File Buddy 9.0b16 review
DownloadFile Buddy is quite simply the most powerful and popular high-level file utility available for use with Mac OS X 10.
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File Buddy is quite simply the most powerful and popular high-level file utility available for use with Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4 Tiger.
File Buddy is a popular and powerful file utility for getting info, finding files, making aliases, freeing your disk of unused files and much more.
Here are some key features of "File Buddy":
View and edit a wide range of file and folder information.
Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items dropped on them, including the contents of folders.
Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria. Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities. Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP control panel.
Modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt" from the names of a group of files.
Use contextual menus to accomplish many tasks in a single step. Contextual menus are supported on all versions of the Macintosh operating systems.
Create custom icons: from PICTs on the clipboard; from other icons; for folders using a variety of templates; with blank icons; using only small icons.
Create aliases.
Find empty files and folders, orphaned files, duplicate files, broken aliases, and unused preference files.
Automatically repair broken aliases
Rebuild the desktop file.
Move, delete, and copy files. Even copy invisible files and use the Replace Different option to skipping copying files that already exist.
Delete data and resource forks from files.
Erase files and unused disk space.
Create snapshots that can be used to track the changes on a disk, such as files installed by an installer. Use snapshots to uninstall applications.
Limitations:
30 days or 10 launches, whichever is greater.
What's New:
Under certain circumstances it was possible to get into a loop on Intel-based Macs in which File Buddy reported admin mode was not enabled, but attempting to enable it would not succeed. Fixed.
The file renaming window would appear to have stopped before renaming all items even though they were all renamed. Fixed.
The file renaming window would not close after the renaming process completed under some circumstances. Fixed.
The file renaming window was not providing textual feedback during the process. This was the result of an issue which was not specific to the renaming window. Fixed.
Multiple lines of text pasted into the Find window’s name box would be interpreted as a single line of text when copied from some applications. Fixed.
Clicking the disclosure triangle of a closed folder in a List window would disclose the contents of the folder, but the triangle didn’t update to point down. Fixed.
The search to inventory languages was missing some language resources. Fixed.
As should be apparent, work toward the end of the beta period and a final release is now progressing at a good pace. Nevertheless, this release adds a warning when the beta expiration date is less than a week away so you don’t get caught by it unexpectedly.
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