Tinkertool System Release 2 Reference Manual Ii
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Documentation 0381-1137/2 TinkerTool System Release 2 Reference Manual ii Version 3.7, June 25, 2018. US-English edition. MBS Documentation 0381-1137/2 © 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 Release 2? . 1 1.1.1 About the different functional areas of TinkerTool System Release 2 2 1.1.2 System Requirements . 2 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 . 5 1.3 Basic Operations . 6 1.3.1 The control window of TinkerTool System . 6 1.3.2 Context Help . 7 1.3.3 Fields for file system objects . 8 1.3.4 Understanding when Changes Take Effect . 8 1.3.5 General Preferences . 9 1.3.6 Reverting All Permanent Changes to System Settings . 11 1.3.7 Searching for Software Updates . 12 1.4 Integrating TinkerTool into TinkerTool System Release 2 . 12 1.4.1 Enabling Integration . 12 1.4.2 Disabling integration . 13 2 System Maintenance 15 2.1 The Pane Maintenance . 15 2.1.1 Periodic Tasks . 15 2.1.2 Permissions . 16 2.1.3 System Optimization . 18 2.1.4 Clear Directory Cache . 20 2.1.5 Locate Database . 21 2.2 The Pane Caches . 22 2.2.1 Application-Related Caches . 22 2.2.2 Font Caches . 25 2.2.3 Startup Driver Cache . 27 2.3 The Pane System Issues . 29 2.3.1 Locked Volumes . 29 2.3.2 Hidden Volumes . 30 iii iv CONTENTS 2.3.3 Extension Cache . 30 2.3.4 Automounter . 32 2.4 The Pane Diagnostics . 33 2.4.1 Evaluate RAM Size . 33 2.4.2 Check File Copy Operations . 37 2.4.3 Inspecting Optical Disks . 40 2.5 The Pane Emergency Tool . 42 2.5.1 Introduction to the standalone utility . 42 2.5.2 Installing the Standalone Version . 42 2.5.3 Removing the Standalone Version . 43 2.5.4 Using the Standalone Version . 43 2.5.5 Direct Use Cases for the Standalone Version . 44 2.6 The Pane Info . 45 2.6.1 System Information . 45 2.6.2 Malware Protection . 47 2.6.3 Logs and Reports . 49 3 File Operations 51 3.1 The Pane Files . 51 3.1.1 Link . 51 3.1.2 Protection . 52 3.1.3 Attributes . 54 3.1.4 Quarantine . 56 3.1.5 Contents . 57 3.1.6 Force Delete . 57 3.1.7 Trash . 59 3.1.8 Extended Attributes . 60 3.1.9 Library . 63 3.2 The Pane Clean Up . 64 3.2.1 General Policy when Deleting Files . 64 3.2.2 Hidden Support Files . 64 3.2.3 Log Archives . 67 3.2.4 Crash Reports . 67 3.2.5 Orphaned Files . 70 3.2.6 Aliases . 72 3.2.7 Removable Disks . 74 3.2.8 Core Dumps . 76 3.3 The Pane International . 76 3.3.1 Remove language support . 76 3.4 The Pane Applications . 82 3.4.1 Introduction to application features . 82 3.4.2 Let TinkerTool System search for components . 82 3.4.3 Uninstallation Assistant . 83 3.4.4 Code Thinning . 87 3.4.5 Bound Documents . 93 3.5 The Pane ACL Permissions . 95 CONTENTS v 3.5.1 Introduction to Permissions . 95 3.5.2 POSIX Permissions . 95 3.5.3 Additional Permission Markers . 97 3.5.4 Access Control Lists . 97 3.5.5 Show or Set Permissions . 101 3.5.6 Effective Permissions . 106 3.5.7 Special Permissions . 106 4 System Settings 111 4.1 The Pane System . 111 4.1.1 Drives . 111 4.1.2 Volumes . 113 4.1.3 Spotlight . 115 4.1.4 Network . 118 4.1.5 Screen (Mac OS X Snow Leopard) . 122 4.1.6 Screen (Mac OS X Lion or later) . 124 4.1.7 Preference Panes . 126 4.1.8 Updates (OS X Mountain Lion or later only) . 128 4.1.9 Miscellaneous . 131 4.2 The Pane Mobile Settings . 136 4.2.1 Motion Sensor . 136 4.2.2 Wake Up . 137 4.2.3 Safe Sleep . 138 4.3 The Pane Startup . 141 4.3.1 Options . 141 4.3.2 Language . 145 4.3.3 Chime (Mac OS X Snow Leopard only) . 146 4.4 The Pane Login . ..