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User Name chrisyboyg
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DVDxDV Pro 1.09.19 (Mac OS X)
FFmpeg says that DVDxDV is in violation of the GPL. http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1105 Any comments from the devs would be welcome. [alert admin]
Saturday, October 10 2009 @ 01:53 PM PDT
BetterZip 1.7.3 (Mac OS X)
Have just given this another go after trying a long time ago when I was demo'ing different archiving software. It's very good but two things would make it perfect: 1) A contextual menu plugin, so you can extract archives etc all via right click. Another mac archiver, Springy, has this but I prefer BetterZip's GUI. 2) When you open a file from within an archive, edit it and save it, BetterZip should recognise this and give you the option of saving the archive with the edited file. This is pretty standard practice in most archiving software I have used. As it is you have to extract the file, edit it, then manually re-save it into the archive, which is a bit fiddly. [alert admin]
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Saturday, February 21 2009 @ 03:07 PM PST
Path Finder 5.0.6 (Mac OS X)
Bah, well as I only did it a few days ago anyway: 1. Fixed a few memory leaks. 2. Fixed a Move across volumes bug. 3. Added a preference for Dual Browser with Dual Preview in Preferences > Preview. 4. Updated Russian localization. 5. Updated Japanese localization. [alert admin]
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Friday, January 09 2009 @ 01:47 AM PST
Path Finder 5.0.5 (Mac OS X)
From a dev on the Cocoatech forum: 1. Directory content menus now build faster. 2. Cmd-Click in Text Editor window title now reveals in Path Finder instead of Finder. 3. Updated Chinese localization. 4. Updated dates in List view. 5. Updated code and projects for Snow Leopard. 6. Updated French localization. 7. Added pref to keep drop stack opened. 8. Search field no longer deletes string when changing modes. 9. Preview now shows the contents of .zip archives. 10. Fixed restoring selection after rename in column view. 11. Fixed delete key character in menu key prefs window. 12. Move across volumes now works. 13. Dual browser pref now set for new windows. 14. Fixed refreshing problems with cut command. 15. Paste now enabled when root permission needed. 16. Fixed MP3 ID3 tag crash. 17. Preferences window updated and improved UI. 18. Terminal now is properly escaping special characters. 19. Fixed blank sidebar and other plugin related errors 20. Fixed unmounted server folders from disappearing from sidebar. 21. Fixed Stuffit contextual menu plugin. 22. Fixed a bunch of memory leaks. 23. Copy command puts files icon on pasteboard now. 24. Fixed bringing all windows to front when switching applications. [alert admin]
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Saturday, January 03 2009 @ 03:06 AM PST
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Just demo'ing this software and on the whole I'm impressed; I always thought Finder was a bit lacking in options. The cut+paste functionality, tabs, drop stack and patch navigator all make it a lot easier to move files around in the one window, something I've always wanted since I started using a Mac. That said, in some ways the program does seem a bit bloated, Stuffit integrated, it's own text editor, all the different modules etc. This are the kinds of things I would never use. Perhaps a Path Finder Lite version would be a good idea? One thing though; I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but Path Finder forgets when I change the sort-by column when viewing a folder in list mode, so when I go back into it it's sorted by name again. This is pretty annoying! Any way to make it remember the sort-by settings? [alert admin]
Monday, November 10 2008 @ 05:12 AM PST
pwrWndws 1.2 (Mac OS X)
One the things I've always felt Windows had the edge over OS X with is working with multiple windows at once. Having the taskbar in Windows clearly lets you see how many windows you have open and allows you to easily switch between them. Obviously one of the things this makes easier is moving files between two directories quickly. They're a few things in OS X to compensate for this; showing small versions of all the windows on screen at once with the press of a button and choosing which to focus on (or assigning this action to a hot corner), spring loaded folders etc, but nothing that makes moving files as easy in Windows in my opinion. This application opens two finder windows side by side (or one on top of the other), or if a finder window is already open another window next to it. Sounds simple, but when moving files around it definitely has saved me time since I tried it. One thing I'd like to see would be the ability to customise the finder window sizes (i.e. if no windows are already open they both open at the specified size, if one is already open it is resized to the specified size). If this isn't possible, just not having the extend underneath the dock would would be an improvement. It would also be nice if it didn't change the size of other finder windows, say when you open the Mac HD disk icon on the desktop mine is now at the size of the pwrwndws windows, but I have a suspicion this is due to the strange way Leopard seems to remember finder view settings. [alert admin]
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Saturday, November 01 2008 @ 06:33 PM PDT
Cinematize 2 Pro 2.03 (Mac OS X)
The best I have found for DVD to DV 
