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Developer: Maintain
Price: $15 (Tiger Edition); free (Panther Edition)
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 required for Tiger Edition.
Universal: Yes
Trial: Fully-featured (10 launches)
Like the self-named drink style, Cocktail blends a variety ofunder-the-hood Mac OS X utility functions into one application. You canplay with the Finder interface, inspect a multitude of log files, andmodify “deeper” features like your Mac’s network configuration. If Appleever includes a digital bar, Cocktail will no doubt let you specifyshaken or stirred.
Installation and Getting Started
Download the .dmg file, open it, and drag the Cocktail file to yourApplications folder. If your hard disk supports the SMART automatedmaintenance system, Cocktail can run it on program launch. This willtake several seconds per volume, so leave this option off if you don’tlike the delay.
Feature Exploration
The main window covers six areas: Disks, System, Files, Network,Interface, and Pilot. Each includes OS-level options (some more thanothers) and settings that seem opaque at first (some definitely morethan others).
I recommend reading the Cocktail help filebeginning-to-end. It explains the panoply of options, critical for anyyou’re not familiar with. The application brings several handy featuresto the fore, but you can create problems by changing settings withoutknowing what they do.
If you’re used to working with OS tools on the command line, Cocktailbrings many of them to life in a graphical interface. The picturedoption, Journaling (enabled or disabled), for example, helps recoverfrom errors by tracking changes on-the-fly, which means a performancetrade-off. You can change this in Terminal (or circuitously in DiskUtility), but it’s right there for Cocktail users. Some functionscontrol more banal OS elements like log files and cache maintenance, butothers impact the Finder and other interface elements directly. (I addeddual arrows to my scroll bars double-quick.)
Interface options.
Cocktail’s “Suggestive” Feature
The Network Optimization panel provided the most interesting controlsfor me. At first glance, it’s cluttered with more than a dozen options.Fortunately, you just need to pick a connection type—everything elseupdates automatically.
Cocktail tunes my AirPort card for a cable modem connection.
This task feels helpful, even if it’d be hard to comparebefore-and-after results of a network reconfiguration. I know thatpacket size can impact wireless detection and performance, so that maycome into play—other settings on this screen feel like mystic runes.That Cocktail would suggest type-specific settings makes a realimpression.
Cocktail lacks one feature I’d love love love (and would pay money for):something that disabled the Mac OS X Dock!
Eight Dock options, and none of them turns it off.
Unfortunately for me and Bruce Tognazzini, the Dock sitsintertwined with some basic Mac OS X functions. A mere check box cannotdisable it.
Now How Much Would You Pay?
Ultimately, what do you really want from an OS utility? Apple’s DiskUtility and Alsoft’s DiskWarrior handle file repair, so they aren’t in the same camp with Cocktail. Titanium’ssuite of maintenance tools seems the realcompetitor, with many similar OS features and a freeware price. Youarguably get a nicer interface and help file with Cocktail, so that willprobably determine whether you lay out its registration fee.
Summary
At $15, Cocktail doesn’t cost much. It’s a nice collection of tools andoptions aimed at the “LEGO builder” user who wants to bring a bevy of OScontrols from the command line to the GUI. Users like me need to lean onthe help file to know what’s what, but that’s not a bad thing. Better tolearn your options and what things do, even if you only make minorchanges.
I look forward to smart features like Network Optimization creeping intoother areas. Should a future version of Cocktail capably automate diskoptimization or know how to “tune” my system for specific tasks likevideo editing or having 20 tabs open in Firefox, it’ll move from “good”to “buy buy buy.”
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Clean, repair and optimize.
Cocktail is a general purpose utility for macOS 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. Cocktail'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 will take care of the rest.
Cocktail is installed at more than 250 000 computers world wide. The largest part being private individuals, but Cocktail can also be found at large international companies, educational institutions or newspapers.
- Verify boot volume
- Check S.M.A.R.T. status of disks
- Repair user permissions
- Enable or disable journaling
- Set disk sleep time
- Change other disk settings
- Run periodic maintenance scripts
- Purge inactive memory and optimize virtual memory usage
- Disable virtual memory swapping
- Manage Spotlight indexing
- Erase Spotlight indexes
- Modify Time Machine settings
- Thin or delete Time Machine snapshots
- Rebuild Launch Services and Help databases
- Rebuild Mail's Envelope Index
- Update locate database
- Force empty the Trash
- Change startup mode
- Disable startup sound
- Disable App Nap, Gatekeeper and Notification Center
- Clear system, user, applications and Internet caches
- Search for corrupted preference files
- Delete unnecessary localization (language resources) files
- Clear and manage (view, print and save) log files
- Delete invisible DS Store files
- Delete locked or inaccessible items
- Change speed, duplex and MTU of network cards
- Easily optimize network settings for common connection types
- Modify IP configuration parameters
- Configure File Sharing settings
- Customize look and features of Finder, Dock, login window and other system services
- Modify hidden settings of Calendar, Launchpad, Photos and Terminal
Cocktail 8 3 – General Maintenance And Optimization Utility Equipment
- Perform essential system maintenance; clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button
- Schedule clearing of caches and log files as well as run of periodic maintenance scripts
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FAQ
How do I install Cocktail?
Download Cocktail from the top of this page, then double click the disk image (.dmg) file to mount it on your desktop. This disk image contains an application that you need to drag to your Applications folder. After you have installed Cocktail you can eject the disk by either dragging it to the trash or pressing the Eject icon in the Finder sidebar.How do I uninstall Cocktail and restore default macOS settings?
You can remove Cocktail by launching it, then selecting the Uninstall Cocktail option from the Cocktail application menu.Cocktail launches only to the point of 'Preparing...' and does not progress.
Please download the RemoveCocktailPrefs app from:
https://www.maintain.se/downloads/RCP.zip
- double click the downloaded ZIP file
- double click the RemoveCocktailPrefs app to run it (it has no interface and will automatically quit when done)
- restart your computer
- launch Cocktail and choose Uninstall Cocktail from Cocktail menu (do not select any of the options)
- download latest version of Cocktail and install itWhat is the easiest way to run Cocktail?
Cocktail has a built in function called the Pilot, which is the easiest way to automatically clean and maintain your system. The Pilot scheduler automatically runs Cocktail’s maintenance tasks at scheduled intervals, to use it you just select the tasks you want to run, set the frequency (daily or weekly) and the time of the day you want them to run.
If you are not an experienced macOS users it is recommended that you run all the tasks using the default options at least once a week. Use the “Automatically” button to specify if Cocktail should stay idle, quit, log out, put the computer to sleep, restart or shut down the computer when it has completed all of the selected tasks.Where can I find more information about Cocktail?
You can find detailed information about all the tasks performed by Cocktail in the help files. To access them choose Cocktail Help from the Help menu.Malwarebytes is reporting that launch daemons installed by Cocktail are suspicious
Update Malwarebytes app to version 4.7 or later. Launch daemons installed by Cocktail are completely safe to use and should be manually removed from the Malwarebytes quarantine.
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