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User Name A Wedlake
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RipIt 1.2.2 (Mac OS X)
NOTE: This version is for Purchase
Not necessarily a bad thing, but everyone should note that this program is not freeware any longer. It is however a very good program, and probably worth the $20. [alert admin]
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Saturday, February 14 2009 @ 04:37 PM PST
MoneyWell 1.4.1 (Mac OS X)
I'm a part of that pool of ex-Quicken users who have been orphaned, looking for a real alternative to Quicken for many years. I broke the Quicken habit with Moneydance (which IS also a great product). But whereas Moneydance has sort of gone stale with feature improvements, the MoneyWell team has been hard at work. I've reviewed MoneyWell before (1.3 I believe). It's strength has been in it's vision, scope, and a very clean execution to that vision (just watch their online videos and you'll pick this up). However, in the past, their main liability that has kept me from converting to MoneyWell has been software speed and responsiveness. 1.4.1 IS a significant improvement in this area, and is responsible for me finally migrating from Moneydance to MoneyWell. I've really been a fan of the all-in-one screen format (becoming more popular now that we're getting larger monitors). This reduces pop-up windows for reconciling, or adding transactions, or even viewing spending graphs. MoneyWell still has a few areas that are less intuitive. Whereas Moneydance doesn't actually add a transaction to the register until you've hit enter (and gives you an audible sound to confirm so), MoneyWell assumes that one you click on the new transaction icon, a new transaction is already created in the register. I'm not so sure this is the smartest way to do so, but I suspect everyone will have a different opinion on this. For me it doesn't confirm data accuracy during entry. If you get pulled from your transaction before it's complete, or you click on another transaction in your register before your done, it's already in your register. I personally would like to see the new transaction button generate a new entry. It should only appear in your register at the time you've completed and confirmed entry (maybe an audible confirmation?) Other than that, the interface is responsive, easy to read, follow, track buckets, and utilizes the screen space very well. Importing data that I had exported from Moneydance was easy, and with no errors. All accounts and buckets pulled in perfect. The whole import took about 1 minute, and I have over ten years of data. Excellent job team! [alert admin]
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Wednesday, December 17 2008 @ 06:35 PM PST
Apple Aperture 2.1 (Mac OS X)
When I try to import complete folders, after a few minutes of running the entire system will lockup. The clock freezes, and the system is hosed. Hard reboot is required, Microsoft Windows style. I don't think I've come across another program for a few years that has managed to do that on the Mac. So why does it have to be an Apple program? I've also managed to crash Aperture 2.0 and 2.1 from just importing images from a folder. In this situation it's manages to just crash the application itself and not Leopard. At this time, Aperture has been removed from my system, and I'm a little irritated with Apple for not doing the necessary testing before it releases it's software. This recently happened with the Lightroom team and their 1.4 release, and I hope both learn their lesson. I REALLY want to like this program. It's so much more advanced as a platform that Lightroom, but Lightroom has managed to run for a year now without crashing once (even though it's development is rather painfully sluggish). For me "stability" is more important than a great looking application that's frozen on the screen. Aperture has great promise with it's platform, but if it's greater integration into the operating system means harder system wide crashes, then STAY CLEAR of this this stuff! [alert admin]
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Friday, March 28 2008 @ 05:13 PM PDT
MoneyWell 1.2.9 (Mac OS X)
I really like many aspects of this program, which I purchased about a month ago. I think it's laid out really well, and there is a lot of thinking that has gone into how functions work. I currently use Moneydance, and although the interface is kind of clunky, it's signifantly faster to use. MoneyWell's lack of speed will get on your nerves VERY quickly. It hesitates on almost any function, such as changing accounts or smart buckets. Scrolling through a long list in one account is the only thing that runs "fairly" smoothly. One would think that a program coded to run natively in Leopard would run faster than a program written in Java (Moneydance), but that's not the case at all. Another small addition that would be usefull is the abilty to see a running total in the register. Currently the only place to see the total is at the account icon. Great if you want to know where you ended at, but if you want to know where you were at in Mid December when an "issue" occured with your bank, no such luck (yet). I really hope these small issues will be addressed soon. I have it installed, and after a few updates I try an export from Moneydance into MoneyWell to take it out for a spin again. I can't recommend this program yet, but it's showing a tremendous amount of promise. [alert admin]
