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Open .ale files on your Mac.

.ale

Avid bin logs with Heading, Column and Data sections. Settings, column names and every data column in its own color.

Loper is a free, minimal editor for macOS that opens Avid Log Exchange (ALE) instantly and colors every part of the file, so you find the value you need at a glance and can fix it right there. No IDE, no project to load, no gray wall of text.

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Day12_dailies.ale opened in Loper: Avid Log Exchange (ALE) with color-coded Avid ALE
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HeadingFIELD_DELIM	TABSVIDEO_FORMAT	1080FPS	25 ColumnName	Tracks	Start	End	Tape	Scene	Take DataA001C003	V	10:02:34:16	10:03:24:04	A001	42	3A001C004	V	10:05:12:00	10:05:58:11	A001	42	4

How to open .ale files

  1. Download Loper (free, Apple silicon, signed and notarized) and move it to Applications.
  2. Double-click your .ale file, drag it onto the Loper window, or right-click it and choose Open With › Loper.
  3. Want every .ale file to open in Loper? Choose Loper › Make Loper the Default Editor….

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