May 31th, 2000

[6:00 AM] A Better Finder Attributes Receives Update by Staff Frank Reiff has updated his file information manipulation utility, A Better Finder Attribures, to version 1.5. The latest release of the file information hacking utility offers improved date and time editing tools. According to Mr. Reiff: A Better Finder Attributes" is a contextual menu plugin for the Macintosh Finder, which allows users to quickly change attributes such as creation and modification dates as well as the Finder flags of single or multiple files or folders. Up to now changing these attributes meant "hacking" them individually in ResEdit. A Better Finder Attributes" is a simple tool which can save many hours of tedious work to Macintosh users who deal with large numbers of files. It is especially useful for people working with large file or cd-rom archives. The new version extends the date and time manipulation abilities of the tool. "A Better Finder Attributes" allows users to change the following file and folder properties: creation time and date modification time and date backup time and date name locked file locked the invisible flag the inited flag the shared flag the stationary flag the alias flag the use custom icon flags the no inits flag the bundle resource flag A Better Finder Attributes is available for US$10. You can find more information at Mr. Reiff's web site. Frank Reiff