Tinkertool System Review

With its plethora of advanced options, TinkerTool System for Mac takes system optimization and customization to another level. This premium tool includes features ranging from the essential. TinkerTool will read the various configuration files for system components such as the Finder, the Dock, Safari, iTunes, and general system settings, and present you with all the known hidden.

Features

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

To further guarantee that the tool cannot change any part of your installation, but only gets access to your personal preference settings, the program puts itself under the restrictions of Apple's Application Sandbox. TinkerTool is the first application of its kind to use this innovative technology.

When you have defined your preferred set of “pro” preference settings, you can additionally export and import the settings, copying them to another user account or to a different computer. All settings which don't depend on the availability of third-party applications can be transferred.

Because TinkerTool only gives you access to features already built into macOS, its feature set varies greatly between different operating system versions. Please refer to the following table:

Tinkertool System Review And Reviews

For older operating systems, please see the version overview page.

Tinkertool System

Preference SettingmacOS 10.14 Mojave macOS 10.15 Catalina
Enable the Finder to show hidden and system filesx
x
Disable sound effects of the Finder x
x
Prevent the Finder from using the Desktop backgroundx
x
Enable the “Quit” menu item of the Finderx
x
Let the Finder display the UNIX path of the current selection as window titlex
x
Disable the animation effect when opening information panels or Desktop iconsx
x
Disable the animation effect when selecting information categoriesx
x
Disable the creation of hidden Finder .DS_Store files on network volumesx
x
Force the Finder to collect all data from a network folder before displaying its contentsxx
Block the feature “connect to server” in the Finderx
x
Block the eject feature in the Finderx
x
Block the features for disk burning in the Finderx

Block the feature “go to folder” in the Finderx
x
Use dimmed Dock icons to show hidden applicationsx
x
Disable the animation when hiding or showing the Dockx
x
Disable the delay until the Dock is shown when autohide is activex
x
Restrict the Dock not to allow manual changes of its sizex
x
Restrict the Dock not to allow changes of its contentsx
x
When using grid view for stacks, let the Dock display a marker for the current selectionx
x
Add a stack for Recent Itemsx

Allow to open stacks by scroll-wheel or scroll gesturex
x
Let the Dock hide all others when switching to or launching an applicationx
x
Add spacer elements to the Dockx
x
Set the Dock minimization effect to a “suck in” animationx
x
Set the Dock minimization effect to a “linear” animationx
x
Disable fade-in animation of Launchpadx
x
Disable fade-out animation of Launchpadx
x
Disable page switch animation of Launchpadx
x
Change the layout arrangement (number of rows and columns) of Launchpadx
x
Re-enable the key repeat featurex
x
Disable inertia for scroll devices generallyx
x
Disable the rubber-band effect when scrolling beyond the end of a view (only in applications that allow this)x
x
Disable the revised function of the power button to switch to sleep mode instead of displaying a power-down dialogx
x
Set the file format for the creation of Desktop screenshotsx
x
Disable the shadow when taking window screenshotsx
x
Prevent that recording times are inserted into the names of screenshotsx
x
Set the destination folder for Desktop screenshotsx
x
Accelerate the animation of opening and closing sheets x
x
Disable the animation when opening windowsx
x
Allow less precise edge grabbing when resizing windowsx
x
Set expanded Save dialogs as default when using new applicationsx
x
Limit the number of items shown in the “File > Open Recent” submenu of native macOS applicationsx
x
Disable drag-and-drop of text in Cocoa applications or set the delay time when switching from selection mode to drag modex
x
Set the delay before applications will display help tags (“tooltips”)x
x
Control the blink rate of the text insertion markerx
x
Disable the feature to keep help windows always in the foregroundx
x
Control how macOS handles application crashesx
x
Use the Notification Center for crash informationx
x
Control the display of warnings when uncaught exceptions occur in applicationsx
x
Disable Dashboard x

Automatically activate Terminal windows by pointing at them with the mouse cursorx
x
Let Mail use your own AIFF sound file to indicate a new messagexx
Control the delay when moving windows between Spaces in Mission Controlx
x
Disable the dialog which asks for Time Machine backup disks when new drives are connectedx
x
Show all system user groups in the Accounts pane of System Preferencesx
x
Prevent macOS from quitting unused applications automaticallyx
x
Prevent macOS from suggesting iCloud (if available) when saving documentsxx
Set preferred font sizes for the selection of default fonts for eight specific use categories, typefaces for two categoriesx
x
Re-enable use of the backspace key to navigate backwards in Safarix
x
Set the initial page zoom value of Safari continuouslyx
x
Set default font typeface and size for Safari when web pages don't specify a font (only for Safari 12.0)x

Set fixed-pitch default font typeface and size for Safari when web pages don't specify such a font (only for Safari 12.0)x

Control the style and degree of font smoothingxx
Restrict dark mode to menu bar and Dock, keeping applications lightxx
Keep Finder light even if dark mode is enabledxx
Keep Mail light even if dark mode is enabledxx
Keep System Preferences light even if dark mode is enabledxx
Keep Terminal light even if dark mode is enabledxx
Keep iTunes light even if dark mode is enabledxx
Keep Safari light even if dark mode is enabledxx
Allow ratings with half stars in iTunes / Musicx
x

(x) denotes feature support. /install-teamviewer-10-mac.html.

Tinkertool System Review 2017

The software is offered without implied warranty of merchantibility or fitness for a particular purpose. We cannot guarantee that TinkerTool will be compatible with future versions of macOS.

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