![]() ![]() Grab your copy of Xslimmer now and try it out for free.Xslimmer reduces the space occupied by applications on your Mac. Xslimmer is compatible with Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger and Panther. This is done in a safely way backing up your apps before slimming, downloading a 'blacklist' of apps that check themselves, or allowing you to exclude any application, folder or path. This is achieved by removing the code inside the Universal Binaries that does not fit with your machine's architecture, a code that never gets executed and just wastes your disk space. Xslimmer determines which code your machine needs and removes the rest. We'll see in a few days what the results of our little experiment are, but I doubt you will.įrom Xslimmer reduces the disk space taken up by Mac OS X applications removing localizations you don't need, and preserving just the Intel or PowerPC version of the code in Universal Binaries. Do you want to depend on some random drone to enjoy the upgrades? Xslimmer 1 9 4 Crackers Version 1.2.4 will come a couple of weeks after that. A final reason not to use pirated copies of Xslimmer, if you need any, is that we are planning to release version 1.2.3 next week. Do you think our sales will decrease significantly? I'm willing to bet that they won't.īut I'll measure the conversion ratio (sales to downloads) during the following days, and will post any meaningful results here, so we'll see. If you are proud to be a Mac owner, feel free to spread the word: there is a cracked version of Xslimmer going around, but also a legitimate one whose purchase is the way to show your support for its development. This post is, in fact, a little experiment to test to what extent piracy affects sales. Having lived among Mac users for a while, I'm a convert to this theory now. Have previously explained that most people that use pirated versions of your software will probably never buy it, even if the crack did not exist. I had not seen this passion in the Windows or the Linux worlds, and I am proud to have become a member of this community. And, of course, most don't consider downloading a crack, because they recognize the work that has to be done to put an application together. It doesn't mean that our competitors are crap, it means that people will recognize the different approach in each application, and will buy Xslimmer if they believe it suits their needs best. And still, some people buy copies of Xslimmer. And some of our well-known competitors are freeware applications. The first Xslimmer crack came out in less than 24 hours after release of version 1.0. Mac owners are warm to newcomers, passionate about quality and highly discerning about the difference between a carefully crafted application and a quick, careless hack. You don't buy a Mac for nothing: you buy it because you are looking for something special. One of the most notorious aspects of owning a Mac involves the feeling that you are part of a group of nice, discerning people. ![]() As you may know, being recent switchers we are relatively new to the Mac family. I believe that this is clear not only for ourselves, but for the vast majority of the 'Mac community'. You see, it's not only the money, it's not even the prospect to become full-time indie developers one day: it's our pride and reputation that are at stake. We strive to provide our customers the best service we possibly can. Each individual sale is worth much more than the 12 bucks we charge for a license.Įach sale is a recognition that we have made something useful and valuable, a boost of morale, a reason to keep on working to the expense of our free time and our families. If they keep buying copies, we can continue improving Xslimmer and working on the other ideas we have. We have made a lot of effort, and people seem to like our software. We prefer to spend our precious sleepless hours working on new features and customer support rather than fighting some infantile dumbheads. We have too little time and too many things to do. Are we planning to do so? No, we are not. We haven't changed a bit (or a comma) of our code in that respect. Is this because we have strengthened our protection system? No, it is not. It's not too bad, this release has been out for a few weeks already, while previous versions had the dubious honor of having been pirated in only a couple of days. I've just found out that has been cracked. ![]()
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