This is a very useful utility when programming or when wishing to extract information from a file that you can't open otherwise. Athough it looks like a hexeditor type programme, it's not intended it to be an editor but rather to inspect, access or sort out encoding problems.

There are many different text encoding systems (ways of representing characters within a file) and a file doesn't necessarily know what encoding it's in. This can lead to frustrating problems when the file is opened.

Peep is a file viewing and text encoding utility which is useful when programming, when experiencing text encoding problems or when you need to extract information from a file that you can't open otherwise.

Allows you to view files in a 'hexeditor' style, it's not intended to be an editor but rather to inspect, access or sort out encoding problems.

Features:

• View any file in detail, view / save in any text encoding
• Displays each byte as data (decimal or hex notation) or as text
• Can take text directly from the clipboard
• Try different text encodings to find the correct one or the best fit
• Attempts to filter the text from a proprietary format
• Saves a text file using the same or another encoding

Requirements:
OS X 10.4+
Universal Binary