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Tux Paint 0.9.20 (Mac OS X)
My eight year old has been using Tux Paint since she was three and continues independently to find new uses for it. Last year, she made it her favorite word processor and a template maker for recurring items like weekly book reports. Tux Paint is really intuitive software for small children to use and enjoy. Let your kids explore with it on their own and they'll likely delight you by the creative ways they use it. This is a real "winner" with little children! [alert admin]
Tuesday, September 30 2008 @ 08:17 AM PDT
TuneAid 3.0 (Mac OS X)
For the Developer - Version History?
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I have been unable to locate the version history/change logs for TuneAid here or at the Developer's site. This info is useful to users and is typically available for most software. Please consider publishing it for our benefit. Thanks! [alert admin]
Tuesday, September 30 2008 @ 07:33 AM PDT
Keyword Manager 1.4.3 (Mac OS X)
Having used Keyword Manager only since yesterday, I don't feel that rating it would be justified at this time. That being said, I must say that I am very impressed with it and recommend that you check it out. It installed for me without issue and was very easy to understand and use. Starting from scratch, I multiple-tagged an iPhoto Library of almost 15,000 images in approximately fifteen minutes. IMO, it's far superior to iPhoto's built-in keywording feature. This plugin was a pleasure to use, and made an otherwise time-consuming and somewhat cumbersome task very simple for me. After continually putting off the chore of bringing organization to my iPhoto Library, Keyword Manager really saved the day and made it really simple to accomplish. [alert admin]
Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 08:20 AM PDT
File Juicer 4.7.6 (Mac OS X)
This application is awesome! I downloaded it to see if it could indeed handle an mht file that was wisely (?) used on my daughter's high school website to publish their student book list for next year. After previously spending hours messing with several potential work-arounds, I finally gave up and resorted to pulling the info I needed from the raw html code, line by line. Afterwards, I discovered FileJuicer, which produced the web pages instantly! I played with it for awhile and am truly impressed with its wide ranging capabilities. I'd encourage you to download it and try it out. I suspect that you'll be equally impressed! [alert admin]
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Wednesday, May 30 2007 @ 11:17 PM PDT
DasBoot 1.0.2 (Mac OS X)
I tested on a QuickSilver (2002) 1GHz dual-processor PM G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.8 with the latest Apple Software Updates applied. I ran Repair Disk and Repair Permissions on the startup volume prior to and after installing DasBoot and afterwards ran Verify Disk on the newly created created boot disks. The DasBoot destination volumes were 4.1GB test volumes on a 400GB Seagate drive connected via FireWire 400 from a WiebeTech Combo-Dock. I couldn't test on a FW flash device because I don't have one. I downloaded/installed DasBoot with no issues. User interface is nice and is simple to use. I used the latest (v.1.1.1) Prosoft Data Rescue II disc to create a boot disk on an empty/zeroed HFS+ volume on a working, bootable FireWire hard drive for rudimentary testing. I added the latest versions of Data Rescue II (v.1.1.1), Drive Genius (v.1.5.1), and DiskWarrior (v.4.0) to the DasBoot window and then created the boot disk. The new DasBoot volume appeared in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences as expected. Startup Manager recognized and booted the DasBoot startup volume without issue. I successfully launched and ran the default Apple utilities/applications suggested by DasBoot. The three third-party utilities I added also launched and ran. The two Prosoft utilities worked flawlessly, but my registration data for Data Rescue II failed to be retained when quitting and relaunching this utility. DiskWarrior ran and successfully created directory rebuilds, but was then unable to replace them any of four tested volumes to include a small 4GB empty volume, indicating a failure of Mac OS X Services in the DW reports. I then tested the original installed version of DW 4 from my normal startup volume and it ran flawlessly in rebuilding these same directories. I built another DasBoot disk from scratch using DR II again and encountered the same results with DiskWarrior and with the failure to retain the registration code data for Data Rescue II itself after quitting it and relaunching it. Lastly, I built a DasBoot disk using the DiskWarrior v4.0 CD as the basis for the boot system, with the Prosoft utilities added to the disk. Everything worked flawlessly. The DR II registration data was retained and DW was able to execute directory replacements. I tested every option on DRII, DW, and Drive Genius and they all worked properly. I suspect that perhaps the issues I encountered with building from the DRII disc have to do with differences in the included boot system files used by Prosoft versus Alsoft on their respective software discs. However, I must say that in my case, building a volume from DR II had issues and the software did not work as described. I didn't attempt creating the DasBoot Disk with my Drive Genius v.1.5.1 disc, but would be happy to do so and report my results if someone is interested. I will say that using DW 4.0 as a source disc, DasBoot can indeed be used to create a very small boot volume (much smaller than a stripped down OS X install) for diagnostics, which loads significantly faster than from a bootable software disc. For me, when creating the boot disk from a DW 4.0 CD, the software does exactly what the developer claims it does. Other notes: I noticed that my optical drive is not recognized in System Profiler when booted to a DasBoot-created volume, nor does the tray open with the keyboard eject key. Also, a minor inconvenience was that immediately after creating a new DasBoot volume, I had to restart before I could eject either of my original bootable utility discs from the optical drive because I kept receiving the message that the disc was currently in use. Quitting all applications, re-launching Finder, nor logging out and then logging in would not resolve this. A restart, though, does the trick. Perhaps this could be addressed by the developer. IMO, this is promising software, which when refined some, could be very useful to a lot of folks! Gary [alert admin]
