Free prefs software for mac

Requirements:
MacOS 8.5 or later.

App Switcher: Teds Prefs is a simple AppleScript written by Ted Delaplaine to put your application switcher in the top right corner of your screen, with the Finder at the top.

To use it just save it as App and place in startup items folder.

Completly freeware.

TheFantasticFourPrefs/Restart is a small AppleScript that throws away "Finder, Mac OS, Memory, and System" preferences, and then restarts the computer.

Use it with caution and always make a backup before using it.

Complelty freeware.

Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

Enhancements:
Version 1.1pb gives an even better solution to observe your Preferences Folder - not only in one session but in many. See which preferences has been modified since last refresh, which has been created. Reveal these preferences in Finder, delete them there... An improved interface gives you overview over your work. The timer function still exists in this function: auto-refresh of main window.

This script will replicate messages into the number of copies needed to comply with an ISPs maximum number of recipients allowed per outgoing message. The original maximum number of recipients per message set by default is 50 recipients.

You can change this number by running the PREFS script from the Entourage Script menu.

Rocks is a simple screensaver that renders flying through an asteroid field.
Enhancements:
- check for boundaries in color and rock number prefs.
- added Internet version checking.
- recompiled with latest DevTools.
- removed debugging symbols (much smaller saver size).

These scripts, written in Perl, are quite simple in nature. I spend a lot of time cleaning out and exploring preference files when administering Mac OS X machines, and Mac OS X 10.4s propensity toward binary .plist files made this process much more tedious. The apparent alternative is a GUI, such as Apples very own "Property List Editor" application. While such tools have their places, I am not a fan of managing .plist files with a GUI, especially when I dont necessarily know what I want to do until I perform a grep or two. Hence these scripts, which should work in any version of Mac OS X, but are ideally suited to Mac OS X 10.4 and higher.
I wrote them to avoid painful retyping of Apples plutil command. All three scripts run plutil in one form or another to get the job done, and their use should be obvious to just about anyone familiar with a UNIX command line.
Those who prefer another editor (such as pico) may wish to edit line 58 of /usr/bin/pledit to use their favorite editor. I just happen to like vim. The three scripts are installed in /usr/bin. Installing requires administrative access, and the scripts are installed with permissions of 755 (rwxr-xr-x). To uninstall, simply remove these three files. You may elect to remove the "PLTools.pkg" file in your /Library/Receipts folder as well.
PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE COMMAND LINE TOOLS. IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH USING THE MAC OS X COMMAND LINE, THEN YOU DO NOT NEED THESE TOOLS.
Main features:
- plcat: A simple means for viewing an ASCII representation of a binary .plist file. Basically converts a binary .plist file to ASCII and displays it directly to the screen (/dev/stdout).
- plmore: A simple means for viewing an ASCII representation of a binary .plist file, one screen at a time. Similar to plcat, but "piped" to more.
- pledit: A simple means for editing binary .plist files in your favorite editor (vim, naturally!), automatically keeping a backup trail of each edit. This script temporarily converts the file to ASCII, enabling easier editing. Upon finishing your edits, the file is converted back to its original compact binary format. A complete backup trail (filename.plist.OLD, filename.plist.OLD.1, etc.) is kept for your convenience.