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Textovert 1.1 can now convert PDF files to other formats

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Now additionally offers conversion of PDF files to plain text, RTF, HTML, Word doc and docx, Safari Web Archive and other formats.

December 1, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Textovert 1.0: a convenient wrapper for text conversion

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Drag and drop files you want to convert to a different format, and Textovert will call textutil to do that for you. Quick, simple and convenient.

November 25, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Convert text between file formats, including webarchives

Convert between text, HTML, RTF, RTFD, Word .doc and .docx, WordML, ODT and Safari Web Archives using this command tool.

November 24, 2025 Macs, Technology

Rosettavert 1.4 fixes window resizing bug

My sincere apologies: Rosettavert version 1.3 has a bug in window resizing which prevents you from enlarging its […]

September 13, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ending Mojibake with Rosettavert 1.3

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Opening old text files in non-Roman languages, you’re sure to come across mojibake, when the text is in a different encoding. Here’s a solution.

September 13, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology, Updates

Finding and converting legacy media 4: Using Compressor

When you want control over the codecs used and their settings, or have a large batch of movies to convert, use a transcoder like Compressor.

March 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finding and converting legacy media 3: Movies and more

How to use the Finder to locate movies which need to be converted for future compatibility, and converting them with QuickTime Player/

March 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finding and converting legacy media 2: Embedded in Keynote presentations

When converting legacy formats relying on QuickTime 7 for decoding, don’t forget movies and images embedded in presentations.

March 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finding and converting legacy media 1: still images

Later this year, in macOS 10.15, one of the media types which will become unsupported is JPEG 2000 still images. Here’s how to find and convert your old images.

March 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last big batch of notarized apps for Mojave

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Notarized versions of DeepTools for working with versions, Rosettavert for converting text encodings, SearchKey and SearchKeyLite for editing extended attributes for Spotlight searches.

December 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

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