Application Enhancer 2.6.1
Framework and system daemon for adding functionality to apps and Mac OS X. Free
- Application Enhancer has been discontinued
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Developer
Unsanity LLC
The Application Enhancer system allows you to enhance or redefine certain behaviors for applications running on your system.It provides a way for third-party enhancer modules to modify how your applications work.Application Enhancers cannot affect the core system - they operate on an application level, therefore, they cannot cause a whole Mac OS X system to crash.
The technology behind Application Enhancer system has been in research and development for more than 4 years now, and many of our haxies (includingWindowShade X, FruitMenu, Silk and others) are
The technology behind Application Enhancer system has been in research and development for more than 4 years now, and many of our haxies (includingWindowShade X, FruitMenu, Silk and others) are
What's New
Version 2.6.1:
- You may have to restart after installing.
- SDK Specific: Adjusts how kAPEMatchFlavorKey is interpreted. If an application is 64-bit (Adobe CS5), kAPEMatchFlavorCocoa will be used. If an application has LSRequiresCarbon or LSPrefersCarbon set (iTunes 10), it will be treated as if kAPEMatchFlavorCarbon is set.
- APE Modules should never rely on the value of kAPEMatchFlavorKey as it often lies. Use dynamic runtime inspection instead.
- This should address WSX 5.0.x not working in some applications until WSX can be properly updated.
Version 2.6.1:
- You may have to restart after installing.
- SDK Specific: Adjusts how kAPEMatchFlavorKey is interpreted. If an application is 64-bit (Adobe CS5), kAPEMatchFlavorCocoa will be used. If an application has LSRequiresCarbon or LSPrefersCarbon set (iTunes 10), it will be treated as if kAPEMatchFlavorCarbon is more...
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| Version Downloads:4,984 |
| Type:Development : Libraries |
| License:Free |
| Date:02 Sep 2010 |
| Platform:PPC 64 / PPC 32 / Intel 64 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price:Free |
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The Application Enhancer system allows you to enhance or redefine certain behaviors for applications running on your system.It provides a way for third-party enhancer modules to modify how your applications work.Application Enhancers cannot affect the core system - they operate on an application level, therefore, they cannot cause a whole Mac OS X system to crash.
The technology behind Application Enhancer system has been in research and development for more than 4 years now, and many of our haxies (includingWindowShade X, FruitMenu, Silk and others) are using it.
Features:
The technology behind Application Enhancer system has been in research and development for more than 4 years now, and many of our haxies (includingWindowShade X, FruitMenu, Silk and others) are using it.
Features:
- Provides capabilities to use Application Enhancer modules.
- Completely free of charge.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
It says version 2.0.1 or earlier, suggesting that the current version should be Lion compatible. Still, Windowshade and MenuMaster both require Rosetta, which is not supported under Lion. Wonder if/when/how Unsanity will handle this.
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http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36082/deskovery
It's not as full-featured as Unsanity, and it's pricier, but it works. And it's not dependent on Rosetta.
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Can be dangerous to your system too!
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I used APE and WindowShade for years. I couldn't believe it when I discovered that OS X unceremoniously did away with the window shade feature of all System 9 windows, so I was delighted to find WindowShade.
The first signs of trouble showed up when WindowShade wouldn't work with certain apps. OK, fine...I just added those apps to the exclude list. Not ideal, but nothing's perfect. The list of excluded apps grew under Tiger (10.4.11), but I still stuck with WindowShade and APE as long as I could.
The real problem happened when I tried to upgrade a G5 DP 2.5 to Leopard. I installed the new system on a volume that already had APE installed. The system installed, but on the reboot after install, I got a black screen, and the system wouldn't start up. The fans on the G5 spun up to full speed and stayed there. I let it run for maybe 20 seconds, but if you've ever heard a G5's fans running full-bore...well, it's a frightening sound. I forced the machine to shut down.
Alas, the G5 has never been the same since. It doesn't boot from any system--Tiger or Leopard--or even from an Apple system install disk. The only way I can get it to boot is by going through Open Firmware...and even then it only boots sometimes. It appears to be a hardware problem caused by the heat generated during the failed reboot.
I never suspected APE as the cause of the problem until I finally found, after hours of searching, some older posts that reported exactly the same problems with numerous cases of system upgrades from Tiger to Leopard. Apparently, the culprit was the older version of APE I was running under Tiger.
I've been seeing warnings about system haxies for years. I ignored them for the simple reason that I never had a problem I could verifiably link to APE. But the destruction of the G5 has convinced me. As much as I miss WindowShade, I'm through with APE and all system haxies. It's not worth it.
