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 ...

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 ...

I'm doing some updates/upgrades to my wife's mid-2010 Mac Pro (5,1) ... I installed an SSD for the boot drive, and a couple 6TB HGST for data and backup. Booted the computer, everything worked great.