System Utilities > System Maintenance

Description: Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail's major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.What's new in this version:System - Scripts. Addresses an issue in which the weekly maintenance script may fail to run properly.Files - Caches. Added support for clearing dynamic link editor's (dyld) shared cache.Files - Caches. Added support for Flock web browser.Interface - General. New "Use expanded Print and Save dialogs by default" feature.Interface - General. New "Do not keep Help window on top of...

Keywords: application optimize advanced digital scripts browser utility system 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2662 kb; Updated: 2008-05-15

Description: FontAgent optimizes and organizes all your fonts and provides cutting-edge features to maintain their integrity, create custom font sets, and activate them when they are needed.FontAgent delivers drag-and-drop simplicity that enables you to:Stop unpredictable font behavior by discovering problem fontsEliminate crashes by removing corrupt font filesBuild and view any number of optimized and organized font librariesDefine sets of fonts that make managing projects and documents a snapActivate only fonts you need, saving resources and simplifying font menusSelect fonts easily with powerful previewing and catalogingThe new FontAgent Pro is built from the ground up for Mac OS X, and sports an all-new Aqua interface that features OS X toolbars, sheets, and advanced preview controls. Its straightforward approach to font management and intuitive interface make it an indispensable tool for Mac OS X users.

Keywords: management advanced corrupt create tool stop view 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 15462 kb; Updated: 2008-05-13

Description: Scared of the terminal or can't be bothered to remember those commands to customize your system the way you want? MacPilot is your digital savior. Easily enable and disable hidden features in Mac OS X, optimize and repair your system, and perform numerous routine maintenance operations with the click of a button!Pro user or not, you can now increase computer performance with only a few clicks of the mouse. Optimize your network for broadband connectivity, completely customize Apple File Sharing, perform essential maintenance without having to remember mind boggling acronyms, and much more. However, those are just a few of the many reasons why MacPilot is your choice over Cocktail, TinkerTool and Onyx!Enable the "cut" option in the Finder, disable menu items for security, disable icon caches, set history limits, erase recently used files, prevent your dock from being modified, turn off all system animations, increase the speed at which windows resize, change which format screenshots are taken in, set a def...

Keywords: computer optimize security windows digital network history repair 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 9421 kb; Updated: 2008-05-08

Description: Scared of the terminal or can't be bothered to remember those commands to customize your system the way you want? Mac Pilot is your digital savior. Easily enable and disable hidden features in Mac OS X, optimize and repair your system, and perform numerous routine maintenance operations with the click of a button!Pro user or not, you can now increase computer performance with only a few clicks of the mouse. Optimize your network for broadband connectivity, completely customize Apple File Sharing, perform essential maintenance without having to remember mind boggling acronyms, and much more. However, those are just a few of the many reasons why Mac Pilot is your choice over Cocktail, TinkerTool and Onyx!Enable the "cut" option in the Finder, disable menu items for security, disable icon caches, set history limits, erase recently used files, prevent your dock from being modified, turn off all system animations, increase the speed at which windows resize, change which format screenshots are taken in, set a d...

Keywords: computer optimize security windows digital network history repair 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 8294 kb; Updated: 2008-05-06

Description: Leopard Cache Cleaner makes system maintenance simple with an easy point and click interface to many OS X functions. Leopard Cache Cleaner can improve system performance by tuning internet and file cache settings, implementing ram disks, and cleaning out various cached and stale data. LCC includes tools to help optimize files and memory. LCC can recover wasted disk space by eliminating language localization files and slimming Universal Binaries.Leopard Cache Cleaner lets you create bootable Emergency Disks that include system repair utilities and LCC's powerful cache cleaning functions. If disaster strikes, the power of Leopard Cache Cleaner is available at the command prompt in Single User Mode.Leopard Cache Cleaner helps protect your system from malware. Leopard Cache Cleaner is the only utility in its class to ship with powerful ClamAV antivirus built in. LCC can scan your downloads on the fly providing industrial strength virus protection. LCC also includes chkrootkit to provide protection from rootki...

