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Hidden settings

Some settings aren't available from the preferences panel and must be set from the CLI.

Comparison completed notification

showNotificationWhenWindowIsOnFront (boolean, default false)

If true the notification is always shown, otherwise only when the application window isn't in the foreground.

defaults write com.visualdiffer showNotificationWhenWindowIsOnFront true

folderViewDateFormat (string, default taken from system locale settings)

It is possible to change how time is shown in the Folder Differ View.

Open the terminal application and type:

defaults write com.visualdiffer folderViewDateFormat HHmmss

The example above sets the format to show only the time (without date); format patterns can be found at Unicode Technical Standard #35.

At any time it is possible to restore the default value by deleting the key:

defaults delete com.visualdiffer showNotificationWhenWindowIsOnFront
defaults delete com.visualdiffer folderViewDateFormat