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ZeboPhoto 2.0.1 (Mac OS X)
Crashes on launch - crash reporter
Process: ZeboPhoto 2.0.1 [36835] Path: /Users/brianstevens/Desktop/ZeboPhoto 2.0.1/ZeboPhoto 2.0.1.app/Contents/MacOS/ZeboPhoto 2.0.1 Identifier: com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto Version: 2.0.1 (2.0.1.0) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [80] Interval Since Last Report: 50 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 1 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 6 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1 Date/Time: 2009-10-19 21:17:30.715 -0700 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61) Report Version: 6 Anonymous UUID: 2EB34BBD-C42E-4EDA-BB07-33CCD732677C Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 2 Application Specific Information: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'WebKitThreadingException', reason: 'objc_object* -[WebView initWithCoder:](WebView*, objc_selector*, NSCoder*) was called from a secondary thread' Thread 0: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92a9a286 mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92aa1a7c mach_msg + 72 2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9253a0f9 YieldToThread + 478 3 rbframework.dylib 0x00a0da08 RuntimeThreadImp::~RuntimeThreadImp() + 336 4 rbframework.dylib 0x00a0e516 threadRun + 374 5 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x00037bef Thread.Run%%o<Thread> + 34 6 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x001bbc04 App.CheckForUpdate%%o<App> + 229 7 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x00194e3d App.Event_Open%%o<App> + 8717 8 rbframework.dylib 0x00a4d16c RuntimeExit + 124 9 rbframework.dylib 0x00a4d41a RuntimeRegisterAppObject + 68 10 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x00014d80 REALbasic._RuntimeRegisterAppObject%%o<Application> + 48 11 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x00001782 _NewAppInstance + 221 12 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x0000d16d _Main + 57 13 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x00001514 % main + 36 14 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x007cd1ed _start + 116 15 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x007cd143 start + 43 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92a9a2ce semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92acc2c6 _pthread_cond_wait + 1267 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92b11539 pthread_cond_wait + 48 3 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95a09b7f jpegdecompress_MPLoop + 79 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92acb155 _pthread_start + 321 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92acb012 thread_start + 34 Thread 2 Crashed: 0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91759f54 ___TERMINATING_DUE_TO_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION___ + 4 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x9680fe3b objc_exception_throw + 40 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91759e8b +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 155 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91759eca +[NSException raise:format:] + 58 4 com.apple.WebCore 0x911e5ad1 WebCoreReportThreadViolation + 257 5 com.apple.WebKit 0x93164e96 -[WebView initWithCoder:] + 118 6 com.apple.Foundation 0x927debb0 _decodeObjectBinary + 1520 7 com.apple.Foundation 0x927de525 _decodeObject + 229 8 com.apple.AppKit 0x9459817a -[NSNibConnector initWithCoder:] + 435 9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9459cc4b -[NSNibOutletConnector initWithCoder:] + 378 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x927debb0 _decodeObjectBinary + 1520 11 com.apple.Foundation 0x927e063d -[NSKeyedUnarchiver _decodeArrayOfObjectsForKey:] + 1437 12 com.apple.Foundation 0x927e0ab9 -[NSArray(NSArray) initWithCoder:] + 425 13 com.apple.Foundation 0x927debb0 _decodeObjectBinary + 1520 14 com.apple.Foundation 0x927de525 _decodeObject + 229 15 com.apple.AppKit 0x94596fd2 -[NSIBObjectData initWithCoder:] + 2308 16 com.apple.Foundation 0x927debb0 _decodeObjectBinary + 1520 17 com.apple.Foundation 0x927de525 _decodeObject + 229 18 com.apple.AppKit 0x945965ad loadNib + 159 19 com.apple.AppKit 0x94595f78 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 946 20 com.apple.AppKit 0x9477d391 -[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 178 21 com.eSellerate.EWSMac50726197 0x27a81aa4 -[EWSController50726197 launchEngine:] + 592 22 ewsPlugin.rbx_0.dylib 0x21834299 DoGenericCall + 492 23 ewsPlugin.rbx_0.dylib 0x21835a01 eWeb_SilentCheckForUpdate + 251 24 ewsPlugin.rbx_0.dylib 0x2183283a eStoreSilentCheckForUpdate(REALobjectStruct*, REALstringStruct*, REALstringStruct*) + 110 (EWSPlugin.mm:42) 25 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x000cd030 eStore.SilentCheckForUpdate%i4%o<eStore>ss + 104 26 com.bobbysoftware.ZeboPhoto 0x001e317e CheckUpdateThread.Event_Run%%o<CheckUpdateThread> + 817 27 rbframework.dylib 0x00a0df65 ThreadSuspend + 351 28 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9253e9e5 CooperativeThread + 309 29 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92acb155 _pthread_start + 321 30 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92acb012 thread_start + 34 [alert admin]
