MacPilot Changelog

What's new in MacPilot 15.0.3

Dec 11, 2023
  • Bug Fix: Numerous under the hood fixes.

New in MacPilot 15.0.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Modification: Fixed log rotation script to handle retention of existing user/group settings.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous under the hood fixes.

New in MacPilot 15.0 (Jul 17, 2023)

  • Modification: Preliminary support for macOS Sonoma.
  • Bug Fix: Viewing manual pages works again on macOS Ventura.
  • Bug Fix: Viewing memory in the system profiler works for M1/M2 Macs.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous under the hood fixes.

New in MacPilot 14.0 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • Upgraded for compatibility with macoS Ventura.

New in MacPilot 13.0.6 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Bug Fix: Now creates Desktop Pictures and UserUUID folder on the fly in Library/Caches if none existed previously when setting the Login Window picture.
  • Modification: Allows restoring login window Desktop Picture back to the OS default if no original default was able to be backed up when setting it originally.
  • Modification: Clarified unsupported OS warning on launch.

New in MacPilot 13.0.5 (Nov 7, 2021)

  • Enhancement: Dark mode interface tweaks.

New in MacPilot 13.0.3 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • Bug Fix: Can now set the login window picture for macOS Monterey and Big Sur.
  • Bug Fix: Window height cropping issue fixed.

New in MacPilot 13.0.1 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Enhancement: New icon for macOS Monterey.
  • Enhancement: Dark mode now looks great on Navigation lists.
  • Enhancement: Search bars now reflect system dark mode setting.

New in MacPilot 13.0 (Aug 31, 2021)

  • Modification:
  • Now has compatibility with macOS Monterey.

New in MacPilot 12.0.8 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • Bug Fix: Empty Trash in maintenance tab now works again.
  • Bug Fix: Open Storage Manager button works again.
  • Bug Fix: Many numerous small glitches in the progress window fixed.
  • Modification: TCC Services now sort alphabetically.
  • Modification: Auto-fill for name/e-mail on contact forms now uses CNContactsStore on macOS.
  • Modification: Reclaim disk inactive memory checkbox in Maintenance renamed to make more logical sense.

New in MacPilot 12.0.7 (Dec 21, 2020)

  • New Feature: Set number of weekdays shown in Week view mode in Calendar.
  • New Feature: Show Calendar debug menu.
  • Modification: Updated default file, folder and app icons for Big Sur style.
  • Modification: Contacts debug menu no longer working; feature removed.
  • Modification: Locking of Dock magnification level no longer working; feature removed.
  • Modification: Finder interface simplicity level no longer working; feature removed.
  • Modification: Music app high contrast mode no longer working; feature removed.
  • Modification: Better job at determining sandboxed/container-style app preferences.
  • Modification: Removed numerous QuickTime Player features that no longer work.
  • Modification: Removed Reminders debug menu feature as it no longer works.
  • Modification: Removed Spotlight forcing dark mode as it no longer works.
  • Modification: Removed Dark Mode for High Sierra under system.
  • Modification: Using large 32px icons under Apps due to fewer core apps with hidden prefs.
  • Bug Fix: Re-selecting Advanced from Window menu brings window foremost if it was already visible previously.

New in MacPilot 12.0.6 (Dec 20, 2020)

  • New Feature: Ability to strip archs from binaries that are not arm64 (Apple Silicon).
  • New Feature: Can now drop files into the File Browser list to change the current directory and select it in the editor.
  • Modification: Label colors in the File Browser no longer draw with glass appearance.
  • Modification: Updated Help tooltip info.
  • Modification: Updated helper tools to be native on Apple Silicon/arm64.
  • Bug Fix: No longer shows Erase Free Space on APFS volumes as Apple does not support this feature.
  • Bug Fix: Restored ability to add Recents stack to the left/right side of the Dock.
  • Bug Fix: Dictionaries now parse correctly to human readable format in Additional Disk Info.
  • Bug Fix: Corrupt preferences search list now uses proper OS style.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed stall on startup caused by software update checking.
  • Bug Fix: Search text field no longer appears grey inside until it is focused. White initially as it should be.
  • Bug Fix: Selected color now respects on the fly OS changes without having to reboot the application.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected location of tccutil on Big Sur to load Privacy settings under Maintenance.
  • Bug Fix: Memory section under System Profile no longer yields any information on systems with new Apple Silicon unified memory.

New in MacPilot 12.0.4 (Dec 17, 2020)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash on Catalina and older macOS versions.

New in MacPilot 12.0.3 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • Enhancement: Now runs natively on Apple Silicon.

New in MacPilot 12.0 (Sep 22, 2020)

  • Upgrade Notes: This upgrade is free for users owning an active subscription or a non-subscription "lifetime license." No action is required other than downloading the new version from our web site and unlocking as normal with an e-mail address. For all other users, orders for the current version can be purchased on our web site.
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Now launches on macOS Big Sur and has basic compatibility. We are still in the process of verifying all the features still work, adding new ones, and updating the UI. We anticipate the full 12.1 release shortly after Big Sur is officially released. This will be a free update for all customers owning the 12.0 pre-release.

New in MacPilot 11.1.4 (May 25, 2020)

  • Modification: Removed desktop screensaver feature as this is no longer possible in macOS Catalina.
  • Modification: Removed Dashboard feature as its no longer in macOS Catalina.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when querying running programs executable paths.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed iTunes to Music app mapping.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Grab to Screen Capture app mapping.

New in MacPilot 11.1.3 (Apr 1, 2020)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when downloading an app update and the window was closed in the middle of the download process.

New in MacPilot 11.1 (Mar 20, 2020)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed error with dark grey search bars continually executing their search even when their text wasn't changed.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed error determining Full Disk Access.

New in MacPilot 11.0.9 (Feb 24, 2020)

  • This upgrade is free for users owning an active subscription or a non-subscription "lifetime license." No action is required other than downloading the new version from our web site and unlocking as normal with an e-mail address. For all other users, orders for the current version can be purchased on our web site.

New in MacPilot 11.0.7 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • Overhaul: Completed migration to API2.
  • Modification: Removed tools from Network and System that are no longer present and added Aiport Utility and Storage Utility to replace them.

New in MacPilot 11.0.5 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed various core issues.

New in MacPilot 11.0.4 (Oct 15, 2019)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed Full Disk Access warning on systems below Mojave.
  • Modification: Removed MacType/Creator code setting as this is from the OS 9 days and it's just time to ditch it.

New in MacPilot 11.0.3 (Oct 10, 2019)

  • After exhaustive research, we've found a solution to the login window picture not being set on Mojave. Catalina prohibits changing this file. There is NO WORKAROUND.

New in MacPilot 11.0 (Sep 26, 2019)

  • Enhancement: Major under-the-hood improvements for Mac OS X Catalina 10.15 compatibility.

New in MacPilot 10.15.0 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Bug Fix: Minor bug fixes

New in MacPilot 10.14.0 (Nov 25, 2018)

  • New Feature: Added feature to enable Dark Mode in High Sierra.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Advanced Features window on Dark Mode.

New in MacPilot 10.13.0 (Oct 14, 2018)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when using HEIC files to set login window picture.

New in MacPilot 10.1.1 (May 24, 2018)

  • New Feature: Sandboxing for the App Store version.
  • New Feature: Tons of new disk information.
  • Modification: Moved less common disk information to Additional tab.

