Version History

Release 2.0 (Build 080818)

The application has been redesigned completely. There are too many detail changes to list here. Only the most important changes are mentioned.
Version 2 has become a shareware application. Version 1.2 is still available as a freeware product.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is the minimum operating system version. Previous releases of Mac OS X are no longer supported.
By user request, the application now also includes a property list editor. All file formats for plist files are fully supported.
By user request, changes to the Mac OS X preferences database now require an explicit confirmation in form of a simulated "save" operation.
A viewer for Mac OS X Preference Manifest Files has been integrated. It supports the complete feature set. When editing preference settings, the application is automatically aware of manifests available in the system installation.
The application displays automatic warnings when other applications make changes to the preference database which could be in conflict with the settings the user is currently editing.
PrefEdit is no longer limited to user-specific, non-host-specific preference settings. It can also work with host-specific and system-wide settings.
On demand, PrefEdit can compute the complete preference set effective for a particular application, visualizing Mac OS X's full preference search path.
The user can now sort and filter the list of preference domains and keys. PrefEdit can automatically determine the correct domain for a specified application.

Release 1.2 (Build 060227)

The application is released as a Universal Binary.
Mac OS X Public Beta, Mac OS X 10.0 and Mac OS X 10.1 are no longer officially supported.
The reference manual has been revised.
The menu item to re-read all preference domains has been removed, because this feature is not supported by current versions of Mac OS X.

Release 1.1 (Build 011230)

Corrected compatibility problem with Mac OS X 10.1 where editing a value and then selecting another entry could unintentionally copy the edited value to the newly selected entry.

Release 1.0 (Build 010319)

First official version. PrefEdit has become freeware.
Prepared application for Mac OS X 10.0 Release.
Updated user interface to comply with Aqua Interface Guidelines.
Dictionary keys are now sorted alphabetically.

Release 1.0 Beta 3 (Build 010129)

Developed workaround for bug in Foundation Framework: Under certain conditions, the type of logical preference entries could change to numeric values. This error should be fixed now.

Release 1.0 Beta 2 (Build 010119)

Extended free license to March 24, 2001
Removed some tool tips to comply with Apple Help Tag Guidelines
Changed keyboard short cut for search backwards from Openstep to Macintosh interface guidelines
The preference browser now uses case-insensitive sorting of the keys
The browser window cannot be closed any more.

Release 1.0 Beta (Build 001127)

First public version.