PreferenceCleaner Changelog

What's new in PreferenceCleaner 1.5

May 28, 2012
  • This version only support OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and later.
  • Support for more system preferences in Lion and Mountain Lion.
  • PreferenceCleaner can now locate preferences for sand-boxed applications in Lion and Mountain Lion.
  • This version is code-signed to work with the new "Gate Keeper" feature in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.4.2 (Mar 6, 2012)

  • Improves parsing of plutil results under Tiger. The formatting of plutil output is different on Tiger, and this could lead to parsing errors.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.4.1 (Mar 6, 2012)

  • Fixes a bug which could cause the application to crash on OS X 10.5.x.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.4 (Mar 6, 2012)

  • Fixes a bug which could cause the application to crash on OS X 10.5.x.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.3 (Mar 10, 2011)

  • PreferenceCleaner now requests authorisation if it requires elevated priveleges to delete a file. Previously it would fail.
  • It also now has a tab for deleting certain the preferences for certain operating system components.
  • The "Simple" tab has been removed, as it no longer served any real purpose. Accordingly, the "Advanced" tab has been renamed.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.2 (May 10, 2010)

  • PreferenceCleaner now uses specific knowledge about a number of applications to locate a larger number of files.
  • Added "Rescan" function.
  • Minor interface improvements

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.0.4 (Nov 20, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug where batch lists could not be opened by double-clicking in the Finder.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.0.3 (Feb 17, 2009)

  • Improved feedback in advanced mode to give the number of files actually deleted.
  • Fixed bug which prevented the window from being reopened if it was closed.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.0.2 (Oct 4, 2008)

  • Added drag and drop support for adding applications to the batch list in advanced mode.

New in PreferenceCleaner 1.0.1 (Sep 3, 2008)

  • Improved search algorithm now finds a more complete set of files and folders.
  • Fixed a minor Leopard compatibility issue encoutered when adding applications wihtout a CFBundleIdentifier.
  • Fixed a minor interface bug.