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Below is a comparison of the 662 core features in MacPilot 3.5. Why version 3.5? Because after introducing over 400 new features in MacPilot 4, and already being over 300 features ahead of our closest competitor, we decided we no longer needed to keep score.| MacPilot | Cocktail | Onyx | TinkerTool | iTweax | Secrets | |
| Version | 3.5 | 4.6.2 | 2.1.1 | 3.96 | 2.0.6 | Dec-09 |
| Missing Features | 0 | 402 | 547 | 592 | 547 | 365 |
| Tools | ||||||
| Create symbolic link | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Cron: Daily | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Cron: Monthly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Cron: Weekly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Desktop screensaver | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Erase .DS_Store files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Erase icon cache | Yes | |||||
| Erase Mac-Specific files | Yes | |||||
| Erase unused preferences | Yes | |||||
| Extract Intel application | Yes | |||||
| Extract PPC application | Yes | |||||
| Flush DNS cache | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Force delete file or folder | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Force empty trashes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Install Archives prefs pane | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Install Disk Images prefs pane | Yes | |||||
| Launch CUPS setup | Yes | |||||
| Lock file or folder | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Merge folders | Yes | |||||
| Merge folders (replace) | Yes | |||||
| Print manuals | Yes | |||||
| Query Locate | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Rebuild Help Viewer index | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Rebuild Launch Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Rebuild prebinding | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Rebuild the Locate database | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Search manuals | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Set item visibility | Yes | |||||
| Unlock file or folder | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Update Launch Services | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Update prebinding | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Verify preference file integrity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| View manuals | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Wipe Access Control List data | Yes | Yes | ||||
| File Browser | ||||||
| Alter the creation, modification, accessed, and backup date | Yes | |||||
| Change file comments | Yes | |||||
| Change label color | Yes | |||||
| Hide file extensions | Yes | |||||
| QuickLook preview | Yes | |||||
| Set Creator Code | Yes | |||||
| Set flags: alias, bundle, name locked, stationary, has custom icon, has been inited, has no INITs, is shared | Yes | |||||
| Set Locked status | Yes | |||||
| Set POSIX file permissions | Yes | |||||
| Set Type code | Yes | |||||
| Show invisible files | Yes | |||||
| Toggle visibility | Yes | |||||
| View detailed file information | Yes | |||||
| View file size in numerous formats | Yes | |||||
| Info | ||||||
| Character map for each font | Yes | |||||
| Detailed system profile | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Error code list | Yes | |||||
| Key combination list | Yes | |||||
| Port list | Yes | |||||
| Disks | ||||||
| Advanced Disk Information | Yes | |||||
| Hard Drive Sleep for Battery | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Hard Drive Sleep for Wall | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Repair Disk | Yes | |||||
| SMS for Battery | Yes | Yes | ||||
| SMS for Wall | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Toggle Journaling | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Verify Disk | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Verify Disk Permissions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Verify Mac OS 9 Permissions | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Network | ||||||
| 8 Network Socket Presets | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Modify Network Kernel Values | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Network Interface Information | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Permanently or Temporarily Apply Settings | Yes | |||||
| Login Items | ||||||
| Add and remove items | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable and disable items | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Remove broken login items | Yes | |||||
| Reorder Login Items | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Reveal item in Finder | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Toggle hidden status on launch | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Startup | ||||||
| 32 or 64-bit boot mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Customize startup language | Yes | |||||
| Debug mode | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Allow kernel debugger nub to use ARP | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Enable kernel debugging with NMI support | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Enable logging of misc diagnostics | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Halt on boot time for debugger connection | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Prompt for action after kernel panic | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Send kernel debugger output to console | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Send only panic log, not core dump, on panic | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Show kernel panics on screen | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Trigger core dump on NMI | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Trigger core dump on panic | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Use KDB instead of GDB for debugging | Yes | |||||
| Debug: Wait for debugger after NMI core dump | Yes | |||||
| Limit system RAM | Yes | |||||
| Limit the number of CPUs | Yes | |||||
| Mute startup chime | Yes | |||||
| Safe mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Set idlehalt | Yes | |||||
| Single User mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Specify additional boot arguments | Yes | |||||
| Verbose mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Spotlight | ||||||
| Delete Spotlight index | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Enable calculator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Enable dictionary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Enable/disable Spotlight indexing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| View index size | Yes | |||||
| Power | ||||||
| Automatic restart on power loss | Yes | |||||
