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Perian 1.1.1 (Mac OS X)
Workaround For Flaky Installation
The method for installing Perian v1.1.1 is flaky. You are supposed to double-click the Perian.prefpane icon and the QuickTime component is installed as well as the prefpane. Except it was a total failure on my MacBook running 10.4.11 that already had the previous version of Perian installed. The new prefpane refused to run and threw a nonsense error about needing another version of the OS. No, it does not actually. Meanwhile my older version of the Perian QuickTime component remained in place, not removed. Work around: 1) Manually toss in the trash both the previous Perian.prefPane file (which should be in your user account's Library/PrefPanes/ folder but could be in your root Library folder instead), and the previous Perian QuickTime component (which should be in your root Library/QuickTime folder, but may be in your user account's Library folder). 2) Now do the installation by double-clicking the Perian.prefpane file from the disk image. All will be well. Perian itself is a great collection. But the embedded installer app needs some work. [alert admin]
Wednesday, October 01 2008 @ 10:20 PM PDT
StuffIt Deluxe 2009 13.0 (Mac OS X)
When To Buy StuffIt Deluxe 13: 
Never. And I would only bother to download StuffIt Expander 13 at such time as you run into a StuffIt archive (if ever these days) and it won't expand without version 13 (which is probably NEVER). Same old story folks: I was such a fan of the entire StuffIt Deluxe suite before the good programmers left and the thing was bought out by SmithMicro. Now it sucks out loud. And you'll find this same old story repeated around the world over and over. And yet, SmithMicro keep on pumping out pointless expensive upgrades to the program over and over until it makes you want to: :-Q************ Let StuffIt D I E. No one needs it! You can get nearly all the functionality for FREE in Mac OS X itself and with several other FREE compression and encryption and password locking and backup options that DO IT BETTER. And how about letting SmithMicro die as well. I bought their InternetCleanup v5.0 to try to address tracker cookies, and the thing was a POS. SmithMicro were very nice about giving me my money back. But they also gave me promises of repairs to the bugs that dragged on and on and on. The same thing happened to others who reviewed the program and got the same kind promises promises promises. Does anyone actually program over there? Or is this yet another disastrous implosion of a company that was so stoopid they let marketing take over leadership, the very last place marketing should ever be?! Time to die. [alert admin]
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Thursday, September 18 2008 @ 10:35 AM PDT
StuffIt Expander 13.0 (Mac OS X)
When To Download StuffIt Expander 13:
At such time as you run into a StuffIt archive (if ever these days) and it won't expand without version 13 (which is probably NEVER). Same old story folks: I was such a fan of the entire StuffIt Deluxe suite before the good programmers left and the thing was bought out by SmithMicro. Now it sucks out loud. And you'll find this same old story repeated around the world over and over. And yet, SmithMicro keep on pumping out pointless expensive upgrades to the program over and over until it makes you want to: :-Q************ Let StuffIt D I E. No one needs it! You can get nearly all the functionality for FREE in Mac OS X itself and with several other FREE compression and encryption and password locking and backup options that DO IT BETTER. And how about letting SmithMicro die as well. I bought their InternetCleanup v5.0 to try to address tracker cookies, and the thing was a POS. SmithMicro were very nice about giving me my money back. But they also gave me promises of repairs to the bugs that dragged on and on and on. The same thing happened to others who reviewed the program and got the same kind promises promises promises. Does anyone actually program over there? Or is this yet another disastrous implosion of a company that was so stoopid they let marketing take over leadership, the very last place marketing should ever be?! Time to die. [alert admin]
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Thursday, September 18 2008 @ 10:30 AM PDT
AirRadar 1.0.9 (Mac OS X)
NEW BUG! 1.0.9 Reports WPA as WEP: WTF?
