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Replacement for File Buddy?

Started bygp@panix.com (Greg Pratt)
First post2015-02-04 01:39 +0000
Last post2015-02-08 20:57 +0000
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  Replacement for File Buddy? gp@panix.com (Greg Pratt) - 2015-02-04 01:39 +0000
    Re: Replacement for File Buddy? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-02-03 20:58 -0700
      Re: Replacement for File Buddy? David Moorman <email@domain.com> - 2015-02-04 19:12 -0600
    Re: Replacement for File Buddy? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-07 22:01 +0100
      Re: Replacement for File Buddy? David Moorman <email@domain.com> - 2015-02-07 22:58 -0600
        Re: Replacement for File Buddy? John Stewart <email@domain.com> - 2015-02-08 07:52 -0500
          Re: Replacement for File Buddy? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-02-08 07:38 -0700
            Re: Replacement for File Buddy? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-08 17:42 +0000
              Re: Replacement for File Buddy? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-09 09:14 +1300
                Re: Replacement for File Buddy? "Ed H." <fake@notreal.net> - 2015-02-08 16:25 -0600
              Re: Replacement for File Buddy? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-08 23:15 +0100
      Re: Replacement for File Buddy? gp@panix.com (Greg Pratt) - 2015-02-08 20:57 +0000

#27653 — Replacement for File Buddy?

Fromgp@panix.com (Greg Pratt)
Date2015-02-04 01:39 +0000
SubjectReplacement for File Buddy?
Message-ID<mart9d$moi$1@reader1.panix.com>
I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.com/
has been down for a month).

What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there
out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.

-- 
Gregory Pratt                                               gp@panix.com
South Orange, NJ, USA                          http://www.panix.com/~gp/
"You're only given one little spark of madness.  You mustn't lose it."
PGP Key Fingerprint:  DC60 FCDE 91E2 3D41 91A3  45DB B474 3D3A 3621 AAFE

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#27656

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2015-02-03 20:58 -0700
Message-ID<1lzabi9.1la1kgf1m6grjyN%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#27653
Greg Pratt <gp@panix.com> wrote:

> I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
> have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.com/
> has been down for a month).

SkyTag was File Buddy's domain name. If it's been dead for a month, with
no forwarding address or other information, it's likely that the company
has gone to join the choir invisible. I used File Buddy for many years
but was finally worn down by their irksome approach to serial number
registration. 

> What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there
> out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
> Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.

The current Mac file utility that's closest to File Buddy's Swiss army
knife approach is Path Finder, $40 with a fully functional 30 day trial.

<http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/>

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#27685

FromDavid Moorman <email@domain.com>
Date2015-02-04 19:12 -0600
Message-ID<2015020419125846464-email@domaincom>
In reply to#27656
On 2015-02-04 03:58:29 +0000, Neill Massello said:

> Greg Pratt <gp@panix.com> wrote:
> 
>> I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
>> have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.com/
>> has been down for a month).
> 
> SkyTag was File Buddy's domain name. If it's been dead for a month, with
> no forwarding address or other information, it's likely that the company
> has gone to join the choir invisible. I used File Buddy for many years
> but was finally worn down by their irksome approach to serial number
> registration.
> 
>> What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there
>> out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
>> Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.
> 
> The current Mac file utility that's closest to File Buddy's Swiss army
> knife approach is Path Finder, $40 with a fully functional 30 day trial.
> 
> <http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/>

I downloaded Path Finder and it does offer many options.  Not sure I 
need it, but maybe I do....

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#27711

FromErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid>
Date2015-02-07 22:01 +0100
Message-ID<mb5ueg$ccs$1@solani.org>
In reply to#27653
Greg Pratt wrote:
> I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
> have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.com/
> has been down for a month).
>
> What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there
> out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
> Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.

Hm, strange, SkyTag and the other links are working fine here...

