User Profile for Amras

Apple iTunes 4.7 (Mac OS X)

Late  

Apple, for some reason I will never ever understand, consistently updates VT before it updates softwareupdate, which is really annoying. As for iPod, check out the Apple Store online, iPod Photo is OUT ALREADY ! =D [alert admin]

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Tuesday, October 26 2004 @ 06:46 PM PDT

NewsTicker 2.01 (Mac OS X)

Amazing ! and only 5 $  

I love this app, always amazing, registered user here.

Problems with cpu hogging ? renice it permanently (shell commands):

$ cd /Applications/NewsTicker.app/Contents/MacOS/
$ mv NewsTicker NewsTicker_bin
$ pico NewsTicker

In that file enter the following, then hit Ctrl-X to quit and save:

#!/bin/tcsh
nice /Applications/NewsTicker.app/Contents/MacOS/NewsTicker_bin

Once you have quit pico, make sure you

chmod a+rx NewsTicker

This will cause the NewsTicker binary to start in what's called nice mode, which means it will re-prioritize itself to a lower CPU priority and leave more time for other apps. On a fast computer you probably won't even notice the slow-down in NewsTicker, but you likely will notice the slight speed-up in other apps.

Note : this isn't the developers "fault" since Apple should have an API set out for nice binaries...IMHO [alert admin]

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Tuesday, October 26 2004 @ 01:26 PM PDT

NewsTicker 1.2 (Mac OS X)

Yes CPU hog but worth it !  

Wow this app is amazing ! RSS creep along the top of my screen. Yes it's a bit of a CPU hog but that what renice is for. Speaking of which, a (preferences) menu item to renice NewsTicker to a specific value. I held my breath as I checked the registration price, since I was sure that would be the kicker for this otherwise great app but 5 $, wow ! Perfect ! [alert admin]

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Wednesday, October 13 2004 @ 07:21 PM PDT

RapidWeaver 2.2.2 (Mac OS X)

Poor  

2.2.2 update quits instantly when launched, how useful! (Mac OSX 7H63) I actually registered this app a while back because it looked useful; well, I was wrong. It's useful for making only extremely rudimentary sites. I also have a feeling that the changing to "Lite" means they'll be releasing a better version in the future, which will require a new license key. [alert admin]

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Thursday, July 15 2004 @ 08:07 AM PDT

EV Nova 1.0.8 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)

Yeah...  

True dat; I love the game but it takes FOREVER to download it. [alert admin]

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Sunday, May 09 2004 @ 08:57 AM PDT

Internet Connection Monitor 4.6 (Mac OS X)

hmm  

So I see that, by your logic, being connected to a LAN (en0) is not to be connected to a network? BOOO !!!! [alert admin]

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Wednesday, May 05 2004 @ 02:57 PM PDT

Internet Disconnector 1.9 (Mac OS X)

zero?  

Is there an option to review with 0 stars? To the developer: this software is rediculous, you're emulating a built-in system preference with a shareware app! I hope this isn't your day job. :P [alert admin]

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Wednesday, May 05 2004 @ 02:50 PM PDT

MSN Messenger 4.0 (Mac OS X)

Not a major upgrade  

I agree that this is not a major version number upgrade. On the other hand it's not crap, I love MSN. It looks great, isn't puffed up with unecessary junk, and is pretty clean-cut. No webcam support sucks though. [alert admin]

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Tuesday, May 04 2004 @ 09:11 PM PDT

phpMyAdmin 2.5.6rc2 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)

amazing  

I almost feel confident enough in this app to giv eit five stars before downloading it. Always amazing ! [alert admin]

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Thursday, February 19 2004 @ 09:36 AM PST

AppleWorks X 6.2.9 (Mac OS X)

Can't print now  

Whenever I select File-›Print, or File-›Page Setup, I get a dialogue box saying "Before printing please select Page Setup from the file menu to set page orientation". Trashing preferences didn't help. This applicaiton gets less and less useful every time I use it! What's going on Apple!? [alert admin]

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Wednesday, January 28 2004 @ 07:04 PM PST

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