New in MacPilot 10.0 (May 15, 2018)

  • New Feature: Full compatibility for Mac OS X 10.14 when it arrives.

New in MacPilot 9.1.4 (Apr 18, 2018)

  • New Feature: UI for file search updated to be substantially more modern. Can now right-click results to reveal in Finder or launch.
  • New Feature: Change system spring delay.
  • Modification: File Kinds/Sizes are now retrieved in the File Search thread instead of post-fact. This speeds things up and frees up the UI.
  • Bug Fix: Hide/show Library folder works again.
  • Bug Fix: Files/folders in File Browser are once again alphabetical.
  • Bug Fix: Progress window now shows status when operation completes if there were output messages.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash while loading BOM receipts.
  • Bug Fix: No more infinite message box loop when no results found with Locate.
  • Bug Fix: Drop arrow no longer shown in search fields where additional search options are not available.
  • Bug Fix: Progress window when expanded and the user clicks to drag resize it, no longer snaps closed.
  • Bug Fix: Progress window results text fields now expands with the window when resized.
  • Bug Fix: Locate (super old command) replaced with an advanced Spotlight query.

New in MacPilot 9.1.1 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • Bug Fix: Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 9.0.9 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • New Feature: macOS High Sierra compatibility.

New in MacPilot 9.0.8 (Apr 1, 2017)

  • New Feature: Internal software updater now downloads reveals or tries to install downloaded version.
  • New Feature: Dictionary web kit debug menu (in Advanced).
  • New Feature: Added a lot more tool tips for features.
  • New Feature: Feature to show tool-tips by choosing 'Help' after a right-click on an item added.
  • Bug Fix: Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 9.0.6 (Mar 22, 2017)

  • New Feature: Custom user-created Terminal shell commands.
  • Modification: Numerous under the hood improvements to allow us to add/remove features more easily.
  • Modification: Reorganized some features in the Apps/System panel.

New in MacPilot 9.0.5 (Mar 18, 2017)

  • Custom solution for muting system audio volume at startup. Will work indefinitely.

New in MacPilot 9.0.4 (Mar 14, 2017)

  • New Feature:
  • Change login window picture on Sierra.
  • Turn off Gate Keeper.
  • Locate search results now sortable by size or kind.
  • Toolbars auto-hide in Locate search.
  • Locate search is now threaded.
  • Locate search results much prettier.
  • Toolbar Display menu under View to change toolbar view mode for smaller resolutions.
  • Toggle to disable removing files from selected folder recursively.
  • Erase free space on volumes using 5 different levels of security.
  • Modification:
  • Moved CAT to the System Tools page.
  • Advanced features window can no longer be resized 'too small.'
  • Advanced features window changed colors to save/restore point buttons.
  • Disclosure triangle does not appear in the main progress window if there are no status updates to show.
  • Dramatically improved the UI for the Files tab of Tools.
  • Window tabbing disabled.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Searches in query boxes no longer perform their searches twice.
  • Fixed alignment of buttons in the Tools tab when the window grows.

New in MacPilot 9.0.2 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • New Feature: Change tabs with View menu at top of screen.
  • New Feature: Show the Advanced Editor by default on startup in the Preferences window.
  • New Feature: Number of rows and columns in LaunchPad.
  • New Feature: Can now set a mixture of startup modes (ie. verbose + safe).
  • New Feature: Additional boot args can now take values with spaces.
  • New Feature: Graphics mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Ignore kext caches in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Nvidia Web Drivers mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Target disk mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Text Mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Disable zone postponing in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Server performance mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Added PowerButtonSleepsSystem toggle for older OSses.
  • New Feature: Added tick marks to sliders in Power tab.
  • New Feature: Can now view .asl (Apple System Log) files in Log Viewer.
  • New Feature: Basic system info shown in About window.
  • New Feature: File icon in Receipts view is now an alert icon if the file is not found.
  • New Feature: Dramatically enhanced broadband optimizer.
  • New Feature: Added option to open Storage Utility in macOS Sierra.
  • New Feature: Added 'New Value' column to Advanced editor in Network.
  • New Feature: Added page step to sliders in Power tab every 15 minutes.
  • New Feature: Receipt viewer now shows how many files are listed.
  • New Feature: Added new toolbar to the window top.
  • New Feature: View logs right in the main window.
  • New Feature: New "dark" bottom window toolbars.
  • New Feature: Hides network kernel value help if none available.
  • New Feature: Open System Utilities folder.
  • New Feature: Launch archive utility.
  • New Feature: Startup panel is now SIP aware.
  • New Feature: BOM file paths are now fully parsed using a prefix if available.
  • New Feature: Added extra help to Maintenance tab.
  • New Feature: Open Utilities folder from the Tools panel.
  • New Feature: Converted many tab panels to navigation style lists to look prettier.
  • New Feature: Reset auto-quit list.
  • Modification: App now takes up substantially less screen real estate. Works beautifully on 1440x900 (the most common laptop resolution on MacBooks).
  • Modification: Moved advanced features for Network into main window
  • Modification: Changed power sliders to give a much more usable input. Now only 6 hours instead of 12.
  • Modification: Redesigned the About window.
  • Modification: Redesigned the Receipt viewer.
  • Modification: Removed ability to set 32-bit boot mode as it is no longer applicable since 10.7.
  • Modification: No longer shows success message when deleting logs. Instead, provides visual feedbackonly
  • Modification: Moved receipts into Logs panel.
  • Modification: No longer shows 'Folder' text in size text box in the Log files list.
  • Modification: Receipts moved to logs panel.
  • Modification: Internal audit of project resources and discarded many legacy items.
  • Modification: Removed some features for Mission Control which now have an OS-Level exposure in the GUI.
  • Modification: Moved Install Archives Prefs pane into Tools.
  • Modification: Log lists now load actual file icons, and do so on demand.
  • Modification: Added warning about stripping Universal applications.
  • Modification: Updated warning in advanced network configuration editor.
  • Modification: Reorganized the feature set in the entire application.
  • Modification: Write Us link on About page now opens the interactive reporter instead of redirecting to our web site.
  • Modification: Inverted the logic of the confirmations dialog checkbox in the Preferences window.
  • Modification: Keep Me Informed button now checks for an internet connection prior to attempting to post data to our web site.
  • Modification: Dramatically improved the Offline Unlock window to include a better list of steps for how to proceed.
  • Modification: Reorganized Preferences window options.
  • Bug Fix: Can no longer set the desktop background screen saver when one is already running. Must now stop the existing one first.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed reset launchpad layout.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed button in open apps warning dialog from having a default and cancel action handler at the same time.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed alert icons which should have been showing as help icons.
  • Bug Fix: All startup options now settable again.
  • Bug Fix: Grid lines no longer draw vertical line for last column.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed web interface link to CUPS setup.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed divider heights in About and Help panels.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed missing space before comma in newsletter text of About window.
  • Bug Fix: System sleep slider now shows disabled values correctly when not available.
  • Bug Fix: Power Manager now works on macOS Sierra.
  • Bug Fix: Receipt viewer now shows file size data on load instead of when it comes into view.
  • Bug Fix: Power slider values now pluralize properly.
  • Bug Fix: System sleep timer slider no longer shows as active if the feature is not available.
  • Bug Fix: Opening/closing the progress window details no longer results in duplicate text.
  • Bug Fix: Hibernation File popup now disables when needed correctly.
  • Bug Fix: Settings in Startup panel that are text fields only save if the text is different on LostFocus.
  • Bug Fix: Startup chime mutes again.
  • Bug Fix: Startup boot args now properly processed when value is quoted.
  • Bug Fix: Replaced legacy screenshot in Help tab.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed curly quotes parse error in version history.
  • Bug Fix: Continuity Activation Tool v2.3 is now bundled.

