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Preferential Treatment

Preferential Treatment - 1.1.8

checks preference files for corruption

All Time: (4.8)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.1.8
Release Date: 2007-11-06
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 14,025
Downloads (all versions): 114,001
Price: free

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Product Description:

Building on a discussion at www.macintouch.com, this application will check your preference files (both in your user's preference folder and the system's preference folder) for corruption by using the "plutil" command line tool. If it finds suspect files, it will list the files and allow you to reveal them in the Finder or move them to the trash. You may also double-click on a file in the found files table to open it in the application of your choice (you can designate the default application from the preferences). There is also an option to save the results of a scan to a text file. (Note: if you trash a file before saving a report, the report will not include information on the file you moved to the trash.)

What's new in this version:

  • Fixed a minor Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) incompatibility that prevented the application from recognizing administrative user accounts.

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
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Preferential Treatment Troubleshooting Report10.5.3 - Version: 1.1.8, 5/31/2008 11:49AM PST

donrichardsoth
P T reports an error with com.apple.iphotomosaic.plist - "Conversion of data failed. The file is not UTF-8, or in the encoding specified in XML header if XML."
Any suggestions . . . thanks.
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Preferential Treatment CommentaryWhat support?? - Version: 1.1.8, 11/6/2007 09:34PM PST

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Gambuchi
Hi, I just want to say that Jon provides the kind of support that we all wish for. i found a problem with 'Preferential Treatment' in the Leopard environment, emailed the description of it to Jon and it wasn't an hour later and he responded... problem fixed .... all this for a program that he "Gives Away". how can it get better than that.
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Preferential Treatment CommentaryA subtle bug - Version: 1.1.7, 11/3/2006 01:58PM PST

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Doctor J
I said (in a comment that I have removed):
> -BringToFront.plist seems to cause problems.

This is not the case. The problem is more subtle, and I have notified the developer.

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