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User Name rayjay
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CNET TechTracker app 1.0 beta 3 (Mac OS X)
. . . App Update and Widget Update from http://gkaindl.com/software A couple of freeware widgets that check various sources for updates to your installed apps and widgets fairly thorough and reasonably reliable.They occasionally miss apps that you've stored in an unusual folder. They can't distinguish between, say, v 3.2 and v 3.2.1 if the program developer has forgotten to add the extra .1 to the program info, but in that case you can tell them to stop checking that particular program. Otherwise simple and straightforward. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, October 07 2009 @ 02:59 AM PDT
AppTrap 1.1.3 (Mac OS X)
I agree with mikebenda: this seems the best of the app-trashing utilities because it is so simple to use. Trash your unwanted application and let AppTrap clear up after you - or not, if you don't want it to. No problems with Snow Leopard. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, September 30 2009 @ 01:31 AM PDT
GrandPerspective 1.1.0 (Mac OS X)
This is one of those rare programs that is not just useful but is a real pleasure to use - I certainly second Foobar1969's comment about its artistic merits. And each upgrade adds another worthwhile bit of functionality. Thanks for a great utility. [alert admin]
Sunday, September 27 2009 @ 01:00 AM PDT
GEDitCOM II 1.0 (Mac OS X)
GEDitCOM's developer, John Nairn. seeks to provide a genealogy program that is powerful, easy to use, customizable, and that fully supports the GEDCOM Standard. With the first version he succeeded: with GEDitCOM II he has far exceeded the original: it's easier to use, easier to customize, and is also very attractively presented. I used MacFamily Tree for a while and tried out Reunion and Heredis before settling on the earlier version of GEDitCOM. The others were prettier and had fancier charts but they also had far too many idiosyncrasies, mishandled GEDCOM Standards (creating problems in transferring information to other people), and they were very inflexible: you get what you're given! You can use GEDitCOM "out of the box", but It took me some time to learn how to tweak its interface to suit the way I want to use it. I expected to jump straight into version II, so I was initially surprised by the differences in customizing it, but after less than two weeks I'm feeling more in control and I have it set up very much to my own liking: no doubt I'll continue to fiddle around at the edges. This is only the first post-beta release of GEDitCOM II and John Nairn acknowledges that there is still work to be done. I've already got a (short) wish-list, which I'll pass on to him. My comment on the original GEDitCOM, four years ago, was "If you want to create some serious genealogical records and not just set out a short family tree in a pretty pictorial format, then this program must be the best". The best just got a whole lot better. [alert admin]
Friday, July 17 2009 @ 02:40 AM PDT
Sweet Home 3D 1.7 (Mac OS X)
. . . that says it all, really. I've played around in the past with various house-design programs for Mac and all have been either clunky, far too complicated for my amateur needs, and/or ridiculously expensive. The only reasonable competitor for Sweet Home is Google Sketchup, but SH3D seems to do just about everything Sketchup can and is much easier to use, especially in the latest version. [alert admin]
Thursday, April 02 2009 @ 12:09 PM PDT
Safari 4 Modifier 0.2.4 (Mac OS X)
Why has this simple app attracted all the nut cases?