New in MacPilot 9.0.1 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • New Feature: File Browser allows editing file tags instead of legacy labels.
  • Modification: File Browser legacy settings removed.
  • Bug Fix: Rebuilding the Locate database works again.

New in MacPilot 9.0 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • New Feature: Show the Advanced Editor by default on startup in the Preferences window.
  • New Feature: Number of rows and columns in LaunchPad.
  • New Feature: Can now set a mixture of startup modes (ie. verbose + safe).
  • New Feature: Additional boot args can now take values with spaces.
  • New Feature: Graphics mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Ignore kext caches in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Nvidia Web Drivers mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Target disk mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Text Mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Disable zone postponing in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Server performance mode in Startup panel.
  • New Feature: Added PowerButtonSleepsSystem toggle for older OSses.
  • New Feature: Added tick marks to sliders in Power tab.
  • New Feature: Can now view .asl (Apple System Log) files in Log Viewer.
  • New Feature: Basic system info shown in About window.
  • New Feature: File icon in Receipts view is now an alert icon if the file is not found.
  • New Feature: Dramatically enhanced broadband optimizer.
  • New Feature: Added option to open Storage Utility in macOS Sierra.
  • New Feature: Added 'New Value' column to Advanced editor in Network.
  • New Feature: Added page step to sliders in Power tab every 15 minutes.
  • New Feature: Receipt viewer now shows how many files are listed.
  • New Feature: Added new toolbar to the window top.
  • New Feature: View logs right in the main window.
  • New Feature: New "dark" bottom window toolbars.
  • New Feature: Hides network kernel value help if none available.
  • New Feature: Open System Utilities folder.
  • New Feature: Launch archive utility.
  • New Feature: Startup panel is now SIP aware.
  • New Feature: BOM file paths are now fully parsed using a prefix if available.
  • New Feature: Added extra help to Maintenance tab.
  • New Feature: Open Utilities folder from the Tools panel.
  • New Feature: Converted many tab panels to navigation style lists to look prettier.
  • Modification: App now takes up substantially less screen real estate. Works beautifully on 1440x900 (the most common laptop resolution on MacBooks).
  • Modification: Moved advanced features for Network into main window
  • Modification: Changed power sliders to give a much more usable input. Now only 6 hours instead of 12.
  • Modification: Redesigned the About window.
  • Modification: Redesigned the Receipt viewer.
  • Modification: Removed ability to set 32-bit boot mode as it is no longer applicable since 10.7.
  • Modification: No longer shows success message when deleting logs. Instead, provides visual feedbackonly
  • Modification: Moved receipts into Logs panel.
  • Modification: No longer shows 'Folder' text in size text box in the Log files list.
  • Modification: Receipts moved to logs panel.
  • Modification: Internal audit of project resources and discarded many legacy items.
  • Modification: Removed some features for Mission Control which now have an OS-Level exposure in the GUI.
  • Modification: Moved Install Archives Prefs pane into Tools.
  • Modification: Log lists now load actual file icons, and do so on demand.
  • Modification: Added warning about stripping Universal applications.
  • Modification: Updated warning in advanced network configuration editor.
  • Modification: Reorganized the feature set in the entire application.
  • Modification: Write Us link on About page now opens the interactive reporter instead of redirecting to our web site.
  • Modification: Inverted the logic of the confirmations dialog checkbox in the Preferences window.
  • Modification: Keep Me Informed button now checks for an internet connection prior to attempting to post data to our web site.
  • Modification: Dramatically improved the Offline Unlock window to include a better list of steps for how to proceed.
  • Modification: Reorganized Preferences window options.
  • Bug Fix: Can no longer set the desktop background screen saver when one is already running. Must now stop the existing one first.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed reset launchpad layout.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed button in open apps warning dialog from having a default and cancel action handler at the same time.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed alert icons which should have been showing as help icons.
  • Bug Fix: All startup options now settable again.
  • Bug Fix: Grid lines no longer draw vertical line for last column.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed web interface link to CUPS setup.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed divider heights in About and Help panels.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed missing space before comma in newsletter text of About window.
  • Bug Fix: System sleep slider now shows disabled values correctly when not available.
  • Bug Fix: Power Manager now works on macOS Sierra.
  • Bug Fix: Receipt viewer now shows file size data on load instead of when it comes into view.
  • Bug Fix: Power slider values now pluralize properly.
  • Bug Fix: System sleep timer slider no longer shows as active if the feature is not available.
  • Bug Fix: Opening/closing the progress window details no longer results in duplicate text.
  • Bug Fix: Hibernation File popup now disables when needed correctly.
  • Bug Fix: Settings in Startup panel that are text fields only save if the text is different on LostFocus.
  • Bug Fix: Startup chime mutes again.
  • Bug Fix: Startup boot args now properly processed when value is quoted.
  • Bug Fix: Replaced legacy screenshot in Help tab.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed curly quotes parse error in version history.
  • Bug Fix: Continuity Activation Tool v2.3 is now bundled.

New in MacPilot 8.0.8 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Bug fixes to run on macOS Sierra. THIS IS NOT VERSION 9.0 and this version has not yet been fully qualified with macOS Sierra, but is now mostly working. Version 9 should be out shortly. This is a quick-fix for users needing the app while we still develop the new version.
  • Bug Fix: Now code-signed again. You should no longer be receiving any GateKeeper errors.

New in MacPilot 8.0.7 (Oct 10, 2016)

  • Bug fixes to run on macOS Sierra.

New in MacPilot 8.0.6 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 8.0.5 (Oct 27, 2015)

  • New Feature: View status of volume's Composite property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Encrypted property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Low Level Format Support property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Core Storage property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's OS 9 Drivers property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Remote Volume property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Leaf property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Catalog Search property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Virtual property.
  • New Feature: View status of volume's Removable property.
  • New Feature: Added Used Disk Space indicator under the Disk tools.
  • Modification: Improved UI in Disk tools.
  • Bug Fix: Removed verify & repair disk permissions feature as this is no longer available or required in Mac OS X 10.11 and higher.
  • Bug Fix: Resolved issue retrieving some volume information.
  • Bug Fix: Resolved issue with duplicate volume information appearing in Other.

New in MacPilot 8.0.4 (Oct 16, 2015)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 8.0.2 (Oct 9, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Software Update and Debug settings now load in the Prefs window.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a window memory management error.

New in MacPilot 8.0.1 (Oct 9, 2015)

  • New Feature: Use scrollwheel/gesture to expose App windows when using the Dock.
  • New Feature: Updated preferences window to use new styling.
  • Modification: Removed Time Machine delay/interval due to new El Capitan 'rootless' restrictions.
  • Modification: Fixed font assignment for the list in the main window to comply with AHIG.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed height of labels on Retina devices.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed registration system to take license codes (optional).

