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ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #41

This thread isn't going anywhere... it's pretty much dead. I was proved incorrect... now isn't there a different thread for ShapeShifter benchmarks?
MacNN Development by TheSpaz Thu, 6 Oct 2005 - 17:38

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #40

on my current machine there is no noticable lag whatsoever. on my previous one (G4800 / 640) the lag when launching an app was noticable.
MacNN Development by Ji Eun Thu, 6 Oct 2005 - 10:33

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #39

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac You could maybe do something with fs_usage, I'm not sure. Without making a parser for that it would be a horribly long process to find…
MacNN Development by Tick Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 15:45

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #38

Quote: Originally Posted by Tick Does anyone have any substantial proof as to what gomac or Rosyna are saying? Statistics on resource usage while shape shifter/other unsanity pr…
MacNN Development by goMac Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 14:49

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #37

The bickering between the unsanity crowd and gomac continues to make me giggle, but I will digress. Does anyone have any substantial proof as to what gomac or Rosyna are saying? S…
MacNN Development by Tick Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 14:25

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #36

Quote: Originally Posted by Rosyna goMac, do *not* assume to know how SS is doing it. You know what they say about people that assume things. If you're looking in a list o…
MacNN Development by goMac Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 11:17

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #34

in my use, shapeshifter/mightymouse/fruitmenu...slow down my mac...a bit. if i run a test user account without ape, things are a little faster. still...not worth giving them up! i…
MacNN Development by fisherKing Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 11:00

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #33

Quote: Originally Posted by Rosyna btw, Shapeshifter's open doodad is constant time. No O business at all. If you're reading a plist to find a match for a file you no long…
MacNN Development by goMac Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 10:46

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #31

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin It's a speed hit I can notice considerably. The same with Kaleidoscope back in the day. Are you sure that's what you're noticing? When wa…
MacNN Development by Rosyna Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 06:35

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #29

Quote: Originally Posted by nooon Does this apply for all APEs or just Shapeshifter? It depends entirely on how the author wrote that APE module.
MacNN Development by goMac Tue, 4 Oct 2005 - 23:04

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #28

Quote: Originally Posted by Blacktiger Actually, if you want to be technical. From a computer science standpoint, doubling and tripleing are merely big-omega(2 or 3)... and sinc…
MacNN Development by goMac Tue, 4 Oct 2005 - 23:02

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #27

R~ You should put together a demo with timings, or invite others to do so—concerns about speed hits are the #2 reason people shirk from SS, right after concerns for stability.
MacNN Development by mrmister Tue, 4 Oct 2005 - 22:54

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #26

This is an extremely negligible speedhit. I mean on the nanosecond scale here. And OS X only opens most files once so you're getting this hit once. I've noticed that humans can't t…
MacNN Development by Rosyna Tue, 4 Oct 2005 - 19:46

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #25

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac Actually, MrMister is right. Every time the system tries to open a file ShapeShifter will add the overhead of actually checking to see if it's …
MacNN Development by Blacktiger Thu, 29 Sep 2005 - 10:41

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #24

Quote: Originally Posted by nooon Does this apply for all APEs or just Shapeshifter? Not sure, the only ones I have used is Mighty Mouse for a few days and ShapeShifter.
MacNN Development by Kevin Wed, 28 Sep 2005 - 05:46

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #23

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin Yes SS does slow your system down. One of the main reasons I don't use it. The very same reason I stopped using Kaleidoscope. Anytime you open …
MacNN Development by nooon Wed, 28 Sep 2005 - 05:42

New Mac Online Poker application brief review — #5

I found this thread from Google and I wanted to inform people that thereare many more mac online poker sites out there than what people are saying. I've had experience with these t…
MacNN Software by adioking Tue, 27 Sep 2005 - 15:16
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