PlistEdit Pro - excellent editor plist-file

Probably every advanced user of Mac OS X in my life at least once, but faced with the plist-file. Today I will tell readers about a very interesting and simple application to work with them called PlistEdit Pro.

To begin with, a very brief educational program. File extension .plist (Property List) is an ordinary XML-file with application settings. This format is good because it is convenient and quick to use. Many application settings in these files are in / Home / Library / Preferences, and their names usually consists of 4 parts: pristavka.kompaniya.prilozhenie.plist (e.g., com.apple.iTunes.plist).

Most of these files can be opened in any text editor, but only to change them can be tricky. In this case, we, as a time, and can be useful PlistEdit Pro utility that displays the "raw" text file in a list with three parameters: the variable name (Key), a data type (Class) and value (Value).

The application is supported by drag-n-drop, so the individual variables or whole sections can drag a mouse, it is not required to manually overwrite the file. By the way, by selecting a type of display its contents (binary, ASCII or XML), you can automatically see the changes at the bottom of the window. And if you add to the code "by hand", it is synchronized with the top XML-tree.

I really liked the built-in file browser with which to view and edit a large number of settings of other applications is virtually elementary occupation. The program scans the system catalogs and displays the found-the plist files in a special window.

Also, PlistEdit Pro provides an advanced search with the ability to replace the found items. Narrow and expand the search range may be using a variety of criteria.

Among other advantages, this application can be identified as follows:

• Full story changes.
• Support for keyboard shortcuts for quick access to certain functions.
• Integrated with XCode.
• Support for AppleScript.

The only thing on my mind, darkens the impression of PlistEdit Pro, - is its price at $ 30.

Developer website:Fat Cat Software
cost: 29.95$
Personal rating: 5