New in MacPilot 8.0 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • This version is designed for Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and later ONLY.
  • Modification: Removed ability to disable Spotlight as this is no longer permitted with El Capitan's "rootless" feature. Ditto for a couple Spotlight features.
  • Modification: Updated Power config to support App Nap setting on El Capitan.
  • Modification: Moved some apps out of the Other tab to the main sidebar.
  • Bug Fix: Removed Preview.app feature for AppleScript support toggling plus remembering open windows. These have been removed/enforced in El Capitan and can no longer be set. Moved Preview features into the Other tab.
  • Bug Fix: Removed Debug menu feature for Remote Desktop and Photo Booth as they're no longer available in the latest versions.
  • Bug Fix: Removed Disk Utility.app features as they are no longer supported in the new Disk Utility.app.
  • Bug Fix: Removed ability to set the login window picture as this is now automatically set by LoginWindow to be a faded-out version of your current desktop image from the last logged in user. We cannot change this behavior.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous other small bug fixes and tweaks for El Capitan.

New in MacPilot 7.1.7 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • THIS IS THE FINAL UPDATE FOR MAC OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and under! All future versions will REQUIRE Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 7.1.6 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed file icons not appearing in the File Browser if a label color was chosen.

New in MacPilot 7.1.4 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Mac App Store validator now always visible under the License menu.

New in MacPilot 7.1.2 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed delay in loading file information.

New in MacPilot 7.1.1 (Jun 20, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Updated to latest core classes.

New in MacPilot 7.0.9 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Power settings now correctly set when certain features are not supported on the machine.

New in MacPilot 7.0.8 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 7.0.7 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed ability to install Archives prefsPane on Yosemite.

New in MacPilot 7.0.6 (Dec 23, 2014)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash on view the Network prefs for some users.

New in MacPilot 7.0.5 (Dec 20, 2014)

  • Upgrade Notes: Version 7 is a paid upgrade from all previous versions. Order an upgrade by logging into your koingosw.com account, pressing the Orders tab, and then clicking the Upgrade button!
  • Users owing an active subscription to this product will get it automatically without additional cost. This upgrade is also free if ordering a non-subscription version within the last year. Visit your account and click the Upgrade link to obtain a free copy.
  • New Feature: Added feature to set Time Machine Delay in addition to the interval.

New in MacPilot 7.0.4 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Upgrade Notes: Version 7 is a paid upgrade from all previous versions. Order an upgrade by logging into your koingosw.com account, pressing the Orders tab, and then clicking the Upgrade button! Users owing an active subscription to this product will get it automatically without additional cost. This upgrade is also free if ordering a non-subscription version within the last year. Visit your account and click the Upgrade link to obtain a free copy.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when a selected disk is ejected when viewing the Spotlight details and the rebuild index button is clicked.
  • Bug Fix: Spotlight settings for disks now load automatically.

New in MacPilot 7.0.3 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • New Feature: Set event default duration in Calendar.app.
  • New Feature: Turn on a "Heat map" in Year view mode in Calendar.app.
  • New Feature: Added ability to right-click checkboxes and choose Disable when the checkbox state is indeterminate.

New in MacPilot 7.0.2 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • Bug Fix: Removed feature to set dock position (pinning) in Mac OS X 10.10 as Apple has removed this feature.
  • Bug Fix: Flagged feature to set Preview.app default PDF zoom level as unsupported in Preview 8.0 and later.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug calculating large amounts of system RAM.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed determining virtual memory state.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed calculating the correct font text encoding for information received by the system.
  • New Feature: Now hides unsupported features by default in the Advanced Editor. You can toggle this in the Preferences window.
  • WISH LIST: Disable Launchpad.
  • UNKNOWN BUG: Permanently network settings not saving on restart (10.9). Can anyone verify this on this system version or others? We can’t!

New in MacPilot 7.0.1 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug with tapping to click on a trackpad when setting features in the Advanced Editor.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed registration bug for users with a corrupt com.koingosw.MacPilot6 .plist file in their preferences folder.

New in MacPilot 7.0 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • New Feature: Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Not only compatibility, but new features as well!
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Spotlight: Disable web search.
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Spotlight: Clear last search query on close.
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Spotlight: Dark mode (separate from Dock/Menubar).
  • New Feature: Yosemite: System: Dark mode.
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Finder: Numerous new modes to lock-down the Preferences window security.
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Finder: Set preferred/default search window view style.
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Login Window: Set desktop picture.
  • New Feature: Yosemite: Login Window: A number of new QuickTime Player functions.
  • New Feature: Now provides a detailed explanation in the summary field when crashing.
  • New Feature: Can now close progress windows when task is running to cancel it.
  • New Feature: Spotlight clear on close for Yosemite.
  • New Feature: Re order login item with drag and drop.
  • New Feature: Toggle iPad charging warning (10.9 and later).
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when preferences remembered an old last panel on startup for the main window that has since been removed.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash using the Erase button in the Files panel if internal tools missing.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed setting of Safari user agent, and other settings (case-sensitive domain).
  • Bug Fix: Fixed ability to click Rebuild Spotlight index when no selection in the disks list.
  • Bug Fix: Will now intentionally crash if the app cannot connect to the features database.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash in MacPilot folder listing when trying to draw a row when there was no selection.
  • Bug Fix: Can now close the log in the process window.
  • Bug Fix: Features no longer continually run pre and post flight operations when applying in bulk; will only do it once!
  • Bug Fix: Now correctly waits for apps to close before proceeding with issuing commands.
  • Bug Fix: Spotlight features removed for Dictionary/Calculator disablement as Apple removed this feature.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash creating Koingo menu if could not determine the bundle folder for the app.
  • Bug Fix: Correctly reports Safari debug/develop menu state.
  • Bug Fix: Removed non-Yosemite features like Disk Utility: disable internet enabled actions, skipping of burn verification, allow disk images as RAIDs; Dock: semi-transparent mode, list view for stacks mode
  • Bug Fix: Fixed major bug on Yosemite that would fail to allow the application to launch properly.
  • Modified: More clearly defined the App Store version of MacPilot as MacPilot Lite.
  • Wish List: Disable Launchpad.

New in MacPilot 6.0.4 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • New Feature: Can now select more than one row in the preferences cleanup area.
  • New Feature: Restored support for Mac OS X 10.6.8 for the time being.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when loading advanced network interfaces.

New in MacPilot 6.0.2 (Jan 20, 2014)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash when unchecking a broken login item from the list.
  • Bug Fix: Muting the startup chime works again.

New in MacPilot 6.0.1 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Bug Fix: No longer crashes when loading Time Machine backup exclusions.
  • Bug Fix: No longer crashes when loading hidden user list for Login Window.
  • Bug Fix: No longer crashes when saving the power configuration and the GPU or Hibernation mode was not loaded.

