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MacPilot 16Version 16.7Scared of the terminal or can't be bothered to remember those commands to customize your system the way you want? MacPilot is your digital savior. Easily enable and disable hidden features in macOS.View Downloads Buy Now
Power Unlocked
With the power of Unix and the simplicity of Macintosh, you have a phenomenal amount of untapped power in your hands! Use MacPilot to unlock over 1,200 features, and access them all with the easy and familiar Macintosh user interface. No command line tools or complicated file operations!
Display hidden files in the Finder, disable the startup chime, add spacers and stacks to the Dock, change the screenshot file format, run maintenance tools, tweak network settings, force empty the Trash, and tons more. Keep yourself in awe and busy for days as you discover how much macOS has "under the hood".
We have gone to great lengths to incorporate a large volume of in-program assistance within MacPilot. Don't know what something does? Just hover over it with the mouse!
Do you manage a lab and want the same configuration across multiple computers? Create "save points" and deploy them on any number of computers.
Configured something by mistake and want it back to factory settings? Simply right-click the feature and choose "Set to Default" or click the main "Reset All" button on each tab.
The Wow Factor
Get out of the passenger seat and take control of your Mac. Set your login window picture, use the screensaver as your Desktop, modify advanced file permissions (ACL), change the system welcome message, enable simultaneous recordings in QuickTime, view system logs, or enable the Debug menu in numerous apps.
Or perhaps you're feeling the need for a simpler lifestyle? Disable the Notification Centre, virtual memory, Dashboard and iCloud saving. Ditch time-wasting graphical animations, prevent system sleep, suspend Safari's web caching, disable App Nap, remove the downloaded files warning message, and more!
Other Highlights
System Profile
A beautiful system profile that outlines advanced system information. Everything from the graphics card and RAM bus speeds to the system serial number and processor info.
Reference
View a complete list of network ports, error codes, and key combos. Or, quickly browse and preview fonts or lookup Unix command manuals.
Disk Details
View advanced disk information and statistics such as Unix node path, free blocks, device block size, file count, folder count, mount point, file system type, solid state status, and a plethora of other BSD-level informational trinkets.
Maintenance
Optimize and repair your system by running common maintenance scripts such as cron, launch services, and prebinding. Reset the download quarantine list, force empty the trash, rotate system logs and reclaim inactive system RAM.
Single-Click Access
Easily access the Bluetooth, Certificate, Directory, RAID, Printing System assistants that are normally buried deep in the system.
File Browser
Browse the computer while showing all invisible and system files. View incredibly detailed file specifications, and edit advanced settings such as extended attributes, POSIX and ACL Permissions, and hard locks that make files undeletable.
Fully Loaded
Over 1,000 features to tweak your Mac experience and optimize your experience!
Finder
Toggle animations, show the Quit menu, show the file path in the window titlebar, use your screensaver as the desktop, show hidden files, disable features, and more.
Dock
Add spacers and smart stacks/menus, show only open apps, lock settings, toggle the open app indicator light, fade icons for hidden apps, and change many other interface effects and features.
iTunes
Enable half-star ratings, disable elastic scrolling, play songs while importing, disable device access, enable a high contrast interface, prevent update checking when devices are connected and more.
Login Window
Set the welcome text, enable a startup delay, change the number of retries before hint, disable the power buttons, enable Kiosk mode, disable console access, auto-lock the screen when logging in, show system users, require manual username entry, edit login items and launch agents.
Power
Complete control over wake, sleep, power saving, and more. From changing sleep durations and the hibernation mode to scheduling power events.
Startup
Force safe startup mode or 32/64-bit, enable kernel debugging, limit system RAM, mute the startup chime, disable kernel caches, and toggle a variety of other advanced Unix options.
Safari
Disable spell checking, set Find on Page to use 'starts with' instead of 'contains', disable site icons, disable caching, show the Develop or Debug menu, change the User Agent string, make the Delete key go back to the previous page, and more!
