May 3rd, 2013· Added ability to change standby delay (Disks - Sleep)
· Added ability to disable shadow in window captures (Interface - General)
· Added ability to show Debug menu in App Store, Photo Booth and Reminders (Interface - Misc)
· Added compatibility with the latest versions of supported web browsers
· Improvements on the clear system caches procedure
February 15th, 2013· Fixed a problem where Cocktail could not change Time Machine backup interval
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail failed to restart or shutdown the computer
January 16th, 2013· Added ability to clear Quarantine Events database
· Fixed a problem where Cocktail may report -600 error
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail failed to restart or shutdown the computer
· Improvements to the Pilot scheduler
· Fixed compatibility issues with Opera 12
· Added OS X 10.8.3 compatibility
· Updated Automator actions
November 8th, 2012· Added ability to disable startup sound (System - Misc)
· Addresses compatibility issues with USB flash drives
October 23rd, 2012· Added ability to disable Notification Center (System - Misc)
· Added ability to set the Software Update frequency (System - Misc)
· Added ability to set the default file save location in iCloud supported applications (Interface - General)
· Added "Use the Backspace key to show the previous page" setting (Interface - Safari)
· Fixed compatibility issues with Firefox 16
· Updated Help files
· Updated Automator actions
· Other bug fixes and improvements
September 20th, 2012· Added OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 compatibility
· Added ability to disable leather skin in Calendar and Contacts (Interface - Misc)
· Improvements to the Pilot scheduler
· Other minor bug fixes
August 16th, 2012· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail could not force empty the Trash
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to scan preference files
· Various improvements to the Pilot scheduler
· Resolves some OS X Mountain Lion compatibility issues
August 8th, 2012· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to clear DNS cache
· Fixed compatibility issues with Google Chrome 20
July 11th, 2012· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to clear DNS cache
· Fixed compatibility issues with Google Chrome 20
· Added OS X Lion 10.7.5 compatibility
July 5th, 2012· Added OS X Mountain Lion compatibility
June 28th, 2012· Added the "Use SRM secure delete" option to the "Force empty Trash" feature. (System - Trash)
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may not be able to repair permissions on RAID sets
· Other minor improvements and bug fixes
· Updated Help
June 14th, 2012· Added clearing of /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le and /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx caches to the clear system caches procedure
· Launch time optimization
· Fixed registration issues some users encountered when registering
· Various minor bug fixes and improvements
· Updated Automator actions
June 6th, 2012· Added "Disable automatic termination of applications" setting (Interface - General)
· Added "Enable text copying from Quick Look" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to create a Keychain key
· Addresses an issue in which the Firewall log may not be rotated
· Addresses an issue in which the “Disable local snapshots” Time Machine setting may not work properly
May 10th, 2012· Added ability to clear DNS cache
· Added ability to modify the delay for auto-show of the Dock (Interface - Dock)
· Added "Enable half-star ratings" iTunes setting (Interface - Misc)
· Added "Enable pop-up notifications in the Dock" iTunes setting (Interface - Misc)
· Added OS X 10.7.4 compatibility
· Fixed compatibility issues with Adobe Creative Suite 6
· Minor improvements to the scheduler
· Updated Automator actions
May 3rd, 2012· Major improvements to the scheduler
· Added ability to automatically purge inactive memory
· Fixed compatibility issues with Microsoft Office 2011 14.2
· Fixed compatibility issues Firefox 12
· Improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure
· Updated Automator actions
March 29th, 2012· Addresses an issue in which the "Disable saved application states" setting may not work properly
March 28th, 2012Added "Disable saved application states" setting (Interface - General):
· This setting overrides the "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" setting in the General preference pane. When enabled, the windows will not restore, no matter if the "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" button in the General preference pane is checked or not.
Added "Do not reopen windows at login" setting (Interface - Login):
· This setting overrides the "Reopen windows when logging back in" setting in the Restart/Shut Down/Log Out dialog box. When enabled, the windows will not reopen, no matter if the "Reopen windows when logging back in" button in the Restart/Shut Down/Log Out dialog box is checked or not.
