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kelly

wow nice photos!

AJ Ralph

Hey, I turned on the ultra giant dock hack, but i can't turn it off, and now my friend is really pissed.  help!!!!

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Wow! That G5 set-up is really sick! I hope mine can be cool and fancy some day :-)

Travis

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alian

Wonderful photos!

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Just stumbled across your site today. Very nice! And good looking, too! Bookmarked and RSS'd. 

Keep up the good work. It's appreciated!

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Dick

My favorite desktop is solid black with small blue apple in the center. The
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I love your blog. I learned a lot!

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How do I submit/suggest a site??

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Rogelio

I have Snow leopard for Mac and none of your screen savers work. Are you guy's going fix them to 64-bit?

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How do you request a review or a giveaway?

Fernlily

I've had your site bookmarked for some months meaning to look more in depth when time allowed! When I did it was kid in a candy store all sorts of fun apps, menu mods and just plain cool stuff! It's like getting a new mac all over again. Keep up the good work!

Richard Cloutier

Hey,

Nice mac setups !
Would you be interested to submit them to my website (WorkstationSetups.com) ?

Thanks !

roll2puff

Hi guys, just wanted to say thanks for everything, keep up the good work...

I also have a question: I have a pair of LaCie USB speakers and I want to make them sing together with the built in speakers of the MBP, is it possible?I'm using Snow Leopard.

footagehead

Off topic - but can't find your email add.

Love your site and signed up for the RSS feed on Netnewswire,
but it refreshes the same feeds several times a day...is it me, you,  or NNW ?
Regardless - you are a wonderful resource !! Thank you !

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Hello, I'm Jacob Gorban from Apparent Software, organizers of MacGraPhoto bundle. We're also your sponsors at this time. 

Now that the bundle is live and on sale, perhaps you'll be interested to review it. The URL is http://www.macgraphoto.com.

We can send you also some text about the included software, if you'd like.

Sincerely,
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David

Maby you read this. But i can not find a email adress for bus in the site. 

The bug: If you click on nature wallpapers you com on a page with 403 ERROR. 

David

Rogelio

I tried to change my dock, but when I press Cmd-Shift-G then type in the following stings a message came up saying that the folder can't be found. Why?

Rogelio

I got it to work. Just wondering if I wanted to change it back how would do it?

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Meitnik

Thanks for all the cool tips.
Here something to consider. Have a section for how the tips can be used for visually impaired folks. Here is my wish list:
1. Make background for all the dock menus and views be opaque. Not everyone can handle semi-transparent.
2. Reverse the dock menus from white on black to black on white or an off white color.
3. changing the font color of desktop icons names.

more later...
Thanks Andrew

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Steve

Just wondering if everything is ok?  I'm guessing 'life' has crept up and held you hostage for awhile as there haven't been any updates in over a month.  Do you need assistance or anything?  I hope everything is ok.  Obviously life is first, and usingmac.com second, so take all the time you need.  But if you'd like some help writing articles, or whatever, feel free to reach out.  I'm sure all of your subscribers and fans would love to post or help out

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xxx

Found some kind of alternative for DejaMenu;
It puts a second menubar on your external monitor!

SecondBar
http://blog.boastr.net/

logan

Hey, I love this site very awesome.
I will help in anyway If u need it, I love apple and everything about macs. I have alot of free time and am looking for a blog to help out on, this would be just amazing. 
Thanks,

~Logan

Neil

Usingmac.com:

Three brief things:

1. You need to provide a Contact Us email please.
2. Entries really need to be dated. Several articles are out of date and there's no way to tell except by finding the dead links.
3. English is not your first language, and that's fine, but at least run everything by a proof reader - 'mouses' is NOT the plural of mouse!!!!

Thanks!

Ajan

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carol_lm

I'm interested in this site and also want to recommend my own mac software here. All my mac software are designed to resolve the issues on multimedia, like removing DRM protection from iTunes purchased or rental files, converting DVD videos, backup encypted DVD moveis on your mac.

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I haven't seen an update for over a month now. Just wondering if something is wrong?

Florence

I am a new Mac user and call me crazy.....but
I can't seem to figure out how to create my address
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Ranjeeve Beenessreesingh

Hey, iLove this site, its given me great past times and also helped me a lot with my Mac machine, but lately you guys haven't been updating many articles, whats going on :S?