Slim Apps
Extract only PowerPC or Intel version from an app.
Easy Access
One-click access to internal system tools like the Bluetooth, Certificate, RAID, or Directory assistant.
Maintenance
Run cron, rebuild launch services, update prebinding, force empty the Trash, rotate system logs, clear the print queue, reclaim inactive system memory, find and delete corrupt preference files and more!
Disk Info
View incredibly detailed information about connected disks such from their number of free blocks and device tree path to the journal offset and RAID status.
File Browser
Quickly and easily browse and edit advanced details for files and folders. Complete control over permissions including Access Control Lists.
File Tools
Force erase files, lock files, visify/invisify, merge folders, clear ACL data, create symbolic links, and wipe Quarantine data.
Network
Discover advanced network device information that goes beyond your IP address. From DNS, IPV4, IPV6 to Proxies, Samba, and File Sharing!
Info
View a complete list of ports, error codes, fonts, key combos, manuals, and system configuration.
Automation
Save a system configuration for easy deployment across numerous systems or after a system restore.
Advanced
View an advanced feature list that has hundreds of additional untested, but reported, tweaks for all versions of macOS dating back to 10.0.
For the full or trial version of our app, please use the download links below. After installation, the trial will automatically begin. For users owning a valid license, unlock the software via the "Unlock Product..." menu item if necessary.
Current Version
Older Versions
These versions are no longer supported and are listed primarily for customers owning older licenses.
| Name | Version | Size | Date | Platform | Minimum OS | Download |
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| MacPilot | 16.4 | 81.65 MB | January 5, 2025 | Mac | macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | Download |
| Designed for macOS 15 (Sequoia) | ||||||
| MacPilot | 15.0.3 | 64.87 MB | December 8, 2023 | Mac | macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | Download |
| Designed for macOS 14 (Sonoma) | ||||||
| MacPilot | 14.0 | 62.82 MB | September 4, 2022 | Mac | macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | Download |
| Designed for macOS 13 (Ventura) | ||||||
| MacPilot | 13.0.6 | 54.54 MB | February 6, 2022 | Mac | macOS 10.16 | Download |
| Designed for macOS 12 (Monterey) | ||||||
| MacPilot | 12.0.8 | 52.99 MB | February 21, 2021 | Mac | macOS 10.16 or later | Download |
| Designed for macOS 11 (Big Sur) | ||||||
| MacPilot | 11.1.4 | 33.81 MB | May 23, 2020 | Mac | macOS 10.15 or later | Download |
| Designed for macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | ||||||
| MacPilot | 11.1.3 | 36.82 MB | March 31, 2020 | Mac | macOS 10.13 | Download |
| Designed for macOS 10.15 (Catalina). Last version that supports 10.13 through 10.15 inclusively. Next version was Catalina (10.15) and up. | ||||||
| MacPilot | 10.15.0 | 33.90 MB | November 27, 2018 | Mac | macOS 10.12 | Download |
| MacPilot | 9.1.4 | 29.59 MB | April 17, 2018 | Mac | macOS 10.12 (Intel) | Download |
| MacPilot | 8.1 | 18.83 MB | February 10, 2017 | Mac | macOS 10.10 (Intel) | Download |
| Last version for Mac OS X 10.10 and 10.11 | ||||||
| MacPilot | 8.0.8 | 18.60 MB | October 8, 2016 | Mac | macOS 10.11 (Intel) | Download |
| MacPilot | 7.1.7 | 18.01 MB | October 6, 2015 | Mac | macOS 10.7 (Intel) | Download |
| This is the last version of MacPilot certified for Mac OS X 10.7. | ||||||
| MacPilot | 6.0.4 | 15.58 MB | February 2, 2014 | Mac | macOS 10.6 (Intel) | Download |
| This version may also run on Mac OS X 10.6, but no guarantees. | ||||||
| MacPilot | 6.0.2 | 15.53 MB | January 19, 2014 | Mac | macOS 10.6 (Intel) | Download |
| The final version available for Mac OS X 10.6. | ||||||
| MacPilot | 5.1.1 | 12.94 MB | November 22, 2013 | Mac | macOS 10.6 (Intel) | Download |
| MacPilot | 4.3.4 | 14.20 MB | October 16, 2012 | Mac | macOS 10.4 (PPC/Intel) | Download |
