Disable Mac OS X "app nap" for JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper App

Since  Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Apple has introduced "app nap" feature to dynamically pause or slow down the app when it sees proper. The apps, that mostly likely to enjoy such "nap", would be some kind of app with long running back end process, minimum or no user interaction and not in the foreground. Obviously JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper application falls into this category of apps that Apple has determined to make it an example to make the earth a little greener.
This is disastrous to eBay sniper program users, for obvious reason, even off by several seconds, you will miss the snipe. That was why in my previous post I have warned Mac user  about this and provided a workable solution.

Here is the screen shot to show how to disable "app nap" for JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro edition. This also applies to JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free edition as well.

Also, the latest version of JoyBidder Pro and JoyBidder Free for Mac OS X, have an experiment implementation to automatically disable the "app nap". This is experimental, meaning, it might work for some, not working for others. Please test it out before you bet your lift on it. You best and safest bet is still to disable the "app nap" through Finder as shown in the above screen capture.

Don't upgrade to Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks until you read this

Recently some Mac OS X 10.9 users have reported issues that JoyBidder places the bid too late, or didn't place bids at all in some cases. According to the log, JoyBidder was forced into sleep/standby mode frequently even with power management option is set to never sleep. JoyBidder does have a secondary thread/process which will restart the main thread if it is found idle for extended time, h
however, some of the sniping bids in between will be delayed.

It is suspected that the issue is caused by the "app nap" feature introduced in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, which will put apps into sleep mode regardless of the power management setting. This obviously doesn't work well with apps that need to be running at background all the time, for example, eBay Auction Sniper application.

Here is extra information and a proposed solution. 
http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/disable-app-nap-os-x-mavericks/

If you haven't upgraded yet, please hold, until this above proposed solution have been verified, or you can try it yourself, and let me know if it fixes the problem.

Version Update Fails on Mac OS X [fixed]

Some of Mac users cannot upgrade to the latest version. The problem affect both Pro and Free edition. We are aware of the issue and is working on the fix.

At this moment, we are building and testing the Mac installation image for the latest version 1.9.6 for Pro and Free edition. We will make them available as soon as ready.

One workaround is to downgrade to the 1.8.1 and then upgrade.

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.8.1 for Mac

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free 1.8.1 for Mac


Sorry for the trouble, but please make sure to upgrade to 1.9.6 as soon as you can. 

JoyBidder Pro for Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (or sort of)

My dear Mac users,  if your JoyBidder, possibly some other your favorite apps suddenly stop working after your recent OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion upgrade, please read on. If you are planning to upgrade, make sure your favorite apps are compatible with Mountain Lion.

The problem appears to be caused by tightened security measure from the latest Mac OS X 10.8 upgrade. We are currently working on the fix, but, no eta yet, and from the look of it, the fix could take some days or even weeks to get ready), in the mean time, you can still run JoyBidder Pro as a Firefox Addon, that is, if you don't mind install Firefox on your Mac.

Once you have installed Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org, go to http://www.joybidder.com and click the "Firefox Extension" button.

JoyBidder Addon for Firefox works exactly the same as standalone desktop application. However, you need to re-config your eBay User Id and re-populate your item list, because addon and application don't share data.



 

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free Edition for Mac is released for public

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free Edition for Mac is released to public. The release build has fixed several bugs. If you are currently using the beta version, please go to JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free Edition page to download the latest build.

You can also download from www.macupdate.com or www.versiontracker.com

Mac OS X: JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free Edition Beta Release

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free Edition for Mac is released for beta test. Mac OS users, who don't use Firefox browser, can now snipe eBay auction for free.

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Free Edition is a desktop software to monitor and snipe eBay auctions. Support instant & snipe bid on 22 eBay sites with multiple eBay ID. Track item status and price with visual/audio alert. View essential information including shipping, location, seller, item activity log and photo. Extensive configurable options. Although easy and free to use, ideal for casual eBay buyers, it doesn't have the advanced features of Pro Edition