Comments on: Essential Free OSX Utilities http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/ Blogging the web, usability and apple. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Simon http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/comment-page-1/#comment-18497 Simon Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:58:45 +0000 http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/#comment-18497 I did hear about the APE problems when Leopard first shipped, but as you said, that's been fixed with an update. So providing you are up to date, it will be ok. Although I personally don't use it. iPhoto works great, as you would expect, and I've got tens of gigabytes of photos stored on a firewire disk. I'm on CS3 (upgraded from CS1) and that works as far as I can tell, flawlessly. Adobe are saying there are compatibility issues even with CS3, but I've not come across anything (if anything, it's notably faster on Leopard). I can't say I've ever used iRatchet or info.xhead (website claims Leopard compatibility), so I wouldn't like to comment. Overall, I've not had any problems with the apps I use going over to Leopard. And I'm convinced it's significantly faster that Tiger on my laptop. If you decide to go for it, good luck! And be sure to let us all know how it goes. I did hear about the APE problems when Leopard first shipped, but as you said, that’s been fixed with an update. So providing you are up to date, it will be ok. Although I personally don’t use it.

iPhoto works great, as you would expect, and I’ve got tens of gigabytes of photos stored on a firewire disk. I’m on CS3 (upgraded from CS1) and that works as far as I can tell, flawlessly. Adobe are saying there are compatibility issues even with CS3, but I’ve not come across anything (if anything, it’s notably faster on Leopard).

I can’t say I’ve ever used iRatchet or info.xhead (website claims Leopard compatibility), so I wouldn’t like to comment. Overall, I’ve not had any problems with the apps I use going over to Leopard. And I’m convinced it’s significantly faster that Tiger on my laptop.

If you decide to go for it, good luck! And be sure to let us all know how it goes.

]]> By: Antonio http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/comment-page-1/#comment-18270 Antonio Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:40:31 +0000 http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/#comment-18270 Hey Simon, There are several important apps that I must have working perfectly. iRatchet, by http://www.prettygoodsoftware.org/ is my business tracking and invoicing program. They've said it's Leopard ready, but I depend on that everyday for my bread and butter, so it's got to work. I use the Unsanity application enhancers, Window Shade, Clear Dock, and Fruit Menu. I ran into one problem...if they are not up to date, you get the blue screen of death when installing Leopard, but that sounds like an easy thing to avoid. How about iPhoto? Are there changes to that? I have thousands of photographs, and the last time I upgraded it, the process it took me thru ended up corrupting a few shots, besides the fact that it took forever for the updateing. And...CS2. Will is run in Leopard? Haven't had the budget to up that, so it might be a concern? Oh, and one other thing that's important is an app called info.xhead ...it keeps track of all my vital info. ok...thanks Hey Simon, There are several important apps that I must have working perfectly. iRatchet, by http://www.prettygoodsoftware.org/ is my business tracking and invoicing program. They’ve said it’s Leopard ready, but I depend on that everyday for my bread and butter, so it’s got to work.
I use the Unsanity application enhancers, Window Shade, Clear Dock, and Fruit Menu. I ran into one problem…if they are not up to date, you get the blue screen of death when installing Leopard, but that sounds like an easy thing to avoid.
How about iPhoto? Are there changes to that? I have thousands of photographs, and the last time I upgraded it, the process it took me thru ended up corrupting a few shots, besides the fact that it took forever for the updateing.
And…CS2. Will is run in Leopard? Haven’t had the budget to up that, so it might be a concern? Oh, and one other thing that’s important is an app called info.xhead …it keeps track of all my vital info.
ok…thanks

]]> By: Simon http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/comment-page-1/#comment-18147 Simon Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:00:22 +0000 http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/#comment-18147 <strong>Antonio</strong> - It's funny you should compare NuFile to "Save As...", I've never thought about it that way. It boils down to your own personal workflow, I'm used to (on Windows) creating the file I want and then editing it, instead of editing a blank file and saving it. The only thing I would say about NuFile is that the templating system is really quite nice. I'm glad I took the plunge with Leopard, specifically I love Spaces. So far I've not found anything that doesn't work, I and I have quite a selection of apps. Everything from Photoshop to Quicksilver. If you have any apps you are worried about, let me know and I'll let you know if I use it on Leopard. Antonio - It’s funny you should compare NuFile to “Save As…”, I’ve never thought about it that way. It boils down to your own personal workflow, I’m used to (on Windows) creating the file I want and then editing it, instead of editing a blank file and saving it. The only thing I would say about NuFile is that the templating system is really quite nice.

I’m glad I took the plunge with Leopard, specifically I love Spaces. So far I’ve not found anything that doesn’t work, I and I have quite a selection of apps. Everything from Photoshop to Quicksilver. If you have any apps you are worried about, let me know and I’ll let you know if I use it on Leopard.

]]> By: Antonio http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/comment-page-1/#comment-18134 Antonio Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:00:51 +0000 http://www.oakinnovations.co.uk/blog/2008/01/14/essential-free-osx-utilities/#comment-18134 You took the plunge that I'm not ready for yet. Everything is working perfectly on my 3 Macs right now, and I just can't see messing that up with Leopard. I'm sure I would run into issues with compatibility of apps that work great now, but will be problematic in Leopard. I suppose I'll go there someday, but not now. For the system info stuff you mentioned, I can get that from Activity Monitor, which is included in the Utilities folder. It doesn't do temperature, but I found the free Temperature Monitor to provide good results. Id NuFile simply a faster way to choose "Save As"? Yeah...no doubt Flip4Mac is essential. I've even got their upgraded version that lets you convert stuff, and, I found a little known dvd copying thing from them called <a href="http://www.flip4mac.com/drivein.htm" rel="nofollow">Drive In</a>. You took the plunge that I’m not ready for yet. Everything is working perfectly on my 3 Macs right now, and I just can’t see messing that up with Leopard. I’m sure I would run into issues with compatibility of apps that work great now, but will be problematic in Leopard. I suppose I’ll go there someday, but not now.
For the system info stuff you mentioned, I can get that from Activity Monitor, which is included in the Utilities folder. It doesn’t do temperature, but I found the free Temperature Monitor to provide good results.
Id NuFile simply a faster way to choose “Save As”?
Yeah…no doubt Flip4Mac is essential. I’ve even got their upgraded version that lets you convert stuff, and, I found a little known dvd copying thing from them called Drive In.

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