§ Tool 04 of 23 · Convert

Seven categories, one panel.

Real-time conversion across the units a developer actually reaches for: data, time, length, weight, temperature, area, volume. SI and imperial side by side, with accurate precision and no surprise rounding.

Categories
Seven
Data · time · length · …
Units
SI & imperial
Both, side by side
Precision
High
No silent rounding
Network
Offline
Pure local conversion
DevUtilities Unit Converter — category picker, paired input/output, instant updates.
Plate iv — Unit Converter with the category picker and paired input/output.
§ 01Capabilities

Six things, all of them obvious.

i

Data units

Bits, bytes, KB / MB / GB / TB / PB. Both decimal (1000-based) and binary (1024-based) variants.

ii

Time units

Nanoseconds through years, with a few stops in between. Same panel, same precision.

iii

Length, weight, area, volume

Metric and imperial together. Centimetres next to inches, grams next to ounces — no mental translation.

iv

Temperature

Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Rankine. The non-linear ones — they're not a multiplication — handled correctly.

v

Real-time conversion

Type, see results instantly. No "convert" button; the output updates as you key the input.

vi

Copy any field

Every output has a copy button. Clipboard contents are the value alone, ready to paste into a config or test.

§ 02A typical session

Four moves from question to answer.

Pick a category

Data, time, length, weight, temperature, area, or volume. Switch from the sidebar.

Sidebar

Type a value

Enter a number in any unit. Every other unit in the category updates simultaneously.

Live update

Compare

SI and imperial sit next to each other. Spot the answer instantly without converting in your head.

Side-by-side

Copy

One-click copy on any field. Paste straight into a Slack thread, a doc, or a unit test.

Copy · ⌘ C
§ 03Made for these tasks

The work it actually does.

i — Storage

Disk & network sizes

How big is 4 GB really? Translate between marketing GB and binary GiB without the napkin math.

ii — Time

Cron and SLA budgets

Convert "5 minutes" into milliseconds, or seconds-since-epoch, when defining schedules and timeouts.

iii — Hardware

Spec sheets

Verify weights and sizes when ordering devices for a fleet — millimetres for the chassis, ounces for the box.

iv — IoT

Sensor calibration

Keep temperature conversions correct between the sensor's native unit and the dashboard's display.

v — Geo

Map distances

Translate kilometres to miles for users in regions that swing the other way.

vi — Recipe

Volume conversions

Litres, gallons, fluid ounces, millilitres. The "internal" tool you keep next to the integration spec.

§ 04Questions, answered

Things people ask before they download.

Which categories are supported?

Seven: data, time, length, weight, temperature, area, volume.

Decimal or binary data units?

Both. KB (1000) and KiB (1024), MB and MiB, and so on. The values sit next to each other so the difference is obvious.

Are temperature conversions linear?

No — Celsius / Fahrenheit / Kelvin / Rankine relationships involve offsets, not just ratios, and the converter handles them correctly.

Is precision preserved?

Yes. Internal arithmetic uses high-precision representations; the displayed precision is configurable and conservative.

Does this require network access?

No. Unit conversion is fully local; nothing leaves your machine.

Can I convert between units in different categories?

No — units in different categories aren't comparable. The converter scopes you to one category at a time on purpose.

§ 05Companion tools

Better with the rest of the shelf.

§ Download

Seven categories of conversion, one quiet window.

Download — Mac App Store Changelog