{"id":222,"date":"2010-03-31T11:57:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T16:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cfchimp.com\/wordpress\/?p=222"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:55:08","slug":"mac-diffmerge-utility-for-dreamweaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csimmons.dev\/blog\/2010\/03\/mac-diffmerge-utility-for-dreamweaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Diff\/Merge Utility for Dreamweaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have done web development on a PC in Dreamweaver you have probably used <a href=\"http:\/\/winmerge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WinMerge<\/a> to check for differences between local and remote files.\u00a0 Since I moved to the Mac a few years ago I have been neglectful in finding a similar tool for the Mac.\u00a0 Thanks to some changes in my current day job I now have a larger team and more of a need for getting my act together on this.<\/p>\n<p>The tool I have decided on in a free one called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcegear.com\/diffmerge\/downloads.html\">DiffMerge<\/a>.\u00a0 Part 1 of the install is the typical Mac install (drag a file to the Applications folder).\u00a0 Part 2 is a little more detailed (but dead simple).\u00a0 There is a readme.txt file in the installer image with instructions for copying 2 files to facilitate command line usage (You will need this for Dreamweaver).<\/p>\n<p>Once you have done the installation and followed the readme.txt fire up Dreamweaver and click Dreamweaver &gt; Preferences &gt; File compare and set the path to your equivalent of the screenshot below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ccsimmons\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1426389631\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp.jpg?_i=AA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"247\" data-public-id=\"DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-post-222 wp-image-223 size-medium\" title=\"DiffMerge for Dreamweaver on the Mac\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ccsimmons\/images\/w_300,h_247,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1426389631\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp.jpg?_i=AA\" alt=\"DiffMerge for Dreamweaver on the Mac\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto,q_auto\" data-version=\"1426389631\" data-seo=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ccsimmons\/images\/w_300,h_247,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1426389631\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ccsimmons\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1426389631\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp\/DiffMerge-Dreamweaver_kzowwp.jpg?_i=AA 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have done web development on a PC in Dreamweaver you have probably used WinMerge to check for differences between local and remote files.\u00a0 Since I moved to the Mac a few years ago I have been neglectful in finding a similar tool for the Mac.\u00a0 Thanks to some changes in my current day &#8230; 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