddrive. 'Progress bar keeps animating but SMART status never updates.'
Still believe this can become a solid and useful product -- licensed user here. |
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Based on downloading and testing most recent release -- many of the same criticisms are still valid -- locking up during 'updating SMART status' -- also the false positive for 'bad blocks'.
Even so, I did license a copy. If the developer does finally deliver a solid product, meeting his proposed intentions -- it will be a universally REQUIRED product in this day of mass storage of valuable assets.
I hope that the developer will pay close attention to this feedback -- and respond to the critique in later releases. Having read his technical credentials on his website, he should be able to produce a solid product we can all find beneficial and support.
We hope so |
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SUPERBLY DONE. I'm swamped with CD's and DVD's of backups, images, old files and documents that may or not be important. There are many competeing products in this realm but none have the interface, ease of use, and speed of Disk Library. By using an iTunes-like interface the developer has achieved the best of all worlds -- loads of information, EXIF, previews, dates, file paths etc. -- with data presented and organized where it can be easily seen and interpreted.
The implementation of Smart Folders is awesome.
After less than 30 minutes of trial -- the decision to purchase a license was easy -- and the modest shareware fee makes it painless. |
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NAV is worse than a virus. Why? Have you ever tried to get rid of NAV? I mean ALL if it... the bazillions of files it injects _everywhere_. You know the ones that self-replicate -- like the viruses it is supposed to guard against. ClamAV is FREE, the definitions are updated DAILY, and it does not exhibit the same infectious behavior shown by NAV. Guess I really shouldn't complain, as a system admin I have been paid LOTS of money for the hideous amounts of time it takes to rid a computer of this pest. |
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WX has really proven itself during our recent spell of severe weather here in Texas. The NWS website is cumbersome to use and navigate. WX's attractive uncluttered design, and the ability to track weather for selected destinations is superb. The developer is responsive and has an excellent vision for what a weather app should be -- thanks for the superb work, and reasonable price. |
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Tired trying to play video send by 'helpful' friends in alien (to Mac) formats? I have tried several applications that claimed to be a solution -- and none were. EasyWMV is the answer. It decoded everything I threw at it. Within minutes I bought a license, and received an unlock email instantly. EXCELLENT SOLUTION! |
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Very nicely done -- love the new features -- but greatly prefer the OLD interface, especially the timer fonts. The new font is numerically-challenged for readability. Keep up the superb work. YES -- I will gladly donate! |
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Downloaded, installed, and actually wanted to try it out. After 10 minutes it still hadn't retrieved a 'personal phone number' or passkey. Beginning to lose my patience to even TRY this.... If it's this hard to get to first base.... imagine trying to make that important call. |
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Ran 1.7.6 and found many icons have been changed -- TextEdit files now have a Safari icon, and PDF files that had been set to open in preview and had a Preview icon, not have the Adobe PDF icon. All items still seem to open in preferred apps but the icons seem confused after running the latest Onyx. Anyone else seen this? |
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BwanaDik is a road-warrior must have. Have spent hours trying to make a coffeehouse wi-fi connection work only to discover the wireless works but the internet router was down. BwanaDik's glowing orb is all I need to really know. The interface and settings are well-reasoned and the operations have been flawless. Very impressive support by John.
BTW -- SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPER... his software is useful, fun, and rooted in the true Mac tradition. His website is also fun and engaging. Stimpy would be proud. |
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As a long-time, heavily vested user of Retrospect, I have given Retrospect every chance I can since their belated and ill-fated conversion to OS X. NO MORE. (1) Old storage sets are are unusable by current versions. (2) Scheduled backups are often incompete and cannot be used reliably to replace lost files. (3) Support if you can call it that, is almost useless. ANY BACKUP UTILITY THAT PROVES BUGGY AND UNRELIABLE IS WORSE THAN NOT DOING BACKUPS. It gives one a false pretense that all is okay in a disaster, when it is not at all.
AVOID RETROSPECT. Apple's own Backup is far better. And ChronoSync is also excellent.
