{"id":46280,"date":"2025-01-01T15:52:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T20:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46280"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:45:46","slug":"retiring-script-debugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/01\/retiring-script-debugger\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring Script Debugger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Alldritt and Shane Stanley<\/a> (Mastodon<\/a>):<\/p>\n

January 2025 marks Script Debugger’s 30th anniversary. It’s been a very long run for a two-person effort. Script Debugger began as a Classic MacOS product, survived Apple’s near-death experience, transitioned to macOS X and migrated across 4 CPU processor types. We are so grateful for the support we’ve received over these years. This support allowed us to keep working on Script Debugger much longer than we ever imagined.<\/p>

Shane and I are retiring and the effort and costs associated with continuing Script Debugger’s development are too great for us to bear any longer.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

In June 2025, Script Debugger will no longer be offered for sale and all support and maintenance will cease.<\/p>

At this time, Script Debugger will become a free download.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

This is really sad news. Script Debugger is an excellent app that I use nearly every day, and there’s nothing else like it. Alldritt had hinted at retirement before, but I had hoped that they would sell the app or that, with AppleScript not changing very quickly these days, it wouldn’t be too much of a burden to maintain. But with a constant stream of new OS bugs, new privacy and security requirements, and deprecated APIs, it’s impossible for an app to stand still. You have to keep updating it or it will break over time.<\/p>\n\n

In any case, I thank them for spending decades developing an app that belongs in the Mac hall of fame.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n