TinkerTool System specifications

This release adds a new emergency tool to TinkerTool System which can help to repair and troubleshoot Mac OS X installations even if the entire graphical user interface, or the user account of the system administrator are no longer operational. The new standalone utility adds the following features:

• Verifying and repairing the startup disk before startup.
• Verifying and repairing the system's folder for the storage of temporary objects.
• Verifying and repairing specific permission settings of the code integrity checker of Mac OS X.
• Verifying and resetting permission settings of operating system files, independent of the graphical user interface.
• Performing an automatic quick check and repair procedure to ensure a sufficiently good state of the base operating system.
• Deactivating corrupted preference files for a user account.
• Deleting user-related Input Managers.
• Deactivating and reactivating cache contents of a user account.
• Deactivating and reactivating all preference settings of a user account.
• Deactivating corrupted system preference files.
• Deleting system-wide Input Managers.
• Deactivating and reactivating the contents of system-wide caches.
• Resetting network-managed preferences (MCX).
• Removing third-party startup objects.
• Cleaning the swap space.
• Disabling automatic login.
• Uninstalling the emergency tool, independent of the graphical user interface.

• Added a new pane to install, update, or remove the emergency tool.
• Added a new feature to inspect technical details of optical disks, like manufacturer, compliance with recording standards, or session layout.
• The dialog sheet to propagate permissions will now remember the last set of permission categories selected by the user.
• Small changes in the user interface.