| Change hibernation mode | Yes | |||||
| Dim display when switching to this power source | Yes | |||||
| Display sleep dims the screen | Yes | |||||
| Dynamically reduce processor speed | Yes | |||||
| Prevent idle sleep if TTY is active | Yes | |||||
| Reduce processor speed | Yes | |||||
| Relocate hibernate file | Yes | |||||
| Schedule power events | Yes | |||||
| Sleep when power button pushed | Yes | |||||
| Wake for ethernet activity | Yes | |||||
| Wake on modem ring | Yes | |||||
| Wake when laptop lid is opened | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Wake when power source changed | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Logs | ||||||
| Delete system logs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Empty system logs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| View system logs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Address Book | ||||||
| Log Bluetooth | Yes | |||||
| Log general information | Yes | |||||
| Log image sources | Yes | |||||
| Log locks | Yes | |||||
| Log metadata actions | Yes | |||||
| Log notifications | Yes | |||||
| Log search elements | Yes | |||||
| Log sync | Yes | |||||
| Log sync (detailed) | Yes | |||||
| Log Time Machine | Yes | |||||
| Search for phones on launch | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show the Debug menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Aperture | ||||||
| Hot Folder | Yes | |||||
| Library Path | Yes | |||||
| Library Path on Restart | Yes | |||||
| Dashboard | Yes | |||||
| Developer mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Disable Dashboard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Disable ripple effect | Yes | |||||
| Disk Utility | ||||||
| Add Eject menu to the menubar | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Automatically mount disks without user login | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Automatically open read-only images | Yes | |||||
| Automatically open read-write images | Yes | |||||
| Disable Internet-enabled images special actions | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Do not move to Trash | Yes | |||||
| Do not reveal copied items | Yes | |||||
| Show all disk partitions | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show extra image formats | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Show the Debug menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Skip check for images on locked volumes | Yes | |||||
| Skip check for images on remote volumes | Yes | |||||
| Skip disk image checksum verification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Verify discs after burning | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Dock | ||||||
| Add left spacer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Add Recent Items stack on left | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add Recent Items stack on right | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add right spacer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Alignment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Automatically hide and show the Dock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Bounce application icons in the dock while launching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Disallow changes to the automatically hide & show option | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disallow changes to the Dock's effect | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disallow changes to the maximum magnification level | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disallow changes to the position of the Dock | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Give hidden applications translucent icons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Highlight stack items on mouse-over | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Icon size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Identify foreground application | Yes | |||||
| Magnification | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Minimization effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Mouse-over magnification | Yes | |||||
| Never bounce the Dock icon for program alerts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Only show open applications | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Position | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Prevent adding or removing items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prevent the Dock from being resized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Show 'Quit Finder' option | Yes | |||||
| Show all files in menus | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show Exposé Menus | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Show shadow | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Single application mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Spring-load all items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Use a 2D traditional Dock design instead of 3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Use alternate minimized window previews | Yes | |||||
| Use new list-style stack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Exposé | ||||||
| Exposé normal mode | Yes | |||||
| Show Exposé blob | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show Windows from Other Spaces | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Finder | ||||||
| Animate Get Info window panes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Animate snapping to grid | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Animate windows opening and closing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Cannot change any view options | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Cannot change Computer view options | Yes | |||||
| Cannot change default view options | Yes | |||||
| Cannot change Desktop view options | Yes | |||||
| Cannot change Trash view options | Yes | |||||
| Chars per line (Desktop) | Yes | |||||
| Chars per line (Layout) | Yes | |||||
| Disable all animations | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable Finder Preferences menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Disable New Finder windows open popup | Yes | |||||
| Enable alternating row colors in list view | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable remote disc browsing | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable remote disc support | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable sound effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Finder location | Yes | |||||
| Grid horizontal padding | Yes | |||||
| Grid vertical padding | Yes | |||||
