USB Overdrive 10.4.4: driver for usb mice, trackball, joystick, gamepad. The new release is a universal binary for Intel-based macs and has better support for left-handed Mighty Mouse configurations.

The options for customizing the OS X user interface are rather limited, and utilities like TinkerTool provide access to many of the hidden settings and options that Apple does not make available.

When it comes to undocumented system tweaks, we at TidBITS tend to take a fairly conservative stance. After all, your system is a system. It’s responsible for running your whole computer. You wouldn’t ...

A few weeks ago, I answered a reader question about “inherited permissions,” or how to deal with a shared folder that multiple people use via file serving on a regular Mac, not one running macOS ...

Many utilities for tweaking hidden settings and performing maintenance let you access OS X settings and features that aren’t otherwise easily available. Among these products, TinkerTool System 1.51 is ...

Laurie mentioned this briefly in her article on getting music off your iPod, but I had to try it myself. TinkerTool was back in the reccesses of my mind... I believe I first heard about it when I ...

TinkerTool is the Swiss Army knife you need for your Mac. With its blades you can activate – or deactivate – all sorts of features that are normally hidden from view. And that’s just a tiny handful of ...

Although macOS isn’t known for being the most configurable operating system, the System Settings app provides many options. You name it; everything, from wallpaper slideshow timings to Dock ...

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Mac OS X only: Freeware customization utility TinkerTool tweaks hidden settings in all corners of your Mac, from modifying Finder and Dock features and effects to adjusting your system fonts. Similar ...

TinkerTool 1.5 is a free utility for altering the appearance and functionality of Mac OS X, including placing the trash on the desktop, setting the dock’s position, and making the terminal window ...

If you want to tweak settings and run maintenance scripts in Mac OS X, you can always take it to the command line. On the other hand, you can always turn to one of the few system tweakers available to ...