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.
v5.9 [Jan 25, 2018]
- Added new feature to check whether the nesting of folders with long names may cause technical issues in some applications, when the maximum number of bytes in absolute file paths that is guaranteed to be supported by the operating system is exceeded.
- The application now makes the user aware if an old license with manual registration entry has been activated with the option to become valid for a non-administrative user account only. This configuration no longer makes sense, so the registration should be re-entered with the option to become either valid for an administrator or for all user accounts.
- The application no longer offers evaluation mode without license to non-administrative users because such accounts would not be capable to test all features.
- The application now makes clear that the diagnostic feature to test fans cannot be used with the iMac Pro at this time.
- The option not to wake mobile computers when the display lid is opened had to be removed. Although this setting is still offered and documented by Apple, it no longer has an effect on portable Macs.
- Fixed a problem where the toolbar button in the control window to navigate to the pane overview could not be pressed in certain situations.
