TinkerTool 4.8

TinkerTool 4.8 is developed as an effective application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.

The tool makes sure that preference changes can only affect the current user. You don't need administrative privileges to use the tool. With this design, it is no problem to use TinkerTool in professional networks where users have restricted permissions. The program will never change any component of the operating system, so the integrity of your system is not put at risk, and there will be no negative effect on system updates.

All preference settings changed by TinkerTool can be reset to Apple's defaults, or to the state that existed before using the tool. No dangerous background processes are used for TinkerTool's operation. TinkerTool is electronically distributed software. You can download the product free of charge.

Enhancements:

• Added setting to disable the animation when auto-hiding the Dock (Lion only)
• Added setting to open Dock Stacks by scrolling (Lion only)
• Added setting to disable the fade-in animation of Launchpad
• Added setting to disable the fade-out animation of Launchpad
• Added setting to disable the page switching animation of Launchpad
• Added setting to show the Unix path of the Desktop background image (Lion only)
• Added setting to modify the delay in Apple Mail when marking messages in conversations as read (Lion only)
• Added setting to disable animation in Mission Control
• Added setting to control the delay when moving windows between Spaces in Mission Control
• Added setting to enable copy operations when previewing text files in Quick Look (Lion only)
• Added setting to disable inertia for all scrolling devices (Lion only)
• Added setting to allow less precise edge grabbing when resizing windows (Lion only)
• Added setting for iTunes 10.4 or later to enable pop-up notifications in the Dock when playing new track (Lion only)
• The option to re-enable old keyboard shortcuts in Lion save panels has been removed because Apple supported this in 10.7 and 10.7.1 only

• Mac OS X 10.4 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.6