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Alexander Clauss
MisFox helps you access several Internet settings which were available under Mac OS 8 and 9 and are still present -- but hidden -- in OS X. So if these settings gets corrupt for some reason there's no way to repair these settings anymore. MisFox makes some of the most important Internet settings accessible again.
MisFox will show all the file mappings settings and the protocol helpers. You can inspect these settings, but you can also edit, delete and create new items for these settings.
The File Mappings are used for many tasks. First they will translate the
MisFox will show all the file mappings settings and the protocol helpers. You can inspect these settings, but you can also edit, delete and create new items for these settings.
The File Mappings are used for many tasks. First they will translate the
What's New
Version 2.0:
- Rewritten as Preference Panel for the System Preferences application
- MisFox is now Universal Binary and runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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MisFox helps you access several Internet settings which were available under Mac OS 8 and 9 and are still present -- but hidden -- in OS X. So if these settings gets corrupt for some reason there's no way to repair these settings anymore. MisFox makes some of the most important Internet settings accessible again.
MisFox will show all the file mappings settings and the protocol helpers. You can inspect these settings, but you can also edit, delete and create new items for these settings.
The File Mappings are used for many tasks. First they will translate the "content-type" and file extensions which are used in the Internet into the file type and creator codes which are used on the Mac. Second they do define what to do with files of a certain file type after they are downloaded from the Internet (for example they define that ".sit" files should be processed by Stuffit Expander). Protocol Helpers are used to find the right application to handle certain Internet protocols. So a Web browser will use the protcol helper settings to find a news reader when clicking on a "news:" link in order to open this link. Since Mac OS X 10.2 there's no way to define the default news reader in the system settings anymore. So you can do this in MisFox now.
MisFox will show all the file mappings settings and the protocol helpers. You can inspect these settings, but you can also edit, delete and create new items for these settings.
The File Mappings are used for many tasks. First they will translate the "content-type" and file extensions which are used in the Internet into the file type and creator codes which are used on the Mac. Second they do define what to do with files of a certain file type after they are downloaded from the Internet (for example they define that ".sit" files should be processed by Stuffit Expander). Protocol Helpers are used to find the right application to handle certain Internet protocols. So a Web browser will use the protcol helper settings to find a news reader when clicking on a "news:" link in order to open this link. Since Mac OS X 10.2 there's no way to define the default news reader in the system settings anymore. So you can do this in MisFox now.
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Zo219 reviewed on 17 Jul 2007
RCDefaultApp by RixStep is the true file mapper for OS X, and the only reason to use MIsFox is if you have simple enough needs.
The developer's description is not entirely the case ...but I think this version may be a bit more editable.
I'm concerned that noobs and switchers may get confused by all those file types that don't even exist in OS X ... which is, after all, what we're working with.
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Schmelding reviewed on 30 Jan 2007
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Anonymous reviewed on 21 Nov 2003
However, More Internet (which is also free) does the same thing this app does and it's a preference pane, which is a more convenient thing as far as I'm concerned.
Anonymous reviewed on 21 Nov 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 18 Sep 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 18 Sep 2003