Cocktail 3.7.3 review

Cocktail is a general purpose utility for Mac OS X.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 1794K Developer: Maintain Buy Now Price: $14.00 Updated: 16 Oct 2006

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Cocktail is a general purpose utility for Mac OS X. The application simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions, gives access to hidden Mac OS X settings and let you easily optimize your system.

Cocktail gives you access to hidden features of your disks, system, files, network and interface.

It is a smooth, powerful and simple to use utility with all major features arranged in five basic categories and a "Pilot" that lets you maintain your system with one click of the button.

Here are some key features of "Cocktail":
Disks
Enable or disable journaling.
Repair disk permissions.
Set disk spindown time.

System
Prebind and re-prebind entire system or selected folder.
Run cron scripts.
Change startup mode and language.
Modify sleep settings.
Force empty trash.
Rebuild Launch Services database.
Update whatis and locate databases.

Files
Delete locked or inaccessible items.
Delete invisible DS Store files.
Clean system, user and Internet caches.
View, rotate, print and save logs.
Create symbolic links.
Recreate Mac OS 9 Desktop alias.
Lock or unlock files and folders.

Network
Change speed, duplex and MTU.
Optimize network settings for eight most common types of connections or apply the custom optimization.
Configure the Mac OS X file server.

Interface
Customize look and features of Finder, Dock and login window.
Modify hidden settings of Expos?, Mail, Safari and other applications.

Pilot
Easily optimize your system.
Schedule maintenance tasks.

What's New:
Fixed a bug that caused high CPU usage on Intel Macs
Fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.4.8.