I get concerned when a program HAS a nice capability, then it goes wonky. I and some of my neighbors are using WPA encryption on our WiFi networks like the good little netizens we are. So why does AirRadar think EVERYONE is using WEP encryption?! This happens through repeated boots of the app. I verified that I and my neighbors are using WPA. So should this program have a 'b' for beta after its name? I sort of hope everyone uses AirRadar so no one actually knows I use WPA and I don't have to put up with WPA war driving attacks. Thank you Koingo! >>snark, snark<< Actually I like Koingo a great deal and I hope they sort this out. [alert admin]
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Thursday, September 18 2008 @ 09:58 AM PDT
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 (Mac OS X)
More info about 10.5.5 + Tips For Pre & Post Installing
The information provided by VT about 10.5.5 is incomplete. Here is the link to Apple's complete list: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2405 A lecture for newbies who don't already know the updating ritual: The vast majority of problems people have installing major updates are caused by (A) Boot volume corruption, (B) Messed up Permissions. So fix your boot volume first! 1) Verify your boot volume is in good repair via Disk Utility. If you have to repair the volume then boot to your MOSX Leopard Install Disc 1 and run Disk Utility repair from there. 2) Repair your permissions via Disk Utility. (Yes, even Apple occasionally leave behind messed up permissions after an installation. Adobe is the worst offender). If you want to be anal about pre-installation prep, run your boot drive through AppleJack v1.5 (or higher) using the "auto" command while in Single User Mode. AppleJack does all of the above as well as verify preference files, dump system cache files and dump virtual memory files. Highly recommended for one and all. It's free. MacFixIt have even more stringent suggestions, if you want to get beyond anal. 3) Install. 4) Post-installation: Repeat steps 1 and 2 again. You may be surprised. I've had Mr. Know-It-Alls tell me all the above is bogus. They are wrong; ignore them. Go read MacFixIt and weep for those who did not pay attention in class. Class dismissed. [alert admin]
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Monday, September 15 2008 @ 09:03 PM PDT
Throttled Pro 1.5 (Mac OS X)
DANGEROUS: Throttled Turns OFF MOSX Firewall
Note folks. Throttles 0.5 is still beta software. I am pleased that a GUI was created for it that provides ease of use for those who hate CLIs even more than I do. However, the heart of this program remains Throttled, not the GUI. I have no complaints at all about the GUI and gladly give it five stars: ***** But Throttled itself only gets one star from me. Usually I would not give a star rating to a beta program, but this is an exception. I don't believe anyone should be using Throttled if what I discovered is a universal problem. BAD STUFF: Throttled turns OFF the Mac OS X Firewall. My testing is only in 10.4.11. I will be further testing in Leopard. Why it does this is beyond my comprehension. The fact that it does this is DANGEROUS. No way am I using Throttled again until this nasty blunder is solved. It comes down to this: The possibility of my Mac being invaded and compromised is not worth minor speedups in Internet access. Conclusion: Watch this software for a solution to the Firewall blunder. Meanwhile: DO NOT USE Throttled. Caveat: Someone please find a workaround for this dangerous problem or prove to me that it is harmless. I'd like to champion this program. [alert admin]
Friday, September 12 2008 @ 06:49 PM PDT
throttled 0.5 (Mac OS X)
DANGEROUS: Throttled Turns OFF MOSX Firewall
Note folks, this is still beta software. Usually I would not give a star rating to a beta program, but this is an exception. I don't believe anyone should be using Throttled if what I discovered is a universal problem. Good stuff: I found setting up the CLI version of Throttled to be easy thanks to the very good notes that are provided within the script itself. Bravo! (Always be sure to keep a locked source copy of the provided script and only work on a copy). I had no problem running it and was quite pleased to find that Throttled installs a startup item so that the script reruns itself at each startup. Who needs the Pro version GUI? Not me! However, I no longer use Throttled for one critical reason: BAD STUFF: Throttled turns OFF the Mac OS X Firewall. My testing is only in 10.4.11. I will be further testing in Leopard. Why it does this is beyond my comprehension. The fact that it does this is DANGEROUS. No way am I using Throttled again until this nasty blunder is solved. It comes down to this: The possibility of my Mac being invaded and compromised is not worth minor speedups in Internet access. Conclusion: Watch this software for a solution to the Firewall blunder. Meanwhile: DO NOT USE Throttle. Caveat: Someone please find a workaround for this dangerous problem or prove to me that it is harmless. I'd like to champion this program. [alert admin]
