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User Name dgatwood42
Member Since 2003-04-09
Total number of Feedback Posts: 6
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 10.0.1 (Mac OS X)
BUYER BEWARE. CS3 DOES NOT SUPPORT CASE-SENSITIVE FILESYSTEMS 
I bought CS3 specifically so that I could move to Leopard. Well, I moved to Leopard this week after a hard drive crash. After spending three days installing apps and getting things back up and running, I got to the very last app, Photoshop CS3, and it refused to install, basically telling me that I have to reformat my hard drive just because Adobe couldn't be bothered to actually test their software on case sensitive filesystems. It would take all of a day of developer work to fix all of their problems. Hell, I could write a script that would fix their code automatically in a few hours. As such, this puts Adobe's level of ineptitude even greater than that of Microsoft. Mac OS X has supported case-sensitive boot filesystems since 10.0. Adobe has to be the most incompetent software company on the planet. Even Finale works on case-sensitive HFS, and that used to be about the buggiest app I'd ever used. Adobe should be ashamed of themselves, and I want my money back. Biggest waste of money I ever spent. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, June 04 2008 @ 10:05 PM PDT
Igor Engraver 1.7 (Mac OS 9)
The title sums it up. It was a wonderful app back in the late 1990s, but by 2001, I was running Mac OS X exclusively and haven't looked back. It's five years later, and they STILL don't have this thing running natively. I'd have to be an idiot to pay money for this app at this point, given that they have shown no signs of bringing the app to Mac OS X and it won't run on current (Intel) Macs at all. As far as I'm concerned, this application's development is dead, and the app should be pulled from VersionTracker, as it does no one any good to have outdated software available that won't even run on current machines. [alert admin]
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Saturday, April 01 2006 @ 07:53 PM PST
Delta 1010 LT 1.1 (Mac OS X)
G5 dual processor owners, GET 1.1.7!!!
http://www.midiman.de/files/OSX_Delta_PCI_117.sit This has solved my constant crashes on my dual processor G5 machine with a Delta 1010LT (bizarre coreaudio-related hang, I think, but I'm not sure). WARNING: The latest version on the main m-audio (USA) website claims to be 1.1.6, but is actually 1.1.4. It has been this way for almost a year.... [alert admin]
Monday, September 13 2004 @ 11:11 PM PDT
M-Audio / Midiman Delta PCI 1.0.0d3 (Mac OS X)
Get 1.1.7 if you have a G5!!!!
If you have a Delta 1010LT or 1010 in particular, download 1.1.7. The 1.1.6 version on the M-Audio website is really 1.1.4 and crashes constantly on G5 dual processor machines. http://www.midiman.de/files/OSX_Delta_PCI_117.sit [alert admin]
Monday, September 13 2004 @ 11:07 PM PDT
BIAS Deck 3.5.2.2986 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
Good app, but buggy as hell on Mac OS X
Contrary to what most of the folks here have said, the UI for Bias Deck is absolutely superb for what it was designed to do: multi-track audio editing. It was NOT designed to take audio tracks from your hard drive and edit them. That's simply not what multi-track software is for, and if that was what you are trying to do, you should not even consider Deck, Logic, or any other piece of multi-track software, and consider an app that is more suited to post-production editing like BIAS Peak, Sound Studio, etc.
I have yet to see any other multi-track audio app that was designed as well from a usability perspective as BIAS deck. That's not to say that I couldn't make dozens of suggestions to make it better... things like clip levels (get a copy of Discreet Cinestream to see what I mean), post-effects for 5.1, multiple effects-only busses with user-controlled routing, etc., but on the whole, it is fairly friendly to work with.
However, my praise stops at design. When it comes to implementation, one word comes to mind: stability.
Deck was rock-solid in Mac OS 9. Unfortunately, it didn't make the transition well. From the near-constant (and completely bogus) "disk not fast enough" errors to hanging every couple of minutes on dual processor machines (disabling one CPU "fixes" the problem), this application has been an absolute nightmare.
As much as I'd like to recommend Deck, I can't. The Mac OS X version is just not ready for prime time....
[alert admin]Saturday, January 10 2004 @ 11:30 AM PST
M-Audio / Midiman Delta PCI 1.0.0d3 (Mac OS X)
Bought new machine, can't use the card.
There's nothing quite as annoying as finding out that an expensive audio card, despite using a chipset whose manufacturer claims it was designed for 3.3v signalling, is notched in a way that indicates (incorrectly, apparently) that it only supports 5v signalling, and thus won't work in a PowerMac G5. I now have a $500 doorstop.
Has anyone tried taking a hacksaw to the appropriate part of the edge connector? Does anyone know of any reasons that this wouldn't solve the problem?
Saturday, October 11 2003 @ 12:55 PM PDT
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Screws up G5 2gig Dual Processor !!! Do not use !!!
Details would be nice. What did it screw up? Are you saying it wouldn't boot? Apps wouldn't launch? Kernel panics? Freezes? Microwaved a bag of popcorn from across the room? Specifics would help a lot. :-)
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Sunday, January 11 2004 @ 04:34 PM PST
What you describe sounds a lot more like a dying hard drive than a software update problem. I'd suggest making a backup of your data as soon as possible and then taking the machine to an Apple store or service center and having a technician look at it. :-|
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Sunday, January 11 2004 @ 04:17 PM PST