· Minor improvements to the logging function
March 19th, 2012· Fixed compatibility issues with Google Chrome 18 and Firefox 11
· Added the ability to force eject CD/DVD (Disks - Misc)
· Major improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure
· Added clearing of the new variants of the Flashback trojan
· Fixed code signing issues
· Other minor bug fixes and improvements
· Updated Automator actions
February 23rd, 2012· Addresses compatibility issues with Google Chrome 17, Firefox 10, Opera 11 and Camino 2.1
· Improvements on the clear kernel caches procedure
· Added clearing of the DevilRobber trojan
· Other minor bug fixes and improvements
· Updated Automator actions
January 31st, 2012· Addresses an issue in which Pilot scheduler could not be enabled.
· Error -105 (Path to user's home directory contains spaces)
· Error -114 (Home directory not found in the /Users folder)
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail could not force empty the Trash.
· Error -362 (The Trash contains more than 2000 files)
· Addresses an issue in which Safari webpage previews could not be disabled.
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may freeze when trying to gather disk information or the journaling state of the case-sensitive HFS+ disks could not be detected.
· Error -215 (diskutil is not responding)
· Error -217 (Could not get information about the partition)
· Addresses an issue in which improper permissions were applied to the File Sharing logs during the rotation of these logs.
· Added OS X 10.7.3 compatibility.
· Updated Automator actions.
December 15th, 2011· Addresses compatibility issues with Google Chrome extensions
· Added "Enable AirDrop on older Macs" setting (Network - File Sharing)
December 7th, 2011· Added "Disable local snapshots" setting (System - Time Machine)
· Added "Disable spelling correction" setting (Interface - General)
· Added "Disable Character Picker" setting (Interface - General)
· Added "Disable the New Window animation" setting (Interface - General)
· Added "Enable mouse over on stacks" setting (Interface - Dock)
· Added "Disable Reply animation" setting (Interface - Mail)
· Added "Disable Send animation" setting (Interface - Mail)
· Added "Disable leather skin in Address Book" setting (Interface - Misc)
· Added "Disable leather skin in iCal" setting (Interface - Misc)
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may freeze when trying to gather disk information
· Addresses an issue in which the journaling state of the case-sensitive HFS+ disks could not be detected
· Addresses an issue in which improper permissions were applied to the File Sharing logs during the rotation of these logs
· Other minor improvements and bug fixes
· Updated Help files
November 17th, 2011· Improvements on the "Delete localization files" procedure
· Added "Show user Library directory" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Added ability to set Time Machine backup interval (System - Time Machine)
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail don't work properly if the System Events process is not running
· Other minor improvements and bug fixes
· Updated Automator actions
November 2nd, 2011· Addresses compatibility issues with latest versions Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome
· Added clearing of the Revir, Imuler and Flashback trojans
· Miscellaneous bug fixes and overall improvements
· Added OS X 10.7.2 compatibility
· Updated Automator actions
September 2nd, 2011· Addresses an issue where Cocktail may stop responding during scheduled maintenance.
August 29th, 2011· Miscellaneous bug fixes and overall improvements
· Updated Automator actions
· Revised Help files
July 1st, 2011· Added Mac OS X 10.7 compatibility
Limitations:
· Pilot scheduler is not available
· Automator actions are not available
· Time limited beta
June 1st, 2011· Major improvements on the "Check SMART status at startup" procedure
· Added clearing of the latest variants of the MAC Defender (Mac Protector, Mac Security, Mac Guard) trojan
· Other minor bug fixes and improvements
· Updated Automator actions
May 11th, 2011· Improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure
· Added clearing of the latest variants of the MAC Defender (Mac Protector, Mac Security) trojan
· Added the "Purge Inactive Memory" Automator action
· Other minor bug fixes
April 12th, 2011· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to purge inactive memory or clear virtual memory swap files.
· This version also fixes minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.6.7.
· The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition).
March 31st, 2011· Added ability to purge inactive memory and optimize virtual memory usage. (System - Memory)
· Added ability to disable virtual memory swapping. (System - Memory)
· Improvements on the clear system caches procedure.
· Added ability to prevent Help Viewer window from floating on top of other applications. (Interface - General)
· Updated Automator actions.
· Updated Help files.
March 18th, 2011· Fixed compatibility issues with Safari extensions
· Added the "Delete Localization Files" Automator action
· Added compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6.7
· Updated Automator actions
February 10th, 2011· Fixed compatibility issues with the latest versions of supported web browsers (Camino 2.x, Chrome 9.x, Firefox 4.x, Flock 3.5.x, OmniWeb 5.x, Opera 11.x, Safari 5.x)
· Improvements on the "Delete localization files" procedure
· Fixed other minor bugs discovered in the previous version
· Updated Automator actions
· Updated Help files
December 16th, 2010· Adds ability to delete unnecessary localization (language resources) files and addresses an issue in which Cocktail may fail to update the locate database.