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Friday, September 12 2008 @ 06:39 PM PDT
Viou 2.8.1 (Mac OS X)
Best Feature Set Of The Freeware Icon Apps
On Mac OS X I've most liked 'Can Combine Icons' among the icon creation apps. But until now you'd have to buy IconBuilder for Photoshop to get all the icon making abilities from now defunct Mac OS 9 icon apps. Meanwhile, IconBuilder has fallen behind the times and is no longer worth consideration on Intel Macs. Helping out someone look for a Leopard compatible icon creation app I found and tried out Viou. At last, all the features I want! On Mac OS X! For FREE! But note that this is a BETA release. There is no documentation as of yet and there is only hot help. There are only some minimal instructions in the ReadMe. Nonetheless this is an easy application to use, very intuitive for those used to 'Can Combine Icons'. Does it make 512 x 512 pixel icons for Leopard? This is not clear. The only indication is that this version has been "optimised for V10.5 (Leopard)" according to the somewhat out-of-date ReadMe. Feature Set: Rotation, Size, Transparency, Overlap (apparently not yet activated), Shearing 'Flattens' distortion effects in the X and Y dimensions (which I luv), excellent Models for icon backgrounds with several including alternative versions, the ability to drop in your Logo, a useful set of cleanup tools, icon dragging, excellent Shadow effects, Bugs: Some sloppy graphical oddities show up when using the sliders. The Tools and Shadow drawer overlap each other. Some of the background Models are messed up (example: Sugar Pill) can cause artifacts in the final icon. The Application drop zone doesn't work, use the Pict drop zone instead. I have yet to figure out how to get the open folder alternate icon to work. All told, this needs work, as you'd expect from a beta. But it deserves a good rating for all the effort made so far. [alert admin]
Sunday, September 07 2008 @ 12:44 AM PDT
Menu Master 1.4.3b4 (Mac OS X)
Final version 1.4.3 is available
I've notified VT. The Unsanity site has the final version of 1.4.3 available. For those concerned it does NOT include the Silly Menu Animations feature. I personally will be hanging onto 1.4.3b4 for occasional silliness despite the bombing and readability problems. [alert admin]
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Thursday, August 28 2008 @ 05:46 AM PDT
Menu Master 1.4.3b4 (Mac OS X)
I love the Silly Menu Animations. The images are lovely with fun variety. They remind me of my newbie days when I enjoyed tricking out Mac OS with a zillion different appearances and sound sets. When I'm tired of them I simply turn them off. The only thing I would add is a slider in the Preferences pane to allow me to fade the image contrast into a standard white background in order to allow readability. However: WHY IS MENU MASTER WATCHING ME? Periodically, when I access one of the menus activated in Menu Master, my iSight camera on my MacBook will turn on and watch me. Apple happily built in a green light which goes on when the camera is active. The point of spying on me is what? I certainly don't see any rendition of myself in the animations. I did some testing via Little Snitch to see if some phoning home was going on. The answer is no, thank goodness. A couple other points about this beta version: - Despite the 'Help' button, there is no help. - Also, Safari bombed while I was writing this commentary. Safari does not bomb on my MacBook, period. Therefore, I have to believe Menu Master is the culprit as it is active in my Safari menus. I've also had MM bomb out the SystemUIServer process. I suspect further bombs are in store. This is all being reported to Unsanity. If I get any bombs with the animations turned off I will further post. System: MacBook 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, MOSX 10.4.11. (I'd be on Leopard 10.5.4 right now, except it is even more buggy than 10.4.11. 10.5.5 please!) [alert admin]
Wednesday, August 27 2008 @ 05:32 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by zunipus [ Search for All ]
Get off the Windows circa 1996 dude! Bob is dead!
