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January 15, 2021:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 6 version 6.96:

• Communication with slow components of macOS in the background could sometimes be misinterpreted as alleged “hang” of the application. To avoid this, many user interface elements to control features of Time Machine, Spotlight, and CUPS have been changed over to asynchronous behavior. TinkerTool System will no longer wait for immediate response of macOS, but temporarily disable the affected controls until the corresponding operations have completed.
• This version fixes a problem with the creation of install media where installer apps of macOS 11 could be shown as invalid after such an app had been launched and quit in the same user login session.

TinkerTool System 6 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

January 15, 2021:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 7 version 7.11:

• Due to major performance problems and critical errors in Apple’s Time Machine interface for third-party applications, support for all features managing network-based backups has been disabled. (Disk-based backups are not affected.) The features are planned to be reinstated again as soon as this macOS component will work correctly in future versions of the operating system.
• Communication with slow components of macOS in the background could sometimes be misinterpreted as alleged “hang” of the application. To avoid this, many user interface elements to control features of Time Machine, Spotlight, and CUPS have been changed over to asynchronous behavior. TinkerTool System will no longer wait for immediate response of macOS, but temporarily disable the affected controls until the corresponding operations have completed.
• The list of known defects in the startup jobs of macOS 11.1 has been updated.
• This version fixes a problem with the creation of install media where installer apps of macOS 11 could be shown as invalid after such an app had been launched and quit in the same user login session.

TinkerTool System 7 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

January 6, 2021:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

• Safari Technology Preview version 118 (Update Product IDs: 001-92141, 001-92172)

Safari Technology Preview allows users to get a sneak peek at upcoming web technologies in macOS and experiment with these technologies in websites and extensions.