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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

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #22

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 a new Finder window, SS is slower tha…
MacNN Development by Kevin Tue, 27 Sep 2005 - 06:12

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #21

Quote: Originally Posted by rhythmicmoose "Always" is a bit strong. It really only does so during the rappelling and snatching steps. After that. There should be no effect on th…
MacNN Development by goMac Tue, 27 Sep 2005 - 03:14

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #20

Quote: Originally Posted by mrmister Which is why SS always sucks up system resources. *Always*. "Always" is a bit strong. It really only does so during the rappelling and…
MacNN Development by rhythmicmoose Mon, 26 Sep 2005 - 23:28

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #19

Quote: Originally Posted by mrmister "What I think goMac is trying to say is something like this: ShapeShifter is acting like a secret agent who infiltrates your office and repl…
MacNN Development by mpancha Mon, 26 Sep 2005 - 22:02

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #18

Quote: Originally Posted by MindFad Suddenly you care about Spotlight? [/fans flames] Actually... I was about to remove the spotlight menu... but, I was a little curious …
MacNN Development by TheSpaz Mon, 26 Sep 2005 - 21:48

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #15

Oh... I understand now. Sorry for wasting everyone's time with a stupid question. Duh... I should have know all that developer stuff... what was I thinking??? By the way... I run …
MacNN Development by TheSpaz Mon, 26 Sep 2005 - 19:08

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #13

"What I think goMac is trying to say is something like this: ShapeShifter is acting like a secret agent who infiltrates your office and replaces your files every time you go to loo…
MacNN Development by mrmister Mon, 26 Sep 2005 - 08:17

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #11

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpaz I got lost in all of that Programmer language stuff. So basically those files are not actually in that folder... or am I wrong? Let’s sa…
MacNN Development by Sage Sun, 25 Sep 2005 - 12:42

ShapeShifter DOES Modify System Files! — #8

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpaz So what I want to know... how did the name of that file change? ShapeShifter must have done SOMETHING to Search.bundle to rename those System…
MacNN Development by rhythmicmoose Sat, 24 Sep 2005 - 00:43
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