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Old 12-09-2008, 08:00 PM
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Default MacUpdate Bundle Now Available

http://www.mupromo.com/winter.php

"MacUpdate and 10 developers have partnered to bring you some holiday cheer!  For a limited time, enjoy this collection of fine applications at an unheard of price!"

There are always plenty of bundles to be had throughout the course of the year, and this one looks to be pretty good.  I use RapidWeaver a lot and wouldn't be without Default Folder X.  Little Snitch is a good app if you want to keep tabs on your TCP/IP traffic, and as our very own Joe Johaneman pointed out, MacGourmet is a pretty solid app also.  For $49.99, you really can't go wrong even if you only use Rapidweaver and MacGourmet which alone cost more than the bundle total.

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Old 12-09-2008, 10:45 PM
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Bought this bundle a few days ago. It's worth it just for Drive Genius IMO
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Bought this bundle a few days ago. It's worth it just for Drive Genius IMO
You think so? I've honestly never used it. It looked interesting...
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Old 12-09-2008, 11:52 PM
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You think so? I've honestly never used it. It looked interesting...
Yeah I do. If for no other reason to help keep the harddrive running smoothly and trouble free. I use defrag, optimizer and disk scan. The later to map bad sectors so data doesn't get written to it. The file system used by OS X does a good job of not fragmenting the drive but it's not perfect They also provide you with a link to download the bootable DVD image.
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Yeah I do. If for no other reason to help keep the harddrive running smoothly and trouble free. I use defrag, optimizer and disk scan. The later to map bad sectors so data doesn't get written to it. The file system used by OS X does a good job of not fragmenting the drive but it's not perfect They also provide you with a link to download the bootable DVD image.
So now the question is do I want to buy the whole bundle... MacGourmet (based on Joe's review) looked pretty good, and I already own Rapidweaver...

Decisions, decisions...
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Old 12-10-2008, 12:01 AM
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MacPilot is useful and I suppose there is [future] value in having some sort of Antivirus protection
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Old 12-10-2008, 12:45 AM
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I use WhatSize and have used Little Snitch myself - both good apps.

But if you buy it, do you install all of the apps, or can you pick and choose?
 
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Old 12-10-2008, 12:49 AM
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I use WhatSize and have used Little Snitch myself - both good apps.

But if you buy it, do you install all of the apps, or can you pick and choose?
You'll get a download link and registration code for each app. The price is a flat fee so you might as well download all of them.
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