Access to additional preference settings Apple has built into OS X

TinkerTool for Mac

TinkerTool 4.7

  -  1.58 MB  -  Freeware

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of TinkerTool 4.7.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of TinkerTool for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Added new Resume pane to control individually by application how programs should behave when re-opening them (Lion only).
- Added setting to display alert dialogs when uncaught exceptions occur in applications (Lion only).
- Added setting to disable the animation effect when opening windows (Lion only).
- Added setting to disable the animation effect when opening a reply window in Apple Mail (Lion only).
- Added setting to re-enable the key repeat feature in Lion (as opposed to the hold feature to enter diacritic characters).
- Added setting to re-enable the “Don't save” keyboard shortcut for save sheets in Lion.
- Added setting to re-enable the display of text labels for icons in the Safari toolbar.
- The setting not to keep help windows in the foreground has been re-enabled.
- The setting to disable the storage of preview images for web pages has been re-enabled for Safari 5.1.
- The setting not to use rounded window corners for the QuickTime X Player has been removed for Lion, because Mac OS X 10.7 can no longer process this correctly.