Retrospect's day has gone. And since DELL's EMC has gobbled up what is left of Dantz -- I have abandoned all hope of things getting better. SO LONG RETROSPECT -- I KNEW YE WELL. Good riddance. |
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Had the same password problems, and when the system finally confirmed that it 'armed' it did not detect gross movement that had set off alarms with previous versions. Did not want to 'unarm' despite being given correct password. Removed the app, and the associated Keychain entry until things shake out. Short: not my fav release. |
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ARE YOU KIDDING? The very people that claim to protect unsophisticated computer users from virus attacks etc with their pricey and buggy software now wish us to make our systems more vulnerable by enabling remote administration???
Ah yes, the Microshaft profit model. Create a problem, then charge to resolve it. |
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This WARNING is from a long-time Retrospect user: -> Data may not be backed up correctly -> Logs may not correctly reflect errors -> Errors shown may not be actual errors -> Your data may not be safe as archived (We have had numerous FATAL errors on recover) -> Dantz support for OSX is haphazard at best We have paid of numerous 'upgrades' that each promised to fix know bugs in the previous release. NONE of the bugs or problems were addressed, and Dantz dodges the issues in support forums, emails and calls.
DO NOT TRUST RETROSPECT -- we maintained our loyalty to a GREAT OS9 product -- and have paid dearly for our decision.
We no longer use any Dantz products -- and instead use ChronoSync, which is far more flexible, reliable, and user-friendly -- they also respond to users!!!! (What a concept) GOODBYE DANTZ. |
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Elementary question here: What interface is used to get the discrete audio inputs into the Mac?
Manufacturers? Models? What do you recommend? It would seem that the mating of this software to that hardware would be esssential -- let the software release is silent on this.
Thanks. |
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This is the kind of program you always wish someone would write. Instead of fumbling around trying to launch and configure a movie -- just launch, select and GO. WOW. This is the kind of software that makes using a Mac so wonderful -- and tip of the hat and THANKS to Abraham for his vision and talent. Matinee is a must-have for any harddrive based movie buff. |
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iView MediaPro is ABSOLUTELY THE BEST.
I previously tried and bought several other digital asset management 'solutions', including trade standards Canto Culumus and Extensis Portfolio. None of them offer the flexibility, speed, and stability of iView MediaPro. IVMP's catalog features, EXIF and keyword capabilities, and HTML support are excellent. My library is over 40,000 photos, illustrations and video and audio clips. iView MediaPro handles them all with ease, quickly and reliably. Support is responsive the one time I had a user question. If you need to catalog, archive, share, or process images -- nothing even comes close. |
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Elegant interface, extremely useful. Older relative with worsening eyesight can now easily crop and export his own photos thanks to iZoom. Simple. Powerful. Elegant. Useful. DONATE. |
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Very impressive. Would be great if the whois lookup could also populate other information for technical contacts, admin contacts, NIC handles, etc that are also helpful for domain administration. Perhaps a comparison shopper could be added for domain registration/renewal fees. Please keep up development -- I will be registering copies for myself. THIS IS A MUST-HAVE TOOL FOR DOMAIN ADMINS. |
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Very nicely done -- fell in love with Kairos the first time I used it. HWC is a more robust big brother -- with tons of added features, including more data sources, more complete notification options, and ways to monitor and review data. As they say -- everyone talks about the weather -- well now you can have up-to-date data -- and be able to do something about it -- wrap pipes, plant your garden, prepare for rains, or head to the beach. Nice work again! Can hardly wait for the next rev to see what you'll think of next... |
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First blush of new beta -- AWESOME! This is an almost perfect solution for anyone who needs to do time or project billing for a small business. Superbly integrated, easy to use, powerful, and above all flexible and stable. Have NEVER lost data or project files. Beta's new riich-text export for invoices and stripping tags a truly great move. More as I play with this new release candidate. Download the demo and take a serious test drive. I did early this year -- and have been happy and productive since. |
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THANKS for the update! Addressix was already the best way to address small batches of mail -- and the barcodes REALLY speed delivery. With the latest improvements -- there is no question -- Addressix is well worth the small price to register. |
