Release Notes

Version 1.4.2

Version 1.4.1

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:

Version 1.0: