User Profile for sprindle1

User Name sprindle1

Member Since 2002-09-24

Total number of Feedback Posts: 83

Total number of comments: 23

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FinderPop 2.2 (Mac OS X)

Deserves six stars. Fully compatible with leopard. If not donationware, this utility would sell in the $20 to $30+ range. [alert admin]

The windowshade effect per se works ok, the only problem is that there's no volume setting for the sound efx except extra loud. As for minimize in place, couldn't get that to work at all. Also, you need to restart after installing, just logging out per the instructions was inadequate. [alert admin]

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Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 05:14 AM PDT

Winclone 2.0.8 (Mac OS X)

Works Like a Charm

I recently swapped out my MacBook Pro's HD for a 320 GB and looked forward without enthusiasm to either a Windows restore or tedious reinstall. However, with Winclone my boot camp partition was back up and running in about an hour -- and I didn't have to reauthorize! Wonderful product. [alert admin]

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Saturday, August 23 2008 @ 10:18 PM PDT

BurnAgain FS 1.0.1 (Mac OS X)

Hey, It Works!

Wow, multiple burns to a data DVD without a confusing mishmash of multi-session volumes! I tested BurnAgain FS on a MacBook Pro using HP 4X DVD+RW media, it worked perfectly. The documentation is somewhat sparse, but you will figure it out, it's really not all that complicated. One point that bears repeating: while your DVD will appear to look/behave like a normal drive volume, unlike with a drive, deleted or changed files cannot be actually overwritten and continue to take up space. The only way to reclaim this space is to erase the disc and start over. In most manners of use, eg archiving photos, you will be sequentially adding files, so tthis will be of little consequence. In demo mode, BurnAgain FS allows 20 burns without a time limitation, which is more than enough for you to determine if this program is useful to you. [alert admin]

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Friday, May 30 2008 @ 06:19 AM PDT

Split&Concat 2.5 (Mac OS X)

Works Fine on Intel Mac Running Leopard

Split & Concat 2.5 appears to work fine on my intel mac running leopard, I tested it by splitting a 1.6 GB toast file into 100 MB parts. I did notice that when concatenating back, the custom icon was lost but otherwise the file was ok. This program is so intuitive to use, I didn't bother reading any of the documentation. One tip I will pass along is to put the file you will be splitting in a folder by itself, likewise when concatenating, put all the parts in a folder together. This is a very useful utility. [alert admin]

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Monday, April 28 2008 @ 02:04 PM PDT

TinyCal 1.3.2 (Mac OS X)

Usage Tip amd Caveat

The usage tip: Configure TinyCal to show two months (or more) in horizontal layout. This way there'll be adequate width at the bottom to show calendar events without truncating. The caveat: If you're running TinyCal in demo mode and then get a license code, you'll currently be completely flumoxed as to how to enter it. The solution is to log out (or restart), then launch TinyCal and it will be self-evident. [alert admin]

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Saturday, April 05 2008 @ 10:53 PM PDT

TinyCal 1.3.2 (Mac OS X)

A Menu Bar Calendar... and More

TinyCal starts out by giving you a discrete menu bar icon that, when clicked, spawns a tear-off calendar which can be left in place or moved wherever you'd like, and can be variously configured viz size, number of months show, orientation, etc. Very nice. But wait, there's more. TinyCal syncs automatically with Google Calendar, events created with Googled are mirrored on TinyCal and vice versa. Extremely nice. But wait, there's more. If you use a BlackBerry, iPhone or other advanced smart phone with a data plan, install Google Sync and you'll have three-way continuous calendar sync between your mobile device, Google Calendar and your Mac. Superb. The only thing left out of the mix, obviously, is Apple's iCal. Hopefully, the developer will add this in the future. [alert admin]

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Saturday, April 05 2008 @ 10:33 PM PDT

FixDVD 1.0 (Mac OS X)

Work with Leopard?

Does FixDVD 1.0 work with Leopard? Probably not, but there's no info on the website, such as it is. [alert admin]

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Thursday, March 20 2008 @ 05:04 AM PDT

InsomniaX 1.3.2 (Mac OS X)

Insomnia ver 1.3.3 is now current

As of 2008-03-09, versiontracker was still showing Insomnia ver 1.3.2 as current with a download link for same. Actually ver 1.3.3 is current, be sure you download this from the website or thru the check for updates feature. Ver 1.3.3 works with OSX 10.5.2 on my macbook pro. Regarding overheating with the lid closed, according to apple tech support, macbooks and macbook pro's have thermal protection. But it's a sensible idea to turn off the built-in screen before running with the lid closed, obviously. If you use Insomnia, please consider making a reasonable donation. Development of utilities like this should be encouraged -- and rewarded. [alert admin]

SuperDuper! 2.1.4 (Mac OS X)

Temporary Workaround

While Leapard users are waiting (im)patiently for SuperDuper ver 2.5 to be released, be aware that existing functionality built into Disk Utility allows you to clone a volume to a sparse image file and restore from same. Two important details to be aware of: (1) If you are archiving your HD, you must boot from either another volume or your Leopard DVD. (2) When restoring to your HD, of course you must be booted as per the above; and also you must first erase the destination volume. Disk Utility appears to allow an integrated erase/restore operation, but there's a bug here. Missing, of course, will be SuperDuper's ability to create a bootable clone, a customizable clone, a smart-updateable clone, etc. [alert admin]

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Monday, January 21 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST

Last 10 Comments by sprindle1 [ Search for All ]

Far less useful and a shamelss ''rip-off'' of sideNote which is free

The info you posted was much appreciated! Steve

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Tuesday, January 13 2009 @ 10:12 AM PST

So what do you recommend?

Since you want H.264 mp4 video, not DVD copies, Handbrake alone will do the job most of the time. Underline most. Plus it's free.

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Friday, May 02 2008 @ 11:31 AM PDT

Work with Leopard?

Jacek Stanislawski informs me that, yes, FixDVD 1.0 does work with Leopard.

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Friday, March 21 2008 @ 07:21 PM PDT

Apple does this already - Not Quite

This info is inaccurate. According to apple tech support, if you connect a USB keyboard and a USB mouse to your macbook or macbook pro, then insomnia won't be necessary. But other USB devices won't do the trick.

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Sunday, March 09 2008 @ 06:05 PM PDT

Not the only fish in the sea..

Disk Utility will make an image clone of the NTFS boot camp partition. However, according to Apple tech support, restore using disk utility is not supported, ie probably won't work. And of course there's no way to nondestructively test if your backup clone will succeed.

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Thursday, February 14 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST

No Leopard Support

Obviously you meant OS X 10.5.

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Monday, January 21 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST

Re: marvelous but broken under Leopard?

I agree, this should be shareware. In the meantime, they do have a donation button, you. know.

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Monday, November 26 2007 @ 09:35 AM PST

Price & Performance

Thanks for alerting me to Keyclick. I just installed same, it's really great. BTW, price for Keyclick is $5, still very reasonable.