CNET Editors' review
Cocktail is both useful and fun for inveterate Mac tinkerers and would-be power users (that is, power users who aren't hard-core enough to use the command line).
This multipurpose utility can help you keep your computer happy and healthy, giving you access to scores of tweaks and optimizations pulled together from various utilities, preferences, third-party hacks, and command-line tools. Cocktail can help you with routine maintenance and customization across your disks, system, files, network, and interface. Cocktail is organized around these five areas, with highly customizable options for everything from clearing caches and repairing permissions to changing the appearance and behavior of the Finder and Dock--and Cocktail's Pilot feature lets you schedule regular maintenance.
Perhaps the best part of Cocktail is its extensive help files, cross-linked to articles on Wikipedia, Apple's site, and other Mac resources. Not only will you get a breakdown of the software's various features, the help files can provide a valuable primer on how your Mac works. One drawback we found was the stingy 10-use trial, but even with those 10 launches, you might be sold on this cool utility. There are other cheaper--and even free--options out there, but with Cocktail, you get OS-specific stability, helpful documentation, and a well-organized interface.
Publisher's Description
From Maintain:
Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets you clean, repair and optimize your Mac. It is a powerful digital toolset that helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world get the most out of their computers every day.
The application serves up a perfect mix of maintenance tools and tweaks, all accessible through a clean and easy to use interface. Cocktail's features are arranged into five categories that helps you manage various aspects of your computer. It also comes with an automatic Pilot-mode that allows you to simply press a button and relax, knowing that Cocktail will take care of the rest.
Cocktail (Lion Edition) requires Mac OS X 10.7. Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition) for OS X 10.6 and Cocktail (Leopard Edition) for OS X 10.5 are available for download from our website.
What's new in this version:
- Addresses an issue in which Pilot scheduler could not be enabled. Error -105 (Path to user's home directory contains spaces), error -114 (Home directory not found in the /Users folder).
- Addresses an issue in which Cocktail could not force empty the Trash. Error -362 (The Trash contains more than 2000 files).
- Addresses an issue in which Safari webpage previews could not be disabled.
- Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may freeze when trying to gather disk info... See all new features
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"Totally Useful"
Version: Cocktail 5.1.2
Pros
Does what it says it will do.
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if you make a mistake, you're up the creek...
Summary
I recommend this to all my Maciacs
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