Archives for November, 2007
Yasu 2.5.2 Released
A quick note to let the readers know that a new version of Yasu (2.5.2) has been released, and is ready for public consumption. It’s a recommended update for all users who run OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or greater, including Leopard (10.5.x). The new release addresses the following;
- Fixed Safari Favicon removal issue.
- Fixed Safari History index removal.
- Added new French translation (thanks to Ronald Leroux).
- Added additional user font & cache cleaning specific to Leopard (thanks to Tom Neveu).
- Added credit for Italian localization by Giovanni Gualeni to help files.
- Removed unnecessary pages from help file.
Head on over to the Yasu page to get your copy now!
Possible Fix for Leopard Mail Freeze
With the move to my new web host, I finally have the luxury of good, fast IMAP email again (thank you!). I had been doing the Gmail thing for the past few months using the very awesome MailPlane, but even as much as the app rocks, it still wasn’t quite what I was looking for in the way of doing mail.
Though I touted GyazMail as the mail app to have a while back, I’ve secretly harbored a desire to use my first love, Mail.app. There’s something about it that I find gets me where I want to be the quickest. But I digress. This post isn’t about which email reader is better…
Instead, this post is intended to help others who may have run into the same problem I had. Every so often when I’d launch Mail 3.1 in Leopard, or just at other times for no reason, the application would become totally unresponsive. Mail would still arrive, but I couldn’t do much more with it than move the main window around on my screen. I was almost as though the application was frozen, but not quite. Obviously it was doing something very resource intensive to become that unresponsive.
After some rooting around, I think I discovered the problem. By setting the “Add invitations to iCal” option in the General preference of Mail to “Never”, all of my freezes have suddenly disappeared. This may or may not help someone else who’s having the same issue. But for me, it did the trick. Your mileage may vary.
[Update] I’ve also noticed that GrowlMail doesn’t seem to be playing nicey-nice with Mail under Leopard. When I logged out or restarted, logged back in, and launched Mail, it would freeze up as GrowlMail thought about displaying a notification for each message, quite slowly.
If you have GrowlMail installed, and are experiencing freezes in Leopard Mail, try turning it off (Mail > Preferences > GrowlMail). Post a comment if that helps (or doesn’t). So far, it seems to solve the problem for me.
Oh, and I got rid of MS Office completely too. That might have some bearing, or it might not. I’m using iWork ‘08 for that kind of stuff now.
Server Move Completed
The move to my new web host is now complete, and aside from a few stragling out of date DNS servers, most everyone should be seeing the site without trouble.
I can finally stop worrying about my bandwidth, as I now have 5TB (yes, that’s 5,000GB) of transfer bandwidth to play with on a monthly basis, compared to the paltry 30GB I had with my previous host. I can rest easy knowing that if I release a new version of an app, I don’t have to wait a month to fix a minor bug. I also have a ton more file storage space, proper IMAP service, plus a whole host of other features I’ll probably never use.
I took the time to clean up a lot of unused and unnecessary files too. Most everything should be okay, but if you come across something that’s broken, please take a moment to drop me a line through my contact page to let me know about it.
Thanks for your patience while I was forced to make such an abrupt change.
Server Move Pending
Just a quick note to let readers know that the site may experience a little down time over the next day or two as I start the process of moving to a new web host — AN Hosting/midPhase.
Unfortunately, my time with Forged Network has come to an end with no resolution (read acknowledgement) to my billing issue. It really burns me to have had funds taken from Paypal without them being credited to my hosting account.
I tried five times to contact their “sales staff” with no response what-so-ever. Phone calls have gone unanswered too. Attempts to contact support only got me a “We’re escalating your issue to our sales department” response — which did me no good. I guess this is the price one must pay for choosing to go with cheap inexpensive web hosting.
There was a time when I recommended FN to those I know. But now, I can only say don’t bother looking at them. There are far better options out there than Forged Network.