VK

It's really a great place!

Mac lover!!

Why don't you update this site anymore? i really loved it, and alot of people agree!!

Sue Bags

how can I view illustrator files inside finder view. only icons come up, not the actual picture?

Freder

HI,

How can I change the font of the Dock menus, so they can look like the font of the Dock menus when you click-hold on an icon in the Dock? Maybe even just a little bit bigger than the click-hold Dock menu so I can customise both menus?

Cheers, you gurus. :)

Frederick

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and IMHO I think apple wouldn't just drop the normal OSX on it, more like a extended CoreOS.  

nice mockup, lovely dimensions too

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Quite a workplace you got there and some really mean and edgy computers :) I love the ambiance!

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Hello!
My name is Anna Brooks and I am from Eltima Software Company.

We are the developers of Elmedia Player- free media player for Mac, which plays almost all video files (FLV, SWF, XAP (Silverlight), RM and RV (Real), AVI, MOV, MP4, WMV).
Elmedia Player is also available in PRO version. It costs $20 and allows downloading online videos from lots of sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe and so on.  With Elmedia Player PRO it’s also possible to watch movies in full- screen mode, make screenshot or even series of screenshots of different movie moments.

More detailed information about Elmedia Player you will find here: http://mac.eltima.com/media-player.html

We would like to offer you a free registration key for Elmedia Player PRO to test it and to make a review about it at your site.
Also we can offer some free licenses on Elmedia Player PRO to organize something like giveaway among your visitors, if you have such practice.

Thanks in advance,
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Sawera

Lovely and well organized Armies. I love Dual screen monitors.

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Mac OSX Screensavers

Is there a way to have you guys review our Mac software?
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nice site btw!

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Lynn Saunders

TO THE EDITOR:

I enclose herewith a two-day email thread of the most exasperating "customer" experience I've ever had on the www. It is self-explanatory, involves Bare Bones Software, creators of Yojimbo software, and is for your information--possibly for your readers, too:

Submitted by: Lynn

comments: I finally found Yojimbo for Mac OS X 10.4.11 at your site. It was difficult to find.

In trying to register it I could only find the link to purchase version 3.

Is there a price for the old version, how much is it, and where can I purchase a registration should I want to buy it?

Thank you.

I hear back yesterday:

Bare Bones Software Sales Department wrote:
Hello Lynn,

Thank you for contacting us.

Yojimbo 3 (the latest version) requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later, and we regret that old versions of the software are no longer available for purchase. We're only making the software available to support existing customers.

I'm sorry we can't be of assistance with this specific request, but if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Kerry Arsenault
Sales and Customer Service
=================================================================
Bare Bones Software Phone: 978-251-0500
PO Box 1048 Fax: 978-251-0525
Bedford, MA 01730-1048 http://www.barebones.com/

Yesterday evening, I write back:

Just so I'm sure here....I read your reply to say that I downloaded the software from your site, am using it, am willing to pay you for it, am running OS X 10.4.11 and therefore CAN'T upgrade to your current paid product, had no warning that I would be denied use of your software after I had it downloaded and running--your own download site stating that it requires version 10.4, and that v. 10.4.11 is specifically recommended.")--and you are now going to not allow me to use it?
I was up all night transferring the contents of my xPad and other files to your product and really beginning to like it. Now I'm told I must allow it to expire?

There is not a hint of such a policy at the download site or in the release notes. I just spent 10 hours converting my files to this software.
Sorry, but this is how your email read. Is this correct?

(In case you'd like to read their download site and release notes, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY MODIFIED IT, which they may have. It's brief, go to the bottom for the version (1.5.2) in question):

http://www.barebones.com/support/yojimbo/updates.html

This morning I get their response:

Hello Lynn,

Thanks for responding, and that is correct; we no longer have licenses for old (discontinued) versions of Yojimbo.

I apologize for any inconvenience. Please observe the notice at the top of the Yojimbo updates page does state that these updates are "... for all registered customers ...", and I will also advise our web team to make the status of these updates clearer to avoid any further confusion.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Sincerely,

Kerry Arsenault
Sales and Customer Service

Meantime, I call Kerry this morning, explain more to her; she understands and asks me to write another email for her to forward to someone, thus:

Kerry,

Would you please have this case reviewed by someone. Please have them
read my emails...this is causing difficulty for me through no fault of
my own. Circumstance is involved here.

