PlistEdit Pro

Licence: Shareware ($24.95)
Version 1.4.1 | Release Date: 2008-07-24 | Download
  • Fixed a problem where some serial numbers would not work correctly on Tiger
  • Updated Sparkle framework to version 1.5
  • Fixed a few items in the German localization
  • Plist/preferences browsers now resolve aliases when scanning for plists
Version 1.4 | Release Date: 2008-04-17 | Download
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Release Notes


Version 1.4

  • We now support editing any files on the system, prompting for an admin password to save changes when necessary
  • Added autocompletion when entering data. Suggestions for keys and values are provided based on existing content in the property list and information found in plist definitions
  • Plist definitions are now enabled by default. This makes autocompletion much more useful, especially when editing Info.plist files
  • Updated plist definition files with new keys for Leopard, and added new definitions for Xgrid, Podcast Producer, iPhoto, and iTunes
  • Added a new data formatter for viewing Carbon-style dates stored as a number of seconds since 01/01/1904
  • You can now set up and save property list browser configurations, which gives easy access to all plist files in one or more directories on your system
  • The minimum system requirement has changed from 10.3.9 to 10.4.0

Version 1.3.1:

  • Added new preferences for case sensitive and numeric sorting
  • Implemented ODB editor suite and Xcode editor interface, improving PlistEdit Pro's ability to be used as an external editor
  • Fixed a bug where hex data would be displayed byte swapped on Intel machines
  • The search field is now focused by default when opening the preferences browser
  • Data items now display how many bytes they contain
  • We now use the new yellow find indicator in Leopard

Version 1.3:

  • Added syntax coloring for XML tags in the plist text view
  • New data formatters allow viewing of plist values interpreted as different data types. Formatters include:
    • View number objects as: four character code, storage size (KB, MB, etc.), hours/minutes/seconds, hexadecimal (big and little endian), or dates expressed as time intervals
    • View data objects as: alias records, strings (UTF-8, UTF-16, MacOS Roman, and ASCII encodings)
  • Added Sparkle support, allowing for automatic downloading of updates
  • The edit value sheet and the preferences window now remembers their position and size
  • Double clicking on parentheses/brackets in the text view now selects to the matching parenthesis/bracket
  • Tooltips are now displayed for values to large to draw in the value column (Tiger only)
  • Copying drag and drop of plist objects now puts a textual version in the clipboard/drag
  • Added toolbar buttons for Edit Value and Prefs Browser

Version 1.2.1:

  • Updated to be a Universal binary which will run on both PPC and Intel Macs. The minimum system requirement is now OS X 10.3.9
  • Added a new improved German localization
  • Editing a long hex data value in the edit sheet now properly displays the entire value
  • Menu items are now enabled properly when triggering a pop-up menu in the main outline view via the space bar
  • Added a service to open plist text in PlistEdit Pro. This also allows dragging plist text onto the dock icon to open it (Tiger only).
  • Added pledit command line tool, which allows opening plists and piping plist text to PlistEdit Pro

Version 1.2:

  • Added "Goto Line" command for textual editing view
  • Long strings and other values can now be viewed/edited in a separate sheet
  • You can also assign a value to multiple items at once using the edit sheet
  • Added a column to view the format of property list files in property list browsers
  • You can now do batch validation and format conversion of plist files within a property list browser
  • Created new property list definitions for Info.plist, Core Image, sync schemas, and launchd plists
  • Added new menu items to add keys defined in property list definitions
  • Xcode integration can now be disabled
  • Added new "Select Parent" menu item
  • When running under Tiger, you can tell the system to write preference plists as XML instead of binary
  • You can now tell PlistEdit Pro to check for updates on the internet
  • When activated, PlistEdit Pro can now detect if a file has been changed on disk and ask the user if they want to read in the new changes

Version 1.1.2:

  • Fixed a problem that prevented the prefs browser from displaying on Tiger
  • The revert command now reads the contents of files that have been edited externally
  • Improved performance when opening large property list files with the text view hidden
  • Fixed a problem where some files would not display properly in property list browsers

Version 1.1.1:

  • fixed some issues in the German localization
  • you can now use PlistEdit Pro as an external editor for Xcode/Project Builder
  • you can now add a plist file directly to an open Xcode project while saving
  • when opening a corrupt property list, you can now examine and fix the plist text
  • property list browsers now support multiple selection

Version 1.1:

  • added a favorites menu, with configurable keyboard shortcuts
  • the preferences browser now scans subfolders of the preferences folders
  • added a generic property list browser, so you can view lists of plist files other than the preferences folder
  • added the ability to drag a folder to the application and view all the property list files within
  • added search by content in plist browsers
  • added a scripts menu
  • added a German localization
  • you can now choose what font to use in plist browsers
  • there is now an option to automatically start editing newly created objects
  • fixed a bug with input of non-English formatted numbers

Version 1.0.1:

  • numbers are now formatted correctly in non-US localizations
  • added support for reading/writing 'plst' resources
  • we now handle page up/down and home/end keys in the outline view

Version 1.0:

  • Initial release

Version 1.3.1 | Release Date: 2007-11-02 | Download
  • Added new preferences for case sensitive and numeric sorting
  • Implemented ODB editor suite and Xcode editor interface, improving PlistEdit Pro's ability to be used as an external editor
  • Fixed a bug where hex data would be displayed byte swapped on Intel machines
  • The search field is now focused by default when opening the preferences browser
  • Data items now display how many bytes they contain
  • We now use the new yellow find indicator in Leopard
Version 1.3 | Release Date: 2006-10-10 | Download
  • Added syntax coloring for XML tags in the plist text view
  • New data formatters allow viewing of plist values interpreted as different data types. Formatters include:
    • View number objects as: four character code, storage size (KB, MB, etc.), hours/minutes/seconds, hexadecimal (big and little endian), or dates expressed as time intervals
    • View data objects as: alias records, strings (UTF-8, UTF-16, MacOS Roman, and ASCII encodings)
  • Added Sparkle support, allowing for automatic downloading of updates
  • The edit value sheet and the preferences window now remembers their position and size
  • Double clicking on parentheses/brackets in the text view now selects to the matching parenthesis/bracket
  • Tooltips are now displayed for values to large to draw in the value column (Tiger only)
  • Copying drag and drop of plist objects now puts a textual version in the clipboard/drag
  • Added toolbar buttons for Edit Value and Prefs Browser
Version 1.2.1 | Release Date: not specified | Download
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