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Tinkertool System 7 Reference Manual Ii Documentation 0642-1075/2 TinkerTool System 7 Reference Manual ii Version 7.5, August 24, 2021. US-English edition. MBS Documentation 0642-1075/2 © Copyright 2003 – 2021 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 7? . 1 1.1.1 About the different functional areas of TinkerTool System 7 . 2 1.1.2 System Requirements . 3 1.2 The Security Policy of TinkerTool System . 3 1.2.1 Confirming a privileged operation . 4 1.2.2 Technical Details for Advanced Users . 7 1.2.3 Removing outdated generations of the security component . 7 1.3 Basic Operations . 8 1.3.1 The control window of TinkerTool System . 8 1.3.2 Searching for features by keywords . 10 1.3.3 Using the Touch Bar . 10 1.3.4 Context Help . 11 1.3.5 The Dock Menu . 11 1.3.6 Fields for file system objects . 11 1.3.7 Understanding when Changes Take Effect . 12 1.3.8 General Preferences . 12 1.3.9 Reverting All Permanent Changes to System Settings . 16 1.3.10 Searching for Software Updates . 17 1.4 System Integrity Protection . 17 1.4.1 Technical Background . 17 1.4.2 Disabling Protection . 18 1.5 Privacy Policy Settings of your Mac . 19 1.5.1 Background Information . 19 1.5.2 Privacy Settings affecting TinkerTool System . 20 1.5.3 Changing the privacy settings . 20 1.6 Integrating TinkerTool into TinkerTool System 7 . 21 1.6.1 Enabling Integration . 21 1.6.2 Disabling integration . 22 2 System Maintenance 23 2.1 The Pane Maintenance . 23 2.1.1 Clear Directory Cache . 23 2.1.2 Locate Database . 24 iii iv CONTENTS 2.1.3 Shared User Folder . 25 2.2 The Pane Caches . 26 2.2.1 Introduction to caching . 26 2.2.2 Unprotected and Protected Caches . 27 2.2.3 Using the Cache Maintenance Functions . 28 2.2.4 Font Caches . 29 2.2.5 Icon Caches . 31 2.2.6 Kernel Driver Staging . 32 2.3 The Pane Time Machine X . 34 2.3.1 Time Machine Basics . 34 2.3.2 General Notes when Working with the Time Machine Pane . 34 2.3.3 The different versions of Time Machine for macOS 10 and macOS 11 34 2.3.4 Maintenance After Replacing a Data Source of Time Machine . 35 2.3.5 Backup Verification and Statistics . 38 2.3.6 Comparing Time Machine backup snapshots . 41 2.3.7 Working with Local Snapshots . 44 2.3.8 Deleting Time Machine Backup Data . 46 2.3.9 Retrieving Time Machine Logs . 49 2.4 The Pane Time Machine . 49 2.4.1 Maintenance After Replacing a Data Source of Time Machine (macOS 11 mode) . 51 2.4.2 Backup Verification . 54 2.4.3 Comparing Time Machine backup snapshots (macOS 11 mode) . 54 2.4.4 Working with Local Snapshots (macOS 11 mode) . 58 2.4.5 Deleting Time Machine snapshots . 60 2.5 The Pane Issues . 62 2.5.1 Resolving Issues with the macOS Software Update Feature . 62 2.5.2 App Store Update . 64 2.5.3 Xcode Keychains . 65 2.5.4 Network UI . 65 2.5.5 Erasing the Partitioning Info of Disks to Resolve Issues with Disk Utility . 67 2.6 The Pane Diagnostics . 70 2.6.1 Evaluate RAM Size . 70 2.6.2 Test Finder Copy . 75 2.6.3 Inspecting Optical Disks . 78 2.6.4 SSDs . 80 2.6.5 Flash Health . 82 2.6.6 Performing a Quick Test on Cooling Fans . 86 2.6.7 Login Time Accounting . 88 2.6.8 Testing Displays . 89 2.7 The Pane Emergency Tool . 92 2.7.1 Introduction to the Emergency Tool . 92 2.7.2 Printing the Instructions . 92 2.7.3 Instructions to Launch the Emergency Tool . 92 2.7.4 Using the Emergency Tool . 95 CONTENTS v 2.7.5 Old Versions of the Emergency Tool . 95 2.8 The Pane Network . 96 2.8.1 Information About Network Interfaces . 96 2.8.2 Routing Tables and Network Statistics . 97 2.8.3 Checking Network Connections via Echo Signals . 99 2.8.4 Determine the Assignment Between Host Names and Addresses . 100 2.8.5 Trace the Path of Data Packets . 100 2.8.6 Querying Databases of the Whois Service . 101 2.8.7 Determining User Information via the Finger Service . 102 2.8.8 Scan for Open IPv4 Ports . 103 2.9 The Pane Info . 105 2.9.1 System Information . 105 2.9.2 Malware Protection . 110 2.9.3 App Deny List . 112 2.9.4 Classic Logs and Reports . 114 2.9.5 Modern Logging and Tracing . 118 3 File Operations 125 3.1 The Pane Files . 125 3.1.1 Link . 125 3.1.2 Protection . 127 3.1.3 Attributes . 128 3.1.4 Quarantine . 130 3.1.5 Contents . 131 3.1.6 Force Delete . 133 3.1.7 Nesting . 134 3.1.8 Extended Attributes . 137 3.2 The Pane Clean Up . 140 3.2.1 General Policy when Deleting Files . 140 3.2.2 Hidden Support Files . 140 3.2.3 Log Archives . 143 3.2.4 Crash Reports . 143 3.2.5 Orphaned Files . 146 3.2.6 Aliases . 148 3.2.7 Removable Disks . 150 3.2.8 Core Dumps . 152 3.3 The Pane Applications . ..
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