As a (retired) academic I get angry at the regular media portrayal of "the nutty professor". It's not helped by the pseudonymic professor and his fellow correspondents, who are obviously obsessives. This is simple app that does a simple job and does it with no hassle. If you don't like it you don't have to use it: just stop belly-aching! [alert admin]
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Tuesday, March 31 2009 @ 01:59 AM PDT
Safari 4 Modifier 0.2.1 (Mac OS X)
Very convenient tool, thank you 
Thanks for this. It's possible to make all the changes via Terminal, but this is a hundred times more convenient and it's very simple to try the effect of a change and switch straight back if you don't like the result. [alert admin]
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Thursday, March 19 2009 @ 02:41 AM PDT
NeoOffice 2.2.5 patch 7 (Mac OS X)
If you want someone to be listening, go for Neo
There is almost nothing in OO that isn't also available in Neo: and Neo is designed specifically for Mac users. True, you have to wait a month or two for the latest revisions in OO to appear in Neo - for which v3 is already on early release and will be fully available in about six weeks. The reason for the delay is that every new release of OO is inevitably bug-ridden and the worst problems can be ironed out before the corresponding Neo version is released. But the big bonus of Neo is the amazing responsiveness of the developers: submit a query and you're likely to get a reply - sometimes even a test-patch - the same day. Who else gives you service like that? [alert admin]
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Wednesday, February 11 2009 @ 03:30 AM PST
iGoom 2.4.2 (Mac OS X)
Having made disparaging comments about iGoom over three years ago I must apologise profusely that I haven't come back sooner to correct them. The developer listened to the complaints about the logo and removed it, giving us one of the most beautiful and exciting of all visualizers - for free. The reason I hadn't cottoned on to this sooner is also the reason I've given it only four stars instead of the five it deserves in nearly all respects: shortly after my critical comments I switched to an intel machine, on which iTunes doesn't recognise iGoom. Recently I've started using an old G4 in another room and I'm just bowled over by the iGoom visuals. Any chance we can have a UB version? [alert admin]
Sunday, January 04 2009 @ 01:41 AM PST
SecretBook 4.0.4 (Mac OS X)
. . . MiniFonts Base < http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18578 >. Secure, versatile, reliable - and free. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, October 14 2008 @ 04:01 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by rayjay [ Search for All ]
Something similar . . . for FREE
Yes, Caffeine works fine with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. I agree it seems daft to pay for something when the free alternative is also better.
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Friday, September 11 2009 @ 02:16 AM PDT
But if you only want to make the occasional change you don't really need permanently occupied menu-bar space.
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Friday, May 01 2009 @ 01:21 AM PDT
The answer's two comments below
I see you've not been using Neo very long: stick with it, check their discussion forums to see for yourself how amazing the developers' responsiveness is. These guys know Macs every which way. OO is certainly good and it is, of course, the basis of Neo. But OO is Windows first, Linux second, and Mac only third.
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Tuesday, March 31 2009 @ 01:43 AM PDT
This sort of remark usually indicates that it is the user who's done something daft, not the developer. And yes, we all make silly mistakes in trying to use programs - I certainly have - but isn't it better to assume it's you that's done something wrong rather than jumping in feet first and blaming someone else? This certainly worked first time and flawlessly for me.
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Wednesday, January 28 2009 @ 01:00 AM PST
I can't download this from developer's site. Can someone help?
Hi Jessie. Sorry I didn't see your message sooner. I've put a copy on http://macmate.macace.net/~j1s@macace.net/public/ Regards, Richard
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Monday, September 22 2008 @ 01:45 AM PDT
"I only stopped by to add a comment." If the comment's as pointless as that, you shouldn't have wasted your time.
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Tuesday, June 03 2008 @ 03:44 AM PDT
There certainly is some sort of problem but I can't get to the bottom of it. For example, the scripts that should take me to sub-folders on my (Mac specialist) ISP's webmail site refuse to work with Safari 3.1 or 3.1.1, though they're fine with 3.0.4. Does anyone have any constructive suggestions - as opposed to snide asininities like Brass Hammer's? (And I've been a Mac user since 1984, and Apple II before that, so I…
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Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 04:53 AM PDT
... but see all the recurring warnings in MacFixit about problems with Software Update and the desirability of using direct downloads.
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Wednesday, April 09 2008 @ 03:29 AM PDT
I agree. I upgraded to Synk Standard when it first appeared and quickly went back to 5.2.3 which seemed both more powerful and more reliable. I've checked out several of the updates to v6 but haven't seen any that make me want to move up.
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Thursday, December 20 2007 @ 09:40 AM PST
. . . and it doesn't make your coffee for you either! Why SCREAM IN CAPITAL LETTERS at a program because it doesn't do something it's never intended to do? It does its job very efficiently: an excellent adjunct to Audio Hijack and very useful as a standalone.
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Friday, October 19 2007 @ 06:58 AM PDT
