The options for customizing the OS X user interface are rather limited, and utilities like TinkerTool provide access to many of the hidden settings and options that Apple does not make available.

TinkerTool 1.5 helps alter the appearance of OS X. For example, it puts the Trash can on the desktop and makes OS X's invisible files visible. The update "will support a future version of Mac OS X ...

Laurie mentioned this briefly in her article on getting music off your iPod, but I had to try it myself. TinkerTool was back in the reccesses of my mind... I believe I first heard about it when I ...

TinkerTool is the Swiss Army knife you need for your Mac. With its blades you can activate – or deactivate – all sorts of features that are normally hidden from view. And that’s just a tiny handful of ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Apple’s intent with the Mac is for your ...

TinkerTool for Mac provides quick access to otherwise buried settings and features. Through this app, you can tweak and adjust features as much as you want without worry, because you can always revert ...

Marcel Bresink released version 4.0 of the venerable system utility TinkerTool, which adds a massive laundry list of new preferences to Mac OS X and brings full compatibility with Snow Leopard.

When it comes to undocumented system tweaks, we at TidBITS tend to take a fairly conservative stance. After all, your system is a system. It’s responsible for running your whole computer. You wouldn’t ...

Mac OS X only: Freeware customization utility TinkerTool tweaks hidden settings in all corners of your Mac, from modifying Finder and Dock features and effects to adjusting your system fonts. Similar ...

A few weeks ago, I answered a reader question about “inherited permissions,” or how to deal with a shared folder that multiple people use via file serving on a regular Mac, not one running macOS ...

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