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Preferential Treatment

Preferential Treatment - 1.1.7

checks preference files for corruption

All Time: (4.8)
Version 1.1.7: (5.0)
Selected Version: 1.1.7
Release Date: 2006-10-30
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1.7): 16,555
Downloads (all versions): 124,162
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:

  • Updated to Universal Binary.
  • Italian localization by Creative Shield.
  • Vietnamese localization by Clytie Siddall.
  • Minor code & interface improvements.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • 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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Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1.7:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (5.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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Preferential Treatment CommentaryImportant feature request - Version: 1.1.8, 2/28/2009 06:50PM PST

roro01
What we really need is a feature to detect preference files which are not associated with any application, i.e files of applications where we have deleted the applications but forgot to delete their preference files.
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Preferential Treatment Troubleshooting ReportUnsuppored OSX - Version: 1.1.8, 11/18/2008 01:59PM PST

cvcanedy
When I try and run the application it says "The version of Mac OS X you are currently using is not supported by Preferental Treatment. Please update to a newer version using the Software Update feature and then try again"

I have OSX 4.0. I cannot run any type of software update as I can only run in Safe Boot at this point. Any ideas?
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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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