FileChute uses snipr.com as the primary short URL service. When the primary service is not available (which has been the case for the last day or two), it switches to a secondary one. But there was an issue with the secondary service implementation.

I released FileChute 3.0.3 this morning to address this problem. Current FileChute users can update from within the app (”Check for Updates…”) or download the new version here:

http://www.yellowmug.com/filechute/

To clear any cached broken short links, use the “Clear Cached Short URLs” item in the File menu.

One of my biggest gripes with Leopard was Stacks. Showing the contents of a folder rather than the icon of that folder itself simply made no sense to me. As a Mac user, I was annoyed by this behavior. As the developer of FolderBrander, this was really bad news because it made FolderBrander much less useful.

Fortunately, the latest update to OS X brings back the pre-Leopard behavior as an option. Ctrl-click on the folder in the Dock and select “Folder” for the “Display as” option. Macworld has a nice article by Dan Frakes summarizing the update with a brief mention of FolderBrander.