Blog - Archived Entries - December 2022

December 22, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool version 9.11:

Some users have been confused that TinkerTool optimized the menu of currency symbols on the Formats pane by chosing a random example currency as representative for each symbol. This behavior has changed. The pop-up button now shows the unabridged list of currencies supported by the running version of macOS, even if multiple currencies use the identical symbol. The functionality remains the same.

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

December 21, 2022:
We are releasing Backup Server Control version 2.81:

Added protection against operating system defects of macOS 13.1. The application also provides additional user guidance for situations where such defects cause issues.
Added protection against cases where the application is configured for automatic software update checks, but is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in intermittent program termination instead of an error message.

Backup Server Control provides a graphical user interface to setup and administer a server for network-based Time Machine® backups with a few mouse clicks on a Macintosh®. Other Macs running macOS Sierra or later can perform backups on the Time Machine server. The current status of network backups can be reviewed any time.

December 21, 2022:
We are releasing Mac Power Monitor version 2.1:

Added protection against operating system defects of macOS 13.1. The application also provides additional user guidance for situations where such defects cause issues.
Added protection against cases where the application is configured for automatic software update checks, but is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in intermittent program termination instead of an error message.

Mac Power Monitor is a graphical, easy-to-use interface for the energy and power measuring features of macOS.

December 21, 2022:
We are releasing Sync Checker version 3.91:

Added protection against operating system defects of macOS 13.1. The application also provides additional user guidance for situations where such defects cause issues.
Added protection against cases where the application is configured for automatic software update checks, but is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in intermittent program termination instead of an error message.

Sync Checker is a diagnostic application which can check if two folders or disks are perfectly synchronized, i.e. if they have exactly the same contents. When creating backup copies of valuable files, or when making sure that two computers or mobile devices work on the same set of data, the status of being “in perfect sync” can be very important. In order to be safe and to prevent loss of data, you can let Sync Checker verify whether a pair of file collections are matching exactly or not.

December 20, 2022:
We are releasing NFS Manager version 5.61:

Added new release notes regarding known defects of the NFS server of macOS Ventura.
Added protection against operating system defects of macOS 13.1. The application also provides additional user guidance for situations where such defects cause issues.
Added protection against cases where the application is configured for automatic software update checks, but is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in intermittent program termination instead of an error message.

NFS Manager is an application to control the NFS features built into macOS via a comfortable graphical user interface. The application uses Apple’s technologies like Bonjour or Open Directory to make management as easy as possible. When using directory services, NFS Manager can configure NFS features not only for a single computer but for a whole network of thousands of Macintosh systems, with a few mouse clicks only.

December 20, 2022:
We are releasing Bresink Software Updater, version 1.7:

Added changes necessary for full compatibility with macOS 13.1 Ventura.
Added more protection against operating system defects. The application also provides additional user guidance for these cases.
Added protection against situations where the application is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in unexpected program termination instead of an error message.

If you use many of our software products on your Mac, it can become tedious to keep all of them up-to-date. Bresink Software Updater facilitates the maintenance of our applications considerably. At a glance you can see if all programs are at their latest versions. You will be notified about available updates and can decide to either trigger the update procedure for a single product or for all of them automatically.

December 20, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 8 version 8.14:

Because many users are confused by the bad quality of macOS 13.1, this version adds more protection against operating system defects and provides additional user guidance.
Adds protection against cases where the application is configured for automatic software update checks, but is operated with a network firewall that doesn’t allow the necessary Internet connections. In specific cases, this could result in intermittent program termination instead of an error message.

TinkerTool System 8 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

December 19, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool version 9.1:

Added new pane for changing number, currency, date, and time formats. This pane can act as a substitute for the missing user interface in Apple's System Settings which is no longer providing this feature for macOS Ventura. Due to technical limitations of macOS, the new pane is only visible if the primary language of your user account is set to one of the supported languages of TinkerTool. The following settings are available:

Thousands grouping separator for numbers
Decimal separator for numbers
Preferred currency symbol
Thousands grouping separator for currency values
Decimal separator for currency values
Short, medium, long and complete formats for date specifications
Short, medium, long and complete formats for time specifications
Preferred AM/PM indicators

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

December 14, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 8 version 8.12:

This version adds additional workarounds for defects of macOS 13.1.

TinkerTool System 8 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

December 14, 2022:
We are releasing Mac Power Monitor version 2.01:

This is an emergency update which has become necessary because Apple released a build of macOS 13.1 with several critical defects. These defects can prevent Mac Power Monitor from launching successfully under specific circumstances.

We are downgrading the security component of Mac Power Monitor to technology of macOS 10.12 Sierra to avoid specific new features of macOS 13 which are not ready to be used at the moment. Over the last 6 months, Apple has not been capable of providing system services that comply with the specifications of Ventura.

Mac Power Monitor is a graphical, easy-to-use interface for the energy and power measuring features of macOS.

December 13, 2022:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

macOS 13 Ventura 13.1
macOS 13 Ventura Update for macOS 10.12 and later (Update Product ID: 012-60271)
macOS 11.7.2 Big Sur (Update Product ID: 032-12833)
macOS 12.6.2 Monterey (Update Product ID: 032-12843)
BridgeOS Customer Update 13 (Update Product ID: 012-60278)
Safari 16.2 for macOS Big Sur (Update Product ID: 012-82248)

The updates address product defects and security issues. Unfortunately, macOS 13.1 introduces many new critical problems. Apple released the operating system although they know about these issues. At the moment, we don't recommend the update to macOS 13.1.

December 13, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 8 version 8.11:

This is an emergency update which has become necessary because Apple released a build of macOS 13.1 with several critical defects. These defects can prevent TinkerTool System 8 from launching successfully under specific circumstances.

We are downgrading the security component of TinkerTool System 8 to technology of macOS 10.12 Sierra to avoid specific new features of macOS 13 which are not ready to be used at the moment. Over the last 6 months, Apple has not been capable of providing system services that comply with the specifications of Ventura.

TinkerTool System 8 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

December 8, 2022:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Payloads version 86 (Update Product ID: 032-10408)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

December 5, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 8 version 8.1:

Added new pane to regain access to the power schedule of macOS. As in older versions of the System Preferences application, the Mac’s features to schedule power-on, shutdown, sleep or restart events in regular time intervals during the week can be controlled by a few mouse-clicks.
In addition, the power schedule of macOS for one-time events can be reviewed and fully edited.
A toolbar was added to the main control window. It will cause macOS to show the titlebar of the window with a more aesthetically pleasant look.
Optional control items have been moved from the sidebar to the toolbar.
The items in the sidebar now automatically respect the user’s general preference setting for sidebar display size.
The items in the sidebar now maintain their status information for expanded or collapsed sub-items when relaunching the application.
A new preference setting was added to allow the user to always prefer the feature overview of a pane instead of having the last used sub-feature opened.
All Internet links in the Quick Context Help feature have been updated because Apple has finally published the user manual for macOS Ventura.
This version fixes a problem where the general reset feature may not have worked as expected for the Cloud Protection pane.

TinkerTool System 8 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

December 5, 2022:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 7 version 7.93:

This version fixes a problem where the general reset feature may not have worked as expected for the Cloud Protection pane.

TinkerTool System 7 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers running macOS 11 or 12.