New in MacPilot 6 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • New Feature: App recoded from the ground up! Dramatically easier to use, prettier, and just all around better! Many new features added for Mavericks. Many features that were no longer supported by Apple have been removed.
  • New Feature: Select an animated desktop! (not just toggle the current saver).
  • New Feature: Proper full keyboard access!
  • New Feature: Threaded entire manuals area!
  • New Feature: Log rotator!
  • New Feature: In the advanced editor now shows how to set arrays and dictionaries by the command line.
  • New Feature: Dramatically improved array and dictionary editor!
  • New Feature: Remembers currently viewed category in the Advanced editor when setting some prefs options.
  • New Feature: File sizes are now always calculated in File Browser and are threaded.
  • New Feature: Set Access Control Lists in the File Browser
  • New Feature: Set Extended Attributes in the File Browser
  • New Feature: Set opaque, archived, no dumping, sys append, sys locked, append, and locked flags in File Browser
  • New Feature: Flag files to be excluded from backups in the File Browser
  • New Feature: Native date pickers in File Browser
  • New Feature: File Browser now sets Tags on Mac OS X 10.9 for file label colors
  • New Feature: File Browser now shows label colors graphically
  • New Feature: Disable virtual memory
  • New Feature: Invisible files in File Browser are now shown with a lighter text color
  • New Feature: New alert prior to setting options for apps that are open.
  • New Feature: Open system profile app from our system profile
  • New Feature: Displays Machine ID in system info
  • New Feature: Displays integrated video memory in system info
  • New Feature: Displays RAM in system info
  • New Feature: Maintenance area now remembers settings after quit
  • New Feature: Dramatically updated key combos list which was well over 10 years old.
  • New Feature: View .bom receipt files
  • New Feature: Icons shown in Locate results
  • New Feature: System profiler now English-ifies graphics device info
  • New Feature: Can now rebuild locate database directly in MacPilot instead of having to use the Terminal.
  • New Feature: Displays not only preset values in Network info, but also current values.
  • New Feature: Locate results now show file sizes.
  • New Feature: Locate search is no longer case sensitive.
  • New Feature: Can now delete log folders in the Log Viewer.
  • New Feature: View Network MTU.
  • New Feature: View Network Media setting.
  • New Feature: View Network multicast setting.
  • New Feature: View Network loopback setting.
  • New Feature: Listboxes now have 3D gridlines.
  • New Feature: Hide usernames on login window!
  • New Feature: Startup options substantially simplified and now use checkboxes instead of awkward text fields where they were not needed.
  • New Feature: Enable/disable login items properly, including Launch Agents.
  • New Feature: Spotlight editor now shows disks prior to having click a reload button.
  • New Feature: Time Machine backup exclusion locations.
  • New Feature: Launch a variety of network tools.
  • New Feature: Power settings now only reflect what the device is capable of, additionally extra options have been added.
  • New Feature: Now accurately determines which power options are available on each system.
  • Modification: Did away with Windows-like Apply Settings buttons!
  • Modification: Consolidated and clarified the option to automatically restart the Dock and Finder in the Preferences window.
  • Modification: Removed unnecessary columns in the log viewer.
  • Modification: Improved many help tags.
  • Modification: Ditched legacy carbon event monitor for voluming mount status changing.
  • Modification: Corrected numerous typos in help tags.
  • Bug Fix: Safari settings now apply immediately instead of requiring a logout/login. This was a long-standing bug in Apple's framework that we've found a workaround for.
  • Bug Fix: Setting and reading preferences is slightly slower, but is substantially more stable. The program will now properly handle case-sensitivity as well as sandboxed and sync'd application preferences!
  • Bug Fix: Icons in the Log Viewer are no longer incorrectly offset.
  • Bug Fix: Terminal command in advanced editor now properly escapes ! for bash.
  • Bug Fix: Folders in log viewer which are not readable do longer have a disclosure triangle.

New in MacPilot 5.1.1 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • Bug Fix: User login items are no longer accidentally erased.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed text offset in Network panel.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Spotlight and Network Advanced settings going into an overflow situation.

New in MacPilot 5.1 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • Bug Fix: Minor fixes to at least allow running on Mac OS X 10.9. Version 6, due out shortly, will have a suite of new Mavericks features as well as be fully tested.

New in MacPilot 5.0.8 (Mar 22, 2013)

  • New Feature: Tembo: Default search scope
  • New Feature: Tembo: List mounted volumes
  • New Feature: Tembo: Maximum result count
  • New Feature: Tembo: Grouped results: date and time values
  • New Feature: Tembo: Sort by date added
  • New Feature: Tembo: Hide results with no value for the sort attribute
  • New Feature: HoudahGeo: EXIF/XMP export: Do not preserve dates
  • New Feature: HoudahGeo: EXIF/XMP export: Default attribute values
  • New Feature: HoudahGeo: EXIF/XMP export: Additional attribute values
  • New Feature: HoudahGeo: EXIF/XMP export: EXIF/XMP export: Preserved attributes
  • New Feature: HoudahSpot: Background color
  • Bug Fix: Removed scrollbar style feature for Mac OS X 10.7 and later.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash printing character map and printing in proper style.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed copying character map character info.
  • Bug Fix: No longer beeps when typing to search a listbox.
  • Bug Fix: Character info in char map now shows correct font.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug setting a null string value in a dictionary.

New in MacPilot 5.0.7 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash on startup that affected a small number of users.

New in MacPilot 5.0.6 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • New Feature: Added feature to disable default saving to iCloud.
  • New Feature: Time Machine Backup Interval(part 2).
  • Modification: Now hiding Ping features for iTunes since they're no longer included in iTunes.
  • Bug Fix: Removed duplicate iCloud saving feature and typo.

New in MacPilot 5.0.5 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed file type associations for MacPilot save points.

New in MacPilot 5.0.4 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed some crashes when populating the text field in the logger.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the rebuild completely options in the Maintenance tab.

New in MacPilot 5.0.3 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • New Feature: New and improved error/crash handler.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected some placement of Safari features.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed typo in the Power area.
  • Bug Fix: Now properly sets TextMate values for wrap submenu items.
  • Bug Fix: Now shows correct Terminal command preview for Array item types.

New in MacPilot 5.0.2 (Nov 26, 2012)

  • New Feature: File Browser can now open aliases
  • New Feature: File Browser can now drop folders onto
  • New Feature: File Browser has new larger icons for files
  • New Feature: File Browser now elaborates more detail on what each Finder Flag is
  • New Feature: File Browser has Quick Look button to show a standard OS QuickLook preview of any item
  • New Feature: File Browser now uses dynamic user-specified label colours
  • New Feature: File Browser aliases are now shown in light grey to help differentiate them between normal files
  • New Feature: File Browser now starts at the local computer view instead of the boot volume
  • New Feature: Much more information shown in Other tab of Disk info pane
  • New Feature: Safari: Features: Bookmark Bar proxies
  • New Feature: iCal: Number of days in week view
  • New Feature: System: Features: Save new documents to iCloud by default
  • New Feature: Safari: Default page font
  • New Feature: Safari: Default page font size
  • New Feature: Safari: Default page fixed font
  • New Feature: Safari: Default page fixed font size
  • New Feature: Safari: Default page font copy copy copy copy
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Smooth-scrolling active
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Parallels Desktop: Disable advertisements
  • New Feature: Safari: Features: Activities start expanded
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Tint low-resolution images in apps red on Retina
  • New Feature: TextEdit: Auto-save enabled
  • New Feature: iTunes: Disable elastic (rubber-band) scrolling
  • New Feature: Mail: Delay before marking items as read
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Quartz Debug: Debugging mode
  • New Feature: Login Window: General: Reopen windows when logging back in
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Use secure virtual memory
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Disable secure virtual memory
  • New Feature: iChat: Auto-accept FaceTime invitations from
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Escape key closes compose window
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Trackpad orientation mode
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Trackpad multitouch support
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Trackpad navigation swipe
  • New Feature: Dock: Behavior: Minimize windows into apps' Dock icons
  • New Feature: Mail: General: Junk mail behavior has been configured
  • New Feature: Mail: General: Junk mail info panel has been shown
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Use CoreUI
  • New Feature: System: Saving: Recent places item limit
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Ignore accidental trackpad input
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Witch: Group minimized windows
  • New Feature: Safari: Behavior: Disable the WebKit default home page
  • New Feature: System: Help Viewer: Debug mode
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Show extra Burning preferences options
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Show extra standard preferences options
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: EyeTV: Preferred index of fullscreen device
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: iMovie 6: Capture in modal window
  • New Feature: Keynote: Enable automatic capitalization fixes in Keynote 3
  • New Feature: Mission Control: LaunchPad fade-in transition duration
  • New Feature: Mission Control: LaunchPad fade-out transition duration
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Keyboard UI Mode
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Globally enable spell checking copy
  • New Feature: Mail: General: Disable send animations
  • New Feature: Dock: Appearance: Show progress indicators
  • New Feature: Mission Control: Group windows by application
  • New Feature: Mission Control: Hide Dashboard as a space
  • New Feature: Safari: Behavior: Find on page matches word starts only
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Automatic quote substitution
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Menu item behavior
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Show debug menu
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Open links in background
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Show full names instead of handles
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Twitter Mac: Hide app when in background
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Restrict App Store to software updates only
  • New Feature: Screen Capture: Include the date in screenshot file names
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Software Update check interval
  • Bug Fix: Select command text in help description.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crashes on 10.6.8.
  • Bug Fix: Network Panel now properly loads dynamic IP addresses and other info.
  • Bug Fix: File Browser setting label colour now updates file list

