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OmniDazzle 1.0.2 (Mac OS X)
It's fun to play with all of the dazzling cursor effects. Although many are just for amusement (or adding a surprise to a presentation), I find the Bullseye very helpful in locating my cursor when it's lost somewhere on my three monitors -- shaking the mouse causes a momentary bullseye around the cursor. [alert admin]
Sunday, June 29 2008 @ 09:18 AM PDT
FMrobot 1.7.1 (Mac OS X)
Essential for copying Custom Functions 
I first started using FMrobot 0.8.3 in 2005 to copy Tables (or selected field definitions) from one FileMaker database to another. When table cloning became a built-in FileMaker feature, I stopped using FMrobot because FileMaker was so much easier and faster. But I still miss FMrobot's superior reporting when encountering errors (e.g., references to undefined items). Since FileMaker silently turns undefined references into comments, it's easy to overlook these errors. I'm still using FMrobot, now at 1.7.1 on Mac OS X, because it's the only practical way to copy Custom Functions from one FIleMaker file to another. I have a huge investment in hundreds of Custom Functions, and I can't imagine how I'd manage with raw FileMaker. Copy-n-paste is way too tedious and error-prone. FMrobot loses a star in my rating because the Mac OS X feature set perpetually lags behind the Windows release. [alert admin]
Saturday, June 14 2008 @ 07:42 AM PDT
Yank 1.4.1 (Mac OS X)
I've been relative happy with Yank on various Tiger releases. I just attempted my first use on Leopard, and Yank reports "There was an Unknow error in MainWindows.installButton.ActionMFLog ...." Since "Technical Support is closed until further notice," we're on our own. Has any had a successful Yank recording session on Leopard? [alert admin]
Thursday, January 24 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Service Scrubber 1.1.3 (Mac OS X)
Finds applications on a Time Machine backup drive
When I first used Service Scrubber to trim my Services menu a couple of days ago, I was puzzled by some applications appearing more than once in the list. Today there are even more. Looking more closely, I now see that Service Scrubber is scanning my Time Machine backup drive and finding extraneous copies of applications (e.g., Dictionary, Font Book, Mail, Preview, Safari). I hope Service Scrubber has not adversely affected my Time Machine backups. [alert admin]
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Thursday, January 03 2008 @ 10:09 AM PST
ABDialer 2.0 (Mac OS X)
Another for the shareware graveyard
When I realized ABDialer was using Rosetta, I wrote to the developer asking about a Universal release or a recommendation for an alternative. The lack of a response was the last nail in the coffin for this otherwise useful application. [alert admin]
Saturday, October 20 2007 @ 12:37 PM PDT
ABDialer 2.0 (Mac OS X)
Another for the shareware graveyard
When I realized ABDialer was using Rosetta, I wrote to the developer asking about a Universal release or a recommendation for an alternative. The lack of a response was the last nail in the coffin for this otherwise useful application. [alert admin]
Saturday, October 20 2007 @ 12:37 PM PDT
Battery Health Monitor 1.2 (Mac OS X)
This one-trick pony runs fine on my iBook G4 (OS X 10.4.10). [alert admin]
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Thursday, August 09 2007 @ 07:25 AM PDT
VersionTracker Pro 4.2 (Mac OS X)
I prefer drag-n-drop installation
VersionTracker 4.2 is running fine in "Software I Use (faster)" mode running on Mac OS X 10.4.7 -- it completed the scan in 5 - 10 minutes (while I was away making coffee). My concern with the new 4.2 release is it's now using a standard OS X installer; 4.1 used drag-n-drop for the application and double-click to install the Dashboard widget. I prefer installing 3rd party software on a non-boot volume. The VT 4.2 installer allows me to choose the volume, but it insists on installing the application in an "Applications" folder at the root of the volume. This is not a showstopper, just an annoyance. [alert admin]
Monday, September 25 2006 @ 09:16 AM PDT
Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router 4.21.1 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
Check your router model version number
It's a good idea to be extra careful with firmware upgrades because a failed upgrade can leave you with a dead device.
In this case, the 4.30.5 firmware is for WRT54G v1-v4.
WRT54G v5-v6 models have different firmware with a different numbering system: 1.00.9
Check the model version number on the bottom of your WRT54G router, and match it to the looooong form menu on the Linksys Downloads page. [alert admin]
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Sunday, July 02 2006 @ 07:55 AM PDT
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DivX Player 1.0.1 is now installed as part of DivX for Mac. [alert admin]
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Friday, May 26 2006 @ 07:51 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by Ward44 [ Search for All ]
Latest Beta is Now Useless for Me
My use of haxies is down to FruitMenu and Menu Master. Thanks for the pointer to Classic Menu. Although I've been a QuicKeys user since the beginning of time, I don't see it as an effective replacement for the simplicity of Menu Master + QK shortcuts don't display in menus or KeyCue.
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Thursday, July 31 2008 @ 07:19 AM PDT
I just discovered a Service Scrubber Preference that blocks scanning my Time Machine disk: "Only list service providers that are located on the boot volume" That does the trick for my current Mac Pro configuration. It would not have worked in my former G4, where applications were on the smallish boot volume and another internal drive.
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Thursday, February 14 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
1.1.4 skips signed applications like Mail
Quoting from the Many Tricks blog:
"Service Scrubber 1.1.4 no longer lets you edit signed applications, as introduced by Mac OS X 10.5. This restriction effectively limits Service Scrubber to non-Apple applications and services; but unfortunately, it's a necessary step — at least as of now."
See the blog for more information.
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Thursday, February 14 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
I've had KeyCue running in trial mode for nearly 3 months. The "use it 10 times" trial mode is reset at each Restart of Mac OS X. Since I usually go days or occasionally weeks without restarting, I have long since used up my quota of 10 (by hesitating too long with the finger on the command key) before I really want to see the full list of shortcuts. If KeyCue had a more…
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Sunday, October 08 2006 @ 11:27 AM PDT
