Download | Comments | Homepage | Changelog

This app is used to edit OS X's preference files. Very useful for many things, including enabling options not available via an application's preferences.

184usethis Version: 2.0 License: Freeware

Changes

<p> New Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Pref Setter now uses the authorization frameworks to enable editing of system level plist files.</li>
<li>New tool bar item and menu items in the contextual menus for the “Open Domain Quickly” window and Find panel which will allow you to launch or quit the application a property list belongs to.</li>
<li>Data items are now editable, in a separate hex editor window.</li>
<li>If a value is too long to be shown entirely while editing, a separate window will now open to allow easier editing.</li>
<li>You can now use regular expressions when searching.</li>
<li>Added the Sparkle framework, for automatic updates.</li>
</ul>
<p> Changed Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Changed display of dates to show a formatted date string rather than the raw date.</li>
<li>If you copy/drag an item from a non-writable file, the “defaults write…” string generated will now have sudo written before it.</li>
<li>Can now display dictionaries and arrays in a preference document in bold.</li>
<li>“Open Domain Quickly” window now shows icons.</li>
<li>Font for the items in the “Open Domain Quickly” window is now separately set from the document font.</li>
<li>You can now change a class to a Data type (though you can’t change a Data type to another class).</li>
<li>Updated Preference pane.</li>
<li>Updated Find panel.</li>
<li>Updated Get Info window.</li>
<li>Updated Help documentation.</li>
<li>Pref Setter now requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.</li>
</ul>
<p> Bug Fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Leopard compatibility fixes.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where pasting or dragging a “defaults write…” string with a boolean type would always default to true.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where pasting or dragging a “defaults write…” string of either the -array-add or -dict-add type would replace the entire array or dictionary with the new value rather than adding the new value.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug that could lead to a crash when changing the class to a Boolean, Integer, Float, or Date class.</li>
<li>“Open Domain Quickly” window no longer allows you to delete the preferences of a running application, which could lead to that application crashing.</li>
</ul>