{"id":48523,"date":"2025-07-17T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48523"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:51:06","slug":"json-editor-and-plistedit-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/17\/json-editor-and-plistedit-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"JSON Editor and PlistEdit Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vdt-labs.com\/json-editor\/\">VDT Labs<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davedelong\/114835320562355902\">Dave DeLong<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/vdt-labs.com\/json-editor\/\"><p>View and edit your JSON files in &ldquo;tree&rdquo; or &ldquo;text&rdquo; mode. &ldquo;Tree&rdquo; mode offers a great and error proof way to manipulate your JSON, by allowing you to easily add, reorder, delete, copy &amp; paste the items. The &ldquo;text&rdquo; mode offers a quick way to interact with the raw text which makes up the JSON and to investigate invalid JSONs.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>The powerful HTTP Client included in the app, at no additional costs, allows you to easily create and perform HTTP requests. While its main purpose is to ease the fetch of JSON content from a server, it can be used to get or upload any content, including binary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatcatsoftware.com\/plisteditpro\/\">Fat Cat Software<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.fatcatsoftware.com\/plisteditpro\/\">\n<p>Mac and iOS developers must edit a variety of property list and JSON files while developing their applications. PlistEdit Pro makes editing these files easier by providing an intuitive and powerful interface. In addition to being able to copy and paste or drag and drop property list data around, PlistEdit Pro also offers powerful find and replace functionality, as well as structure definitions which provide easy access to commonly used keys in various standard property list files.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/03\/modern-csv-2-1\/\">Modern CSV 2.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/27\/proxyman-1-4-3\/\">Proxyman 1.4.3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"json-editor-and-plistedit-pro-update-2025-07-22\">Update (<a href=\"#json-editor-and-plistedit-pro-update-2025-07-22\">2025-07-22<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gingerbeardman@mastodon.gamedev.place\/114897999794893497\">Matt Sephton<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gingerbeardman@mastodon.gamedev.place\/114897999794893497\">\n<p>i just found another CSV app: <a href=\"https:\/\/smoothcsv.com\">SmoothCSV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"json-editor-and-plistedit-pro-update-2025-08-01\">Update (<a href=\"#json-editor-and-plistedit-pro-update-2025-08-01\">2025-08-01<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kcase\/114947856382761447\">Ken Case<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kcase\/114947856382761447\"><p>I use @OmniOutliner for this: just drag a .plist onto its app icon to open it. OmniOutliner&rsquo;s row heights adjust to display the full content (unless you turn off View &gt; Show Full Row Text), its columns are resizable (including a Resize to Fit option useful for the Key column), and yes, of course its disclosure triangles completely expand all contained rows when option-clicked.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VDT Labs (via Dave DeLong): View and edit your JSON files in &ldquo;tree&rdquo; or &ldquo;text&rdquo; mode. &ldquo;Tree&rdquo; mode offers a great and error proof way to manipulate your JSON, by allowing you to easily add, reorder, delete, copy &amp; paste the items. 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