Keywords: protection utilities downloads internet optimize utility recover protect 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 12186 kb; Updated: 2008-05-02

Description: Maintenance is a System Maintenance and Cleaning utility. It allows you to run misc tasks of system maintenance: repair permissions, run periodic scripts, reset Mail's and Spotlight's Index, rebuild the LaunchServices database, delete Application, Font and System cache, check the status of the Hard disk...What's new in this version:Better compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5.2New option "Deleting the temporary items"

Keywords: application database utility scripts system repair delete tasks 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3789 kb; Updated: 2008-05-01

Description: OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.What's new in this version:The version 1.9.5 correct a bug with certain configurations and the Hungarian Localization is updated.New Utilities > Manuals panel allowing to display the man pagesThe Desktop is saved before relaunching the FinderEnable/disable single window mode in SafariEnable/disable printing Headers and Footers in SafariDeleting Logs improvedDeleting the User Caches improvedDeleting the Internet Caches improvedSafari's Debug Menu obsolete replaced by the Develop MenuEnable Web Inspector option removed (obsolete)Enabling/disabling the Safari Cache modifiedShow/hide the alert message before quitting X11Deleting th...

Keywords: utilities internet folders utility desktop window system remove 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 19046 kb; Updated: 2008-04-29

Description: BlueHarvest is a Mac OS X 10.4.x & 10.5 preference panel which allows users to:Automatically remove ".DS_Store" files.Automatically remove Resource fork (._) files.Remove .Trashes folders from removable disks.Use simple contextual menu Finder based cleaning of disks, folders and Zip archives.What's new in this version:Fixed a bug in whitelist processing.Fixed a bug where "Automatically check for updates" couldn't be disabled.Added French, Japanese and Polish support.

Keywords: folders remove files 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 707 kb; Updated: 2008-04-22

Description: HighLoad is a tool which will push your computer to the max to help diagnose most intermittent problems. This tool meant for time testing a machine. The application will not diagnose the machine for you, you must gather info from the log files and develop a conclusion.HighLoad can also run tasks such as rebuilding the Spotlight index files, clearing System Cache files, verifying Preference files, and repairing Disk Permissions to make sure your computer is running at its best.The current listing provides a link to a version of HighLoad that will work with Mac OS X 10.4 and later for a version which will work with pre-10.4 systems visit www.geniusx.net/highloadWhat's new in this version:Updated Icon for 10.5Added "Stop All" button for processes

Keywords: application computer button system tasks files tool time 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1946 kb; Updated: 2008-04-14

Description: IceClean is a powerful Finder and System optimization tool using ONLY built-in Unix system tasks to help your System stay healthy and to keep it running smoothly. IceClean lets you execute the following tasks:System Maintenance Process & InfosPeriodic Routine ScriptsVerify Preferences .plist filesRepair PermissionsUpdate PrebindingsUpdate Locate & Whatis DatabasesRebuild LaunchservicesCheck Disk S.M.A.R.T. StatusSystem Info (Fixed Internal & External Disks, Kernel Infos & Processes Status, Power Management Settings)Show (/var, /bin, /etc, /private, Receipts & Virtual Memory Lists)Unix MAN PagesCall Terminal & ConsoleSystem CleanupRemove Root & User System CachesDeep Safari CleanupRemove Safari IconsRemove Log fIlesRemove .Localized & Temporary filesFinder Utilities and CustomizationSpotlight features (Rebuild, Update, Optimize, Remove Databases. Show Spotlight Index Status, Enable or Disable Spotlilght Indexing)Dashboard ON/OFFShow Hidden FIles and FoldersForce Relaunch Dock and FinderShow Finder 'Quit' I...

Keywords: management utilities optimize virtual remove memory system files 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1434 kb; Updated: 2008-03-31