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TuneRanger 1.0 Build 270 (Mac OS X)
After merging 2 or 3 different iTunes libraries together, I gradually realized that my library was now full of duplicate files. Many songs existed in duplicate versions, with different file names, but same song, type and bit rate. Only one was showing up in my library, but the others were out there in the folder where I keep the tunes, taking up space. TuneRanger has a utility to remove disconnected files, so I gave this a whirl -- and it worked! Worth the price of admission for me. [alert admin]
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Saturday, February 02 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Two Due 1.5 (Mac OS X)
In response to the prior two posts: both seem like rather extreme reactions to program behaviors which are slightly different from the norm but for which there are good reasons.
- This program is no more dangerous than other programs in terms of where it allows you to save your files. This is a permissions issue which has to do with the permissions of the user account operating the program, not with any special capabilities of the program itself.
- It is certainly possible to save your files on a network drive. At the top level on your boot drive there is a folder called 'Volumes'. Open this folder and you will find all your mounted drives, including network volumes. Again, this is not any special feature of the program, but part of Mac OS X.
- It is true that you can't open a to do list by double-clicking on it or dropping the file on the app -- but why would you want to? I don't foresee people creating thousands of to do lists and passing them around to one another. The typical user creates one or two or three to do lists for various purposes and then wants to open them on a regular basis. The program makes this easy by automatically opening your primary to do list for you whenever you launch the program. It also has an "Open Known" menu item that remembers all the to do lists you have previously opened and allows you to select any of them. So if you simply open the program first (preferably by having it automatically launch at startup) then opening your files is a snap.
- It is true that if you move a to do file the program won't automatically find it for you -- you have to tell it the file's new location, simply be opening the file in its new location. Again, though, I am not sure why you would want to be moving your to do files around all the time. And I am not sure how the program would find them all if you did move them, especially if you renamed them as well.
- The date selection is actually pretty easy. It defaults to a date far in the future so that, if you don't set a date, priority will automatically override the date in terms of sorting your undated to do items. However there is a "Today" button that allows you to set the date to today with one click. There are other buttons that allow you to advance the date by a week, day, or month, so that you can usually set the date you want with a few clicks, if you don't want to have to type it in. Again, this doesn't seem difficult to me -- although perhaps a little different from what people are used to in other apps.
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Friday, April 30 2004 @ 06:00 AM PDT
Two Due 1.3 (Mac OS X)
A note from the author: Two Due is intentionally different from other To Do lists that are available. It is not quite as slick and shiny and easy to use, but this is because it does more than others. Some of its interface elements are a bit unconventional, such as the controls to modify a date, but hopefully they are well thought out and easy to use once you understand how they work. I wrote Two Due because I wanted a To Do List manager to do a bunch of things, and not just one thing. I use it daily, at work and at home. Suggestions for further enhancements are always appreciated. [alert admin]
Friday, February 13 2004 @ 04:44 AM PST
A Better Finder Rename 6.0.5 (Mac OS X)
Users looking for a freeware alternative with a GUI interface might also want to consider my program, PSRenamer. [alert admin]
Wednesday, December 10 2003 @ 04:51 AM PST
Two Due 1.0 (Mac OS X)
As the author of this software, I would like to respond to the prior post. I wrote this program because I wanted a to do list that supported recurring to dos, and couldn't find one. Two Due allows you to specify an optional recurrence frequency for a to do item. Then, when you have completed the item for one cycle, you can automatically reschedule it for the next occurrence, so you are reminded to do it again. I set Two Due up to launch automatically when my Mac starts up, so it is always there when I need it. By the way, many other features are planned for future releases, and I am actively seeking enhancement requests from registered users. These enhancements will all be free to registered users. [alert admin]
Sunday, October 12 2003 @ 06:38 AM PDT
PSRenamer 1.2 (Mac OS X)
Some responses to prior comments. Yes, the app is written in Java. This means it is a little slower to load than other apps. It executes fairly quickly, though. Since it saves time compared to renaming files manually, the load time seems a small price to pay. Version 1.1 added the ability to specify a sequential number to be added to each file name included in the rename. Compared to some of the other renamer apps out there, PSRenamer has the advantage of being freeware, having a simpler and more intuitive user interface, having built-in help, and having a cute icon! [alert admin]
Monday, August 25 2003 @ 05:35 AM PDT
TDF Czar 2.11 (Mac OS X)
comment above applies to an earlier version of the software, and likely applies to the software running under Mac OS 9, which does not provide very good Java support (unlike OS X, which provides excellent Java support). [alert admin]
Wednesday, October 02 2002 @ 10:02 AM PDT
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This feedback is misleading. The ability to save to the System Folder is a function of the User's permissions, not of the application being executed. If a user has admin access, then he can also save to the System Folder using apps such as BBEdit and AppleWorks. If he doesn't have Admin access, then he will not be able to save to the System Folder using any of these apps.
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Sunday, April 11 2004 @ 07:16 AM PDT
No Palm Sync planned at this time, since Two Due supports many more fields per item than are available from a standard Palm to do app. However, since Two Due stores its data in a tab-delimited file, the data can easily be converted to any of several different Palm databases (hanDBase, for example).
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Monday, March 01 2004 @ 03:42 AM PST
