Script Debugger: Difference between revisions

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| developer = Late Night Software

| released = {{Start date and age|1995}}

| discontinued = yes

| latest release version = 8

| latest release dateversion = {{Start date and age|2021|05|04}}8.0.10

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|01|18}}

| operating system = [[macOS]]

| platform = [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]: [[ARM architecture family|ARM]], [[x86]]

| genre = [[AppleScript]] [[debugger]]

| license = [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[freeware]]

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Version 8 was released in May 2021, introducing support for macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon. Other notable features include support for Dark Mode, and for generating standalone script applications that support code signing and notarizing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/script-debugger-8-press-release/3086/ |title=Script Debugger 8 Press Release |date=4 May 2021 |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>

On January 1, 2025, Mark Aldritt announced the planned retirement of Script Debugger. On May 31, 2025, it was officially retired. As of June 2025, all macOS versions from 4.0 – 8.0.10 are available as [[freeware]] downloads. ForThe Late Night Software website hosts the full software retirement announcement see ,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/retiring-script-debugger/5071 |title=Script Debugger Announces It's Retiring |date=1 January 2025 |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> and for Mark's goodbye note see ,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/script-debugger-retired/5182 |title=Script Debugger Retires |date=31 May 2025 |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref>. Forand a list of all the freely available downloaddownloadable versions seeon the Late Night Software weba downloads page at .<ref>{{cite web |url=https://latenightsw.com/sd8/download/ |title=Script Debugger Free Downloads |date=31 May 2025 |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> The Forum web pages will remain available, and user-to-user discussions will be encouraged and supported.

The Late Night Software Forum web pages will continue to be available and user-to-user discussions will be supported and encouraged.

Script Debugger has been around for over 30 years and has helped countless AppleScript developers over the years. Thank you Mark Aldritt and everyone else who helped make this software so great over all those years. Many people's lives were made a little bit easier and more productive thanks to all the effort that went in to making this a product that was so fun to use and so productive, and some were made a whole lot easier. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to Mark and Shane and all the others who made this software so fun and so helpful to so many people over three decades.