Tinkertool System 4 Reference Manual Ii
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Documentation 0355-1849/2 TinkerTool System 4 Reference Manual ii Version 4.97, April 11, 2018. US-English edition. MBS Documentation 0355-1849/2 © Copyright 2003 – 2018 by Marcel Bresink Software-Systeme Marcel Bresink Software-Systeme Ringstr. 21 56630 Kretz Germany All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be redistributed, translated in other languages, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. This publication may contain examples of data used in daily business operations. To illustrate them as completely as possible, the examples include the names of individuals, companies, brands, and products. All of these names are fictitious and any similarity to the names and addresses used by an actual business enterprise is entirely coincidental. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. 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Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 What is TinkerTool System 4? . 1 1.1.1 About the different functional areas of TinkerTool System 4 . 2 1.1.2 System Requirements . 3 1.2 The First Launch of the Application . 3 1.2.1 Changing the Security Policy . 4 1.2.2 Technical Details for Advanced Users . 5 1.2.3 Changing the Authorization Policy . 6 1.3 Basic Operations . 6 1.3.1 The control window of TinkerTool System . 6 1.3.2 Searching for features by keywords . 8 1.3.3 Context Help . 8 1.3.4 The Dock Menu . 9 1.3.5 Fields for file system objects . 9 1.3.6 Understanding when Changes Take Effect . 10 1.3.7 General Preferences . 10 1.3.8 Reverting All Permanent Changes to System Settings . 13 1.3.9 Searching for Software Updates . 14 1.4 System Integrity Protection (OS X El Capitan or later only) . 14 1.4.1 Technical Background . 14 1.4.2 Disabling Protection . 15 1.5 Integrating TinkerTool into TinkerTool System 4 . 16 1.5.1 Enabling Integration . 16 1.5.2 Disabling integration . 17 2 System Maintenance 19 2.1 The Pane Maintenance . 19 2.1.1 System Optimization . 19 2.1.2 Clear Directory Cache . 20 2.1.3 Locate Database . 22 2.2 The Pane Caches . 23 2.2.1 Introduction to caching . 23 2.2.2 Application-Related Caches (OS X Yosemite only) . 24 2.2.3 Unprotected and Protected Caches (OS X El Capitan only) . 26 iii iv CONTENTS 2.2.4 Using the Cache Maintenance Functions . 26 2.2.5 Font Caches . 28 2.2.6 Startup Driver Cache . 30 2.2.7 XPC Cache . 31 2.3 The Pane Diagnostics . 31 2.3.1 Evaluate RAM Size . 31 2.3.2 Test Finder Copy . 37 2.3.3 Inspecting Optical Disks . 40 2.3.4 Check Time Machine . 42 2.4 The Pane Emergency Tool . 45 2.4.1 Introduction to the standalone utility . 45 2.4.2 Installing the Standalone Version . 46 2.4.3 Removing the Standalone Version . 46 2.4.4 Using the Standalone Version . 46 2.5 The Pane Legacy Features . 47 2.5.1 Periodic Tasks . 47 2.5.2 Code Thinning . 49 2.6 The Pane Info . 55 2.6.1 System Information . 55 2.6.2 Malware Protection . 58 2.6.3 App Blacklist . 60 2.6.4 Driver Blacklist . 62 2.6.5 Logs and Reports . 64 3 File Operations 69 3.1 The Pane Files . 69 3.1.1 Link . 69 3.1.2 Protection . 71 3.1.3 Attributes . 72 3.1.4 Quarantine . 74 3.1.5 Contents . 75 3.1.6 Delete . 76 3.1.7 Trash . 78 3.1.8 Extended Attributes . 79 3.2 The Pane Clean Up . 81 3.2.1 General Policy when Deleting Files . 81 3.2.2 Hidden Support Files . 82 3.2.3 Log Archives . 84 3.2.4 Crash Reports . 86 3.2.5 Orphaned Files . 87 3.2.6 Aliases . 89 3.2.7 Removable Disks . 91 3.2.8 Core Dumps . 93 3.3 The Pane Languages . 93 3.3.1 Remove language support . 93 3.4 The Pane Applications . 99 CONTENTS v 3.4.1 Uninstallation Assistant . 99 3.4.2 Let TinkerTool System search for components . 99 3.4.3 Security Check . 103 3.4.4 Remove Adware . 107 3.5 The Pane ACL Permissions . 109 3.5.1 Introduction to Permissions . 109 3.5.2 POSIX Permissions . 110 3.5.3 Additional Permission Markers . 111 3.5.4 Access Control Lists . 112 3.5.5 Show or Set Permissions . 116 3.5.6 Effective Permissions . 121 3.5.7 Special Permissions . 121 4 System Settings 125 4.1 The Pane System . 125 4.1.1 Drives . 125 4.1.2 Volumes . 127 4.1.3 Spotlight . 129 4.1.4 Network . 131 4.1.5 Screen . 135 4.1.6 Preference Panes . 136 4.1.7 SSD (OS X 10.10.4 or later only) . 138 4.1.8 Permission Filter for New File System Objects (OS X 10.10.4 or later only) . 141 4.1.9 Miscellaneous . 143 4.2 The Pane Mobile Settings . 147 4.2.1 Motion Sensor . 147 4.2.2 Wake Up . 148 4.2.3 Safe Sleep . 148 4.3 The Pane Startup . ..