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User Name zunipus
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Sticky Windows 2.2 (Mac OS X)
Current version is 2.4, works with 10.5 Leopard, not 10.6.
The current version of Sticky Windows is 2.4. It works with 10.5 Leopard. VT have been notified. The version for 10.6 Snow Leopard requires a rewrite and will be delayed. Personally, I was hoping this would be a viable alternative to WindowShade X, which will also have a significant Snow Leopard version delay. But no go. Sigh. [alert admin]
Saturday, October 31 2009 @ 11:17 PM PDT
Apple Epson Printer Drivers 2.1 (Mac OS X)
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php Above is the URL for the Gutenprint site. If your Epson printer requires the Gutenprint driver to work with 10.6, it may well be better and easier to update to the latest stable branch version of Gutenprint rather than install the Apple Epson Printer Drivers monster on your hard drive. The current stable branch version of Gutenprint is 5.2.4, which is one version past what is included with the Apple Epson Printer Drivers installer. It is 13.6 MB. Compare that to ~350 MB for the Apple package. Just be sure your printer requires the Gutenprint driver by reviewing the Epson list at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 Remember to AVOID the beta versions of Gutenprint, which could potentially hose your Mac. Stick to the stable branch ONLY. I've never had trouble with it. [alert admin]
Wednesday, October 28 2009 @ 03:58 PM PDT
MacPilot 3.3.6 (Mac OS X)
Note: Some features don't apply to Snow Leopard
I've been playing with this version of MacPilot in Snow Leopard and found that a few features do not apply, just so no one is surprised. Nothing blows up, no problems are caused that I can find. What I found does not apply: Tools: General: Features: Install Disk Images Preferences Pane Tools: General: Files & Folders: Extract... [alert admin]
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Sunday, September 20 2009 @ 09:44 PM PDT
GPGMail 1.2 (Mac OS X)
The current version of GPGMail will NOT work in Snow Leopard. Happily, a developer has volunteered to bring it up to compatibility with Apple Mail v4 (the version shipped with Snow Leopard) if Mail is set to 32-Bit mode via Get Info. This is not a perfect solution, but it will work. The problem apparently is that the code for GPGMail is too old to work in 64-Bit mode. GPGMail will require a significant rewrite to work as 64-Bit, and there is no schedule as yet for the rewrite. Meanwhile, PGP is also NOT Snow Leopard Ready. But an update for PDP is also in the works. BTW: Please ignore the newbies who post nonsense about GPG 'not' working in Tiger or Leopard. It actually works perfectly. The problem, as usual, is that these people refuse to RTFM. Therefore, they have no idea how to get GPG to work. This is complicated software compared to most and is therefore not going to be adequately understood by many people. Their inability to use the software does NOT equate to the software not working. So there. [alert admin]
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Sunday, September 20 2009 @ 05:53 PM PDT
GnuPG 1.4.9 (Mac OS X)
A new version of GPG that will be compatible with Snow Leopard is in development. Watch for it. Also in the works is a new version of GPGMail that will work with Apple's Mail v4.x, the version that ships with Snow Leopard. However, GPGMail will only run when Apple Mail 4 is set (via Get Info) to run in 32 bit mode. Bleh. Apparently this is due to the age of the current code. A rewrite will be required to move it up to 64 bit compatibility and there is no schedule as to when that will happen. Bleh. But keep in mind this is Open Source freeware. Thank you to those who keep it up-to-date. http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/ Meanwhile, PGP is NOT Snow Leopard ready either, but an update is also in the works: http://blog.pgp.com/index.php/2009/08/sneak-peek-pgp-whole-disk-encryption-for-snow-leopard/ [alert admin]
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Sunday, September 20 2009 @ 05:19 PM PDT
Infovox iVox 2.0b (Mac OS X)
Better than Cepstral voices, but still wanting...
I don't understand why this is a problem. Apple provided great example voices with very good bells and whistles in their Speech Manager API. And still, voice developers skip over some fundamental functionality. My pet peeve is punctuation marks. When a text-to-speech voice comes to a punctuation mark, you want it to act accordingly like a rational human being. If a sentence ends in a period, the voice speaks in a 'straight' tone. If a sentence ends in an exclamation mark, you want the voice to speak more emphatically. If a sentence ends in a question mark, you want the voice to rise at the end in a questioning tone. All of Apple's voices do this. Cepstral voices treat exclamation marks and question marks as periods. It sounds very odd and dysfunctional. This is why I avoid their voices. Acapela voices, which are used in Infovox, are just as nice sounding as Cepstrals with the added feature that at least they (usually) comprehend question marks and speak accordingly. (Results will vary, so test voices before using them). But again, sadly, they have no comprehension of exclamation marks, which of course sounds again odd. Bleh. But at least they're a step up from Cepstral. Then there is the noise artifact problem. Apple's recent Alex voice still has them. You hear odd little noises that have nothing to do with speech. The Bruce voice, in one version of Mac OS X, used to make occasional farting noises! Vicki remains the queen of Apple voices for lack of artifacts. But sadly the Leopard and Snow Leopard speech engine ruins her cadence to make her sound manic, despite the fact that nothing whatever changed in her actual speech code. Cepstral and Acapela voices can have similar noise artifact problems. Be sure to check each voice carefully before buying it or deploying it. One voice I with which I am most pleased is the recent Peter British voice from Acapela. I find it easy to understand with very few noise artifacts or speech inflection oddities. It's strange after all these years of voice technology, [The original 1984 Mac had text-to-speech built in], that it's still 'buyer (or user) beware'. No doubt human error inflicts ever inflicts itself into the process. [alert admin]
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Friday, September 18 2009 @ 12:24 AM PDT
Spell Catcher X 10.3.2 (Mac OS X)
Intro: As a writer, I find Spell Catcher X is indispensable. It is one of my top 5 must have apps. I'm glad Apple integrated reasonable spell checking, but it really doesn't come even close to all the features built into Spell Catcher. Why the app ever got slammed here at VT is beyond my comprehension. And yes, it runs fine in 10.6. But see the caveats about 64-bit app compatibility with the current version. RainMaker have provided an updated Quick Start Guide for 10.6 users: http://www.rainmakerinc.com/kb/index.php?article=97 [alert admin]
Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:35 PM PDT
RadioRocker 2.0.5 (Mac OS X)
:-( As of 2009-09-16: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, Whimsicaly Plucky Software has to close it’s doors. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the users of BackityMac, RadioRocker, DockChanger and VideoVangelist for their patronage. There is a possibility we may open the doors again one day. Until then I’ve updated all the products to remove all registration requirements and they are all now FREE. Any versions previous to these listed will no longer activate. You may still email me if you wish, however, no further support for the products will be offered." All their apps are still able to be downloaded ATM. But they are all 'end of life', aka 'abandonware'. [alert admin]
Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:16 PM PDT
BackityMac 2.5.2 (Mac OS X)
:-( As of 2009-09-16: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, Whimsicaly Plucky Software has to close it’s doors. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank al of the users of BackityMac, RadiioRocker, DockChanger and VideoVangelist for their patronage. There is a possibility we may open the doors again one day. Until then I’ve updated all the products to remove all registration requirements and they are all now FREE. Any versions previous to these listed will no longer activate. You may still email me if you wish, however, no further support for the products will be offered." All their apps are still able to be downloaded ATM. But they are all 'end of life', aka 'abandonware'. [alert admin]
Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:14 PM PDT
DockChanger 1.8.3 (Mac OS X)
:-( As of 2009-09-16: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, Whimsicaly Plucky Software has to close it’s doors. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank al of the users of BackityMac, RadiioRocker, DockChanger and VideoVangelist for their patronage. There is a possibility we may open the doors again one day. Until then I’ve updated all the products to remove all registration requirements and they are all now FREE. Any versions previous to these listed will no longer activate. You may still email me if you wish, however, no further support for the products will be offered." All their apps are still able to be downloaded ATM. But they are all 'end of life', aka 'abandonware'. [alert admin]
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Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:12 PM PDT
Last 10 Comments by zunipus [ Search for All ]
Your review is 'worse that useless'
Oops, for got to add the snotty title to me retort. Summary: Ignore the review. This version of GPGMail works perfectly with 10.5 Leopard if you install and configure it according to instructions. If you don't RTFM then it doesn't work, which is YOUR fault.
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Sunday, September 20 2009 @ 05:58 PM PDT
Utter nonsense! Works perfectly in Tiger AND in Leopard with the latest updates. What is it with computer illiterates slaming GPG with NO justification? RTFM! What?! RTFM! Then you'll get the software to work, like just about everyone else has. Your idiotic rants about it 'not' working are NOT welcome.
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Sunday, September 20 2009 @ 05:47 PM PDT
You are officially badgering the developer, seeing as you had to complain, yet again, in another post above. Read my reply to that also unnecessary and un-nice post. Face what's actually bothering you. It's not AppleJack. Taking out your angst on a freeware developer makes just about this much sense: -><-
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Friday, September 18 2009 @ 04:26 PM PDT
You could donate! Much nicer than complaining
This is freeware. It almost never happened for Leopard. When it did happen it was with the help of another developer. IOW, be grateful we've even had AJ for Leopard. The developers owns us nothing.
Idea: You could DONATE to the project! That would be a much better way to encourage the developers. Imagine them having Snow Leopard on the day of release because donations paid for it! Imagine them being able to afford taking time…
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Friday, September 18 2009 @ 04:21 PM PDT
SMART is not exactly that 'smart'. It's something, but not everything. Wikipedia.org has good coverage of what it can and cannot do. Personally, I occasionally perform separate tests on my hard drives every now and then. Note that I am a utility freak. - TechTool Pro is very good at testing hardware, including further aspects of hard drives. - Drive Genius is very good with even more in depth hard drive testing. - SpeedTools is reasonable…
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Friday, September 18 2009 @ 01:00 AM PDT
Incorrect: 10.6 ready. See new Quickstart Guide
RainMaker have published a new Quickstart Guide for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users: http://www.rainmakerinc.com/kb/index.php?article=97
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Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:29 PM PDT
Details: :-( As of 2009-09-16: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, Whimsicaly Plucky Software has to close it’s doors. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the users of BackityMac, RadioRocker, DockChanger and VideoVangelist for their patronage. There is a possibility we may open the doors again one day. Until then I’ve updated all the products to remove all registration requirements and they are all now FREE. Any versions previous to these…
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Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:18 PM PDT
The comment on the website is to watch for version 2.1. ATM it is not yet in beta release.
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Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 10:05 PM PDT
Version Jump from 3.1.5 to 3.5?
I can see your point. But it is also a convenient way for a developer to place a milestone in the application version. If you want to see truly heinous version jacking, check out what Google have perpetrated with Chrome. The thing isn't even out of beta and its already past version 4. That's F O U R. Explain that one. IMHO they're attempting to catch up with Safari's version number and surpass FireFox's version number.…
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Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 09:55 PM PDT
Boohoo. So sad. Not I. GOOGLE: for being so desperate as to pull this old Microsoft trick of rigging the version numbers so as to 'appear' to catch up with browsers that have been developing for YEARS. Shame on you Google and shame on YOU, dopey troll. :-P
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Sunday, September 06 2009 @ 10:23 AM PDT