Again, I am offering to pay for a registration. The software is
downloaded, running and I have transferred my files to it, involving
many hours of work.

Thank you,
Lynn

Thirty minutes later I recieve this:

Bare Bones Software Sales Department wrote:
Hello Lynn,

As Kerry has described, Yojimbo 1.5.2 is discontinued and we no longer have any licenses available. Thus, I regret we are not able to assist you in this matter.

Sincerely,

Tom Green
Customer Sales & Service

My reply:

Unbelievable, Tom.

I have attached the entire correspondence thread of this issue for your reference.

Kerry's evasiveness on the phone today in regard to not allowing me to communicate with your General Manager, tell me who it is, and not divulging information to put me in touch with them made the outcome of this apparent. One gets the general impression things may be shady at Bare Bones.

What Kerry's attempted quote from the site says is, in actuality...."recommended for all registered customers" which in no way conveys that others are banned from your product.
A simple statement, "This product is available only to customers who are current users and who have already registered" would have.
What your company has chosen to do here is appalling; stupid--a textbook "Don't Treat Anyone Like This" for a Marketing 101 class. Someone there (you?) has transformed an eager potential customer into a crusader against your firm.
A single registration code to a single individual who downloaded your software (totally unaware of your policy that "we're only making the software available to existing customers" because it isn't clearly stated at the download site), and optimized it to their system for hours...and willing to pay for it.
Answer: No.

Not only have you lost a customer for life because someone there has decided to dig in on this, putting 10-12 hours of my time to waste, but I shall contact about 300 more of your potential customers via my "Forward" button as I turn our email thread into the biggest guffaw on their browsers. I shall tell this story for years.

Never have I experienced such a ludicrous "resolution" of an issue by an online store in 15+ years of using the web.
I further hope you will be so kind as to place this same email thread, in its entirety, on the desks of your firm's marketing policy geniuses, each of whom should demand refunds from their respective community college, night school and/or GED prep coach.
And please--no platitude, corporate gas reply to this stating "reasons." There are none. You could have allowed me to purchase a registration.

FOR GOD'S SAKE PUT A NOTICE ON YOUR DOWNLOAD SITE. Your marketing genii in action again....

LYNN

Immediately followed by another to cover something I had missed:

P.S., Tom...

Your Yojimbo 1.5.2 IS NOT discontinued. I downloaded it from your site and installed it two nights ago. It runs fine.

LYNN

They are not going to allow me their software. CanYou believe this??? Maybe you can contact this guy and see what the heck's up with them. One of your writers might want to address this as a "cautionary" side story for your readers.

(I have tried to make this as easily readable as possible. Unfortunately your email relay device does not allow me to ital, underline or otherwise edit for eye flow. Sorry.)

LYNN
Oklahoma City

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Hi! 
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I wonder why you offer images for decktop-use without having the needed approval from the photographer. One of my images appear in the section: "Lake Reflections" and I guess it has been found at sxc.hu or rgb.com. Nevertheless, neither sites allow you to redistribute the picture. 

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I wonder why you offer images for decktop-use without having the needed approval from the photographer. One of my images appear in the section: "Lake Reflections" and I guess it has been found at sxc.hu or rgb.com. Nevertheless, neither sites allow you to redistribute the picture. 

Please remove the picture from your stolen selection at once.

John Nyberg

I wonder why you offer images for decktop-use without having the needed approval from the photographer. One of my images appear in the section: "Lake Reflections" and I guess it has been found at sxc.hu or rgb.com. Nevertheless, neither sites allow you to redistribute the picture. 

Please remove the picture from your stolen selection at once.

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I wonder why you offer images for decktop-use without having the needed approval from the photographer. One of my images appear in the section: "Lake Reflections" and I guess it has been found at sxc.hu or rgb.com. Nevertheless, neither sites allow you to redistribute the picture.

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I noticed that you wrote about us before (http://www.usingmac.com/2009/7/29/85-useful-free-mac-apps-for-designers) and was wondering if you would be interested in a photo app we're launching this week? I'd love to tell you more!

Look forward to hearing back from you!

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