This program lets you view an OTA update catalog for iOS, tvOS, and watchOS in a more pleasant format. It can also output the information in a format suitable for entry on The iPhone Wiki.

NOTE: Dates are extracted from the file URL, which may not be the actual release date.

Apache Ant is used to compile this program. Just cd to the base directory and run ant. ant

This produces a large (over 8 MB) JAR file that you can run on any desktop operating system. If you want a smaller JAR file that doesn't run everywhere, other targets are included in build.xml:

• ant linux
• ant mac (NOTE: The JAR file will automatically be added to the .app bundle.)
• ant windows

If you wish to recompile the program, you may delete the "build" and "dist" directories.

This program requires Java 7 or newer. The newest version of Java is available from Java.com.

You may run this JAR with the following command: java -jar path/to/Parser.jar

Mac OS X users must open it via the .app (bypassing Gatekeeper if necessary), or add an additional argument: java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar path/to/Parser.jar

If there are arguments appended to the command, the program will operate in the command prompt/terminal. If there are no provided arguments, the program will display a GUI where you may configure its options.

• -d <device> specifies what device you're looking for. This argument is looking for a value like "iPad2,3" or "iPod7,1." (If you do not know what value to use, you may refer to the identifiers listed on The iPhone Wiki.)
• -f <file> specifies the location of the OTA update catalog. This may be either an XML file saved on your computer, or a mesu.apple.com URL.
• -m <model> specifies what device you're looking for. This argument is looking for a value like "N71AP" or "N66mAP." (If you do not know what value to use, you may refer to the internal names listed on The iPhone Wiki.) This argument is required only if you are looking for OTA updates for the iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, or iPhone SE. It is ignored for all other devices.

• -b specifies that you would like to see beta releases. By default, this program does not display beta releases.
• -max <OS version> specifies the highest version of iOS you're looking for. This argument is looking for a value like "4.3" or "8.0.1."
• -min <OS version> (renamed from -o as of version 0.3) specifies the lowest version of iOS you're looking for. This argument is looking for a value like "4.3" or "8.0.1."
• -w allows you to see the results formatted more appropriately for The iPhone Wiki. Manual editing may still be required (e.g. for "marketing version"), but this will make the burden more bearable.

I'm making the source code of this program available under the MIT License.

This program uses com.java.dd-plist. It is distributed under the MIT License.

This program uses binaries from SWT. SWT is distributed under the Eclipse Public License 1.0; source code may be acquired from the SWT website.

This program makes use of a modified version of SWTJar. SWTJar is distributed under the Eclipse Public License 1.0; the modified source code may be acquired from its GitHub repo.