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User Name davert
Member Since 2000-12-07
Total number of Feedback Posts: 63
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CrashPlan 2008-6-10 (Mac OS X)
Excellent and invaluable software 
This software runs quietly in the background; I've used it several times to recover files from mistakes, accidental deletions, bad editing, etc, and never had a problem. It's fast, doesn't tax the system, and works incredibly well. I've been using it on my Linux server now too - the Java client for the Mac, which runs like a real Mac program (unlike many Java apps), can also control the Linux client over SSH. It's inexpensive and EASY - though I do recommend that you take some time to set up appropriate backup directories. Among other things I actually back up my entire iTunes collection... it took a long time to get it there, but now adding an album or two is pretty quick. Go for the Pro version... [alert admin]
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Tuesday, July 15 2008 @ 02:44 PM PDT
SubrosaSoft ComputerGuardian 1.01 (Mac OS X)
Subrosasoft no longer advertises this software on their site. [alert admin]
Wednesday, September 05 2007 @ 06:13 AM PDT
RsyncX 2.1 (Mac OS X)
Great at what it does, when it works
This program requires about an hour of setup in my experience, but its range of options is terrific, and it IS very powerful indeed. The only major problem for me is that it does not allow for encyrption, just compression. [alert admin]
Tuesday, February 27 2007 @ 09:25 AM PST
WorkingPapers 2.2.2 (Mac OS X)
Seems nice but is there support?
No online support appears to be on the web site. The demo is not linked from anywhere but here. The software does not appear to have received any attention for four years. I'd think twice at $99 per try, with no Universal Binary apparently in the cards. [alert admin]
Friday, January 26 2007 @ 11:17 AM PST
Readiris Pro 11.5.6 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
DevonThink not really an option
If you have easy, non-complicated OCR, DevonThink may work, but you can't pick and choose as you can in ReadIRIS, nor can you tell it waht is a table and what isn't - and it's a LOT slower. If ReadIRIS doesn't work, look elsewhere, but DevonThink offers no real OCR options other than "full automatic." [alert admin]
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Friday, January 26 2007 @ 11:14 AM PST
StartupItem Manager 1.0.5 (Mac OS X)
Though it nags it also does what it's supposed to do, and $15 is hardly too much for a nice piece of working shareware that can be very useful. Would be nice to have information on some common startup files and what they do or where they came from included a la Conflict Catcher. Myonly problem is it did not catch all the startup programs - I know I have rubbish like TechTool running somehow! [alert admin]
Saturday, August 26 2006 @ 07:47 AM PDT
Readiris Pro 11.5.6 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
Terrific and now Universal Binary
This program is terrific in its current 11.54 form! (And also in 11.04 if you are on OS X 10.46/PPC). It's now much faster as a Universal Binary on Intel machines, and doesn't fail as far as I can see. (I don't use it to drive scanners directly, though.) If you're having a problem getting it to run, try tech support. First inquiry took me a day but the second came in about five minutes. The scanning results are simply incredible - far better than any OCR program I've ever used before. [alert admin]
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Friday, July 28 2006 @ 09:34 AM PDT
MailSteward 7.5 (Mac OS X)
Speedy and efficient but needs auto-update!
I have been amazed at the speed of this program, even though others do seem to have trouble with it. I have 10,484 messages in the database, and to be fair I only archive periodically, but when I do it seems lightning-fast. Searches are also extremely quick and convenient. The frequent updates are welcome in their bug-quashing but I sure wish there was an auto-update feature - I don't wnat to spend all my time updating. That said it IS a matter of drag-copying without any sort of manual intervention needed for the underlying database. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 09:19 AM PDT
NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha 3 (Mac OS X)
Very good and credible; Universal now; some shortfalls
I've been using this program for a brief time but already I'm impressed witih its total MS-Office compatibility in look and feel, and its 80%-there file compatibility. The open/save dialogues could be far better and it loads moderately slowly - about the same speed as Word under Rosetta - on my Intel Mini but is fairly responsive once loaded. Overall I'd love - love - love to see OpenOffice 2.03 under Quartz, but this will do for the moment - far better than using X11! [alert admin]
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Friday, June 30 2006 @ 10:18 AM PDT
MailSteward 7.4 (Mac OS X)
Solid and fast - you get what you pay for
Sometimes you have to charge for than $20 for a product that's as well designed as this. It's fast, flawless, stable, and easy to use, all wrapped up into one convenient package. You probably don't need to download each update but it's good to know it's under constant development. [alert admin]
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Monday, June 05 2006 @ 07:31 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by davert [ Search for All ]
I have the same issue
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Thursday, July 24 2008 @ 09:33 AM PDT
What alternatives? Keep in mind that SPEED is important to some of us with very large databases...
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Tuesday, May 02 2006 @ 06:11 AM PDT
So you're holding the program accountable for the weakness of your Apple Store rep? It's not THAT consuing.
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Friday, March 24 2006 @ 06:12 AM PST
1) Apple's Mail creates a new file for each and every e-mail message you get, due to the Spotlight integration. That really, really litters the hard drive! 2) Eudora is fast and apparently less bug-ridden than Mail.
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Tuesday, July 26 2005 @ 05:47 AM PDT
It is getting so that the term "SurveyMonkey" makes me cringe. THis is a PROFESSIONAL survey program. SPSS output is one nice feature, but there's far more. If you want total control and fast-loading surveys, or if confidentiality is a major issue, this is the way to go. Expensive? Yes, but compare it with Perseus SurveySolutions, EZSurvey, and Snap, and suddenly it's reasonable; especially since it uses "real" databases, unlike SurveySolutions, which uses Access. It's also…
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Friday, June 10 2005 @ 05:15 AM PDT
Mr. Whippy's problem was probably the same one I had - accidentally deleting the standard keyboard drivers. However the system worked well enough for me to recover them from a backup (slipping them in from a different system would've also worked). Gotta not do dumb things when we're using power tools! (No offense Mr Whippy since I did the EXACT SAME THING.)
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Tuesday, March 01 2005 @ 08:00 AM PST
Why don't you try ReadIris if you can't get this one to work? The current version is MUCH better than in the past. (I haven't downloaded this because I find ReadIris to be quite good.)
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Thursday, May 06 2004 @ 05:30 AM PDT
Updating a current updater is probably relatively easy - creating a completely new one to work under OS X is probably a LOT of work. At that point they might just decide to drop support entirely. Which would YOU Prefer, a quick reboot or no updates? Ignorance seems to be the primary driver of many of these pro-OS X rants. There ARE things that are easier in OS 9. ... if not, I suspect DiskWarrior would…
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Monday, May 19 2003 @ 11:36 AM PDT
