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What's a good hex editor/viewer for the Mac? I've used xxd for viewing hexdumps, and I think it can be used in reverse to make edits. But what I really want is a real hex editor.
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I use Vim as a hex editor:
- Open the file in Vim.
- Run the command:% ! xxd
- Edit.
- Once done, run:% ! xxd -r
- Save.
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- Open file with Xcode and press Command + Shift + J
- Right click file name inleft pane
- Open as -> Hex
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On http://www.synalysis.net/ you can get the hex editor I'm developing for the Mac - Synalyze It!. It costs 7 € / 40 € (Pro version) and offers some extra features like histogram, incremental search, support of many text encodings and interactive definition of a 'grammar' for your file format.
The grammar helps to interpret the files and colors the hex view for easier analysis.
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I have recently started using 0xED, and like it a lot.
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Free Hex Editor For Mac
There are probably better options, but I use and kind of like TextWrangler for basic hex editing. File -> hex Dump File
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The one that I like is HexEdit Quick and easy to use
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