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Thursday, September 18 2008 @ 09:50 AM PDT
For those who don't know it already, the use of Java to program WO has been dropped. IMHO this was inevitable as Java has never lived up to its promise and has instead been annoying if not outright insecure in some instances. (Yeah, you can hit me. I know there are some excellent Java apps. I still love Azureus, the heart of the marketing mess now known as Vuze). Result: You gotta program WO with the…
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Monday, September 15 2008 @ 08:28 PM PDT
No doubt this comment will be pointless tomorrow, but I was able to get the download of the INTEL version going from: http://www.videolan.org/mirror.php?mirror=%20ftp://ftp.crans.org/pub/videolan/&file=vlc/0.9.2/macosx/vlc-0.9.2-intel.dmg This server is going a bit slow at ~23 KB/sec. I suspect it is getting slammed as this is the only European server I could access successfully. Sometimes when this sort of problem occurs it is in the midst of a quick swap out of a buggy version of the application for a good…
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Monday, September 15 2008 @ 01:23 AM PDT
"Too bad it doesn't ID networks in the 5GHz range as well." Version 1.0.7 is consistently finding the Name, MAC Address, Channel and signal strengths of my "closed network" AirPort Extreme N set to 5 GHz. As ever, the weak point of encryption remains the quality of the password. But tossing in MAC Address Access Control doesn't hurt.
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Friday, September 12 2008 @ 08:34 PM PDT
Repeating myself... No problems whatsoever here on both 10.4.11 and 10.5.4 Server. I'm running both on different volumes of a MacBook 2 GHz with 3 GB RAM. I am also running a few Unsanity Haxies with no problems. Suggestion: 1) Uninstall, including the preferences, Little Snitch Network Monitor and Little Snitch UIAgent. 2) Restart your Mac. 3) Then reinstall. 4) Restart your Mac. 5) Register.
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Tuesday, September 09 2008 @ 12:40 AM PDT
No problems whatsoever here on both 10.4.11 and 10.5.4 Server. I'm running both on different volumes of a MacBook 2 GHz with 3 GB RAM. I am also running a few Unsanity Haxies with no problems. Suggestion: 1) Uninstall, including the preferences, Little Snitch Network Monitor and Little Snitch UIAgent. 2) Restart your Mac. 3) Then reinstall. 4) Restart your Mac. 5) Register.
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Tuesday, September 09 2008 @ 12:39 AM PDT
Much as I like CCI, give Viou a try. Here is a list of some icon apps for Leopard: I) What works on Leopard AND makes 512 x 512 pixel icons: A) Viou v2.8.1b - Freeware. Note this is still in beta. Actually, there is no documentation that it will make 512 x 512 icons, but it has been 'optimized for Leopard', inferring that it will. Excellent feature set, including a Contextual Menu plugin, better than CCI!…
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Saturday, September 06 2008 @ 11:24 PM PDT
If you drill down into the package contents of the Menu Master v1.4.3b4 preference pane file you will find the folder where the Quartz animations are kept. There is no reason you could not remove those you don't like or add another such as any of those used in screensavers. How compatible new .QTZ files will be with MM is another matter. ~/Library/PreferencePanes/Menu Master.prefPane OR /Library/PreferencePanes/Menu Master.prefPane As ever, when hacking with an application it is critical to BACK…
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Thursday, August 28 2008 @ 06:02 AM PDT
YemuZip does not have password protection. Use other options, many of which are free. You can either encrypt and password protect your .ZIP file or use another utility to do the whole show. Apple's Disk Utility comes with Mac OS X will let you create a .DMG file that is: 1) Compressed 2) Encrypted 3) Password Protected 4) Data integrity self-verifying Freeware options: - 7zX - compression, encryption and password protection - RarMe - compression and password protection - GPG (Gnu Privacy Gaurd)…
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Thursday, August 14 2008 @ 04:22 AM PDT
Most excellent app for out smarting YouTube and snatching the FLVs
Mixed message? Huh? "... those of us not willing to keep giving Greedy Apple more money..." OK, so you are tired of our feudal corporate overlords. That knocks you out of the Neo-Con-Job political loony fringe. No Bush League for you! "... and for putting more polluting carbon in Stevie Gods $80M Private Jet." OK, so you believe in science and protecting our home planet Earth from human generated pollution. That knocks you out of the real (versus con-job)…
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Wednesday, August 13 2008 @ 01:57 PM PDT
