Software for OS X
TinkerTool System 4
TinkerTool System 4 is a collection of system utility features
assisting you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple
Macintosh computers. The application makes use of a self-adapting user
interface which automatically adjusts to the computer model and to the
version of OS X you are running. All options available in the current
situation are accessible via “panes”, very similar to the techniques you
already know from the System Preferences application. All functions can
be controlled by a single program which acts as general toolbox and
First Aid assistant. 
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TinkerTool System
Release 2
TinkerTool System Release 2 is an older version of TinkerTool System,
optimized for the operating systems Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X
10.7 Lion, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and OS X 10.9 Mavericks, supporting
their different feature sets. The renowned collection of system utility
functions is still available for users of Apple Macintosh computers
which have been released before Summer 2007. Learn
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TinkerTool
TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.
The tool makes sure that preference changes can only affect the current
user. It will never change any component of the operating system, so the
integrity of your system is not put at risk, and there will be no
negative effect on system updates.Learn
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System Monitor
Do you like to know which parts of your computer are currently busy? Do
you like to monitor the current performance of hard drives and network
interfaces? Do you like to keep an eye on the number of write accesses
to your precious SSD? Do you like to see which disks are currently in
sleep mode? Are you a PC switcher, but you miss the flickering activity
lights of disks and interfaces on your Mac? But you like to do all this
unobtrusively, with typical Mac design, wasting no screen real estate?
Then, System Monitor will be a very interesting app for you.Learn
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Battery Monitor
More and more computers are mobile devices nowadays. The most important
prerequisite for a portable computer is a chargable battery which keeps
the device powered. Batteries are not really cheap replacement parts and
they are subject to wear and tear. Their lifetimes should be optimized,
handling them with the necessary care. Battery Monitor is a small
auxiliary application useful in this regard. It offers the following
features: Display of the charge state in the
Dock, display of internal battery
information, capturing charge and
discharge curves, bookkeeping of the
aging process of the battery. Learn
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Sync Checker
Sync Checker is designed to check if two folders or disks are perfectly synchronized, i.e. if they have exactly the same contents. Verify if your backup and sync programs work correctly, find out where two OS X installations differ, test if your web server has received the latest updates of your web pages: There are many situations where Sync Checker can be really helpful.
If file collections are not in sync, Sync Checker will help you to
browse through the differing items, analyzing exactly where a mismatch
occurred, and if the differences are critical or negligible. Filter
tools help you to navigate through large sets of mismatching objects.
You can also create a textual report of the results which can be printed
or exported. Learn
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NFS Manager
NFS Manager is a graphical user interface to control all built-in NFS features of OS X. It can manage a whole network of OS X computers to setup a distributed NFS file system via a few simple mouse clicks.
NFS (Network File System) is the industry standard for file sharing on
UNIX systems like OS X. Each OS X system can be setup as an NFS server
to offer files to the network, or as an NFS client to access files
shared by other computers. Different from other file sharing protocols
built into OS X, NFS has no limitations in the number of users or
connections concurrently active. In addition, NFS can be setup to
connect to servers fully automatically (“automounting”) without any
password entries being necessary.Learn more…
PrefEdit
PrefEdit is an application to manage nearly all aspects of the
preference system contained in every OS X installation. The program
consists of three components which are tightly integrated with each
other: A browser and editor for the OS X preferences database, a browser
and editor for OS X property list files (plists), and a browser for
preference manifest files. PrefEdit was the first preferences editor
ever published for Mac OS X. With its long experience and maturity, it
has become one of the most advanced preference management applications
for OS X available today. Learn
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SystemLoad
SystemLoad is a diagnostic application assisting you in the detection
of cooling or power supply problems with Apple Macintosh computers. The
tool can put a user-definable load onto one or more processors. This can
help in diagnosing the following issues: problems with the cooling
system or temperature sensors, problems with chirping noise caused by
oscillating parts in the voltage supply circuitry of specific computer
models, problems with battery units of portable computers.
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Hardware Monitor
Hardware Monitor is an application to read out all accessible hardware
sensors in Macintosh computers released between August 2002 and
October 2012. Currently more than 100 different Macintosh
hardware sensors and more than 200 hard drive temperature sensors are
supported. The program can display and visualize measured values in a
large variety of fashions. Readings can also be stored and exported. In
addition, artificial software sensors monitoring Mac OS X can be
defined, and external LCD units can be controlled. The application also
allows you to explore other technical data of your computer, like
processor type, processor and bus frequencies, as well as manufacturing
information.Learn more…
Hardware
Monitor Remote
The program Hardware Monitor Remote is an add-on to the program Hardware Monitor for the Mac OS X operating system.
Hardware Monitor Remote allows you to use a hardware monitoring service
on a remote Macintosh system. Other computers can contact this system
via network (local area network, wireless network or the Internet) to
receive readings from all available hardware sensors. In addition, the
application can be used to control external LCD units on "headless"
computers that are operated without display screens.
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Legacy Software Products
Temperature Monitor and other software products for use with operating systems prior than Mac OS X 10.7 Lion can be found on the page for vintage and obsolete computers.