This utility gives you access to a wide range of system-related settings to help you improve the performance of your system and change its default options according to your needs. Its main window looks a lot like the interface of the System Preferences program, so, you won't find it difficult to work with TinkerTool System if you're familiar with the aforementioned Mac tool.
All of its settings are nicely-organized into groups based on their types. For example, in the Privacy panel, you will find various options for removing Safari data (page caches, history, cookies, etc.), clearing entries for recent folders in Finder, etc.
You will also have access to detailed reports showing the health status of your Mac, the current fan speed, and many others.
Another important advantage is that TinkerTool System provides you with a quick and safe way to permanently remove programs from your Mac. Furthermore, the utility enables you to alter login settings according to your needs, remove unneeded language support packages, etc.
The only disadvantage is that the utility works only on machines with macOS 10.12 Sierra or macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
In my opinion, this program is the perfect solution for enhancing the performance of your Mac and easily altering system settings according to your requirements. It's easy to handle, works 100%, and is cheap.
v5.8 [Nov 15, 2017]
- Added new feature to resolve a known operating system defect related to the presentation of special characters (like Emojis) in Safari 11 (available and necessary for macOS High Sierra only).
- Added new feature to create local APFS snapshots that can be used as rapid restoration points for Time Machine (macOS High Sierra only).
- Added new feature to review the list of local APFS snapshots (macOS High Sierra only).
- Added new feature to force the system to automatically reclaim storage spaced used by local APFS snapshots (macOS High Sierra only).
- Added new feature to manually delete local APFS snapshots (macOS High Sierra only).
- Added new feature to automatically warn the user if the root account of the operating system has permission to log in, which is a potential security risk.
- Added a workaround for a defect of macOS High Sierra where Time Machine can run into an error state where it returns invalid configuration data.
- Two new detail settings introduced by macOS High Sierra for System Integrity Protection are now shown correctly on the System Info page and by the tts command-line tool.
- Fixed a problem where the list of known subsystem identifiers for log filtering may have been shown unsorted.
- Fixed a problem where notification center messages for available software updates and Time Machine issues could crowd each other out.
- The feature to prepare a used disk to resolve possible defects within Disk Utility is now only offered for macOS Sierra, because Apple has fixed.