I have a forthcoming project where I need to convert DVD-Video to DV, edit it, and convert it back to DVD-Video. There seems to be three programs that can handle the initial conversion: Cinematize Pro, DVDxDV Pro and MPEG Streamclip (HandBrake only outputs to MPEG-4 and H.264). I found DVDxDV Pro to have too simplistic an interface and a lack of encoding options. I also had problems with interlacing in the DV output that I could not fix and the quality suffered greatly as a result. MPEG Streamclip provided many more options, but the DV output seemed to be cropped slightly even though this wasn't set. It's quality was also noticeably worse when compared to the original DVD. I'm not sure if these problems were linked but no combination of settings seemed to fix them. However it is free and is definitely worth a try. Finally I tried the Cinematize Pro demo. This has a comprehensive set of options for video and audio output, as well as subtitles, in a well laid out interface. The quality of the DV it produced was extremely high, almost indistinguishable from the original DVD, and had no other problems. It also has an excellently written manual. The only thing I would really like to see is single frame stepping when setting in/out points. Out of the three programs I would definitely say that Cinematize Pro has the best combination of ease of use, flexibility and certainly quality of results, and I hope to purchase it soon. [alert admin]
Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 07:21 PM PDT
Cinematize 2 Pro 2.03 (Mac OS X)
The best I have found for DVD to DV
I have a forthcoming project where I need to convert DVD-Video to DV, edit it, and convert it back to DVD-Video. There seems to be three programs that can handle the initial conversion: Cinematize Pro, DVDxDV Pro and MPEG Streamclip (HandBrake only outputs to MPEG-4 and H.264). I found DVDxDV Pro to have too simplistic an interface and a lack of encoding options. I also had problems with interlacing in the DV output that I could not fix and the quality suffered greatly as a result. MPEG Streamclip provided many more options, but the DV output seemed to be cropped slightly even though this wasn't set. It's quality was also noticeably worse when compared to the original DVD. I'm not sure if these problems were linked but no combination of settings seemed to fix them. However it is free and is definitely worth a try. Finally I tried the Cinematize Pro demo. This has a comprehensive set of options for video and audio output, as well as subtitles, in a well laid out interface. The quality of the DV it produced was extremely high, almost indistinguishable from the original DVD, and had no other problems. It also has an excellently written manual. The only thing I would really like to see is single frame stepping when setting in/out points. Out of the three programs I would definitely say that Cinematize Pro has the best combination of ease of use, flexibility and certainly quality of results, and I hope to purchase it soon. [alert admin]
Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 07:21 PM PDT
Springy 1.4.1 (Mac OS X)
My favourite Mac archive utility 
When I made the move from Windows to Mac I wanted a compression utility similar to what I previously used, WinRAR. A stable, efficient program with a GUI that allowed you to view files inside an archive before extracting, as well as extract/add/delete individual files, and at least ZIP and RAR file support. The obvious choice was StuffIt, but this was too bloated, buggy and... Windows like ;) for my taste. So I tried every other comparable program I could find (BetterZip, Springy, iArchiver, iShrink). Considering the features mentioned above the choice was between BetterZip and Springy (similar programs in a lot of ways, I advise you to try both). What really sold me on Springy was something I hadn't thought of; its contextual menu integrated into Finder that allows you to do pretty much everything you need to by just right-clicking on an archive, even viewing the files it contains. That said there are a couple of features I would like to see. While Springy can read RAR archives, it cannot create them, something BetterZip can do. Indeed this feature has been requested before (try searching on the Springy website forum). What it basically comes down to is the current state of licensing for the RAR format meaning the only solution is very inelegant/inefficient. Still, Zip files are perfectly adequate and of course RAR files can still be read/extracted. The other point is more simple; I really would like to be able to order the files inside an archive by the different columns in list mode! When you want to find the most recently updated files this can be very useful. While not perfect, this is the best archiving utility I have found on the Mac, it does everything I want it to do and is very stable. The dev has always been very helpful and responsive whenever I have made feature requests or found bugs. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, April 23 2008 @ 05:00 AM PDT
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With regard to setting the default window size (and the default window layout; I think I prefer the "holding shift for rows" approach to the extra dialogue box that comes up now) maybe having a preference pane you can access in the "Other" section in System Preferences? Course I know nothing about making applications, I don't know how hard this would be :o)
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Monday, November 03 2008 @ 09:47 AM PST
Office 2004 is PPC only, but it runs fine on Intel Macs under Rosetta so this patch is good for Intel's.
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Wednesday, March 12 2008 @ 10:20 AM PDT
