![]() Some users have tolerated the change because of other qualities of the viewer, but for regular Mac users the “enhancement” has been non-compelling. This adds to the removal of support for the native OS X File Open dialog earlier this year replacing it with an archaic interface for accssing files the likes of which Apple users have not seen since the Apple II pre 1984. The increase in CPU use is not seen in the viewer itself but for the OS X Window manager where the Window Manager process is being interrupted much more often with the result every window on the desktop feels more choppy. We earlier praised the viewer for making updates that sped up the login process, but with the latest build version 1.26.12.24 the viewer has unfortunately taken a turn for the worse by the original developer adding a third party memory manager that is both unsupported by any Apple development tools, but also increase memory foot print and CPU use of the viewer. You can get more information about UltraEdit and download a trial version from this page.įor Mac users the Cool VL viewer has in periods been a gem to access OpenSim grids, despite the viewer not being directly supported and built by the developer who in a blog post says " Don't expect me to spend a single cent (or loose my time) on anything to get a MacOS-X system to compile and test it onto…”, but rather compiled by a separate developer and published on the Cool VL Viewer announcement forum. There is currently no support for the ossl language extentions, but most scripts use the strict lsl language as maintained by Linden Lab, so this many not be any big hurdle. The editor itself is fast, flexible and feature rich, and for people working with the Linden Scripting language (lsl), there is an excellent maintainer of a socalled word file for syntax highlighting over at github. For someone used to working in multiple windows across monitors this feel cramped. This option makes the editor a much better alternative for developers operating and testing in many environments on virtual and real machines.įrom a Mac perpective the editor still suffers from being designed around a single window where everything happens including working on multiple files. UltraEdit, the editor that outgrew Windows, and migrated to both Linux and OS X added another version and changed the licensing model so a standard licenses now let you download and install a mix of operating system version for up to 3 machines. While Name Mangler is a Mac OS X app only, A Better Finder Rename has a Windows equivalent Better File Rename with the same features as the Mac version except OS X specific actions.Īpple was completely absent of file renaming tools, OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) has finally started to catch up to the dedicated renamers where the Finder “Rename Items” dropdown will let you perform simple actions such as replacing text, adding text to the end or beginning of file names in addition to adding sequence numbers and dates to file names.įor anyone creating content for OpenSim and SecondLife the dedicated renamers offer maximum flexibility and will fast become a valuable timesaver and natural part of your workflow. They also let you access meta-tags for use in your renaming such as adding creation date or GPS data from the file to the filename. Both apps let you create Droplets that handle preset actions you use often by just dragging and dropping files to the droplet for renaming. Name Mangler even support RegEx to handle the most complex renaming tasks. Both these apps have features from simple renaming to adding sequence numbers, image dimensions, adding music tagging, converting cases and converting Mac file names to comply with Windows and NTFS/SMB requirements. Batch renaming files on OS X has often been a pain and powerful third party solutions have grown over the years with A Better Finder Rename and Name Mangler.
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