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Softonic Rating:: Very good:8/10
License:: Free
Added:: August 29, 2007
Updated:: February 14, 2008
Publisher:: Website
File size:: 1.9 MB
Downloads:: 1,324

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“Change the appearance of your Mac OS X”

by Cyril Roger

TinkerTool is the tool you need to quickly tweak the additional preferences in your Mac.

Additional preferences can normally be set from the Terminal, but you need a bit more expert knowledge. TinkerTool provides a simple interface from which to modify a number of Mac settings like the Dock, fonts and Safari. You simply check or uncheck the options you wish to keep or not from the different menus. In the Dock for example, you can choose to show system files and animation effects when opening. Just pressing the 'Relaunch' button at the bottom will bring changes into effect.

TinkerTool will recognize what version of Mac you have and show only the preferences that your version includes. Be aware though that changing too many settings can have all sorts of effects on your Mac. We advise that you consider first if you really need to change settings or not. At worse, if you feel your Mac is malfunctioning after having tweaked preferences in TinkerTool, use the 'reset' button on the right to return to default settings.

TinkerTool makes tweaking additional preferences a breeze for anyone. Just do it with caution.

Languages:

English, German, French, Chinese Trad, Italian, Polish

Recent changes in TinkerTool:

Added Russian language package.
Fixed a problem where Safari's preference setting "Visible items in main history menu" did not differentiate correctly between Safari 2 and Safari 3 installations.

OS requirements for TinkerTool:

OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or later

Pros

Makes tweaking additional preferences easy

Cons

Changing too many functions might hamper your Mac

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From the publisher of TinkerTool

TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.

The tool makes sure that preference changes can only affect the current user. You don't need administrative privileges to use the tool. With this design, it is no problem to use TinkerTool in professional networks where users have restricted permissions. The program will never change any component of the operating system, so the integrity of your system is not put at risk, and there will be no negative effect on system updates.

All preference settings changed by TinkerTool can be reset to Apple's defaults, or to the state that existed before using the tool. No dangerous background processes are used for TinkerTool's operation.