Folder comparison for the rest of us: simple, fast and accurate. Compare at a glance two folders, even with thousands of files, taking into account file and subfolders content, creation & modification dates, permissions and more. Unlike Diffchecker on the web, since Diffchecker Desktop runs fully on your computer, it doesn’t have to communicate with our servers to create your diffs. Comparing files and documents have never been easier with these 13 Files and Documents Comparison Tools For Mac And Windows. The list contains free and paid apps. This article compares computer software tools that compare files, and in many cases directories or folders, whether it is their main purpose or as part of more general file management.
- My favorite file comparison tool was Beyond Compare but since I recently switched to OS X, i'm no longer able to use it and I'm looking for an alternative, preferably a free one. Update: I made the mistake not to specify that I am also looking for a tool that does directory comparison, not only files.
- Comparing files and documents have never been easier with these 13 Files and Documents Comparison Tools For Mac And Windows. The list contains free and paid apps.
- Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems. It might even help you to figure out what is going on in that merge you keep avoiding.
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Funny, that - I just played with BBEdit's differences tool this weekend after updating to MOSX 10.2.4 (I had to restore my changes to the Apache config). I knew it was there and had used it before, but to manually apply or just to check changes. Pretty much the same - it snaps the windows side by side and has buttons to apply changes to the old or new files. Don't know if Apple's tool can compare whole folders tho. Of course, BBEdit isn't free, but if you already have it and do all your text editing with it, that's one less tool to worry about.
Don't know if Apple's tool can compare whole folders tho.Yup, it can.
--AndyWow, I had no idea that BBEdit had a file comparison tool. So I checked it out, and it sucks. FileMerge.app is a much better tool, the graphic indication of changes makes everything work so easily.
guys!!! help!! i still cant find the location to download FILEMERGE. i have looked everywhere and on apple's developers site. can someone help me out with a link pretty pleeeeaaaassssee
This is a great tool for fixing the Apache conf issue that arose in teh last OS X update.
If you use emacs, give ediff a try. Colored highlighting of difference regions and the ability to update one file from the other. You can also compare 3 files. With undo.
Just to add more details:
Emacs lets you do diffs on regions, as opposed to just on files, so you can focus on areas of special interest and leave the confusion of the rest of the file untouched (this also implies that you can diff regions within the same file). It's also possible to refocus a diff marked section, or even explicitly choose to do a diff down to word level coloring, which is very handy.
I recently discovered that VIM has got a diff mode, too. Some key features: - view differences of up to three files in seperate windows
- windows scroll synchronously in diff-mode
- hiding (folding) of equal lines
- easy copying of differences from one file to another
- invocation from within shell prompt
- can patch current file with existing diff file
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:help diff at vim prompt. I've grown to really appreciate FileMerge for editing purposes. I help a friend with editing his story, and FileMerge helps me zone in on his precise changes between drafts of a story. Invaluable!
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guys!!! help!! i still cant find the location to download FILEMERGE. i have looked everywhere and on apple's developers site. can someone help me out with a link pretty pleeeeaaaassssee
You're looking for xcode, an entire suite of development and utility tools. If you have the CD for the OS you're running, you'll find it in the 'optional installs' folder called simply 'xcode'
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many many thanks monkeyboyone. much appreciated.