Software for Vintage and Obsolete Computers

If you are using an old operating system or computer which is no longer supported by Apple, you might still find software products for your Mac here. In some cases, we even develop new or updated software products targeted to old systems.

Please use the following, alphabetically sorted list of applications to find the software product you may be looking for.

Note that these applications must not be used on up-to-date versions of macOS. Those operating systems were unknown at the time the software was developed, so technical conflicts could arise that might result in data loss. Most programs have an internal safety feature which prevents you from using them with incompatible operating systems.

Operating systems prior to macOS 10.12 can no longer support the current safety standards for Internet communication. Apple does not provide the necessary security certificates and TLS versions, so these historic OS versions cannot contact our license servers any longer. This means, applications which require Internet-based activation are no longer supported by Mac OS X or OS X and it would not make sense to still offer them here.

Application Version Release Date For the Operating Systems Download
Backup Server Control 2.54 August 3, 2021 macOS 10.13
macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
↓8.1 MB
Bresink Software Updater 1.3 November 12, 2020 macOS 10.12
macOS 10.13
↓3.5 MB
Bresink Software Updater 1.71 February 21, 2023 macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
↓2.4 MB
Hardware Monitor (Community Edition)
5.6
July 19, 2021
OS X 10.10
OS X 10.11
macOS 10.12,
only on supported Macs
↓7.4 MB
Hardware Monitor Remote (Community Edition)
5.6
July 19, 2021
OS X 10.10
OS X 10.11
macOS 10.12,
only on supported Macs
↓2.1 MB
Mac Power Monitor 1.1 October 19, 2022 macOS 11
macOS 12
↓6.3 MB
NFS Manager 4.92 November 5, 2020 macOS 10.12
macOS 10.13
macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
↓10.4 MB
PrefEdit 1.2 February 27, 2006 Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.4
↓296 KB
PrefEdit 4.51 December 21, 2020 macOS 10.12
macOS 10.13
↓7.8 MB
PrefEdit
5.2
March 15, 2023 macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
↓8.3 MB
Sync Checker 3.71 July 22, 2021 macOS 10.12
macOS 10.13
↓9.6 MB
Sync Checker 3.92 February 21, 2023 macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
↓9.5 MB
SystemLoad 1.3 March 25, 2009 Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.4
Mac OS X 10.5
↓326 KB
SystemLoad 2.1 August 7, 2013 Mac OS X 10.6
Mac OS X 10.7
OS X 10.8
OS X 10.9
OS X 10.10
↓2.8 MB
SystemLoad 4.1 November 5, 2020 OS X 10.11
macOS 10.12
macOS 10.13
macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
↓1.4 MB
TinkerTool (Historic Edition) 1.1.2 June 17, 2020 Mac OS X Public Beta ↓64 KB
TinkerTool (Historic Edition) 1.5.2 June 17, 2020 Mac OS X 10.0
↓130 KB
TinkerTool Classic 3.95 August 28, 2009 Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.3
↓690 KB
TinkerTool Classic Generation 2 4.5 March 17, 2011 Mac OS X 10.4
Mac OS X 10.5
↓1.2 MB
TinkerTool System 6 6.995 June 7, 2022 macOS 10.14
macOS 10.15
see product page

† The ”Historic Editions“ of TinkerTool are made available for fans who like to use the utility with the very first versions of Mac OS X. They are digital reconstructions, rebuilt from the original sources. The software is provided “as is”, without any support or documentation.

Legacy Software for License Holders

The software products listed here run on macOS versions which can still contact the license servers, but new licenses are no longer available. Existing license holders can download software packages if they have lost their copies.

Application Version Release Date For the Operating Systems Download
TinkerTool System 5 5.99 S3 December 18, 2019 macOS 10.12
macOS 10.13
↓19 MB
TinkerTool System
1.94
June 24, 2011
Mac OS X 10.3.8
Mac OS X 10.4
↓2.5 MB