| Hide Customize Toolbar in View menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Interface simplicity level | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maximum file name label lines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Prevent .DS_Store creation on a network | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Preview column delay | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Prohibit Disc Burning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Prohibit ejecting discs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Prohibit Empty Trash | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Prohibit Go to Folder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Prohibit Go->Connect to Server... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Prohibit Go->iDisk->My iDisk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Remember open Finder windows | Yes | |||||
| See QuickLook folder previews | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Show 'Always open in' view mode popup | Yes | |||||
| Show "Quit Finder" in the "Finder" menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Show custom icons on remote volumes | Yes | |||||
| Show custom icons on removable volumes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show hidden files and folders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Show icons on the Desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Show POSIX Path in window title | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Show zoom animation when opening files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fonts | ||||||
| Application font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Application font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Bold system font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Bold system font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Fixed pitch font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Fixed pitch font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Font smoothing threshold | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Labels font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Labels font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Message font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Message font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Palettes font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Palettes font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| System font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| System font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Title Bar font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Title Bar font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Tool Tips font | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Tool Tips font size | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Font Row | ||||||
| Allow iTunes Store access | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Front Row HD trailers | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Storefront country | Yes | Yes | ||||
| iCal | ||||||
| Alarm sound | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Include the Debug menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| New event duration | Yes | Yes | ||||
| iChat | ||||||
| Auto-accept audio chat invitations | Yes | |||||
| Auto-accept video chat invitations | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Auto-away delay | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Auto-away message | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Automatically go away | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable iChat data detectors | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Idle user timeout | Yes | Yes | ||||
| iTunes message format | Yes | |||||
| iPhoto | ||||||
| Adjustment window opacity | Yes | |||||
| Automatically pan and zoom | Yes | |||||
| Enable Multi-Touch maps | Yes | Yes | ||||
| iPhoto asks for launch after hot plug | Yes | |||||
| Large album view | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Loop slides | Yes | |||||
| Maximum thumbnail size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show full screen thumbnails | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show full screen toolbar | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Slide duration | Yes | |||||
| iTunes | ||||||
| Allow half-star ratings | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Auto-create playlists when buying song collections | Yes | |||||
| Create file names with disk number | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Create file names with track number | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Disable automatic device backups | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable device backups completely | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable the Genius sidebar | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Load complete preview before playing | Yes | |||||
| Play songs while importing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Point iTunes Music Store links to Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Remember view settings for each source | Yes | |||||
| Show genre when browsing | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Show Library playlist | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show store arrow links | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Zoom to Window | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Keynote | ||||||
| Save compression level | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Use human-readable XML file format | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Login Window | ||||||
| Admin host info | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Desktop Picture | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Desktop Picture Reset | Yes | |||||
| Disable >console access | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Disable Restart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Disable Shutdown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Disable Sleep | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Hidden user list | Yes | |||||
| Hide admin users | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Hide local users | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Hide users with ID below 500 | Yes | |||||
| Include network users | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Kiosk mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Login Hook Script | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Logout Hook Script | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Retries until hint | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Show input menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show other users | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Startup delay | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Use text fields instead of user icons. | Yes | |||||
