TinkerTool System 2.8 (Build 110718)

TinkerTool System is an application similar to System Preferences. It allows you to change advanced operating system settings and gives access to internal maintenance features built into Mac OS X.

Last update 21 Jul. 2011 Licence Free OS Support Mac OS X Downloads Total: 1,409 | Last week: 0 Ranking #96 in System Utilities Publisher Marcel Bresink

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TinkerTool System Publisher's Description

TinkerTool System is an application similar to System Preferences. It allows you to change advanced operating system settings and gives access to internal maintenance features built into Mac OS X.

The following features are available in TinkerTool System:

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"

Clean up cache files of the Internet browsers Safari, Internet Explorer®, Netscape®, Mozilla, OmniWeb, Camino, Opera version 6, and iCab

Clean up cache files for the current user

Clean up cache files for the whole system

Remove archived copies of system log files

Remove Finder information files (.DS_Store files)

Remove resource fork emulation files ("dot underscore" 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

Set the energy saver options for hard disks to specified values

Tune the network options, including MTU size for each network interface, TCP and UDP receive window sizes, and TCP transmit window size

Enable Quartz Extreme for a wider range of graphics cards

Enable or disable file system journaling for Mac OS X Extended volumes

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 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 (*)

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. In evaluation mode, all features are available.