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Version:  12.0.2

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Updating Saft is a big pain

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Contributed by: Tempel2 Friday, May 12 2006 @ 06:59 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

I have several dozen shareware apps installed, more of a handful of them in the System Preferences. Saft being the one not only requiring the highest frequency of updates (i.e. every time Safari gets updated, you need a new Saft version as well, or you can't use it) but also being the most difficult one to perform the update.

Problem with the update is that it requires you to enter your email address and transaction IDs. It does NOT store them for you, neiter in a cookie for the website, not inside Saft so you could easily retrieve it. Instead, I have to dig it up every time from somewhere again. Sure, after 3 times I have learned to write them down in a place where I hopefully find them more easily next time, but it's still quite a pain for such little gain.

Otherwise, it works pretty well.
  

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Updating Saft is a big pain - powerluc

i second that. i always have to keep the mail with the code ready just for updating saft. anyways, hacking the info.plist inside saft.bundle repeatedly saved me from waiting for an update to saft.

to hao li: please, fix this issue, it is "a bit" cumbersome for registered users.

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Friday, May 12 2006 @ 03:41 PM PDT


Updating Saft is a big pain - Hao Li

Autofill? If you have this enabled in Safari, you do not need to remember the transaction ID, Safari will do that for you, then the download is just two clicks away: 1: one for the bookmark, and one for the download button.

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Monday, May 15 2006 @ 08:58 AM PDT