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Friday, February 22 2008 @ 04:16 PM PST
MoneyWell 1.2.9 (Mac OS X)
I really like many aspects of this program, which I purchased about a month ago. I think it's laid out really well, and there is a lot of thinking that has gone into how functions work. I currently use Moneydance, and although the interface is kind of clunky, it's signifantly faster to use. MoneyWell's lack of speed will get on your nerves VERY quickly. It hesitates on almost any function, such as changing accounts or smart buckets. Scrolling through a long list in one account is the only thing that runs "fairly" smoothly. One would think that a program coded to run natively in Leopard would run faster than a program written in Java (Moneydance), but that's not the case here. Another small addition that would be usefull is the abilty to see a running total in the register. Currently the only place to see the total is at the account icon. Great if you want to know where you ended at, but if you want to know where you were at in Mid December when an "issue" occured with your bank, no such luck (yet). I really hope these small issues will be addressed soon. I have it installed, and after a few posted updates I try an export from Moneydance into MoneyWell to take it out for a spin again. I can't recommend this program yet, but it's showing a tremendous amount of promise. [alert admin]
Friday, February 22 2008 @ 04:15 PM PST
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Mac OS X)
A nice "little" update that installed very smoothly. Subtle fixes throughout that make an already excellent OS that much better. It's Apple's attention to detail that really sets them a part from Redmond. Leopard has thus far been the best release so far. Even their initial 10.5.0 release was rock solid and just had a handful of usability issues. Many are resolved here. Some may be resolved in future updates. Overall a VERY nice update to a really elegant OS. :-) [alert admin]
Monday, February 11 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
MacFamilyTree 5.0b3 (Mac OS X)
Please note that it took me a whopping 20 seconds to figure out that: 1] Yes, version 5.0 does NOT open the 4.x databases automatically. 2] Yes, just IMPORT it as a GEDCOM file. Why is this good? Because it doesn't change the existing 4.x database. By importing it, it's creating a new database using the previous one. Remember that this is a BETA. As for usability and feature feedback, I'll save that for later... :-) [alert admin]
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Friday, October 05 2007 @ 07:35 AM PDT
Photomatix Pro 2.4.1 (Mac OS X)
This software is extremely useful, but quite specialized. It's not for everyone, so try out the demo first before you make an impulse purchase. I've obtained some really amazing results from composing a photograph on a tripod, and creating multiple exposures. Sky detail pulls in, while maintaining shadow detail. It really gives you an idea of what the hardware manufacturers next direction will be (after they get over the pixel race). If you're not into staging your images, and want action shots? Well, this puppy may not appeal to you then. But perhaps the image combining capabilities will produce some fun, if unplanned results. It's not feature happy, but it does what it's intended to do really well :-) [alert admin]
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Thursday, May 03 2007 @ 10:39 PM PDT
FileChute 2.5.9 (Mac OS X)
An excellent program. I use it with my .Mac account, and it works perfectly. This makes the process of sending files to someone, "fairly" quick and very straightforward. It uploads the file to my .Mac account, then includes a link to it in an email that I compose. How easy is that? A note that it takes longer to upload to the .Mac than it takes to download it (in my testing anyways). [alert admin]
Wednesday, March 14 2007 @ 10:28 PM PDT
FileChute 2.5.9 (Mac OS X)
An excellent program. I use it with my .Mac account, and it works perfectly. This makes the process of sending files to someone, "fairly" quick and very straightforward. It uploads the file to my .Mac account, then includes a link to it in an email that I compose. How easy is that? A note that it takes longer to upload to the .Mac than it takes to download it (in my testing anyways). [alert admin]
Wednesday, March 14 2007 @ 10:28 PM PDT
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Thanks for a great application! 
I completely concur. It's been a great application. Based on this developer's pool of growing applications, they have some serious talent working for them.
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Friday, June 05 2009 @ 05:43 PM PDT
I COMPLETELY agree with this comment. Google Earth does circles around this sluggish beast. It also has far more content (especially the new one that just came out). This program was fine before Google Earth was released, but now it's just plain obsolete. And to clarify, I have owned this program.
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Friday, February 13 2009 @ 03:58 PM PST
