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Cocktail - 3.8

(Tiger Edition) general purpose system modify/repair utility

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 3.8:	(4.4)
Selected Version:	3.8
Release Date:	2007-06-18
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 3.8):	7,028
Downloads (all versions):	322,548
Price:	$14.95

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Product Description:

Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.

The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail's major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.

What's new in this version:

Major interface improvements.
Updated Cocktail Help.
Improved Activity Log.
Added possibility to join Cocktail eList.
Added possibility to include Activity Log when providing feedback.
Other miscellaneous fixes and improvements.

Disks

Misc. New "Disable Sudden Motion Sensor" feature.

System

Spotlight. Added possibility to enable/disable Spotlight indexing of selected disk.
Spotlight. Added possibility to erase Spotlight index for selected disk.
Databases. Improved rebuilding of Launch Services database.
Databases. Added possibility to restore default file associations when rebuilding Launch Services database.
Startup. New "Startup delay" feature.

Files

Drag and drop support.
Caches. Major improvements to cache clearing feature.
Caches. New cache clearing options.
Logs. Added support for Apple System, Crash Reporter, Software Update and Window Server logs.
Logs. New cache clearing options.
Logs. Major improvements to logs clearing feature.
Logs. Added "Display in reverse order" feature to Logs window.
DS Store. Added possibility to prevent DS Store file creation on network volumes.

Network

Optimization. New optimization presets for seven most common types of connection.
Optimization. Added possibility to modify kernel socket buffer size.
Optimization. Added possibility to modify TCP slow link size, NewReno Fast Recovery settings, UDP outgoing datagram size, UDP receive buffer size as well as receive and send buffer sizes for local stream sockets.
Personal File Sharing. Added possibility to enable/disable logging Personal File Sharing logs.
Personal File Sharing. New "Send login greeting once for Non-Guests" feature.
Personal File Sharing. New "Disconnect idle users" feature.
Personal File Sharing. Added possibility to apply disconnect message.
Personal File Sharing. Added possibility to change TCP port for Personal File Sharing.

Interface

General. Added possibility to enable/disable "Open Recent" menu item in the applications and to set number of recent items.
Finder. New "Replace lists of users and groups in ownership settings with text fields" feature.
Finder. Added possibility to change number of label lines in icon view.
Finder. Added possibility to hide/show miscellaneous menu items.
Dock. New "Disable Dashboard" feature.
Dock. New "Lock the Dock" feature.
Safari. Added possibility to show/hide URLs of links in the tooltips.
Safari. Added possibility to enable/disable PDF support.
Safari. Added new "Number of days" option to "History limits" settings.
Mail. New "Check for new mail on launch" feature.
Mail. New "View all messages in plain text" feature.
Mail. Added new "Console logging" settings with fourteen logging options.
Login. Added possibility to display Host Name, System Version, System Build, Serial Number, IP Address, Directory Service Status, or Date and Time in the login window.
Login. Added possibility to show/hide Sleep, Restart and Shut Down buttons in the login window.
Login. Added possibility to enable/disable access to Darwin text console.
Misc. Added possibility to show/hide debug menu in Disk Utility, Sherlock, Back and Remote Desktop applications.
Misc. Added possibility to enable/disable data verification after burning to disc.
Misc. Added possibility to show/hide QuickTime Player's movie info at launch.
Misc. New "Point iTunes Music Store links to local iTunes library" feature.

Pilot

Major improvements to scheduler.
New cache clearing options.
New logs clearing options.
Added possibility to add custom AIFF (.aif, .aiff) completion sounds to ~/Library/Sounds folder.

Misc

Minor improvements to File System Browser.
Minor improvements to Specifications.
Added possibility to create mini, basic and full Profile Reports in plain text or as XML file.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4, or
Mac OS X Server 10.4

Feedback Summary:

Version 3.8:
Overall Rating:	(4.4)	Features:	(4.4)	Support:	(4.5)
Ease of Use:	(4.4)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(4.2)

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Serial Number - Version: 4.2, 4/26/2009 05:19AM PST

Gunnarth

I've bought Koktail TWICE, once as standalone program and once in a bundle.
Now none of the serial numbers are working.
E-mails are bouncing ...
Anyone else had this experience ?

Useful - Version: 4.2, 11/14/2008 10:27AM PST

(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)

McWiz

Very useful program.

There are other programs that do the same, but I like this one.

I'll stick to MainMenu - Version: 4.0.2, 7/14/2008 09:28PM PST

(2 of 7 users found this comment useful)

pkiula

For what it is worth. MainMenu is a free app, and it does all of this stuff. Use it along with AppCleaner (also free) and you'll be fine. Both are light weight and do their job well, with a superb interface for both.