hoakley May 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

Precize version 1 is now released, with an improved document window, extensive Help book, and more

I am pleased to announce that the first full release of Precize is now available from here: precize10
and in Downloads above.

Improvements since the last beta-release include compaction of its main document window to improve usability (particularly on Macs with smaller displays), the addition of many Tooltips, and an extensive Help book which explains the purpose and meaning of many of the attributes which it reports, in addition to separate PDF documentation.

Precize provides a unique collection of information about files, bundles, and folders, including:

three different references, including the regular path, the volfs path, and the FileReferenceURL,
data, extended attribute, and total sizes calculated using two different methods,
permissions, creation and last modification dates and times,
a Base-64 encoded Bookmark to the item,
a basic listing of all extended attributes.

A separate Resolver window can resolve and preview items using their Base-64 Bookmark.

Precize runs on El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra (both HFS+ and APFS file systems).

I hope that this proves useful.

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Michael on May 26, 2018 at 2:33 pm

Any chance we could get a button and/or keyboard command to copy the file ref URL to the clipboard? Thanks!

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  hoakley on May 26, 2018 at 2:41 pm
  
  Thanks. As with all the text boxes, all you have to do is double-click the box and Cmd-C.
  As a matter of interest, why the FileReferenceURL? I’m struggling to think of a use for them!
  Howard.
  
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    Bubba on May 26, 2018 at 3:39 pm
    
    I’m the kind of guy who heats something in the microwave for 22 seconds so I don’t have to move my thumb to a different number. Using the trackpad to double-click *and* using a keyboard command is way too much work, especially when I’m in a hurry! As for the URL, maybe I should go back and read the documentation more carefully, but my understanding is that the fileRefURL will remain valid even if I move the file to a different location in the folder hierarchy? I use path-based file:// URLs all the time (to attach a file to a calendar event, for one example among many), but I also do enough rearranging of files that those URLs break often enough to be an annoyance. The workaround I’m currently using is an AppleScript that first places a Finder alias of a file in a dedicated location, then copies the URL of the alias instead of the original. That works well enough but it’s fairly kludgy.
    
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      hoakley on May 27, 2018 at 10:13 pm
      
      OK: I have a new version (1.1) of Precize for which I need to update the Help book, etc. I expect its release here in the next few days, once I have also completed testing it.
      This adds six special Copy… commands, accessible using keyboard shortcuts Cmd-1 to Cmd-6, which copy the three paths, permissions, the Bookmark, and xattrs respectively.
      I think that you and others will find this extremely helpful. It allows you, for example, to copy the Base-64 Bookmark from a document window into the Bookmark Resolver in just two keystrokes, and to copy any of the three paths with a single keystroke (or menu command).
      I will announce it in an article here once it is ready for release. (It actually proved quite simple to code.)
      Howard.
      
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      Bubba on May 28, 2018 at 3:54 am
      
      Awesome, thanks!
      
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