November 3rd, 2010· Adds ability to clear the Koobface.A (Boonana.A) trojan horse and Microsoft Office 2011 font caches.
· This version also fixes few minor bugs discovered in the previous release.
September 13th, 2010· Added Mac OS X 10.6.5 compatibility
· Fixed compatibility issues with Safari 5 extensions
· Fixed compatibility issues with iTunes 10
· Added ability to restore horizontal window controls in iTunes 10 (Interface - Misc)
· Added Dock menu
· Minor user interface improvements
· Updated Automator actions
July 8th, 2010· Added ability to clear Apple System logs and diagnostic messages
· Added ability to disable the “This file has been downloaded from the internet.” Finder warning
· Added ability to view .asl and .crash logs
· Fixed minor Mac OS X 10.6.4 compatibility issues
· Updated Automator actions
· Updated Help
June 17th, 2010· Improvements on the clear Internet caches procedure
· Added support for latest versions of Safari, Chrome, Opera and OmniWeb web browsers
· Added clearing of the latest variants of the HellRTS and OpinionSpy trojan horses
· Added Mac OS X 10.6.4 compatibility
· Updated Automator actions
· Updated Help
April 22nd, 2010· Fixed a bug where Cocktail was unable to apply network optimization for AirPort cards on systems running Mac OS X 10.6.2 - 10.6.3.
April 15th, 2010· Addresses an issue in which the system log server (syslogd) may not be properly restarted
· Addresses an issue where clearing the virtual memory swap files may cause kernel panics on systems running Mac OS X 10.6.3
· Addresses minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.6.3 (v 1.0 and 1.1) identified in the previous release
March 26th, 2010· Fixed a bug where the trojan RSPlug was falsely detected
· Added "Show full folder path in window title" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Added "Don't remember open windows when logging out" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Added "Enable Remote Disc access" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Added "Enable Quick Look folder previews" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Added "Always show Quick Look preview" setting (Interface - Finder)
· Updated Help files
March 2nd, 2010· Adds Mac OS X 10.6.3 compatibility and ability to stop Cocktail from logging out, restarting or shutting down the computer at the end of a scheduled programme.
· The update also features improvements on the clear Adobe Flash Player caches and cookies procedure as well as overall performance improvements.
January 20th, 2010· It adds clearing of Adobe Flash Player caches and cookies, as well as clearing of Google Chrome cookies, form values, history and page icons. The update also addresses minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X Server.
December 5th, 2009· Cocktail 4.6.2 (Snow Leopard Edition) is the latest maintenance update of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.6.
· It improves overall stability, adds clearing of the latest variants of the RSPlug/Jahlav trojan horse and addresses a number of other minor issues.
November 10th, 2009· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may unexpectedly quit while clearing Mac OS X 10.6.2 system caches.
November 5th, 2009· Adds ability to clear data detectors and QuickLook caches, as well as several new QuickTime X and Apple Mail settings.
October 13th, 2009· Fixes a bug causing high CPU usage on 32-bit Macs.
· Addresses compatibility issues with QuickTime X and latest versions of supported web browsers.
· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may report problems with diskutil and fixes many other minor bugs discovered in the previous release.
September 16th, 2009· It addresses an issue in which Cocktail may not launch on 32-bit only Macs, addresses an issue in which Cocktail was unable to search for corrupted preference files, adds Mac OS X 10.6.1 compatibility and contains other minor improvements and bug fixes discovered in the previous version. The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition).
September 10th, 2009· A new edition of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
· Adds Mac OS X 10.6 compatibility, 64-bit support and major speed improvements to Pilot.
· Contains updated Sparkle software update framework, updated Automator actions and updated help files.
August 11th, 2009· Addresses compatibility issues with Firefox 3.5 and Flock 2.5 web browsers.
· Adds clearing of the latest variants of the RSPlug (Jahlav) trojan horse.
· Adds Mac OS X 10.5.8 compatibility and contains other minor bug fixes as well as updated Automator actions.
July 1st, 2009· Adds ability to reset home directory permissions and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
· Adds ability to set Time Machine's backup interval and to modify other Time Machine settings.
· Adds support for more network interfaces.
· Adds support for Safari 4 and ability to disable Safari 4 webpage previews.
June 3rd, 2009· Adds clearing of Renepo.A, Renepo.B and Tored.A trojans.