New in MacPilot 5.0.1 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • New Feature: Skip Snapz Pro splash screen
  • Bug Fix: No longer crashes when deleting items in the File Browser.
  • Bug Fix: Should no longer crash when loading login items on some computers.
  • Bug Fix: Should no longer crash when loading disk lists on some computers.
  • Bug Fix: Fixes extracting PowerPC or intel version of an app.
  • Bug Fix: Toggle Library Visibility now works.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Stationery typo.
  • Note: Login window picture feature removed for 10.7.

New in MacPilot 5.0 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • Coming Soon (End of November): Redesigned File Browser.
  • Coming Soon (End of November): Over 100 more tweaks under the General pane.
  • New Feature: Now Cocoa app for Mac OS X 10.6 and later.
  • New Feature: Time Machine: Backup interval
  • New Feature: Address Book: General: Card DAV Plugin Debugging Enabled
  • New Feature: Address Book: General: Card DAV Plugin Log Connection Details
  • New Feature: Address Book: General: Interface layout
  • New Feature: Address Book: General: Text size
  • New Feature: Acorn: Show all CI Filters
  • New Feature: Acorn: Show smart export
  • New Feature: Acorn: Show boolean options contextual menu
  • New Feature: Acorn: Use alternative text rendering path
  • New Feature: Adium: Disable "tab scrubbing"
  • New Feature: Adium: Use client login with proxies
  • New Feature: Adium: Allow rubberband scrolling
  • New Feature: Aperture: Add URL to photo in the IPTC caption
  • New Feature: BBEdit: Files: Generate an "ALT" attribute with the file's name when dropped into HTML
  • New Feature: BBEdit: Files: Generate a width and height attributes for files when dropped into HTML
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Surf Prev/Next operates in display order
  • New Feature: BBEdit: Files: Always show file list
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Use distinct colors for HTML attributes and values
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Show anonymous functions in JavaScript
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Show anonymous functions in ActionScript
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Make temp project for folder open
  • New Feature: BBEdit: Files: Always ask for unknown file encodings
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Balance Includes Delimiters
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Translated HTML paragraphs on separate lines
  • New Feature: BBEdit: General: Report "Replace All" Results
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Auto join rooms wait for successful identification
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Tab completion string
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Warn on large message threshold
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Warn on large messages
  • New Feature: Curio: General: Keep CRLF in Text Outline Exporter
  • New Feature: Curio: General: Quick render support
  • New Feature: Curio: General: Display year in adornment
  • New Feature: Curio: General: Promised files delay
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Show Inspector Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Inspector Backward Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Select Tool Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Figure Tool Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Text Tool Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Line Tool Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Brush Tool Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Eraser Tool Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Override Cursor Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Edge Snap Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Shadow Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Center Snap Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Rotate Counterclockwise Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Rotate Clockwise Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Zero Rotation Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Natural Bounds Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Grid Snap Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Grid Drawn Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Quick Zoom Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Decrease Pen Size Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: Shortcuts: Increase Pen Size Shortcut
  • New Feature: Curio: General: Disable rotate gesture
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Swift URL appendage
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Create tar command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Create tar.gz command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Create tar.bz2 command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Create zip command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Expand zip command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Expand tar.bz2 command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Expand tar.gz command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Archives: Expand tar command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Allow STAT for directory listings
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Allow LISTA for directory listings
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Allow MLSD for directory listings
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Send extended LIST command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: General: Use ODB editor support instead of simple file monitoring
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: General: Enable debug logging
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: General: Terminal bundle identifier
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: General: Terminal command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Default bucket ACL
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: SSH Command
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Interface: Browser font size
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Files to skip during upload
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: WebDAV NTLM Domain
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Check hostnames
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: S3 default metadata
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Ask to switch to SFTP if available
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: Review open connections upon quit
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Connection: HTTP compression
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Show unsupported networks
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Simple interface
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Remote connections allowed
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Debug message logging level
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Simulate running from Installer CD
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Simulate SMART Error on Disk Number
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Allow disk images as RAIDs
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Show details in first aid
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Use time estimates for disc recording
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Show file recovery warning
  • New Feature: Disk Utility: General: Allow skipping of disc verification
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Disable automation termination
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Allow rubberband scrolling effect
  • New Feature: Safari: Behavior: Backspace key goes to previous page
  • New Feature: Preview: Auto-save enabled
  • New Feature: TextEdit: Auto-save delay
  • New Feature: Finder: Interface: Preferred view style
  • New Feature: Finder: Features: Show warning when changing file extension
  • New Feature: Dock: Appearance: Auto-hide speed
  • New Feature: Dock: Appearance: Auto-hide delay
  • New Feature: Mission Control: Animation duration
  • New Feature: System: Launchpad: Springboard hide duration
  • New Feature: Mission Control: Double tap to jump back
  • New Feature: Finder: Features: Path bar is relative to home directory
  • New Feature: Mission Control: Window cluster scaling
  • New Feature: Finder: Interface: Show path to current desktop picture on desktop
  • New Feature: Preview: Scale images by default when printing
  • New Feature: Preview: Auto-rotate by default when printing
  • New Feature: Tons more network info.
  • New Feature: Take selected files out of download quarantine.
  • New Feature: Clear Entire Print Queue.
  • New Feature: Restart Dock or Finger manually.
  • New Feature: Print Manual Pages.
  • New Feature: Character Map now shows nice font previews in the list.
  • New Feature: Added Font menus into the General pane.
  • New Feature: Updated network optimization presets to modern values.
  • New Feature: Less common features in the General pane are now hidden by default.
  • New Feature: Now automatically refreshes disk list when disks mounted or ejected.
  • New Feature: Login Items now are set automatically without the need to click 'Apply Changes'.
  • New Feature: File paths are now shown in the Login Items pane.
  • New Feature: Added Recently Added category to features list.
  • New Feature: Now caches values so the main list does not need to be constantly ping'd for new values when changing the selection.
  • New Feature: Prettier information sidebar.
  • New Feature: Retina/HiDPI support.
  • New Feature: Redesigned the System Information window.
  • New Feature: Added hover-help tags to many items
  • New Feature: Solid State property for Disk info.
  • New Feature: Device Block Size property for Disk info.
  • New Feature: Information in labels can now be selected and copied.
  • New Feature: Now shows root path in the Other pane of the Disks area.
  • Modification: Disks panel layout revamped.
  • Modification: Power panel layout revamped.
  • Modification: Logs panel layout revamped.
  • Modification: Increased font sizes across the board. Apple suggests avoid using the small system font when possible, so we are now doing that.
  • Modification: Removed 'Repair Mac OS 9 Permissions' button from Disks pane.
  • Bug Fix: Now properly reports disk journaling in the Disks tab for the enabled/disabled Journaling button.
  • Bug Fix: Now properly sets the Time Machine Backup Interval on 10.7 and later.
  • Bug Fix: Default Volume property in Disks info now shows correct value.
  • Bug Fix: All kJams preferences now set properly.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug when refreshing Logs list.
  • Bug Fix: Hibernation mode now works on 10.7 and 10.8.
  • Bug Fix: Buttons properly reset if no manuals come up after a search.
  • Bug Fix: No longer stalls getting system information.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed progress title when disabling journaling on a disk.
  • Bug Fix: Removed ability to set login window picture on Mountain Lion (10.8) as this is no longer programatically safe or easy to do.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous other small bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 4.3.4 (Oct 3, 2012)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a few small crashes and bugs in Mountain Lion.

