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MorpheusMac, & iSwipe
From Gene Keyes
Hi Charles,
As a very latecomer to the P2P world, and what with the recent court decision, I was looking at a couple of Mac file-sharing programs, iSwipe, and MorpheusMac File Grabber. Would you happen to know what's what on these? iSwipe is donation-ware; morpheus-for-mac is $14.95 shareware. But I was amused to see they have nearly identical Manuals, & FAQ's: are they alter-egos? Or is one of them poaching (er, file-sharing) from the other??
Here's the first paragraph of the MorpheusMac File Grabber manual:
http://www.morpheus-for-mac-morpheus.com/MorpheusMacmanual.htm
Quick description
MorpheusMac File Grabber searches AND downloads from the Web, and the FTP, Hotline, Carracho(*), Napster, OpenNapster, and Gnutella networks.
It includes a download manager, featuring retries and resumable downloads, and 4 slots each for FTP, HTTP/Gnutella, Hotline and Napster.
It also features AutoSearch : it maintains a list of those elusive files that you want and can never find online, doggedly retries them everytime you use MorpheusMac File Grabber until they are complete.
-— and the first paragraph from iSwipe:
http://www.hillmanminx.net/iswipe/manual.html
Quick description
iSwipe searches AND downloads from the Web, and the FTP, Hotline, Carracho(*), OpenNapster, Gnutella, eDonkey, FastTrack (Kazaa/Grokster) and BitTorrent networks.
It includes a download manager, featuring retries and resumable downloads.
It also features AutoSearch , which maintains a list of those elusive files that you want and can never find online, doggedly retries them everytime you use iSwipe until they are complete.
[close quote]
But iSwipe's FAQ has this warning:
HillmanMinx Software is not affiliated with music-download-world.com. This company is "selling" you MY software for a $24 fee. iSwipe is FREEWARE, you don't have to pay for it, but if you want to I'd rather you paid ME than this CON artist. If you are unhappy with the service you received from music-download-world.com, I suggest you contact them and your credit card company. There is nothing I can do about it.
Could it be that MorpheusMac is another morph of music-download-world? Or that iSwipe swiped MorpheusMac?
PS: and have you or someone there reviewed the various P2P programs?
--Gene Keyes
http://www.genekeyes.com
Hi Gene;
I'm not a heavy user of P2P software, but I have used several P2P apps, including iSwipe.
However, my outstanding favorite is Poisoned, which works better than any other I've encountered, and it's freeware. You can check out my review here:
http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1521_0_1_0_M
I can't comment on the iSwipe/Morpheus Mac controversy. First I've heard of it.
Charles
Netscape 7.2
Brent Bielema
This one is a definite keeper. It only took a few hours to download on my primitive dial-up connection, which wasn't bad. For some strange reason, my previous Netscape browser would not work or even launch with Panther. But this one automatically imported my Mozilla bookmarks bar when I plugged in my AIM screen name. Now I don't need to mess with the buggier Mozilla incarnations, which kept hopping me to other e-mail messages when I'd reload them. Not to mention the annoying "about: blank" incursion and other incessant browser takeovers. They're history. Netscape's "lighthouse" has delivered me to a bright new shore!
It's one of the great ones, Brent. I'm generally tickled with it.
Charles
Battery Recall
From Steven Smith
I happen to have one of the affected PowerBooks. I found out about it on Thursday, went online an filled-out a form, and on Friday morning I received a replacement. Great service.
Re: Ever Seen This Before???
From Frank Falcone
I believe my RAM is O.K.
I used Carbon Copy Cloner to make a B/U of my boot partition on an external drive so I could boot from the mirror and run Apple's Disk Utility. It indicated that the partition needed repair. It repaired it successfully. I then fixed all file permissions, rebooted into the original partition and all seems well.
I'm loathe to confess that I do not own a good disk repair application. As a person who spent half his life running Norton Utilities under OS 9, mainly repairing obtuse boot-block issues and optimizing/defragmenting my partitions - I believe I have become overly confident in the stability of OS X. I will order Disk Warrior, today.
As always, I thank you for your response and assistance.
Frank
Hi Frank;
Disk Warrior is a must-have IMHO. It usually finds stuff the others don't. For a more comprehensive disk maintenance utility I'm impressed with DiskGuardian.
Charles
Re: Ever Seen This Before???
Hi Charles,
I'm confused. Are you saying that I should choose Disk Guardian over Disk Warrior - or I should have both?
Frank
Hi Frank;
Both is ideal. Disk Warrior is a one-trick pony, but it executes the trick superbly.
Disk Guardian does a whole lot more. Whether it does the directory repair/rebuild as well as Disk Warrior is difficult to determine.
You can read my latest full review of DiskGuardian here:
http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1200_0_1_0_M
Charles
Re: Ever Seen This Before???
From Frank Falcone
I just Googled DiskGuardian and found your Applelinks review. Man, Charles - where DO you find the time?
Frank
Charles
Re: Ever Seen This Before???
From Frank Falcone
Hi Charles,
I have downloaded DiskGuardian after reading your review and cleaned up a lot of pesky little problems on most of my partitions, internal and external. I know this means nothing - but it sure is pretty to look at. I have ordered Disk Warrior and believe I'll be sleeping a bit better. As always, thanks very much.
Frank
Re: Ever Seen This Before???
From Larry Long:
I had the same "Restart" problem a few weeks ago. The dealer tracked it down to an airport card that had become unseated.
Audio power output G4 towers
From Derich Wittliff
HI,
Do you have any idea what the power output is on on the old G4 towers which have the 'apple speaker' audio output jacks? I have a breakout cable attached to an old dual gig, but can't find the specs anywhere. Thanks
cheers,
I'm sorry Derich; I haven't a clue. Perhaps a reader will be able to help.
Charles
The Literary Mac
Eric Heukeshoven
Another UK author of note, J.K. Rowling, also mentioned in a recent interview that she is a Mac user.
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