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I'm with rolfaster, great for editing out commercials.

I just did a dirty test to see if it would handle editing m4v videos; surprisingly it does a great job. I'm going to be using this to edit commercials from my eyetv recordings

I know that eyetv has a built in way to do this, but i have eyetv set to transcode to iPod right after recording (usually so i can let it run over night i have a super slow computer doing the legwork for it) and now i can edit the transcoded files! stoked.

Can also be used to rotate clips that have been shot with the camera turned upside-down or sideways (this is a setting in the Export dialog)

I suggest everyone try it. It's not for everyone!

That said: I absolutely love the tagging/smart folders approach to managing money. It's the money management tool for the Web 2.0 generation.

It's a fun, smart, and usable app. I am currently managing 3 credit cards, 1 savings account and 2 checking accounts with this thing.

disclaimer: it does take a little bit of time to wrap your head around how it works, it's similar enough to a checkbook that you can dive right in but its different enough that you are going to want to poke around and get creative with it.

I got this as part of the last MacHeist bundle so I gave it a try... thumbs down. Very counter intuitive, lacking in features, no even simple "get started" guide. Pretty much crap. Tried out IBank which I am now LOVING.

I was an early adopter as well and expected a slightly quicker development pace as the app has potential. I have two licenses for Cha Ching that I am looking to sell (one early license and another license as a MacHeist purchase - both will qualify for v. 2.0). I am not running Leopard, so I will not be able to use 2.0 when it comes out, plus I am a starving student with no money to keep track of.

Looking to sell both of my licenses. $10 for the first person to respond, $15 for the second person to respond - both good deals.

Respond here with your email or email me: crentistthedentist@gmail.com

I'm selling my license as well - send your offers to ch-ch@alpenjodel.de.

i really enjoy the sleep function, i like to fall asleep listening to podcasts, and i like having awaken turn my computer off for me.

it really feels like a Mac App. I love it.

Awaken is a really nice app, but creating a new one-time alarm takes too long. There are some options that are not default, but should be:

1. The playlist should be the same one I selected the last time. This seems to work for the sleep timer, why not for regular alarms?

2. Occurrence: why is "weekly" the default? After the initial setup, how often do you add weekly alarms?

3. What is the most important feature of any alarm? The time it goes off. I can set my old-school table alarm easily for the next day. Ideally, I should be able to enter the time I want to be woken up, and leave the rest as is. Awaken would then ring at the next occurrence of that time, so I wouldn't even need to worry about setting the right date.
Idea: Make the time field the first one, larger than the others. Also, title is a very secondary feature if it's not a weekly timer you're creating. It doesn't need to be the first field.

Just my 2 cents worth, but I think changing these defaults could make Awaken much quicker to use. I'd love to hear your opinions.

@parasight - Thank you very much for your feedback. All three items are great ideas and will be addressed in future updates to Awaken. We are currently busy working on Awaken 4.1 - which may incorporate some of your suggestions. Email our support team at support@embraceware.com anytime with feedback/questions/suggestions. I got your reply on my twitter as well :)

@parasight - You can see that your feedback has been a big part in our latest 4.1 demo video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/embraceware/2530152094/

hey, Jerry.
I just had an idea which might cause you some pain, but:
what about integrating iCal in a way that you can create a holiday-calendar in iCal and a holiday wakeup-timer so you don´t have to set your wake time manually in order not to be kicked out of bed early on that one day off a year?
Let´s say you normally get up at 6am and on holidays you want not to be disturbed before 9. And of course, Awaken would have to realize that it has to select the holiday timer instead of the regular timer the day before.

You CAN set it manually, I know, but why not give some real lazy buds some more lazy quality of life?

@medienhexer - thanks for the iCal idea. I've added it to our feature request list which gets reviewed each time we decide on features for the next release. Contact us at support@embraceware.com at anytime with your features/questions. Our team will respond to you quickly.

I've used Alarm Clock 2 for a year (it was reliable), Aurora for almost a year (it was easier to use), and now Awaken for 10 minutes, and I'm convinced this one is the best! Awaken combines the features I wanted, but were divided among the other 2 alarm programs, into one easy to use and attractive interface.

I've read other comments and I agree that there is room for refining, but at least the dev is here listening, commenting and demonstrating that this is a community driven application.

The bottom line:
Time is money, so your first investment should be in a good alarm clock. And I'm confident that I've made an informed decision that this is the one worth buying.

@oldsystem - thanks for your comments/feedback. We're busy working on Awaken 4.1 which is a huge update with many features and fixes. Like all updates to Awaken it'll be free once it is available. If you have any comments/questions/problems - please email us at support@embraceware.com. Our team is always glad to help.

Awaken 4.1 was in the development and due to all of the new features coming its going to be released as Awaken 5. As with all updates to Awaken it'll be a free update. You can watch the development progress on our Awaken 5 Flickr photoset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/embraceware/sets/72157606129825486/ and Twitter: http://twitter.com/jerrybrace

Can it turn on your mac while it's powered-off? Aurora could do such thing, I thought Awaken could too =S Switching back to Aurora for the time being...

@camifran - we're working on getting Awaken 5 ready in September. It will allow you to power off your Mac and have Awaken power it back on. This is just one of many features coming in Awaken 5 (free update to Awaken 4 users).

Awaken is great, and obviously the developer listens to his users. I had a go through with all the alarm clock apps for mac when i got my new imac, and out of all of them awaken was the easiest to use. But why does it take up ~75 megs of ram when the program (the actual program + the menubar daemon) is open? I've got four gigs, so it's not that big of a deal, but it seems like a little much. Oh well.

I would like to be able to remap the function keys to the apple remote... so say that "menu" would stop the alarm, and play would use the snooze timer... i'm always disoriented when i wake up and always end up hitting the play button more than once, which shuts off the alarm, which means sometimes i don't get up...

Hi Paperdigits - regarding the RAM usage, it should remain around 22-25MB with Awaken 4. Could you tell me if you quit Awaken and relaunch it - does it start at 75MB?

Regarding remote button mapping - this is coming in Awaken 5 :)

FYI: Growl support is coming to Awaken 5. Screenshot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/embraceware/2820197110/