| Welcome text | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Activity on all ports | Yes | |||||
| Address completion times | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Allow JavaScript pop-up windows | Yes | |||||
| Attachment purging activity | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Auto-add invitations to iCal | Yes | |||||
| Automatically check for new mail on launch | Yes | |||||
| Avoid receiving duplicate messages | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Blocked fetches | Yes | |||||
| Bundle compatibility version | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Compose window times | Yes | |||||
| Date column times | Yes | |||||
| Debug log level | Yes | |||||
| Delivery times | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable data detectors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Disable inline attachment viewing | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Document life cycle activity | Yes | |||||
| Document save activity | Yes | |||||
| Enable bundles | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable Java | Yes | |||||
| Enable JavaScript | Yes | |||||
| Forced BCC header | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Forced read-receipts header | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Forced reply-to header | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Image resizing time | Yes | |||||
| IMAP Server Prefixes Mirror FS | Yes | |||||
| Include names when copying addresses to clipboard | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Junk mail activity | Yes | |||||
| Launch timing | Yes | |||||
| Mail import activity | Yes | |||||
| Mail sent sound path | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Mailbox open times | Yes | |||||
| Message load times | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Message threading times | Yes | |||||
| Minimum HTML font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Notification activity | Yes | |||||
| Open stores when quitting | Yes | |||||
| Prefer viewing plain text versus HTML content | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Preferred character set | Yes | Yes | ||||
| RSS poll time | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show control chars in raw message source | Yes | |||||
| Sort times | Yes | |||||
| Transfer operation times | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Window paint times | Yes | |||||
| Numbers | ||||||
| Do not create TOC for Excel documents | Yes | |||||
| Save compression level | Yes | |||||
| Use human-readable XML file format | Yes | |||||
| Pages | ||||||
| Save compression level | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Use human-readable XML file format | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Photo Booth | ||||||
| Disable advanced effects | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable internal camera | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Preview | ||||||
| Enable AppleScript support | Yes | |||||
| Preview zoom level for PDF files | Yes | |||||
| Quartz Composer | ||||||
| Default movie duration | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Default movie height | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Default movie width | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show private patches | Yes | Yes | ||||
| QuickTime Player | ||||||
| Allow simultaneous recordings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Always show titlebar/controller | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Auto-play movie on open | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Auto-show subtitles & closed captioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Disable rounded corners | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Keep fullscreen on app switch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Never show the titlebar | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Never show titlebar/controller | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Show QuickTime inspector window at launch | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Remote Desktop | ||||||
| Administrator console entries | Yes | |||||
| Administrator console allows remote control | Yes | |||||
| Allow Directory Group Logins | Yes | |||||
| Allow Legacy VNC Connections | Yes | |||||
| Always request permission before allowing screen access | Yes | |||||
| Amount of logging to syslog.conf | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Do not warn about VNC encryption | Yes | |||||
| Include Debug menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Only allow local VNC connections | Yes | |||||
| Register with Bonjour | Yes | |||||
| Report cache build settings | Yes | |||||
| Screen Sharing requires permissions to be enabled | Yes | |||||
| Send only main display | Yes | |||||
| Show short user name | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Task server entries | Yes | |||||
| Time between screen updates | Yes | |||||
| Use multicast for file copies | Yes | |||||
| Use multicast when not using en0 | Yes | |||||
| VNC port | Yes | |||||
| Safari | ||||||
| Allow animated images | Yes | |||||
| Allow animated images to loop | Yes | |||||
| Always show tab bar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Auto-expand printing details | Yes | |||||
| Auto-update site snapshots | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Back/Forward history limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Back/Forward menu history limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Back/Forward RAM cache expiration | Yes | |||||
| Bookmarks Coverflow | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Check for world leaks | Yes | |||||
| Circular Load Progress Wheel | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Confirm when closing multiple pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Custom user agent | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Delete and disable cache | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Dim page on Top Sites zoom | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable PDF support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drag and scroll delay | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable 'Inspect Element' option | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable form modification warning on close | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enable RSS support | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Fancy URL Completion | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Full page zoom | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Google suggestions | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Handle man:// URLs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| History age limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| History menu age limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| History menu pages limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Initial layout delay | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Internet Explorer favourites were imported | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Links with target open in new tabs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Log JavaScript exceptions | Yes | |||||
