Permute

To enable some of the features, you'll have to use Terminal (found in /Applications/Utilities/) and the defaults command line.

Move file to Trash after successful conversion

If you want to get rid of the original file after successful conversion, use this command: defaults write com.fuelcollective.permute FCRemoveFileAfterSuccessfulConversion -bool YES.

To restore the default behavior, enter defaults delete com.fuelcollective.permute FCRemoveFileAfterSuccessfulConversion.

Note: it is your responsibility to check the converted file whether it is of a satisfying quality before emptying the Trash and thus removing the original file.

Availability: 1.3.7 and later

Preserve creation date on files

When you convert a video file, the new file's creation date is set to current date. You may find useful to keep the original creation date for some reason. To enable creation date preservation, use this command: defaults write com.fuelcollective.permute FCPreserveCreationDate -bool YES.

To restore the default behavior, enter defaults delete com.fuelcollective.permute FCPreserveCreationDate.

Availability: 1.3.1 and later

Change the default scratch folder

Permute needs some extra space for some kinds of conversions (e.g. to DVD) and needs to store temporary files somewhere. If you don't have a lot of space on your startup disk drive, you may set the scratch folder to be elsewhere (by default it's in /tmp/com.fuelcollective.videoapp/ and gets cleaned when you quit Permute). To change the scratch folder, use this command: defaults write com.fuelcollective.permute FCScratchPath -string "/path/to/the/folder" - the path will often be something like this /Volumes/<name of secondary disk>/tmp/.

Important: Note that the path shouldn't exist at the moment as Permute removes the whole folder when you quit it.

To restore the default temp folder, enter defaults delete com.fuelcollective.permute FCScratchPath.

Availability: 1.0.1 and later