· Fixes compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.5.7, Firefox and Google Gears as well as addresses minor bug fixes discovered in the previous release.
· The update also contains updated Automator actions.
March 31st, 2009· Major improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure.
· Adds clearing of the latest (F and G) variants of the RSPlug trojan horse and clearing of the Inqtana.C worm.
· The update also contains updated Automator actions.
March 19th, 2009· Adds clearing of the Inqtana.B worm.
· Fixes an issue with secure deletion of files installed by trojans and worms.
· Addresses an issue in which Adobe Illustrator font caches were not deleted from users home directory.
· Fixes compatibility issues with Safari 4 Public Beta and adds compatibility with the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.7.
· The update also contains improvements on the clear font caches and clear Internet caches procedures.
February 19th, 2009· Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may stop responding during a scheduled clearing of system caches, adds clearing of the trojan Lamzev.A and the worm Inqtana.A
· Minor improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure.
· The update is highly recommended for all users.
February 9th, 2009· Adds ability to clear potentially harmful files such as most common trojans or other files that may harm your system in any way.
· Adds ability to clear CrashReporter and HungReporter logs as well as fixes compatibility issues with QuickTime 7.6
December 18th, 2008· Addresses an issue in which clearing of user caches may cause Mobile Me synchronization to fail and adds Mac OS X 10.5.6 compatibility.
November 27th, 2008· Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition) addresses compatibility issues with TechTool Pro and Safari 3.2.1, adds support for Flock 2 web browser, adds more languages to the "Startup language" setting, improves the uninstaller, contains updated Help files and Automator actions and fixes a number of other bugs discovered in the previous release.
October 21st, 2008· Cocktail 4.2 (Leopard Edition) adds ability to search and delete corrupted preference files, adds a searchable database of Mac OS system error codes, adds a list of commonly used network ports, improves the clear log files procedure and fixes a number of minor bugs discovered in the previous release.
October 21st, 2008· Added ability to search and delete corrupted preference files
· Added a searchable database of Mac OS system error codes
· Added a list of commonly used network ports
· Improvements on the clear log files procedure
· Updated Help files and Automator actions
· Minor user interface changes
September 16th, 2008· Addresses minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.5.5.
· Interface - Misc. New "Disable Genre column in iTunes browser" setting.
· Interface - Misc. New "Disable iTunes Store arrow links in iTunes" setting.
September 10th, 2008· Contains many under-the-hood optimizations for faster and more reliable performance, major improvements in Adobe font cache clearance and updated Automator actions. This version also addresses compatibility issues with FAT32 volumes.
July 2nd, 2008· Cocktail 4.1.3 (Leopard Edition) adds Mac OS X 10.5.4 compatibility, fixes a bug in which Firefox 3 bookmarks have been reverted to an outdated version during clearing of the Internet caches, addresses an issue in which Cocktail may stop responding during clearing of the user caches and resolves an issue in which the uninstaller may fail to reset UDP settings to their default values.
June 18th, 2008· It adds possibility to disable dictionary and calculator results in Spotlight, improves performance of Pilot scheduler and fixes other bugs discovered in the previous release.
May 30th, 2008· It fixes a bug causing Mac OS X 10.5.3 to freeze during clearing of the system caches and addresses compatibility issues with Automator 2.0.1.
May 14th, 2008· Cocktail 4.1 (Leopard Edition) adds support for clearing dynamic link editor's shared cache as well as support for clearing Internet caches created by the Flock web browser, fixes compatibility issues with Safari 3.1, contains improved Automator actions, adds many new interface settings and fixes miscellaneous bugs discovered in the previous release.
February 15th, 2008· It adds Mac OS X 10.5.2 compatibility, improves network optimization presets, fixes a bug causing Safari RSS reader to report NSPOSIXErrorDomain:2 error, adds support for Firefox 3, contains updated Help files and resolves a number of other minor issues discovered in the previous release.
January 18th, 2008· It adds support for clearing Microsoft Office 2008 font caches, addresses compatibility issues with QuickTime 7.4 and resolves a number of other minor issues discovered in the previous release.
September 19th, 2007· Version 3.8.2 adds twelve new Automator actions and the Safe (Safe Boot) option to the Startup Mode setting.
· The update also addresses an issue in which improper permissions were applied to the Firewall and Secure logs during the rotation of these logs, as well as an issue in which Cocktail may report problems with diskutil and mdutil.
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