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TinkerTool System is very different from other maintenance applications because it never uses any scripts and is fully integrated into the security architecture of Mac OS X. For example, it never asks for your password itself but lets Mac OS X do this when necessary, always verifying whether an operation you have selected is allowed to be performed with your current user credentials or not.
Together with its sister program "TinkerTool" which is available at no charge, TinkerTool System is a perfect substitute for the following types of maintenance applications:
• Cache and font cache cleaners,
• Tools to access hidden preference settings,
• Internet browser privacy protection tools,
• Network tuning applications,
• Programs to control the Macintosh startup chime,
• Tools to remove international language support files,
• Log file browsers,
• and many others
The following features are available in TinkerTool System:
• Clear the cache of the lookup subsystem
• Repair the printer subsystem of Mac OS X (Jaguar and Panther, not necessary in Tiger)
• Clean up cache files of the Internet browsers Safari, Internet Explorer®, Netscape®, Mozilla, FireFox, OmniWeb, Camino, Opera version 6, Opera version 7 or 8, iCab, Shiira, Flock, or the Desktop Web Browser
• Clean up cache files for the current user
• Clean up cache files for the whole system
• Clean up cache files for device drivers and kernel extensions
• Clean the font cache files
• Remove archived copies of system log files
• Remove Finder information files (.DS_Store files)
• Remove resource fork emulation files ("dot underscore" files)
• Removes hidden Macintosh support files from volumes that should be given to users of third-party operating systems
• Clean up temporary print files
• Remove core dump files
• Force-delete single files or empty folders
• Enforce emptying of the Trash if the Finder is unable to do this
• Restore the localization settings for your private home folder in case you have updated from Mac OS X 10.1 or have deleted, then recreated some folders
• Restore the alias for accessing the Desktop of Classic from Mac OS X
• Create symbolic links
• Set or unset locks for a large number of files
• Set the energy saver options for hard disks to specified values
• Disable the Sudden Motion Sensor
• Allow the automatic addition of removable disk volumes even if no user is logged in (Tiger only)
• Tune the network options, including TCP and UDP receive window sizes, TCP transmit window size, and socket buffer size
• Set the Maximum Transfer Unit for WLAN cards
• Set the Maximum Transfer Unit for all network interfaces (Jaguar only, not necessary in other Mac OS X versions)
• Enable Quartz Extreme for a wider range of graphics cards (Jaguar and Panther only)
• Set the scaling factor (physical display resolution) for the screen (Tiger only)
• Enable or disable file system journaling for Mac OS X Extended volumes
• Enable or disable Spotlight (Tiger only)
• Remove or reindex Spotlight metadata stores (Tiger only)
• View storage statistics for Spotlight metadata stores (Tiger only)
• Enforce diagnostic or safe startup mode for the operating system
• Make the system use only one processor or a limited amount of memory for diagnostic purposes
• Let the system emulate the programmer's switch on systems not equipped with that switch
• Let the system log kernel panic messages directly to screen in case the automatic panic log recovery doesn't work
• Change the base system language effective during startup and login without having to reinstall the system (*)
• Disable the startup chime. On Intel-based Macintosh systems with Extensible Firmware Interface you can also control the volume of the startup chime.
• Set preferences for display of the login window
• Add text messages to the login window
• Display additional status information in the login window (Tiger only)
• Select the background image for the login screen (Tiger only)
• Remove installed language packages from any folder or volume
• Verify the integrity of a user's preferences files (not only checking the syntax of "plist" files, but the actual structure of the preferences themselves)
• Delete preferences files no longer in use
• Repair the Help Viewer application
• Rebuild the Launch Services database
• Repair the translation feature of the Finder
• Remove all entries for Recent Items in all applications
• Verify a user's Login Items
• Show extended user account information
• Enable or disable support for Access Control Lists on HFS volumes (Tiger only)
• Create and modify Access Control Lists for file system objects (Tiger only)
• Display the effective permissions for specific users on file system objects (Tiger only)
• Display extended hardware and manufacturing information for the computer
• Access more than 48 log files maintained by Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server
• Run the periodic system maintenance scripts by simply pressing a button
• Reset the permission settings of Mac OS X system files (*)
• Repeat the installation step "Optimizing System Performance" at any time
New in version 1.85 (Build 080205)
- This is a maintenance update which optimizes specific features, especially for use with Mac OS X Leopard. The update is recommended for all users of Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
- The function to remove language packages now additionally supports up-to-date applications which are using language markers in compliance with the new standards ISO 631-2 and RFC 3066bis.
- It is now possible to remove English language support for applications that have not been designed with English as their primary language (not for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther).
- Many new log files of Mac OS X Leopard can now be monitored via the Info pane of the application.
- Corrected a problem where Portuguese for Portugal could not be selected to become the startup language for Mac OS X 10.5.
- The feature to mute the startup chime now additionally supports damaged Leopard installations which don't perform correct shutdown sequences.
- The feature to clean the online cache for the directory services client has been reenabled for Leopard installations.
- It is now possible to delete files and the original permission settings of operating system components when the user explicitly states to take that risk.
- The scan process when searching files for cleanup tasks has been accelerated considerably. It is now feasible to scan entire system drives with several 100,000 files.
- Many small changes in the user interface.
TinkerTool System is fully compliant with Apple's security guidelines for Mac OS X. It does not need an installer and does not require special system packages to be installed. To launch the tool, no administrator password is needed.
The features marked with an asterisk (*) are available without any restrictions even if TinkerTool System runs in demo mode.
TinkerTool System is fully compliant with Apple's security guidelines for Mac OS X. It does not need an installer and does not require special system packages to be installed. To launch the tool, no administrator password is needed.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later
System support:
PPC/Intel
7 € Shareware,
You can download the application TinkerTool System for free. This allows you to evaluate the software to see if it suits your needs. There are two different modes of operation to test the application:
• In demo mode, only the features Reset the permission settings of Mac OS X system files and Change the base system language effective during startup and login are operational. All other features are blocked.
• You can also switch the application to evaluation mode. In this mode, all features of the software are fully functional. This allows you to thoroughly test the application before purchasing a registration key. It will launch five times per computer in evaluation mode before it falls back to demo mode. Evaluation mode cannot be transferred between different operating systems running on the same computer.
For more information, visit:
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerToolSys.html
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