| Max tabs to open with confirmation | Yes | |||||
| Max tabs to open without confirmation | Yes | |||||
| Minimum fixed font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Minimum font size | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Netscape and Mozilla favourites were imported | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Object RAM cache | Yes | |||||
| Open new pages in existing window | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Page RAM cache | Yes | |||||
| Print backgrounds | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Print headers and footers | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Resource layout delay | Yes | |||||
| RSS refresh interval | Yes | Yes | ||||
| RSS Theme ID | Yes | |||||
| Show a URL tooltip when hovering over links | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Show Develop menu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Show Safari build number in window titles | Yes | |||||
| Shrink large images to fit window | Yes | |||||
| Site icon location | Yes | |||||
| Site icons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Some syndication information to StdErr | Yes | |||||
| Tab bar is on top | Yes | |||||
| Toolbar Redesign | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Top Sites | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Use circular progress indicator | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Use grammar checking | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Use spell checking | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Verbose StdErr logging | Yes | |||||
| Screen Capture | ||||||
| Disable shadows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Screenshot destination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screenshot format | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screenshot name prefix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Screen Sharing | ||||||
| Control/Observe Quality | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Full toolbar | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Show Bonjour browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Sharing (Client) | ||||||
| Active timeout | Yes | |||||
| Allow add to Keychain | Yes | |||||
| Allow clear text passwords | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Allow reconnects | Yes | |||||
| Allow SSH | Yes | |||||
| Debug level | Yes | |||||
| Default username | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Display login greeting | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Force Kerberos | Yes | |||||
| Force SSH | Yes | |||||
| Idle timeout | Yes | |||||
| Immutable directories | Yes | |||||
| Keychain search | Yes | |||||
| Log debugging info | Yes | |||||
| Maximum file listing cache age | Yes | |||||
| Maximum folder listing cache age | Yes | |||||
| Minimum file listing cache age | Yes | |||||
| Minimum folder listing cache age | Yes | |||||
| Mount flags | Yes | |||||
| Reconnect retries | Yes | |||||
| Reconnect timeout | Yes | |||||
| Require SSH | Yes | |||||
| Show authentication type | Yes | |||||
| Show clear text warning | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Show SSH warning | Yes | |||||
| Soft auto-mount volumes | Yes | |||||
| Soft mount volumes | Yes | |||||
| Use default username | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Use short username | Yes | Yes | ||||
| WAN quantum | Yes | |||||
| WAN threshold | Yes | |||||
| Sharing (Sever) | ||||||
| Activity log path | Yes | |||||
| Activity log retention | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Activity log size | Yes | |||||
| Admins given root access | Yes | |||||
| Allow admins to masquerade as users | Yes | |||||
| Allow clients to sleep | Yes | |||||
| Allow disconnection of idle users | Yes | |||||
| Allow guest login | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Allow root login | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Allow SSH tunneling | Yes | |||||
| Authentication mode | Yes | |||||
| Auto-restart server | Yes | |||||
| Bit locking | Yes | |||||
| Create home folders | Yes | |||||
| Disconnect idle administrators | Yes | |||||
| Disconnect idle guests | Yes | |||||
| Disconnect idle registered users | Yes | |||||
| Disconnect idle users with open files | Yes | |||||
| Enable activity logging | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Enforce home folder quotas | Yes | |||||
| Error log path | Yes | |||||
| Error log retention | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Error log size | Yes | |||||
| Greeting | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Idle disconnect message | Yes | |||||
| Idle disconnect time | Yes | |||||
| Kerberos server name | Yes | |||||
| List server on AppleTalk | Yes | |||||
| List server on Bonjour | Yes | |||||
| Log file creations | Yes | |||||
| Log file deletions | Yes | |||||
| Log folder creations | Yes | |||||
| Log logins | Yes | |||||
| Log logouts | Yes | |||||
| Log opens deletions | Yes | |||||
| Mac OS 9 admins only see share points | Yes | |||||
| Mac OS 9 client encoding | Yes | |||||
| Mac OS X admins only see share points | Yes | |||||
| Maximum client sleep time | Yes | |||||
| Maximum connections | Yes | |||||
| Maximum guests | Yes | |||||
| Maximum threads | Yes | |||||
| Notify users if server is full | Yes | |||||
| Only send greeting once | Yes | |||||
| Permissions model | Yes | |||||
| Port | Yes | |||||
| Reconnect flag | Yes | |||||
| Reconnect token key TTL | Yes | |||||
| Reconnect token key TTL | Yes | |||||
| Server token key TTL | Yes | |||||
| TCP message quantum | Yes | |||||
| Tickle time | Yes | |||||
| Spaces | ||||||
| Continuously cycle through spaces | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Disable Space switching on command-tab | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Window dragging delay between spaces | Yes | Yes | ||||
| System | ||||||
| Allow Web Searches | Yes | |||||
| Beam sync mode | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Check spelling while typing | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Crash reporter type | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Default umask | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable tooltip auto wrapping | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Distinguish Legacy ACLs | Yes | |||||
| Downloaded App Warning | Yes | |||||