Monday, October 19 2009 @ 09:20 PM PDT
EasyFind 4.5 (Mac OS X)
Been using the PowerPC version and discovered it has been updated to Universal. The PowerPC version was fast ( running Rosetta ) on my Intel iMac, but **screams** as a native binary. I just did a wildcard search ( *pdfc* ) ---meaning any titel with pdfc in it and it scanned all the files on my 1TB hard drive in a few seconds and found everything. Like many folks, I typically use Spotlight first but when it couldn't find any matching files, EasyFind found them. Works great for finding those files left behind when uninstalling software. All this without an index and without the time to create an index, plus it is free. Clearly, this is lost leader software but these developers deserve kudos for what they've done. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, October 07 2009 @ 04:34 PM PDT
LoginControl 2.0 (Mac OS X)
This function can be done easily with Apple's Property List Editor
This function can done directly using Apple's Property List Editor ( included free with developer tools ). It is easy, relatively risk free ( assuming you make a backup of the file first ). Just go to your home folder/library/preferences/ and open the file named 'com.apple.loginitems' ( possibly make a Finder - option drag - desktop copy first ). Click the triangles next to ‘SessionItems‘ and ‘CustomListItems‘ to see their subitems. Click the triangles next to ‘Item 1‘, ‘Item 2‘, etc. until you find the entry that you want to move. Item 1 gets loaded first, item 2 loaded second etc. Move the mouse pointer to the left of the Item’s triangle, then drag the entry higher or lower in the list. Drop the entry INBETWEEN two other ‘Item‘ entries and then save with Command-S. Note: LoginControl does provide additional features such as lists of startup items which might make the product worth the shareware fee for some users. [alert admin]
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Monday, April 20 2009 @ 08:21 AM PDT
Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 1.0 (Mac OS X)
60 minute demo - not shareware
[1] with over 25 games to play, a 60 minute demo is inadequate time to evaluate. [2] Price of $19.95 is reasonable [3] Download size of approximately 600+ megabytes requires a fast connection or a lot of patience. [4] So far I've evaluated chess and it has some annoying qualities. Menus are non-standard and so searching is required to find the option needed. It isn't easy to switch colors. Apparently, it is necessary to just quit the application and restart. Several more what I would call quirky behavior for a Mac application [5] This might be a good deal but with only enough time to evaluate one or two games I doubt I will buy. [alert admin]
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Sunday, April 13 2008 @ 02:51 PM PDT
Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 1.0 (Mac OS X)
60 minute demo - not shareware
[1] with over 25 games to play, a 60 minute demo is inadequate time to evaluate. [2] Price of $19.95 is reasonable [3] Download size of approximately 600+ megabytes requires a fast connection or a lot of patience. [4] So far I've evaluated chess and it has some annoying qualities. Menus are non-standard and so searching is required to find the option needed. It isn't easy to switch colors. Apparently, it is necessary to just quit the application and restart. Several more what I would call quirky behavior for a Mac application [5] This might be a good deal but with only enough time to evaluate one or two games I doubt I will buy. [alert admin]
Sunday, April 13 2008 @ 02:51 PM PDT
Absolute Backgammon 5.3.8 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
Awesome Backgammon Game - worth more than $25
There are clearly years of hard work in this product to bring it to this level. The price is more than fair. Developers find it difficult to achieve a financial break-even point in this very competitive market place where some companies employee teams of programmers. The fact that David brought this to market in this environment is impressive, and anyone with development background knows this to be true. The game is very playable, offers a strong computer opponent ( unless you are expert yourself and even then it provides a strong challenge ), and will provide many hours ( possibly years) of enjoyment. For $25 I can hardly resist the bargain. I would spend that much money for an afternoon of baseball. I'm sure the developer will continue to work and improve this product as his history of upgrades speaks for itself. [alert admin]
