Blog - Archived Entries

June 30, 2025:
We are releasing TinkerTool version 10.5:

Added new setting (for macOS Sequoia) to change the limit for the maximum number of suggested and recent applications shown in the Dock.
Enhanced preliminary support for future versions of macOS.
TinkerTool 10 is now fully supporting macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 14 Sonoma as well. This means the former TinkerTool 9 becomes obsolete and has been removed from distribution. Users of TinkerTool System 8 who integrated TinkerTool 9 in their system application must upgrade to TinkerTool System 8 version 8.99 at the same time to keep the integration intact.

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.

June 30, 2025:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 8 version 8.99:

Added support for the latest and future versions of macOS when creating macOS install media.
When creating install media for virtual machines in the form of ISO files, lack of free storage space is now handled in advance.
TinkerTool 10.5 has now become the minimum version when integrating TinkerTool into TinkerTool System 8.
Many small optimizations.
Fixed a problem that could occur when creating install media for Intel-based installation applications on Apple Silicon Macs if Rosetta had not been installed yet

TinkerTool System 8 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

June 24, 2025:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5302 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 082-63271)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5302 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 082-63272)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

June 24, 2025:
We are releasing NFS Manager version 5.97:

NFS Manager can now be launched on specific pre-release versions of macOS. This should not be considered full official support, however.
Several minor changes.

NFS Manager is an application to control the NFS features built into macOS via a comfortable graphical user interface. The application uses Apple’s technologies like Bonjour or Open Directory to make management as easy as possible. When using directory services, NFS Manager can configure NFS features not only for a single computer but for a whole network of thousands of Macintosh systems, with a few mouse clicks only.

June 17, 2025:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5301 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 082-60773)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5301 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 082-60774)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

June 17, 2025:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 9 version 9.7:

Added preliminary support for future versions of macOS.
Added new feature to save Time Machine logs to text files if it is possible to recreate a log retrospectively.
When adding new entries to the table of volume options, the mostly used “no mount” option is now pre-activated by default.
The list of Apple-provided startup jobs has been updated to reflect the situation in the latest versions of macOS Sequoia.
The user guidance when automatically relaunching the application after working with a maintenance feature that required a logout or restart was improved. The correct subsection of a pane now always opens automatically, no matter what view preferences are set.
Outdated components supporting a user reset of Launch Services have been permanently removed. Apple does not plan to reinstate this feature.
A section in the documentation was added, explaining how to enforce a rebuild of the mail index even if one or more corrupt messages have been found.
Fixed an issue with the date display of the status of the antivirus software when that info was retrieved shortly after a fresh install of the operating system.
Fixed a problem where the macOS dialog to suggest an installation of Rosetta was not shown when trying to create installation media for a pure Intel operating system on a Mac with Apple Silicon where Rosetta had never been used before.

TinkerTool System 9 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

June 11, 2025:
We are releasing TinkerTool version 10.4:

This version adds preliminary support for future versions of macOS.

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.

June 10, 2025:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5300 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 082-56343)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5300 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 082-56344)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

June 4, 2025:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5299 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 082-54856)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5299 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 082-54857)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

Blog - Archived Entries - June 2025