TinkerTool System 9 is a collection of system utility features helping 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 System Settings application. The features are controlled via a single window which allows you to use the application as a general toolbox and First Aid assistant.

This includes

• built-in maintenance features of macOS, usually not visible on the graphical user interface,
• extended file operations, not available in the macOS Finder,
• the possibility to access advanced system settings which are not visible in System Settings,
• graphical user interfaces for “pro” features for which Apple doesn’t provide any graphical interface in modern versions of macOS any longer,
• genuine and unique features of TinkerTool System, designed to resolve typical real-world problems of administrators and to fix the effects of certain defects (“bugs”) in the operating system,
• features to protect your privacy,
• an emergency tool to troubleshoot and repair macOS in cases where the normal user interface is no longer starting correctly or the user account of the system administrator has been damaged,
• functions to collect advanced information about the hardware, operating system, and applications.

What's New:

Release 9.7 (Build 250617)

• 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• Outdated components supporting a user reset of Launch Services have been permanently removed.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.

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