Hi Dónal, I have the paid membership to MacUpdate Desktop, because that was part of a promotional price option in one of their bundles. It's set to expire near the end of September. I'm not sure that I use all the features, though. It basically helps track all the apps you have and inform you of updates. Nice, but not necessary.
Cheers, Esther On Sep 11, 2012, at 3:00 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Esther just out of curiosity do you have the paid or free membership? I've > been tempted to upgrade but am not sure if it's worth it. > > Dónal > On 11 Sep 2012, at 13:53, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Metakine, the makers of DVDRemaster Pro, have put together a mini-bundle >> sale as today's MacUpdate Promo. They're selling 10 apps, including >> DVDRemaster Pro and Mac DVD Ripper, for a price of $39.99. The apps are: >> >> DVDRemaster Pro (which is now sold in the Mac App Store as DVD Remaster 8 >> for $49.99) >> Mac DVD Ripper Pro (normally $19.95, includes the Fairmount decryption >> program) >> Hands Off! >> Aurora ($14.99 in the Mac App Store for Aurora Lite) >> Back In Focus ($99.99 in the Mac App Store) >> Decompose ($29.99 in the Mac App Store) >> Magic Launch >> Video Rotate ($2.99 in the Mac App Store) >> Processes >> Photo Batch ($14.99 in the Mac App Store) >> >> I think this is worth purchasing just for the combined price of DVDRemaster >> Pro and Mac DVD Ripper Pro alone, if you want to accessibly rip DVDs into >> formats suited for Apple TV or iOS devices, just extract audio tracks, or >> reformat them. Of the other programs, I think Aurora is accessible (it's a >> wake-up program that lets you wake up to an iTunes playlist instead of an >> alarm), and Processes and Hands Off! might be. (Processes lets you zap >> stalled processes, pause apps and processes that are slowing down your >> system and resume them later, and also monitor processes' system usage and >> network connections and files. Hands Off! monitors the way your >> applications access your network and disks, in case they send out data.) >> Many of the others are video or photo processing programs, but Back in Focus >> might be usable or useful. (It seems like a way or automatically >> de-blurring photos you take). >> >> This offer is good for the next 15+ hours. Purchasing MacUpdate promos >> requires that you create an account, and that involves a one-time >> negotiation of a CAPTCHA. After that, all purchase transactions and >> accessing the apps should be completely accessible. You can log in to your >> account, and view a record of past purchases and software licenses, and >> re-download the apps. You can also designate that the license for a >> particular app in a bundle purchase be issued for someone else -- this lets >> you gift a friend with a license if you've already purchased an application >> in a software bundle. It also lets you decide to share bundles with someone >> else by splitting the price and dividing up the apps. The person you >> designate to receive the license does not need to have a MacUpdate login -- >> you just need to give a valid email and name for the license. (However, >> they also won't have a permanent record of the license code and purchase >> details that are associated with an account.) >> >> For new users, Gordon (who runs this list) worked with the developer of DVD >> Remaster Pro to ensure VoiceOver accessiblity with this app. There is a >> freeware alternative, Handbrake, but DVDRemaster Pro will process in about a >> third the time, and also has other convenient features that simplify >> separate audio track extraction, compression from dual-layer DVDs, etc. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