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It's pretty ugly looking, but it works.
Thanx guys!
So what the difference between Application Enhancer SDK 2.6.1 and Application Enhancer 2.6.1?
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I have made good use of several of Unsanity's products, in a professional environment. As far as I'm concerned, flawlessly under Tiger, so no complaint here. Yet, I have to agree with most comments that those people, to put it mildly, have a talent to positively defecate on their customers & users.
One thing is that they ask for ideas. I did provide some suggestions to them, but never even got the slightest acknowledgment. Fair enough, maybe what I'd sent them didn't make sense in their eyes. Maybe they're too busy, I said to myself (but how come, when I was running my own online store, we ALWAYS found the time to reply to requests, even the silliest ones?)
Quite different, though, the total lack of response I experienced after they finally upgraded some of their haxies so they could run under Snow Leopard. I purchased several of them, and was even granted a voucher for the purchase of other products - within a month. I wrote to Unsanity asking for a proper invoice, as the "receipt" they issue online and my mail is not considered as valid by my tax authorities. I also asked them to put me on a mailing list for when the new version of FruitMenu would be available (Soon! - their site said). And: would they kindly extend the validity of their voucher to use it when purchasing FruitMenu, as it was the only one of their utilities I still needed? Finally, I reported that their update of WindowShade compatible with Snow Leopard was causing havoc when used on multiple screens: once your windows are minimized on a secondary screen, you can't get hold of them anymore! We're talking here of straightforward Apple monitors.
To this day, and in spite of four or five reminders, I have received no reply whatsoever from Unsanity. When the update of FruitMenu was released (no warning!), the voucher had expired two days earlier. Needless to say, its validity didn't appear to have been extended when I tried to purchase online. Moreover, after reading that the upgrade was free for registered users, I tried to use my current FruitMenu key (still working fine as of a recently reinstalled Tiger). To no avail (of course?)
I once again wrote to Unsanity, by now not with the friendliest of tones. Silly me, I should have known: response = zilch. So now I'm left with my money thrown out of the WindowShade that won't work properly (not even the latest update a few days ago), and, on the bright side, finding an alternative piece of freeware, XMenu, that does in Snow Leopard some of the things FruitMenu is supposed to do, but won't be doing "on my watch."
Curiously, passwords to Unsanity's haxies are not listed in Serial Box. Makes you wonder...
Last curiosity: a note with the recent update of WindowShade stated something like "this depression is so painful". Is this the explanation? "Depression" could be one of several things, of course...
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Espiridion reviewed on 03 Sep 2010
I think that after Tiger I stopped using Unsanity products, so it's nice to have these 2 back in my system. I have used Unsanity products for years, starting with Echo which was their first product IIRC.
I'm not happy about the time it took, but I'm glad to see this working once again.
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Chiefted reviewed on 03 Sep 2010
First, and I was an Apple Genius (now system admin in a Mac only office setting),
I wouldn't touch a Mac that had haxies installed on it. That isn't a guideline, its pretty
much a rule if you have to bring your Mac in to be worked on at an Apple Store.
Second, if you are dead set on using this make sure you can uninstall it. It will slowdown your machine (and the developer states this but brushes it off as only "microseconds" which is NOT the case).
Third and something the developer will deny but I have seen for myself, it does and will
affect other programs and may crash those other programs (LaunchBar is one that it does
play havoc with).
Fourth if a company is MIA for over a 18 months while I new release of an OS is out there (heck Apple has updated SL 4 times already), how do I know they will be around for support.
You don't
So don't install APE.
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I was freelancing for a client and their aged G5 (10.5.8) was becoming more and more unstable. When switching between applications the tab key no longer worked. A file had to be saved using the mouse, not a keyboard shortcut. And when dragging a file on the desktop, it automatically generated a copy without holding down the option key. It seemed to occur when more than two applications were open at the same time, leading me to think it was faulty RAM. The only way to get past this was a restart, about six times a day.
After a load of tests I suddenly noticed Application Enhancer was installed. Once removed, the problems disappeared.
As previous people have said, if your machine isn't being used for business, it's worth giving this a go. Otherwise, it's probably best left alone. I'd estimate my client has lost a good four hours of my time over the last few days because of the problems above.
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I was about to re-install all of my applications together with system as MS Office 2004 crashed even during CD startup. I am about to downgrade until Unsanity solved this one.
Iseca rated on 23 Feb 2011