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Sunday, March 02 2008 @ 03:14 PM PST
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The executable is PowerPC only, so be prepared to run in emulation under Rosetta. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, December 26 2007 @ 10:31 AM PST
NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta 3 (Mac OS X)
Better but still not quite the equal of Excel 10.1.6 
Overall, a good product but it has some drawbacks. Note: I'm only evaluating the spreadsheet portion of the product and not the others. First, it is slow (it runs native on my PowerMac G5 dual 2.3 GHz, 4GB Ram) and is noticeably sluggish compared to Excel (I ran the same spreasheet side-by-side in both apps). Resource consumption (as viewed in Activity Monitor) is approximately a 10x increase over Excel, so that might account for some of the sluggishness. Startup time is the worst. Using after it is started is acceptable but not zippy like Excel. Slower machines than mine (i.e. G3, G4) might be unacceptably slow. Second, some convenience features found in Excel (which if you enter a lot of data matter), are missing. The cell type ahead feature in Excel provides a drop down list of all items that match what has been typed. There is no list in N.O. This slows down my data entry compared to Excel. On the positive side the .ods files created by N.O. are up to 4 times smaller than an Excel file. This is probably due to the meta data saving by Excel. Overall, a great feature set. Even though price is always a purchasing factor, it is a one-time saving. Performance issues linger on. Since I use Excel daily (and have for years), I'm not yet willing to sacrifice convenience. Brian S. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, January 24 2007 @ 02:55 PM PST
SteamTRAIN 2.0.2 (Mac OS X)
Version 2 adds incredible graphics courtesy of OpenGL. Night views and very realistic smoke, bi-directional trains and more. As a developer I appreciate the major effort it takes to upgrade to OpenGL, so this relatively short delivery of OpenGL says a lot about the developer's skill and *commitment* to enhancing this product. This product, IMO, is easily worth $40 or more. It is unique. Sure, there are other train sims, but not with the details and feel of SteamTRAIN. The developer is responsive to user requests and seriously considers all enhancement requests. This customer service alone is worth my registration fee. I can't buy this kind of service from the large software companies. Kudos to this developer for a wonderful product delivered at a reasonable price. [alert admin]
Wednesday, December 13 2006 @ 11:00 AM PST
FutureBASIC 4.0r3 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
The Best BASIC and best language for Mac applications
This is easily the best language I've ever used. It has all the modern constructs (Case statements, do until, while, for loops). It also borrows some items from other languages like C incrementors/decrementors ( i++ , i-- etc.) while still providing easy access to traditional BASIC verbs such as MID$, LEFT$, RIGHT$ etc. It is a very open architecture/IDE. There is full toolbox access and anything not defined can be added by the programmer. Did I mention how easy to use the IDE is? WOW! Other competitors are copying it. Code is indented to line up the start/end of Whiles, Ifs, and all other structured constructs just the way you want it. Local functions all support local and global variables and varibles can be passed by address or value. Recursive calls are fully supported. Arrays can be pre-sized or dynamically sized at run time depending on data needs. Want to build your windows in Interface Builder and use them in FB? That is possible too but it is easier to build them with FB and FB tools (see The Window Maker). Staz and this IDE have been around since the beginning of Macs, so everything is solid---unlike some competitors. FB builds small applications with tight fast code. My own application compiles to ~500k and this is 10 integrated functions all of which are complex. Writing even a "hello world" (i.e. does nothing significant) program in the competing BASIC ~ two megabyte applications. Size is not significant for disk space but what is all that other code doing? Support is excellent both from Staz and the listserv. If OOP with Objective C looks overwhelming, and you want something that looks like the procedural C or Pascal you used to use, this is worth a close look. [alert admin]
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Saturday, April 22 2006 @ 01:36 PM PDT
Last 10 Comments by brilor--2008 [ Search for All ]
"Nice, but I still like BitPal" BitPal is a decent product but has two current drawbacks: (1) Doesn't run natively on Intel Macs - only via Rosetta emulation (2) Mac product hasn't been updated in over 3 years, so its future is in doubt.
