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USE - 3.0

maintenance, optimization, personalization with menu bar item & app

All Time: (3.3)
Version 3.0: (2.5)
Selected Version: 3.0
Release Date: 2006-02-25
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 3.0): 177
Downloads (all versions): 3,549
Price: $5.00

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Product Description:

USE is a maintenance, optimization
and personalization software
with menubar item and application
for all your daily necessities.

MD5 of Version 3.0:
45f3268f3231c67f2bc2582a5751a694

Additionally every registered customer
will receive an unlock code and also the USE-Automator-Suite.

  • Maintain the system
  • Clean localizations
  • Generate IP information report
  • Generate system profile report
  • Copy MD5 checksums to clipboard
  • Set a custom login window message
  • Generate preference verification report
  • Batch run commands via shortcut for daily use
  • Show Apple's Keyboard Palette
  • Show Apple's Character Palette
  • Show hidden files
  • Hide hidden files
  • Copy IP addresses to clipboard
  • Count words of front TextEdit document
  • Repair permissions of startup disk
  • Clean caches, temporary items and logs
  • Batch and deep batch for daily use
  • Set Safari PDFs to be downloaded / shown
  • Set Safari PDFs to be downloaded / shown
  • Set Safari's tooltips to show links / informations
  • Disable / enable Safari website icon cache
  • Speed up / normalize Safari website loading
  • Disable / enable Safari's developer menu
  • Set Dock pinning to start, middle or end
  • Disable / enable Dock shadow
  • Top / bottom position Dock
  • Disable / enable transparent Dock icons
  • Disable / enable info animations
  • Disable / enable Finder animations
  • Speed up / normalize style sheet loading
  • Disable / enable Dashboard
  • Disable / enable Crash Reporter
  • Extend Disk Utility
  • Allow / Prevent ".DS_Store" files on Network
  • Set verbose startup mode
  • Reduce Apple's Mail logging

What's new in this version:

  • Improved startup time
  • Unlock panel now no longer shows up
    on startup when registered
  • USE is now Path independent, which means
    you can put USE anywhere on your hard drive
  • Preferences verification now even lists which
    preferences are verified and OK
  • Preferences now accessable via shorcut or menubar
  • Now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.5
  • Fixed errors with certain preferences
  • Fixed error in Deep Clean and Deep Batch,
    preventing shutdown execution

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later
    Universal Binary

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Feedback Summary:

Version 3.0:
Overall Rating: (2.5) Features: (2.0) Support: (3.0)
Ease of Use: (3.0) Quality / Stability: (2.0) Price: (1.0)
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USE ReviewStraight Forward - Version: 3.0, 2/26/2006 05:21AM PST

(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)

StraightForward
Hmm, just another app for doing the same things but I didn't find it so USEful.
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USE ReviewNo - Version: 3.0, 2/25/2006 03:10PM PST

(2 of 3 users found this comment useful)

wdsgvwdsf
It's just like Onyx, but not free.
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USE ReviewGreat! - Version: 2.7, 11/12/2005 12:54PM PST

(1 of 4 users found this comment useful)

James Gonda
Interface could be improved a bit, the rest is very well done.
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