User Name Mike Evangelist
Member Since 2002-07-25
Total number of Feedback Posts: 28
Total number of comments: 6
Last 10 Feedback Posts by Mike Evangelist [ Search for All ]
iMovie Total Video Converter Pro 1.0.0.19 (Mac OS X)
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Saturday, October 24 2009 @ 03:46 PM PDT
uSeesoft Total Video Converter 1.5.0.4 (Mac OS X)
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Saturday, October 24 2009 @ 03:42 PM PDT
MenuMeters 1.4b1 (Mac OS X)
It's only been a few days, but I was lost with MenuMeters ![]()
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Thanks to Alex for responding so quickly to make MenuMeters compatible with Snow Leopard. I didn't realize how much I depended it to monitor my system. Hope everyone will hit his donation button and give him a few bucks for this invaluable little tool. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, September 01 2009 @ 09:17 PM PDT
Retrospect 8.1.150 (Mac OS X)
Much improved and very powerful ![]()
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Like many others, I've been waiting for years for an overhaul of Retrospect. Version 6 and its crashy behavior and clunky interface with (seemingly) hundreds of separate windows drove me crazy every time I had to reconfigure or use it. Retrospect 8 is a huge improvement in almost every way. The interface is much easier to navigate. The separation of the 'engine' from the control console is a great idea (once you get used to it). Setting up scripts and monitoring what's happening is infinitely easier. And so far for me, it just works. But perhaps best of all, after years of neglect and stagnation, it appears that EMC is actually taking this product seriously. They've moved quickly to fix bugs and respond to criticism of the initial release. I also commend them on having reasonable upgrade pricing; it's so rare these days. Retrospect is a powerful backup tool. If you're looking for one-click backups, this ain't for you. But if you have multiple computers and terabytes of data to backup and keep track of, it's a great too. PS They are not kidding when they say G4s will be slow when used as a server for Retrospect 8. I have a 1GHz MDD that I've used as my main backup server for a while, but it's straining under the load. The actually backups work OK, doing about 450 MB/minute. But when scanning a large volume or matching to existing catalogs, it takes a very long time. It will work fine for me until I can replace that backup machine, but it's something to consider when planning your backup system. [alert admin]
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Sunday, July 26 2009 @ 03:44 PM PDT
QuicKeys X 4.0b5 (Mac OS X)
The most useful Mac tool ever; now even better ![]()
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Version 4 makes a number of welcome improvements to existing features, and adds a very nice and extremely useful text expansion feature. Now I don't need to run a separate tool for that functionality. I'm really looking forward the iPhone app which promises to let me control QuicKeys remotely. These guys were Mac pioneers and continue to do great work! If you need a tool for automating and taking control of your Mac, you should check out QuicKeys. There's really nothing else like it. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, May 27 2009 @ 11:22 AM PDT
4Media DVD Ripper 5.0.36.0303 (Mac OS X)
Another day, more of the same junk from this source
Crap software and deceptive business practices. See: http://oncallnerd.com/blog-spam-hunt/ for some background. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, March 04 2009 @ 06:03 AM PST
MP4 Converter 3.1.08 (Mac OS X)
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Saturday, December 27 2008 @ 09:30 AM PST
NeatReceipts 1.1 (Mac OS X)
Indispensible tool; keeps getting better ![]()
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This is an excellent receipt scanner and software for the Mac. The first version (of the software) had some rough edges, but 1.1 shows tremendous improvement. It's great to be able to buy a product like this where they actually show some attention to the Mac version. The scanner itself is extremely compact, USB-powered and works great. Has made managing my expense reports about ten times easier than before. [alert admin]
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Sunday, October 05 2008 @ 10:52 AM PDT
World Clock Deluxe X 4.5.3 (Mac OS X)
Highly configurable and very useful ![]()
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I've used this for several years and love it for its simplicity. It has great configuration options and is rock solid. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, June 03 2008 @ 09:20 AM PDT
DockStar 2.1 (Mac OS X)
Well thought out and well implemented utility that does exactly what it claims to do (a rarity these days!) I happily handed over my ten bucks. [alert admin]
Monday, March 03 2008 @ 07:27 AM PST
Last 10 Comments by Mike Evangelist [ Search for All ]
As MacManux mentioned, there is no significant advantage to 64-bit for an application like EyeTV. I'm sure we will eventually support 64-bit operation, but there is no great urgency. Mike Evangelist Elgato
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Sunday, October 25 2009 @ 06:12 PM PDT
It's only been a few days, but I was lost with MenuMeters ![]()
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Dang, they need an edit button on these comments. I of course meant to type that I was lost -without- MenuMeters, not -with- it.
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Tuesday, September 01 2009 @ 09:18 PM PDT
There is no 2GB file size limit. I have many recordings that are over 15GB. If you have a tuner that does software encoding (like the EyeTV Hybrid) the quality will depend on the settings you use and the speed of your Mac. On slower Macs, the quality is reduced to enable the encoder to keep up.
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Wednesday, January 16 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Elgato definitely appreciates our existing customers. That's why the upgrade is 50% off the full price.
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Wednesday, January 16 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Thanks; I seldom look at that view of the posts, so never saw the delete link.
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Saturday, December 09 2006 @ 10:13 AM PST
It appeared to fail the first two times I tired to add my review, but apparently it didn't. I alerted the admin so hopefully they'll remove the dupes.
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Friday, December 08 2006 @ 09:22 AM PST