Hidden Settings
These settings are better left out of the general user interface. Hidden away on this remote page, they can do no harm, but still be useful to a handful of superpower superusers.
(The default setting is marked with *).
General Settings
- On | Off * – Show hidden files and folders in the save/open panels.
- On | Off * – Cut off trailing numbers from save names.
- On | Off * – Cut off extension from save names, e.g., zipping abc.jpg will result in abc.zip instead of abc.jpg.zip.
- On | Off * – Always save with the toolbar preset when clicking the toolbar button (even if the archive is not new).
- On | Off * – 1 KB is 1024 bytes instead of 1000 bytes.
- Debug | Warnings | Errors * – Amount of debug output BetterZip writes to the console.
- On | Off * – Allow the manual handling of AppleDouble (._) files.
- Expand | View * – When double-clicking a folder extract and view or just expand it.
- On | Off * – When compressing one folder through the operations queue, don't include the folder itself, but add its contents in the root of the archive.
- On | Off * – Show the "Overwrite files" switch in the preset configuration. Do not enable this option, if you are not in the habit of making regular backups of your data. BetterZip will not warn you before overwriting files, if you use a preset with the overwrite switch enabled and files can be lost. Use at your own risk.
- On | Off * – Show the real password length in the preset configuration.
- – Files with these extensions will not be opened as archives (although they technically are), but be added instead.
Password Suggestion Settings
- – The number of words to use for password suggestions.
- On | Off * – The suggested passwords have the same format as Safari suggestions instead of the (nicer) BetterZip format.
- – Use this file to choose random words from instead of the built-in.
Quick Look Generator Settings