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System Mechanic Professional 7.5.11 (Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000)
I've used System Mechanic 6.0 for years. Works OK (but seems to generate a lot of false positives: reporting problems that don't exist). It does find and fix many real problems, though. I upgraded to 7.5 (which now means a year-by-year subscription, so you either pay another $40 once a year or the application stops working). 7.5 is supposed to be Vista compatible, so I bought it. 7.5 is NOT compatible with Safari for Windows on either my Vista or my XP desktops. I'm certain of this, having uninstalled 7.5 and reinstalled 6.0 twice. With 6.0 installed Safari works; with 7.5 installed Safari does not work (it hangs). I send tech reports to iolo and they never respond. They send me the latest updater (7.5.11) but it doesn't fix the Safari problem. I will not renew the subscription. It's a good program (one bug for me is not a deal-killer) but ZERO tech support is total bullshit. They have lost me as a customer. [alert admin]
Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 05:31 AM PDT
AliasMenu X 3.0.2 (Mac OS X)
forget the "Dock"...AliasMenu is much better 
I've used this utility since System 7 and it's great. Prettier for OSX but still the same functionality. Menu items are added.....duh!....on the Menu bar (rather than the always-in-the-way Dock) and, better yet, menus can be nested many levels (two or three is fine for me). Apple's Dock has no nesting at all. Tech support from the somewhat cranky Benoit is suberb. I found a bug and, within hours, Benoit emailed me the workaround (the bug has to do with removing items from AliasMenu; don't mess with the folders containing aliases, just cmd-drag items from the menu bar to the desktop if you want to remove them from the Menu bar). I expect any small issues with Panther to be resolved quickly. [alert admin]
Monday, November 03 2003 @ 08:49 PM PST
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prior 5.2 updater, which some are saying is a pre-release version that shouldn't be used. I try to install THIS version of the 5.2 updater and I keep getting the "file not found" message. I have installed the application in the OS9 applications folder and rebuilt the desktop and the installer STILL can't find the "Toast Titanium" file. (And I agree, Roxio should let me install the program on any partition I choose. What a lousy installer.) Thanks to Notorious C.D.R. for revealing the correct procedure to update to the real 5.2 if you've already updated to the pre-release 5.2. [alert admin]
Thursday, October 03 2002 @ 04:17 PM PDT
Grappler Flash 1.36 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
Installation Help file: "F9B135.bin is the Mac OS 9.x boot firmware. This adds support for the newer Mac G4 Quicksilver family. Use this to support a Grappler attached SCSI hard drive as the boot hard drive under Mac OS 9.x." I have documented my inability to boot from a SCSI drive using the Grappler (even a SCSI drive with an Apple ROM) under Grappler Flash 1.35 and, as the filename indicates, OrangeMicro is still packaging the 1.35 version (F9B135.bin) with the "new" 1.36 firmware and still claiming booting is possible with the new Quicksilvers, and that's not true. Booting from a SCSI drive in OS 9.2.2 is NOT possible with a Grappler and a Quicksilver. OrangeMicro may have updated other firmware, but they have not updated the System 9 boot firmware, which still does not work. Bundling the same old flawed firmware in a package with other new firmware is not a "fix" for Quicksilver owners using System 9.2.2. [alert admin]
Wednesday, August 28 2002 @ 02:37 PM PDT
Connectix Virtual PC 5.0.4 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
has a conflict with VPC 5.0.4 causing the VPC app to freeze everything when trying to open the Shared Folder. Connectix, are you listening? Are you monitoring this site? Are you going to fix this bug? Let's see version 5.0.5 real soon. [alert admin]
Wednesday, June 26 2002 @ 07:17 PM PDT
Connectix Virtual PC 5.0.4 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
that placing a Shared Folder on the desktop causes a crash, but sharing folders on drives themselves will NOT cause a crash. Where is your Shared Folder? [alert admin]
Tuesday, June 25 2002 @ 07:07 PM PDT
Connectix Virtual PC 5.0.4 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
whenever I try to access my shared folder. Crashes the entire Mac too. No rating until I get it running. [alert admin]
Tuesday, June 25 2002 @ 12:07 PM PDT
Apple CarbonLib 1.6 (Mac OS 9)
re-consider. Quicken 2001 is NOT compatable with Carbon Lib 1.6 so I'm back to 1.5. [alert admin]
Thursday, June 20 2002 @ 07:37 PM PDT
Apple CarbonLib 1.6 (Mac OS 9)
said there would be NO MORE work done on OS 9 and below. I'm surprised to see this update at all. I'll give it 5 stars just because I'm sticking with OS 9. [alert admin]
Thursday, June 20 2002 @ 05:25 PM PDT
Grappler Flash 1.4.8 (Mac OS 9)
Orange Micro has been extremely poor. Don't expect any help if you identify and document a true issue. [alert admin]
Wednesday, April 24 2002 @ 07:29 PM PDT
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