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JH is right --> Doublet Scan ROCKS! Doublet Scan has always been fast, but this version seems faster, and with new (excellent) filtering by date etc. takes a lot of the work (and guess work) out of culling duplicate files. Minor criticism: GUI could be cleaner and clearer, and a new icon might enhance 'perceived' value of this fine utility. If you have tons of files and need to manage them in an efficient manner -- Doublet Scan is absolutely essential. |
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I too was skeptical about the value of Konfabulator. Seemed like an over-hyped cutesie kinda thing. Then I played with it a bit -- found some superb widgets, and realized that it was a superb way to have TONS of info readily available precisely as I want it -- completely configurable, and beautiful. At $25. Konfabulator is a bargain. It saves that much time launching and looking at other apps. One fault -- Konsposé no longer fades in and out, and there is a distinct visual 'glitch' when Konsposé kicks in and out. I'm sure this will be remedied soon. Check out the superb website and the visionary idea of design-it-yourself information retreival and display -- AWESOME! |
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Warning - it takes 15-20 minutes to navigate, register and download the Easyshare software. The process is dauntingly cumbersome and fraught with loads of 'gottchas'. Kodak should streamline the process and send the marketing dweebs packing -- building a mailing list by alienating potential customers is a BAD IDEA. I'll evaluate Easyshare when I have more time to kill. |
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Nice work James!!! Great idea and superb implementation. Install was a breeze. Thanks for the great work -- and simplifying something that used to be a chore. |
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Crm4Mac may be the best CRM ever! And at only $50 it's a bargain. In fact, it would be a bargain at three times that! Wasted time costs $$$ -- and Crm4Mac will save that much wasted time and effort -- perhaps every day you use it! The concept is awesome -- build a CRM links seamlessly to the powerful Apple apps (iCal, Address Book, Mail, etc.) The interface is easy to navigate, lean and isn't bloated by the useless 'features' of other CRM's. Macs have needed a great CRM -- and this looks like it. It will be fun to watch this app mature. GREAT WORK! |
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Sente's filtering, speed, stability and ease of use are unrivaled by any competing propduct I've tested. While I understand concerns about student pricing, it is well worth the price -- and when you consider the time you can save (student time isn't free) -- Sente is truly a bargain. |
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Very nicely done -- useful as an educational tool and for harried users as well. Beautiful interface and graphics -- superb info pallette. Those who don't need -- or appreciate the thought, imagination and talent behind this can stick to their slide rules. Well worth the $10 to support great work. |
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Sente is an essential tool for anyone in bio-medical research. The interface is simple, and elegant, yet powerful -- and superb filtering helps narrow searches without having to re-run them again and again. The beta version was an awesome achievement -- and this latest release is even better. Third Street Software has done an impressive job, and with their aggressive pricing -- Sente should become an essential tool for anyone in medicine or bio-medical research. |
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GIVE UP ALREADY. This product is DOA and will remain so. It's buggy, bloated, unstable, expensive, poorly supported, lacks basic features, and consistently over-promises and under-delivers. AVOID THIS AT ALL COST. While Apple perfects its own solution: PageSender, eFAX are both excellent. I rather drive across town in traffic to an Office Depot than use FAXstf. A severely disappointed and abused long-time FAXstf user.... |
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Superb concept and flawless execution. Astronomers (and AV producers) THANK YOU. |
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Downloaded ChimooTimer with great skepticism -- yet another timer... but this one is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. Hands-off operation, clean graphics, precise timing, excellent voice implementation.... W O W ! Chimoo 'gets it' when it comes to a useful Mac app that looks and works great. Please keep up the excellent work! |
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Transmit is by far the best FTP client -- and their support, on the one occasion we needed it, was professional and extremely helpful. Panic is a long-time supporter of Macs and Mac users, and I have nothing but the highest regard for their products, their ethics, and their professionalism. |
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Nicely done. Ability to sort by style and print sample sheets a good idea. Unable to verify many vital functions (printing, activation with other apps, etc) without paying first. A demo with such limited functionality -- especially when dealing with fonts -- is useless. There are many competitors -- none that complete -- and some useless (i.e., Font Reserve). Provide a time-limited full demo and I might bite the bullet and license a seat -- without that ability to adequately judge -- I'll just say its a nice idea that shows much promise. |
