Subject: Re: [Time Sink Talk] Duplicate and "any-more-present" apps

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:30:40 -0800

Michel Tribet wrote:

> Thanks for the quick answer !

Sorry Michel; I got busy with a number of other projects and didn't get around to responding. (And there aren't many other users on the Time Sink mailing list as of yet, so if I don't respond, you're unlikely to see much of a response. The trouble ticket system at <http://manytricks.com/support> is probably the best bet for now, until the Time Sink mailing list grows.)

> I also have in my Time Sink list, apps that are not any more on my HD and presented with a white page icon. I would love to have them in an "app" called "Unknown" for now.
> As categories or folders don't exist (yet). So that, if I install it (or them) again, I won't lose the previous data I have collected on them. 
> 
> Do you think these two requests can be implemented in Time Sink ?

I'm not sure I understand the two requests. Time Sink supports Pools, so you can collect your beta and release app data together in one spot via drag and drop. I'm not sure I completely understand this request, though? 

Also, in re-reading your original post, I'm not sure what the second request is?

regards,
-rob.

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From: Michel Tribet <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:44:12 +0100

Hi all,

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From: Michel Tribet <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:11:00 +0100

Hi all,

I have in my TimeSink list, apps that are on disk and presented with their
own and apps with the same name and presented with a white page icon as in
Socialite.png.
I have chosen this app only because the two kinds of apps are stuck the
active one under the not active one. I would love to have them under the
same icon to not lose the data collected.
In that case, the white icon app may be a beta of the app that has been
removed and the not beta release put in a different folder.

Below is how I work when I test beta of apps I have already :
I have one folder in the Applications folder for betas and alphas. When a
beta of an app I have already working on my HD is installed, I stop the app
and put its new beta in a different folder so that I can I restart the
previous app in case the beta goes wrong.
And when a new stable release is out, I just check for an update from the
beta and let it installed the stable release at its place, launch the new
release, test it and in case nothing is wrong, I move the new release on top
of the old one ! It has saved me many times !

If it is a beta of an app I don't have yet, I put it in the beta folder and
when the beta is finished, I download manually the stable release, install
it in its own folder with its documentation and delete the beta after I have
tested the stable release.

I also have in my Time Sink list, apps that are not any more on my HD and
presented with a white page icon. I would love to have them in an "app"
called "Unknown" for now.
As categories or folders don't exist (yet). So that, if I install it (or
them) again, I won't lose the previous data I have collected on them.