Link to the file:
<http://www.skytag.com/downloads/FileBuddy10.dmg>

Cheers, Erik Richard

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-daneRE@MOVEstofanet.dk>
NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com
Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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#27713

FromDavid Moorman <email@domain.com>
Date2015-02-07 22:58 -0600
Message-ID<2015020722585880653-email@domaincom>
In reply to#27711
On 2015-02-07 21:01:03 +0000, ErikRS said:

> 
> Greg Pratt wrote:
>> I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
>> have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.com/
>> has been down for a month).
>> 
>> What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there
>> out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
>> Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.
> 
> Hm, strange, SkyTag and the other links are working fine here...
> 
> Link to the file:
> <http://www.skytag.com/downloads/FileBuddy10.dmg>
> 
> Cheers, Erik Richard
> 
> -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-daneRE@MOVEstofanet.dk>
> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com
> Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.   
Sure looks like it's been abandoned.

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#27714

FromJohn Stewart <email@domain.com>
Date2015-02-08 07:52 -0500
Message-ID<2015020807524127940-email@domain.com>
In reply to#27713
On 2015-02-08 04:58:58 +0000, David Moorman said:

> On 2015-02-07 21:01:03 +0000, ErikRS said:
> 
>> 
>> Greg Pratt wrote:
>>> I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
>>> have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.com/
>>> has been down for a month).
>>> 
>>> What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there
>>> out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
>>> Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.
>> 
>> Hm, strange, SkyTag and the other links are working fine here...
>> 
>> Link to the file:
>> <http://www.skytag.com/downloads/FileBuddy10.dmg>
>> 
>> Cheers, Erik Richard
>> 
>> -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-daneRE@MOVEstofanet.dk>
>> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com
>> Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.   
> Sure looks like it's been abandoned.

<http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/10/purchasing.html>

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#27717

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2015-02-08 07:38 -0700
Message-ID<1lzihd4.1uiwvkm15nfex4N%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#27714
John Stewart <email@domain.com> wrote:

> On 2015-02-08 04:58:58 +0000, David Moorman said:
> 
> > Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.
> > Sure looks like it's been abandoned.
> 
> <http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/10/purchasing.html>

Which gets you to a generic page at Kagi, where searching on "File
Buddy" gets you to a page that's about version 8 and has two links, both
useless. Kagi doesn't appear to be handling File Buddy any more, but
SkyTag's web site hasn't been updated to reflect that.

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#27722

FromLewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Date2015-02-08 17:42 +0000
Message-ID<slrnmdf81q.mci.g.kreme@kreme.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#27717
Okay, so one time? In band camp? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> was all, like:
> John Stewart <email@domain.com> wrote:

>> On 2015-02-08 04:58:58 +0000, David Moorman said:
>> 
>> > Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.
>> > Sure looks like it's been abandoned.
>> 
>> <http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/10/purchasing.html>

> Which gets you to a generic page at Kagi, where searching on "File
> Buddy" gets you to a page that's about version 8 and has two links, both
> useless. Kagi doesn't appear to be handling File Buddy any more, but
> SkyTag's web site hasn't been updated to reflect that. 

Not here. http://www.skytag.com/ takes me to File Buddy's home page.


-- 
http://2blog.kreme.com

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#27726

Fromdempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date2015-02-09 09:14 +1300
Message-ID<1lzkjpw.1ai6wd284vsrcN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>
In reply to#27722
Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> was
> all, like:
> > John Stewart <email@domain.com> wrote:
> 
> >> On 2015-02-08 04:58:58 +0000, David Moorman said:
> >> 
> >> > Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.
> >> > Sure looks like it's been abandoned.
> >> 
> >> <http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/10/purchasing.html>
> 
> > Which gets you to a generic page at Kagi, where searching on "File
> > Buddy" gets you to a page that's about version 8 and has two links, both
> > useless. Kagi doesn't appear to be handling File Buddy any more, but
> > SkyTag's web site hasn't been updated to reflect that. 
> 
> Not here. http://www.skytag.com/ takes me to File Buddy's home page.

That doesn't help anyone who wants to buy File Buddy, since the "buy
now" links on that page take you to a generic page on Kagi.

It appears the Kagi store for File Buddy is not operational, making it
impossible to get a licence key, as several people in this thread have
already said.