| Drag and drop delay | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Dragging auto-scroll delay | Yes | |||||
| Enable Help Viewer debugging | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Enable printing error reporting | Yes | |||||
| Enable QuartzGL rendering | Yes | Yes | ||||
| EO adapter debug | Yes | |||||
| Exception handling mask | Yes | |||||
| Font Smoothing Threshold | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Force Installer to follow symbolic links | Yes | |||||
| Globally enable auto-dash-substitution | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Globally enable spell checking | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Globally enable spelling auto-correction | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Magic Mouse Momentum Scrolling | Yes | |||||
| Max. recent applications | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Max. recent documents | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Max. recent servers | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Menubar transparency | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Mouse speed multiplier | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Play audible feedback | Yes | |||||
| Print URL in footer | Yes | |||||
| Quartz 2D Extreme | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Quartz scaling | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| QuickLook debugging | Yes | |||||
| Recent documents limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Run Python in 32-bit mode | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Run Perl in 32-bit mode | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Scrollbar style | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Show expired certificates | Yes | |||||
| Show file extensions globally | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Software Update catalog URL | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Tooltip display delay | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Trackpad speed multiplier | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Use expanded print dialog by default | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Use expanded save dialog as default | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Use metal appearance everywhere | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Verbose output | Yes | |||||
| Window auto-resize speed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Terminal | ||||||
| Option-click moves cursor in Terminal | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Terminal window focus follows mouse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Time Machine | ||||||
| Allow use of unsupported volumes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Animate space background | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Backup file exclusions | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Backup interval | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Disable Time Machine new disk prompt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum backup size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Skip backing up system files | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Start Time Machine on disk mount | Yes | Yes | ||||
| X11 | ||||||
| Allow click through | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable display server incoming connections | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Disable quit alert | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Enable stereographic display | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Focus follows mouse | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Startup application | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Xcode | ||||||
| Activate code completion in nonsource files | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Align new lines with their predecessors | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Allow editing of compiled scripts | Yes | |||||
| Attempt permission preservation on save | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Auto-open first project file in folders | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Automanage spaces after insert/delete | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Automatically clear console | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Beep when missing an opening brace | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Display warning on save failure | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Drag and drop text delay | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Encoding shown in menus | Yes | |||||
| Extra plugin folders | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Extra template macros | Yes | |||||
| Group build files by build configuration | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Identify control characters | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Identify nonbreaking space characters | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Log GDB results to file | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maximum distributed tasks | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maximum recent documents | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maximum SCM log size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maximum size for precompiled header cache | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Minimum age for PCH cache removal candidacy | Yes | Yes | ||||
| NSText shows control characters | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Number of parallel build subtasks | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path for logging GDB communication | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to CVS binary | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to Emacs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to failure sound | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to gdb | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to p4 binary | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to pipe shell | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to save Code Sense index | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to snapshot repository | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to success sound | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to svn binary | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Path to xemacs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Perform syntax coloring on unknown languages | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Predictive compilation delay | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Recent document limit | Yes | |||||