New in MacPilot 4.3.3 (Feb 9, 2012)

  • New Feature: Can now allow text selection in QuickLook previews in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • New Feature: iTunes Dock notifications.
  • Bug Fix: 'default' grey text no longer draws in the wrong position in the Save Point creator.

New in MacPilot 4.3.2 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • New Feature: Can now select multiple files in lock/visibility tools.
  • Bug Fix: Manual pages now load correctly.
  • Bug Fix: Miscellaneous Lion fixes
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a few typos
  • Bug Fix: Removed iCal event duration for Mac OS X 10.7 as Apple removed this feature.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected issue with admin authorization being requested.
  • Bug Fix: Can now set site icon mode for Safari 5

New in MacPilot 4.3.1 (Oct 17, 2011)

  • New Feature: Can now select multiple files in lock/visibility tools.
  • Bug Fix: Miscellaneous Lion fixes
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a few typos
  • Bug Fix: Removed iCal event duration for Mac OS X 10.7 as Apple removed this feature.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected issue with admin authorization being requested.
  • Bug Fix: Can now set site icon mode for Safari 5

New in MacPilot 4.3 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • New Feature: Login Window: General: Desktop Picture
  • New Feature: Login Window: General: Desktop Picture Reset
  • New Feature: Mail: General: Disable send and reply animations
  • New Feature: Mail: General: Disable reply animation
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Allow "Don't Save" Command-D in save dialogs
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Character accent menu
  • New Feature: Safari: "Resume" Safari when it is relaunched
  • New Feature: QuickTime Player: "Reusme" QuickTime Player when relaunching
  • New Feature: Preview: "Resume" Preview on relaunch
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Window zoom animations when opening
  • New Feature: Toggle visibility of Library folder.
  • Bug Fix: Special commands that require admin (gold icon) permissions now request admin auth to set.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous fixes for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed typo in system information tab.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the startup options to allow setting a normal boot mode.

New in MacPilot 4.2.2 (Mar 30, 2011)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed plugin bug.

New in MacPilot 4.2.1 (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed loading New Features category.

New in MacPilot 4.2 (Mar 26, 2011)

  • New Feature: Preferences option to auto-close the command completed dialog boxes if there were no errors.
  • Bug Fix: No longer shows two trial dialogs on launch (does not apply to the App Store copy).

New in MacPilot 4.1.9 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • New Feature: System: Help Viewer: Use normal instead of floating window on 10.5
  • New Feature: System: Help Viewer: Use normal instead of floating window on 10.6
  • New Feature: Safari: Features: DNS Prefetching

New in MacPilot 4.1.8 (Feb 22, 2011)

  • New Feature: Increase main list font sizes in the Preferences window.
  • New Feature: Spaces: Swoosh Animation
  • New Feature: iTunes: Hide Ping Dropdown
  • New Feature: iTunes: Disable Ping Sidebar
  • New Feature: Exposé: Disable Exposé
  • New Feature: Safari: Features: Encoding Detector enabled
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Default icon size in "Open" dialogs
  • New Feature: System: Appearance: Default icon size for "Save" dialogs
  • New Feature: System: Behavior: Force Magic Trackpad auto orientation
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Show Dock badge
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Chat view organization type

New in MacPilot 4.1.7 (Jan 21, 2011)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed setting the login window desktop picture on Mac OS X 10.5 and later.

New in MacPilot 4.1.6 (Jan 3, 2011)

  • New Feature: Character Map completely revamped.
  • Modification: Added warning about booting to Safe mode.
  • Modification: Removed Disk Images pref pane from 10.6.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem setting power events.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem viewing font characters which have a width of zero.

New in MacPilot 4.1.5 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug when a UtilityButtonBar button would close a window.

New in MacPilot 4.1.4 (Dec 2, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed CoverFlow background color so it's a float not a boolean, allowing a range of greys to be used.
  • Bug Fix: Now supports UTF8 in the MacPilot database.
  • Modification: Safari 4 Beta-only features are now hidden.
  • Modification: Fixed sub-categorization of all Finder checkboxes.
  • Modification: Removed 4 Finder view-option restriction preferences that Apple removed from 10.6.
  • Modification: Finder: 'Animate Get Info window panes' is now hidden from Snow Leopard users as Apple removed the ability to set this feature.
  • Modification: Finder: 'Animate snapping to grid' is now hidden from Snow Leopard users as Apple removed the ability to set this feature.
  • Modification: Finder: updated the Disable All animations feature to note that it does not disable the snap to grid animation.
  • Modification: Finder: 'Click-through destroys selection' help text updated to explain how it works.
  • Modification: Finder: Updated name for 'AutoStopWhenScrollingOffBounds' feature.
  • Modification: Dock: moved Expose preference out to Expose category

New in MacPilot 4.1.3 (Nov 25, 2010)

  • New Feature: Disable the Spotlight menu in Mac OS X 10.6.
  • New Feature: Unused prefs checker now displays relative time.
  • New Feature: Now checks last access date when scanning for unused prefs.
  • Bug Fix: Rebuilding/updating Launch Services on Snow Leopard fixed.
  • Bug Fix: Using some special characters in passwords for authentication is now fixed.
  • Bug Fix: Setting SMS for Battery is now fixed.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed textured button drawing.
  • Bug Fix: Now restores proper sysctl.conf for Snow Leopard.
  • Modification: Using texturedbuttons instead of bevelbuttons.
  • Modification: Will now only ask for an admin password every time if performing an operation which returns feedback as it operates (ie. rebuilding launch services db).

New in MacPilot 4.1.1 (Nov 18, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed some more crashes when doing a root operation with progress status updates.
  • Bug Fix: All lists now sort numerically if possible first.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed calculating line heights.

