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Product Description:
Shareware application that opens Mac OS X .pkg package files, .dmg disk image files, and .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .xar archive files and allows you to extract individual files and folders out of them. This is useful, for instance, if an application which is installed by the operating system becomes damaged and needs to be reinstalled without the hassle of reinstalling all of Mac OS X (for example, if you had accidentally deleted Preview and wanted to reinstall it, but not the whole operating system). Pacifist is also able to verify existing installations and find missing or altered files, and also has the ability to examine the kernel extensions installed in /System/Library/Extensions to determine which ones were installed by Apple and which may have been installed by third-party installers.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed a bug that could cause Pacifist to crash when running in unregistered mode
- Added the ability for Pacifist to accept URLs from other applications
- Added support for the Xcode 2.5 install disc to the "Open Apple Install Discs" button
- Fixed a bug that caused loading URLs containing percent escapes not to work correctly
- Pacifist should now work on Panther even if the BSD subsystem is not present
- Fixed a bug that could cause package scripts not to be visible in some Leopard flat packages
- Fixed a bug that could cause Pacifist to hang at launch time under certain circumstances
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5
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STILL not 64-bit - Version: 2.6.1, 8/26/2009 09:05PM PST
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- STILL not 64-bit
"Ignorance is bliss!" restated - Version: 2.6, 8/15/2009 01:30AM PST
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artie505J Jonah Jamieson has reinforced, yet again, the old adage that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
1. OS X install discs now uses mpkg, metapackage, files which do *not* offer the "Show Package Contents" option when control/right-clicked, so JJJ's "Apple's OS already offers the ability inherently" is a misstatement of fact; he has obviously never right clicked on a Tiger or Leopard install disc icon.
2. In those instances in which you can show a package's contents and install them with drag and drop there is no way to correctly set permissions, because without using Installer or Pacifist you will not wind up with a bom (bill of materials) in /Library/Receipts, and, therefore, "Repair Permissions" will have no basis for comparison. (Granted that repairing permissions is a topic that generates much heat (including from Charles Srstka) but when entire, sprawling packages are installed with incorrect permissions the chances of something requiring permission repair going wrong are vastly increased.)
3. As has been previously said, many packages have a million and one components and do not lend themselves to drag and drop installation under any circumstances.
Pacifist is a miraculously useful app, and Charles Srstka is to be commended for offering it to the Mac community at the nominal price he is charging.
Pacifist has helped me out of trouble any number of times, and, as a long-time MacFixIt Forums regular responder (who has now moved to <code>FINETUNEDMAC.COM</code> (FineTunedMac.com) along with the entire MFIF Administrator, Moderator, and regular responder crew), I can attest to it its acceptance in the general Mac community as one of the most useful tools one can have in one's arsenal.
Ignorance is bliss! - Version: 2.6, 8/15/2009 01:20AM PST
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