Software for macOS
TinkerTool
System 5
TinkerTool System 5 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 macOS 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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Hardware
Monitor
Hardware Monitor is an application to read out hardware sensors in
Macintosh computers. Several hundred sensors in more
than 70 model series are supported. The program can display and
visualize measured values in a large variety of fashions, including
speech output. Readings can be stored and exported. In addition,
artificial software sensors monitoring macOS can be defined, and
external LCD units can be controlled. The application also allows you to
explore other technical data of your computer, like exact processor
type, logicboard data, battery, display, and drive information, or
manufacturing details.Learn
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TinkerTool
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.
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 chargeable 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 macOS 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 macOS. It can manage a whole network of macOS 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 macOS. Each macOS 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 macOS, 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
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PrefEdit
PrefEdit is an application to manage nearly all aspects of the
preference system contained in every macOS installation. The program
consists of three components which are tightly integrated with each
other: A browser and editor for the macOS preferences database, a
browser and editor for macOS 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 macOS 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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TinkerTool
System 4
TinkerTool System 4 is an older version of TinkerTool System, designed
for the operating systems OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan,
supporting their different feature sets. Learn
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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. 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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Hardware
Monitor Remote
The program Hardware Monitor Remote is an add-on to the program Hardware Monitor for the macOS 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 your local area network to receive readings from supported hardware
sensors. In addition, the application can be used in connection with
Hardware Monitor 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.