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The Pontificator
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 Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject: iStat Menus is now a paid app |
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just got an update window saying that iStat Menus is now a paid app and if I want ver. 3.0...I gotta pay.
 I hate being a poor student otherwise I'd pony up. I'll have to play with 2.0 as long as it'll let me.
I've been very pleased with iStat Menus, though. It rocks. |
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theGimpiest
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| It is very cool. I use it to monitor my Verizon DSL and Safari's rather strange issues with Flash video (they don't know when to stop streaming). I don't really see a benefit to upgrading for pay though. |
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theGimpiest
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| The damned thing pops up a window wanting me to upgrade every time I start my Mac. So if you don't upgrade, you basically get hit with this warning, forcing you to pay. Nice. |
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Bandit Bill
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| theGimpiest wrote: | | The damned thing pops up a window wanting me to upgrade every time I start my Mac. So if you don't upgrade, you basically get hit with this warning, forcing you to pay. Nice. |
hmmm. I haven't rebooted. I selected "skip this version" when it gave me the option to upgrade. If I'm still getting pop ups when I reboot I'll boycott this company, even their freeware. |
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TonyMontana
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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That's too bad about iStat. I haven't tried it yet. I have been using menu meters for quite a while (Free)
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
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theGimpiest
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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I got an email back from them about a fix:
"We are very sorry about the problem. Its caused by a bug in the update checker in version 2.
We are looking at releasing a patch but until we do you can fix it by removing the update checker which is located at - /Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStat menus Updater.app"
Kudos to the Bjango Support Team |
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Bandit Bill
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| theGimpiest wrote: | I got an email back from them about a fix:
"We are very sorry about the problem. Its caused by a bug in the update checker in version 2.
We are looking at releasing a patch but until we do you can fix it by removing the update checker which is located at - /Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStat menus Updater.app"
Kudos to the Bjango Support Team |
Good info. Thanks for sharing. |
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Y-Guy
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When MainMenu when paid I was pretty ticked, mostly because they sold out to another company and wanted $20... even though all they had done was buy it. Howeer, iStat has evolved and the owner didn't try price gouging me when he started charging. So for $10 I'll register it, for now 2.0 is still doing what I need. They did add the ability to control the fan so that would eliminate the need for running SMC Fan control too.
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Chris..S
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I've bought 3.0. I don't notice any improvements or worthwhile changes. Its been a good app for me for (probably) 3 years now, so $10.00 is not much to pay. But if you don't want to pay right now, I don't think you are missing out on anything - unless as the author says, $10.00 is only for early May, and the price will go up later. |
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Voyager
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| theGimpiest wrote: | I got an email back from them about a fix:
"We are very sorry about the problem. Its caused by a bug in the update checker in version 2.
We are looking at releasing a patch but until we do you can fix it by removing the update checker which is located at - /Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStat menus Updater.app" |
Thanks for that - although I don't seem to have an 'iStat menus Updater.app' or even an 'iStat local'....  |
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The Pontificator
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| Voyager wrote: | | theGimpiest wrote: | I got an email back from them about a fix:
"We are very sorry about the problem. Its caused by a bug in the update checker in version 2.
We are looking at releasing a patch but until we do you can fix it by removing the update checker which is located at - /Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStat menus Updater.app" |
Thanks for that - although I don't seem to have an 'iStat menus Updater.app' or even an 'iStat local'.... |
iStat Menus>preferences>(likely you system preferences window will open>general>there are two check boxes for updates. Uncheck them. |
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Voyager
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| The Pontificator wrote: | | iStat Menus>preferences>(likely you system preferences window will open>general>there are two check boxes for updates. Uncheck them. |
Ah!
System Preferences > iStat menus > General > 'Update Checker' uncheck 'Check for updates every 24 hours' & 'Check for updates on startup'
Perfect! Thanks |
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