It is still possible to download File Buddy. The page doesn't mention
Yosemite support for the latest version, which suggests it is no longer
being maintained.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz

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#27731

From"Ed H." <fake@notreal.net>
Date2015-02-08 16:25 -0600
Message-ID<080220151625288829%fake@notreal.net>
In reply to#27726
In article <1lzkjpw.1ai6wd284vsrcN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson
<dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> 
> > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> was
> > all, like:
> > > John Stewart <email@domain.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >> On 2015-02-08 04:58:58 +0000, David Moorman said:
> > >> 
> > >> > Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.
> > >> > Sure looks like it's been abandoned.
> > >> 
> > >> <http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/10/purchasing.html>
> > 
> > > Which gets you to a generic page at Kagi, where searching on "File
> > > Buddy" gets you to a page that's about version 8 and has two links, both
> > > useless. Kagi doesn't appear to be handling File Buddy any more, but
> > > SkyTag's web site hasn't been updated to reflect that. 
> > 
> > Not here. http://www.skytag.com/ takes me to File Buddy's home page.
> 
> That doesn't help anyone who wants to buy File Buddy, since the "buy
> now" links on that page take you to a generic page on Kagi.
> 
> It appears the Kagi store for File Buddy is not operational, making it
> impossible to get a licence key, as several people in this thread have
> already said.
> 
> It is still possible to download File Buddy. The page doesn't mention
> Yosemite support for the latest version, which suggests it is no longer
> being maintained.

The home page says it was last updated on June 14, 2012.

-- 
Ed H.

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#27730

FromErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid>
Date2015-02-08 23:15 +0100
Message-ID<mb8n6l$ii0$1@solani.org>
In reply to#27722
Lewis wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> was all, like:
>> John Stewart <email@domain.com> wrote:
>>> On 2015-02-08 04:58:58 +0000, David Moorman said:
>>>> Thanks, Erik.  There doesn't seem to be any way to buy File Buddy.
>>>> Sure looks like it's been abandoned.
>>>
>>> <http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/10/purchasing.html>
>
>> Which gets you to a generic page at Kagi, where searching on "File
>> Buddy" gets you to a page that's about version 8 and has two links, both
>> useless. Kagi doesn't appear to be handling File Buddy any more, but
>> SkyTag's web site hasn't been updated to reflect that.
>
> Not here. http://www.skytag.com/ takes me to File Buddy's home page.

Right, but clicking on 'Buy Now' takes you to Kagi... - I'll suggest the 
OP to contact SkyTag via the mailaddress under 'Support' and ask how to 
pay for it...

Cheers, Erik Richard

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-daneRE@MOVEstofanet.dk>
NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com
Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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#27729

Fromgp@panix.com (Greg Pratt)
Date2015-02-08 20:57 +0000
Message-ID<mb8ik5$ptu$1@reader1.panix.com>
In reply to#27711
In article <mb5ueg$ccs$1@solani.org>, ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> wrote:
>Greg Pratt wrote:
>> I had been looking forward to trying File Buddy, but it seems they
>> have parted company with their web hosting company (http://www.skytag.c=
>om/
>> has been down for a month).
>>
>> What other good Finder-integrated file metadata editing tools are there=
>
>> out there?  I'm looking for things that do Mac-specific info like
>> Spotlight/Finder comments, file tags, and ACL manipulation.
>
>Hm, strange, SkyTag and the other links are working fine here...
>
>Link to the file:
><http://www.skytag.com/downloads/FileBuddy10.dmg>

A message shown to me on 5 February indicated that the author was in the
process of unsnarling a mess with his hosting provider.  As of today,
the site seems back online.  However, as others have indicated in this
thread, the Kagi link for actually purchasing a license is invalid, and
redirects to the main Kagi site.

I'll give Mr. Harris a chance to get that online again as well, but in
the meantime, I'm going to check out Path Finder with its 30-day free
trial.

-- 
Gregory Pratt                                               gp@panix.com
South Orange, NJ, USA                          http://www.panix.com/~gp/
"You're only given one little spark of madness.  You mustn't lose it."
PGP Key Fingerprint:  DC60 FCDE 91E2 3D41 91A3  45DB B474 3D3A 3621 AAFE

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