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PrefsOverload 5.3.1

License:Shareware OS:Mac OS X 10.1
Rating: Rated 5 Stars. Submitted:14 Feb 2003
File Size:2.55 MB Price: $15.00 USD (approx.)

PrefsOverload is a full-featured tool for managing the Preferences Folder, which contains your various "Preference Files".

Preference Files are files in which applications store their settings and other information. After System 7, all these files have been enclosed in the "Preferences Folder". Preferences are important files, but sometimes they can turn out to be completely unnecessary.

This can occur, for example, when their mother application doesn't exist--or no longer exists--on your computer. Over time the Preferences Folder will slowly grow and may become filled with files created by trashed demo applications, or applications used for a short time only or not used at all.

The trouble is that all these unused or unusable files still continue to take up valuable disk space! Another problem is that sometimes an application may fail to start-up because it happens to have a Preference File that has become damaged, or "corrupted". In such a case you will need to delete this file, after which the application will create a fresh Preference File and will run as it did before the problem occurred.

Main Features Include:

  • Runs on Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X.
  • Accurate scanning, based on mother application, modification date and internal preferences database.
  • Not only displays if a file is possibly unnecessary, but also displays a rating on the side.
  • Finds damaged preference files.
  • VERY fast scanning.
  • Drag and drop integration with the Finder.
  • Scans for non-standard Preferences folder, so you can scan Preferences folders of all operating systems on your computer (including MacOS X) and of all MacOS X users, logging in as root user.
  • Full PDF help included.
  • AppleScript Support.

This download is the free trial version of PrefsOverload. The full version can be purchased directly from the author for around $15.00 USD. See program documentation for details.