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File Buddy

File Buddy

View and edit file and folder metadata.

Version:  9.0.2

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Not the one-stop utility I was hoping for

Feedback Type:  Commentary

Contributed by: MacHound Thursday, October 29 2009 @ 12:28 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

Rant...

I tried File Buddy in the hope it would let me fix a bunch of files' invalid permissions. No such luck. The permissions tags came up empty in FB's Info window with no way to change them. I downloaded BatChmod (freeware) and that did the job beautifully.

And Snow Leopard compatibility???

FileBuddy was ahead of the pack in the 1990's but it's been stagnant in recent years... probably for most of us not worth the price.

Sorry, SkyTag! I'll stick with free utilities that get the job done versus $40 commercial software with registration problems (see Pendragon's comment) that doesn't work as well as the free stuff.   

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