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Cocktail for Mac
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Cocktail for Mac

  -  2.7 MB  -  Trial
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Security Status

  • Latest Version

    Cocktail 18.5 LATEST

  • Review by

    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    macOS 15.0 Sequoia or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Maintain / External Link

  • Filename

    Cocktail18SE.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    ddb68f0f3db98228d942abae4484a3e4

Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets you clean, repair and optimize your Mac. It is a powerful digital toolset that helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world get the most out of their computers every day.

The application serves up a perfect mix of maintenance tools and tweaks, all accessible through a clean and easy to use interface. The app's features are arranged into five categories that helps you manage various aspects of your computer.

It also comes with an automatic Pilot mode that allows you to simply press a button and relax, knowing that Cocktail for macOS will take care of the rest.

Cocktail for Mac is installed at more than 250.000 computers world wide. The largest part being private individuals, but Cock tail can also be found at large international companies, educational institutions or newspapers.

Features and Highlights
  • Enable or disable journaling
  • Repair disk permissions
  • Set disk spindown time
  • Prebind and re-prebind entire system or selected folder
  • Run cron scripts
  • Change startup mode and language
  • Modify sleep settings
  • Force empty trash
  • Rebuild Launch Services database
  • Update whatis and locate databases
Alternatives

If you are looking for Cocktail for Mac alternatives, we recommend you to download CCleaner for Mac or CleanMyMac X.

How to Use

Drag the app to the Applications folder

Launch the app and enter admin password

Select a section: Disks, System, Files, etc.

Click “Execute” to run selected maintenance tasks

Use "Scheduler" to automate regular cleanups

Quit the app once tasks are completed

System Requirements

macOS 10.10 Yosemite or later (varies by version)

Intel or Apple Silicon Mac

PROS
  • Easy-to-use maintenance interface
  • Automates macOS cleanup tasks
  • Supports deep system optimization
  • Offers repair and rebuild tools
  • Lightweight and fast performance
CONS
  • Not free, trial is limited
  • No real-time system monitoring
  • Basic UI design feels outdated
  • Requires caution for advanced tools
  • Limited support for latest macOS betas
Note: Free to try, 10 launches trial.

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What's new in this version:

Added:
- Added ability to prevent a Mac laptop to automatically turn on and start up when you open its lid or connect it to power, without affecting ability to use a keyboard or trackpad to turn it on (System > Misc)
- Added ability to show the current status and version of the XProtect antivirus software (which is part of macOS), ability to update XProtect immediately as well as ability to retrieve the activity log of XProtect (Window menu > XProtect)
- Added macOS Sequoia 15.5 compatibility

Improved:
- Improvements on the "Enforce critical security updates" procedure
- Improvements on the "Clear DNS cache" procedure
- Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may display incorrect list of disks in the System > Spotlight and System > Trash tab views
- Addresses a rare issue in which demo version may expire after the second launch
- Updated Automator actions
- Updated Help files
- Resolves other minor issues found in the previous release

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