| Reindent source code on paste | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Scroll on brace double click | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Select quoted text on quotation-mark double click | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Shared workgroup build manager log level | Yes | |||||
| Show #define statements in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show class declarations in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show class definitions in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show function declarations in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show function definitions in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show marks in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show method declarations in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show method definitions in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show type definitions in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Show warnings in declarations menu | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Table font | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Table font size | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Verbose logging for distributed builds | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Warn about past-save undo operations | Yes | Yes | ||||
Licenses to suit your needs
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Official Features
| Softpedia (5/5 Stars) | Macenstein (9/10) |
| MyMacProduct (8/10) | My Digital Life (4/5) |
| Weblog of a "Switcher" | MacWorld UK (4/5) |
| The Mac Reviewer (10/10) | Soft32 (5/5) |
| shufffle|gazine | ClubMac MUG |
| The Spinning Beachball | Diablo Valley MUG |
| Mac|Life | MacAddict |
| MacApper | MacCompanion |
| MACup Magazine (Germany) | Macworld |
| MacApper | MacCompanion |
| MacUser | VersionTracker |
| Macworld Italy | Mid-Atlantic MUG |
| Low End Mac | iAppBlog |
| Oxford MUG | Univers Mac |
| xlr8yourmac | Apple.com |
| MacZot | MacUpdate |
| MacWorld UK | Macsimum News |
| FindMySoft.com | Mac Observer |
| San Diego MUG | EmpowerMac.com MUG |
User Reviews
"Wow. I had no idea so many hidden features were tucked away inside my Mac. The level of customizability that this app reveals is just insane. Whether it's something as simple as putting spacers in my Dock and muting the startup chime or something as obscure as configuring iPhoto to have a certain opacity in its adjustment windows, it's all here… all just one click away. Seriously." — Sheralyn Comby
"Some things this app has shown me are things I didn't even know I needed but can't live without now. And it just does so much that I feel like I'm discovering new things about it all the time. Absolutely genius, this one." — Jacob Plante
"Amazing how much Apple has hidden to streamline the average user experience. MacPilot gives those decisions to you. Now you can hide or show as much or as little as you want. There are basically no limits here! It's like rediscovering your Mac all over again from the top down, which I'm sure many would agree is a truly magical experience." — Larry Hadwin
"This is an all-in-one app to the power of eighty-four! It does EVERYTHING. I'm absolutely amazed at how much I can customize my Mac with this thing. Who knew there were so many hundreds of hidden features in every Mac out there? It just blows my mind." — Kody Lapsang
"MacPilot is the best of its kind that I've used. It gets updated the most frequently, the developer is the most responsive to support and ideas, and it's functionality is just the smoothest I've seen yet. This is a must-have for all you die-hard Mac fans out there, and even those who aren't die-hards. This is just an essential app for everybody. Go for it." — Evan Rossi
"It's like my computer just turned into a Swiss Army Knife! I'll admit I was expecting to be impressed, but I ended up being entirely blown away by the functionality of MacPilot altogether. I'm going to be discovering and re-discovering this one for a while, I'm sure. This app is just spilling over with hidden features for your Mac. Seriously… who knew?" — Brent Janson
"I feel like I'm never going to need another app for as long as I live. This one does it all. Everything. Even things you wouldn't expect - seriously, it's all here. I can't even express how much I have to recommend MacPilot. Everyone and their dog should own it. Hands down." — Martin Zacher
"I feel like the word "tweak" is an understatement. You can do SO much with this application. More than you can even imagine. I promise you." — Riley Shore
"I've heard of being able to modify the way your Mac works with terminal commands and messing around with all that stuff, but I've always been too afraid to try it. For that reason alone, I'm glad I discovered this app! MacPilot is a safe way to screw around and discover things you never even imagined were possible with your Mac. Don't like the modification you just did? Just click the button again. It's honestly that simple." — Landon Spears
"MacPilot combines everything you've ever imagined were possible with your Mac and packages it into one simple little $20 payment. I'm still reeling a bit over the price of this one. You don't expect it to do all that it does for that cheap! Finally an app that gives back way more than what you initially paid for it. I'm impressed. Very impressed. Awestruck, even." — Mahalia Thompson
Detailed list of changes
Version 7.0.3
- Version 7.x is a $15.95 paid upgrade from version 6.x and earlier. If you already own a 7.x license (or are on a subscription plan), just download this update. No additional payment required. For everyone else, please visit our upgrades store for a free or paid upgrade as well as more information. Older versions can be downloaded on our product pages.
- This version is designed for Mac OS X 10.7 or later only. Versions for older systems can now be downloaded on our web site.
- New in Version 7.0.3 — October 24, 2014
- New Feature: Set event default duration in Calendar.app.
- New Feature: Turn on a "Heat map" in Year view mode in Calendar.app.
- New Feature: Added ability to right-click checkboxes and choose Disable when the checkbox state is indeterminate.
- WISH LIST: Disable Launchpad.
- UNKNOWN BUG: Permanently network settings not saving on restart (10.9). Can anyone verify this on this system version or others? We can't!
- New in Version 7.0.2 — October 23, 2014
- Bug Fix: Removed feature to set dock position (pinning) in Mac OS X 10.10 as Apple has removed this feature.
- Bug Fix: Flagged feature to set Preview.app default PDF zoom level as unsupported in Preview 8.0 and later.
- Bug Fix: Fixed bug calculating large amounts of system RAM.
- Bug Fix: Fixed determining virtual memory state.
- Bug Fix: Fixed calculating the correct font text encoding for information received by the system.
- New Feature: Now hides unsupported features by default in the Advanced Editor. You can toggle this in the Preferences window.
- WISH LIST: Disable Launchpad.
