What's new?
PrefEdit Version History
Release 2.1 (Build 091119)
- Added support for 64 bit operation when using Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
- Added support for Apple's modified policy to store computer-specific preference settings in Mac OS X Snow Leopard and recent versions of Mac OS X Leopard.
- When reading and writing property list files in XML format, the application now maintains the implicit order of dictionary entries as they appear in the XML text.
- For easier handling, the application now suppresses display of the domain overview window when launching it to open documents.
- Added a user preference setting to control if date entries should be displayed and entered with time specifications included.
- Slight modifications in the user interface.
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.