| MacPilot | 4.3.3 | 13.60 MB | February 16, 2012 | Mac | macOS 10.4 | Download |
| MacPilot | 4.3.2 | 13.05 MB | January 4, 2012 | Mac | macOS 10.4 | Download |
| MacPilot | 3.5.6 | 11.21 MB | April 3, 2010 | Mac | Unknown | Download |
| MacPilot | 3.4.7 | 11.21 MB | November 16, 2009 | Mac | Unknown | Download |
| MacPilot | 2.5.8 | 7.95 MB | April 26, 2008 | Mac | Unknown | Download |
| MacPilot | 2.3.6 | 7.15 MB | November 2, 2007 | Mac | Unknown | Download |
| MacPilot | 1.1.5 | 1.32 MB | November 16, 2005 | Mac | Unknown | Download |
I was attracted to MacPilot because it allowed me to drag the login Launch items up and down to change the order of launching on Login.
Richard S. Bodman
it's awesome!!!
Marty
This is the most valuable macOS utility available to users. Tweak macOS and app settings you did not know could be tweaked. For instance, copy text from QuickLook (i.e., press spacebar when selecting a text document) without having to open the document. MacPilot offers hundreds of ways to "streamline" your macOS experience. MacPilot is a complete no-brainer for all users.
Jacob Nieten
Like the software! Thanks guys!
ALexis
Fantastic app for those of us who know little about using the terminal.
Ed Walsh
There are many options for setting of macOS that are hidden by Apple, several of them were needs that made me acquire the MacPilot, then I found others with the use of the product.
Jose Thadeu Cavalcante
Every once in awhile, something goes wonky on my Mac. And after trying several of my tried-and-true methods to discover what the issue is, I open MacPilot and my issue is solved. I've worked with Mac's since the early 90's, so I have a lot of working knowledge of the OS. That I have a tool that allows me to blow through the clutters of trying to find answers on support.apple.com, or reaching out to AppleCare, is fantastic!
Phil Ramirez
Best of the best!
John Turner
excellent apps
Mohamed
Great app! Allows access to many things not normally available on my Mac.
Carson Cole
All of our products come with a full set of licensing options: from single users and households to small businesses and larger corporations.
Personal Licenses
Student/Senior
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1 computer2 unique devices per year
Solo
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1 computer/user5 unique devices per year
Household
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1 household10 unique devices per year
Business Licenses
School
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1 school300 unique devices per year
Small Business
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10 computers/users60 unique devices per year
Corporate
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Unlimited10000 unique devices per year
Our manual is always expanding! While we strongly believe our products as so intuitive you shouldn't need a manual, there are exceptions now and then. If you feel there is something missing from the documentation, please contact us.
For a single-page listing of all help entries, click here.
| Version 16.7 – January 18, 2025 | |
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Requirements This version requires at least macOS 13 (Ventura from Fall 2022); however, it is designed specifically for macOS 15 (Sequoia from Fall 2024). We have all older versions available for download on our web site. Please use the one designed for your version of macOS. A current, valid, license for any Koingo app will unlock all previous versions. |
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| Upgrade Notes This upgrade is free for users owning the current major version, an active subscription, Utility Package Pro, or a "lifetime license." No action is required other than downloading the new version from our web site and unlocking as normal with an e-mail address. For all other users, orders for the current version can be purchased on our web site. |
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| Bug Fix: | Crash when accessing Advanced tab. |