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WBZ Helper

WBZ Helper - 1.4

Download and save .wbz images to your folder or iPhoto.

All Time: (4.2)
This Version: (5.0)
Current Version: 1.4
Release Date: 2008-12-10
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 1,625
Downloads (all versions): 1,197

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Product Description:

Holocore is pleased to provide this free unsupported utility for making the Webshots site easier to use on a Mac. The WBZ Helper takes .wbz images downloaded from Webshots and allows you to set them as your screensaver, and also to import them into a new album in iPhoto (optional if you don't use iPhoto).

Note that this utility only handles .wbz files and does not yet support collections (.wbc/ .wbp).

What's new in this version:

This update fixes some errant bugs when used with iPhoto that could result in an error after launch, handling of .wb1 files, plus some other minor issues. It updates the logo and icon to match Webshots' new branding.

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

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Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (4.0) Support: (3.0)
Ease of Use: (4.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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WBZ Helper ReviewIt Just Works. WBZ = Proprietary Format - Version: 1.4, 12/10/2008 07:51PM PST

RestonMacGuy
I've been a WebShots account holder for nearly nine years. It's been quite the addition to my PC side, but I've been frustrated on the Mac because WebShots' own (now discontinued) software was buggy and never incorporated the final product into the Mac "way of things." For a while I used a product named SwapTop that was discontinued due to some legal issues. Then came WBX Helper.

WBZ Helper does exactly what it should do: it takes the downloaded .wbz files that are unviewable and indecipherable (even Graphic Converter chokes on them) and turns them into viewable JPEG files complete with their original names. Thus, a file that I download that has a name something like 'eb155522f7d21455e0cb6c0aa0ba69ec.wbz' becomes a photo named 'Paradise Island, Nassau Bahamas.jpg.' (These are actual names). It places the transformed file(s) into a subfolder of my Pictures folder where I can easily find them. The program also has settings for screen saving, setting the desktop picture, and sharing images. It nicely fills in the hole WebShots left on the Mac, and to top it all, it's FREE.

To the developer: Nice job. And, thanks!
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WBZ Helper ReviewWhat I need is a good UPloader - Version: 1.3, 1/16/2008 12:00AM PST

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Central Scrutinizer--2008
I have no clue why anyone would need a separate application to download individual images from Webshots, since every OS X web browser supports drag and drop. If someone can't figure out drag and drop, then they will be even more hopeless when trying to use WBZ Helper.

What I would love to see is a good application for uploading images to free image hosting sites like Webshots. Both Webshots and Imageshack offer rudimentary apps for this purpose, but we really need something with more sophistication and polish than the existing apps offer. Last I checked, both apps lacked the ability to organize images into albums for uploading, and they could not be used to organize one's already hosted images.
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WBZ Helper CommentaryWBZ Helper - Version: 1.3, 5/17/2006 06:30PM PST

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NostalgiaTV
Who needs a screensaver uility for webshots not me. To me this is useless as its easier to just drag what ever photo onto screen and put all jpegs into a folder. No fuss and no mess! To me its alot faster and more logical doing it this way.
Anyhow webshots tried themselves to make a software but abandoned the project in frustration. I will pass on this one.
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