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Sunday, March 04 2007 @ 11:30 AM PST
TinkerTool 3.6 (Mac OS X)
I have used this utility for almost four years now and have nothing but praise for it's stability and usefulness. Every version I've used has always been solid and without problems on my Macs. My thanks to the Developer! Gary [alert admin]
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Friday, September 16 2005 @ 09:25 AM PDT
StuffIt Expander 9.0.2 (Mac OS X)
I downloaded and installed Version 9.0.2 and it works fine for me, running Tiger (10.4.2) on a QS G4. I am pleased that the cumbersome downloading procedure that Alladin had put everyone through is a thing of the past. This download was straight-forward and didn't plague me with the mandatory bureaucratic B.S. of going through hoops to register and navigate all over the place, having to put up with the old sales pitch for the full version and a bunch of other products. It is a very welcomed and refreshing change from the old way of doing things! It does precisely what it claims to do and has been quite stable for me. Gary [alert admin]
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Friday, September 16 2005 @ 09:09 AM PDT
SubRosaSoft ImageMounter 1.01 (Mac OS X)
I have been unable to find this software at the developer's site. A site search yields nothing, even when using the search function there. Google search yields nothing but links back to the developer's main page. This may now be fantom software that no longer exists (but serves as a great marketing tool to get folks to browse the developer's commercial offerings... If so, shame, shame...). [alert admin]
Sunday, August 21 2005 @ 10:30 AM PDT
VolumeWorks 1.2.2 (Mac OS X)
For roughly $40 today (less than the cost of this software), one can purchase an 80GB hard drive, clone the first drive to it, then repartition the first drive and have 80GB of additional storage as an added benefit, when all is said and done. Need a bigger drive to move the files to? Get a 120GB one for $50-60 on sale... This application is certainly more convenient than the above, but is really overpriced for what it does, in my opinion. Perhaps there are users who need to resize partitions often, for which this might be useful. For the average user, however, I have to say that it's overpriced for what it accomplishes. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, February 22 2005 @ 12:26 AM PST
MacTheRipper 2.0.1 (Mac OS X)
This program has yet to fail to do what it claims to do. Thanks to the author for providing such a good piece of freeware! [alert admin]
Saturday, August 28 2004 @ 02:31 PM PDT
Last 10 Comments by GaryD [ Search for All ]
You might visit Dan Schimpf's (the developer) site if you need an older version of MacJournal. Here's the URL you want for previous version downloads: http://homepage.mac.com/dschimpf/dev.html
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Monday, April 07 2008 @ 08:30 AM PDT
I tried it and I have to disagree with the reviews below 
Comparing EasyFrame and Portrait is like comparing apples and bricks. These apps have very different practical uses.
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Thursday, July 05 2007 @ 04:19 AM PDT
I don't doubt your experiences with booting from USB devices on PPC Macs, but I must say that you either had a great streak of luck with your combination of Macs and USB devices, or else you're likely experienced with modifying NVRAM via UNIX in Single-User Mode, for which I'd submit that most users can't reasonably be expected to do.
Apple does not support startup in OS X on PPC Macs from USB devices and states…
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Tuesday, March 06 2007 @ 09:21 AM PST
I'd like to respond by first saying that no repair or recovery utility guarantees success all of the time. There certainly are issues that DiskWarrior can't repair and that Data Rescue can't recover satisfactorily. The best insurance against data loss is a current backup. However, if you're stuck without a backup and DiskWarrior fails, or you have inadvertently trashed something important, Data Rescue II sure beats the high cost of a drive…
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Wednesday, January 24 2007 @ 08:20 AM PST
I'd like to respond by first saying that no repair or recovery utility guarantees success all of the time. There certainly are issues that DiskWarrior can't repair and that Data Rescue can't recover satisfactorily. The best insurance against data loss is a current backup. However, if you're stuck without a backup and DiskWarrior fails, or you have inadvertently trashed something important, Data Rescue II sure beats the high cost of a drive…
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Wednesday, January 24 2007 @ 08:16 AM PST
I'd like to respond by first saying that no repair or recovery utility guarantees success all of the time. There certainly are issues that DiskWarrior can't repair and that Data Rescue can't recover satisfactorily. The best insurance against data loss is a current backup. However, if you're stuck without a backup and DiskWarrior fails, or you have inadvertently trashed something important, Data Rescue II sure beats the high cost of a drive…
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Wednesday, January 24 2007 @ 08:10 AM PST
dvd wasted because of stupid programmer
I think that the program is good at what it claims to do. It does plainly state that it does not handle copy-protected discs. Aside from the name-calling, rastamutz has a point, though. Seems like it couldn't be too difficult to program into the software and it makes sense to do something like he suggested... Besides, it would only make the product even better and more user-friendly. Maybe instead of personally bashing…
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Friday, April 28 2006 @ 11:18 PM PDT
Been using for over a year ...
For video capture, check out SnapzProX here at VersionTracker.
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Tuesday, March 07 2006 @ 09:05 PM PST
I just downloaded and installed 1.64 without a problem.
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Saturday, October 15 2005 @ 01:50 PM PDT
Maybe you should take the unrelated problem to Apple Discussions... The Subject of your post here may give the impression that TinkerTool is responsible, for those readers who browse Subject lines for a general impression of the software, rather than reading what we actually write in the body of the reviews themselves.
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Friday, September 16 2005 @ 09:18 AM PDT