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Friday, October 09 2009 @ 03:25 PM PDT
Combining PDFs can be done in Automator easily for FREE
While this might be a worthy product, folks (like Kevin) only needing to combine pdfs can create an automator workflow at no cost. Just do a google search on "automator action combine pdf" then go to the MacWorld article by Rob Griffiths. Once created, the workflow is available from the finder as a contextual menu (Control-click). I use this every day to combine my professional pdf docs for my clients.
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Saturday, November 24 2007 @ 09:17 AM PST
Intuitive and simple but is there
"Any chance this program makes it as a universal binary for intel macs?" A test universal binary of CCN X has been created. A lot of work remains because the internals need to be changed. However, with the milestone achieved, I'm hoping for delivery of a UB version this year (2007). I'd be happy to answer any other questions on this topic via email for those that are interested
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Tuesday, August 14 2007 @ 03:45 PM PDT
"This app didn't have a make feel to it" The app is currently undergoing an internal redesign (with external in the foreseeable future), so any input is welcome. I don't understand the comment as written (and assume there is a typo in it), so please elaborate (you are welcome to send me email directly ccnx@cox.net). TIA----Brian S.
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Sunday, March 04 2007 @ 08:29 AM PST
Response to comments from developer
"Any chance this program makes it as a universal binary for intel macs?" Yes, there will be a universal app (UB) at some point, but not in the immediate future. See following responses. "I'm sure it works in Rosetta but in the future I'd rather not emulate." Actually, it is faster under Rosetta than running native on a dual G4 PM. CCN X is quite effiecient, so using Rosetta should have no impact on user's performance. Until we…
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Sunday, June 25 2006 @ 12:36 PM PDT
but the system preference does NOT allow a date to be specified. If I want my mac to shutdown on a specific date (say 2 weeks in the future), I'm out of luck.
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Thursday, November 03 2005 @ 02:28 PM PST
The name has everything to do with a trademark I don't own, so it isn't used. Same reasoning for the variation in the game. There is no attempt to deceive anyone.
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Monday, June 27 2005 @ 09:42 PM PDT
The developer has indeed posted a note regarding the incompatibility with Tiger. This was my mistake and I earned the scathing comment. My apologies. Again, the product is great, just not working in Tiger. As a developer myself, I know the trials of developing. Even as an X beta tester, the target is moving and last minute bugs are sure to bite every developer. Even with that challenge, many developers do their best to…
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Sunday, May 08 2005 @ 12:34 AM PDT
I use it for several things except spreadsheets for which I use Excel. But those other functions work as expected and at a very reasonable speed.
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Saturday, April 23 2005 @ 08:47 AM PDT
Might want to try a later version
This comment, aimed at version 1.29, is accurate. However, CCN X, as of version 2.0, was OS X native and using the OS X widgets.
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Thursday, April 14 2005 @ 10:03 PM PDT