- UNKNOWN BUG: Permanently network settings not saving on restart (10.9). Can anyone verify this on this system version or others? We can't!
- New in Version 7.0.1 — October 17, 2014
- Bug Fix: Fixed bug with tapping to click on a trackpad when setting features in the Advanced Editor.
- Bug Fix: Fixed registration bug for users with a corrupt com.koingosw.MacPilot6 .plist file in their preferences folder.
- WISH LIST: Disable Launchpad.
- UNKNOWN BUG: Permanently network settings not saving on restart (10.9). Can anyone verify this on this system version or others? We can’t!
- New in Version 7.0 — October 16, 2014
- New Feature: Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Not only compatibility, but new features as well!
- New Feature: Yosemite: Spotlight: Disable web search.
- New Feature: Yosemite: Spotlight: Clear last search query on close.
- New Feature: Yosemite: Spotlight: Dark mode (separate from Dock/Menubar).
- New Feature: Yosemite: System: Dark mode.
- New Feature: Yosemite: Finder: Numerous new modes to lock-down the Preferences window security.
- New Feature: Yosemite: Finder: Set preferred/default search window view style.
- New Feature: Yosemite: Login Window: Set desktop picture.
- New Feature: Yosemite: Login Window: A number of new QuickTime Player functions.
- New Feature: Now provides a detailed explanation in the summary field when crashing.
- New Feature: Can now close progress windows when task is running to cancel it.
- New Feature: Spotlight clear on close for Yosemite.
- New Feature: Re order login item with drag and drop.
- New Feature: Toggle iPad charging warning (10.9 and later).
- Bug Fix: Fixed crash when preferences remembered an old last panel on startup for the main window that has since been removed.
- Bug Fix: Fixed crash using the Erase button in the Files panel if internal tools missing.
- Bug Fix: Fixed setting of Safari user agent, and other settings (case-sensitive domain).
- Bug Fix: Fixed ability to click Rebuild Spotlight index when no selection in the disks list.
- Bug Fix: Will now intentionally crash if the app cannot connect to the features database.
- Bug Fix: Fixed crash in MacPilot folder listing when trying to draw a row when there was no selection.
- Bug Fix: Can now close the log in the process window.
- Bug Fix: Features no longer continually run pre and post flight operations when applying in bulk; will only do it once!
- Bug Fix: Now correctly waits for apps to close before proceeding with issuing commands.
- Bug Fix: Spotlight features removed for Dictionary/Calculator disablement as Apple removed this feature.
- Bug Fix: Fixed crash creating Koingo menu if could not determine the bundle folder for the app.
- Bug Fix: Correctly reports Safari debug/develop menu state.
- Bug Fix: Removed non-Yosemite features like Disk Utility: disable internet enabled actions, skipping of burn verification, allow disk images as RAIDs; Dock: semi-transparent mode, list view for stacks mode
- Bug Fix: Fixed major bug on Yosemite that would fail to allow the application to launch properly.
- Modified: More clearly defined the App Store version of MacPilot as MacPilot Lite.
- WISH LIST: Disable Launchpad.
- UNKNOWN BUG: Permanently network settings not saving on restart (10.9). Can anyone verify this on this system version or others? We can’t!
- Release notes truncated to Version 7 only.
Older versions for legacy users
| Version | Minimum OS | Date | Size |
| MacPilot 3.5.6 | Mac OS 10.5 (PPC/Intel) | Apr 3, 2010 | 11.21 MB |
| Must set the system date prior to April 4, 2010 for this version to work. We accidently left the beta expiry tag on. Reported as Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, but may still work on Mac OS X 10.4 and lower. | |||
| MacPilot 4.3.4 | Mac OS 10.4 (PPC/Intel) | Oct 16, 2012 | 14.20 MB |
| MacPilot 5.1.1 | Mac OS 10.6 (Intel) | Nov 22, 2013 | 12.94 MB |
| MacPilot 6.0.2 | Mac OS 10.6 (Intel) | Jan 19, 2014 | 15.53 MB |
| The final version available for Mac OS X 10.6. | |||
| MacPilot 6.0.4 | Mac OS 10.6 (Intel) | Feb 2, 2014 | 15.58 MB |
| This version may also run on Mac OS X 10.6, but no guarantees. | |||