New in MacPilot 4.1 (Nov 10, 2010)

  • This version is a $9.95 paid upgrade from version 3.x and earlier, and free for owners of 4.x. If you ordered MacPilot 3.x within the last six months, visit our upgrades store for a free upgrade. Additionally, if you own Utility Package Pro or Software CD, you already have a free copy of this new version in your account! If you accidentally have updated, and wish to stay on version 3.x, visit the "Older Versions" sidebar link on the MacPilot page at koingosw.com.
  • Compatibility: This version of MacPilot is designed for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6; however, while unsupported, it should still run on Mac OS X 10.4.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed some crashes when doing a root operation with progress status updates.
  • Bug Fix: Confirmation dialogs now respond to the escape key.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected issue with order link not adding item to the user's shopping cart.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue with clickable checkbox area in the main window.

New in MacPilot 4.0.9 (Oct 28, 2010)

  • This version is a $9.95 paid upgrade from version 3.x and earlier. If you ordered MacPilot within the last six months, visit our upgrades store for a free upgrade. Additionally, if you own a Utility Package or Software CD, you already have a free copy of this new version in your account! If you accidentally have updated, and wish to stay on version 1.x, visit the "Older Versions" sidebar link on the MacPilot page at koingosw.com.
  • Bug Fix: Can now set Finder options when the Finder interface level is set to Simple.
  • Bug Fix: Launch Services now uses new code for 10.5 and 10.6.
  • Bug Fix: No longer uses Smart Crash Reports, and instead uses an in-house option.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous core-level bug fixes involving basic functionality across all Koingo applications.

New in MacPilot 4.0.8 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Remembers broken login items a bit better, instead of losing them if the file is temporarily missing.
  • Bug Fix: Modal dialogs no longer appear in the background when opening more than one at a time.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where dialog boxes would not compute the right text height and may have cropped bits of text.

New in MacPilot 4.0.7 (Sep 15, 2010)

  • New Feature: iTunes 10 high contrast mode.
  • New Feature: iTunes 10 window controls horizontal.
  • Bug Fix: Numerous UI tweaks.

New in MacPilot 4.0.6 (Aug 26, 2010)

  • New Feature: Tool-tip area now automatically resizes.
  • Modification: Changed spelling of Favourites to Favorites (american spelling).
  • Modification: Converted all shell tool paths to be absolutely incase the user's path variables are not correctly set.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed numerous GUI and idle CPU issues with the Disks pane.

New in MacPilot 4.0.5 (Aug 22, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a problem with the search bar on info windows failing to display properly.

New in MacPilot 4.0.4 (Aug 21, 2010)

  • New Feature: Improved error messages to be more descriptive for the Net Info and Disk Util tabs.

New in MacPilot 4.0.3 (Jul 9, 2010)

  • New Feature: New icon!
  • Bug Fix: Fixed numerous drawing issues with all the list boxes within the program.

New in MacPilot 4.0.2 (Jun 20, 2010)

  • New Feature: Now uses admin perms when editing files in the File Browser to always allow configuration.
  • New Feature: New improved UI for main listbox.
  • New Feature: Create new double-clickable terminal command file via the Terminal menu.
  • Bug Fix: The disk list no longer duplicates items in it every time the list is refreshed.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed various UI glitches.
  • Bug Fix: File browser no longer crashes when attempting to load a file that there is no access to.

New in MacPilot 4.0.1 (Apr 29, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: iTerm settings have been updated to reflect the latest versions change in bundle identifer.
  • Bug Fix: Can now edit defaults in the save point editor.
  • Bug Fix: Rebuild Locate on Snow Leopard fixed.

New in MacPilot 4.0 (Apr 23, 2010)

  • THIS IS A PAID UPDATE OF $9.95 FOR CUSTOMERS OWNING A 3.X LICENSE THAT IS MORE THAN 6 MONTHS OLD.
  • New Feature: Ability to save & restore a list of settings to save/restore as desired.
  • New Feature: Completely redesigned system profiler with a ton of more information.
  • New Feature: Reveal Disk in Finder under the Disks tab.
  • New Feature: Now uses a proper .plist file to store program preferences.
  • New Feature: Redesigned and improved Network pane.
  • New Feature: Added some in-program help about the Sudden Motion Sensor feature in the Disks tab.
  • New Feature: Can now resize the disks tab.
  • New Feature: Can now resize the login items tab.
  • New Feature: Can now resize the spotlight tab.
  • New Feature: Can now resize the logs tab.
  • New Feature: Can now use maximize button on some tabs.
  • New Feature: Redesigned login items tab.
  • New Feature: View Network Interface Info: Basics: Name, IP Assigned, Media Options, Service Order
  • New Feature: View Network Interface Info: DHCP: lease duration, message type, routers, DNS Servers, server identifier, subnet mask.
  • New Feature: View Network Interface Info: IPv4: Config method, DHCP client ID, interface name, signature, router, subnet masks.
  • New Feature: View Network Interface Info: IPv6: config method, interface name, flags, router.
  • New Feature: View Network Interface Info: Proxies: auto configure details, exclusions, exceptions, FTP, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, RTS, Socks.
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Write quarantine attribute to downloaded files
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Read favicon.ico from Web URL in bookmark edit window
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Open bookmark view after disconnecting
  • New Feature: Cyberduck: Prefer IPv6 adresses of DNS lookups
  • New Feature: Adium: iTunes Status Format
  • New Feature: Adium: Disable the new mail alert
  • New Feature: Adium: Disable type-to-find in the contact list
  • New Feature: Adium: Enable WebKit inspector
  • New Feature: Address Book: Show contact image reflection
  • New Feature: Finder: Keep playing icon previews when scrolling
  • New Feature: Finder: Keep playing icon previews even when icon isn't selected
  • New Feature: Finder: QuickLook slow motion animation
  • New Feature: Finder: Change CoverFlow background color
  • New Feature: Finder: Disable X-Raying folders with custom icons
  • New Feature: Finder: Minimum icon size for QuickLook preview
  • New Feature: Finder: Show frame rate in CoverFlow
  • New Feature: Finder: Click-through destroys selection
  • New Feature: Finder: Show this computer in Network Browser
  • New Feature: QuickTime Player: Show invisible files in dialogs
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Simultaneous authentication requests limit
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Do not send system keys
  • New Feature: Screen Sharing: Don't warn about VNC encryption
  • New Feature: Screen Sharing: Disable localhost check
  • New Feature: Nocturne: Menu dimmed brightness
  • New Feature: Nocturne: Menu undimmed brightness
  • New Feature: Nocturne: Menu undim animation duration
  • New Feature: Nocturne: Menu dim animation duration
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Delicious Safari: Should share by default
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Gmail Notifier: Refresh rate
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Google Precipitate: Update interval
  • New Feature: Twitterrific: Maximum refresh count
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Screen Sharing Menulet: Maximum hosts
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Screen Sharing Menulet: Show IP addresses
  • New Feature: Chax: Always show GROWL notifications
  • New Feature: Chax: Block AOL system messages
  • New Feature: Chax: Disable focus ring
  • New Feature: Chax: Hide menu badge
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Logitech Control Center: Show device connected notifications
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Logitech Control Center: Show Device Disconnected Notifications
  • New Feature: TextMate: Line Height Delta
  • New Feature: TextMate: Baseline Delta
  • New Feature: MacTelnet: Idle time before idle notifications sent
  • New Feature: MacTelnet: Keep alive frequency
  • New Feature: MacTelnet: Margin guide at column number
  • New Feature: MacTelnet: Window tab location
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniFocus: Hide content when sideback lacks selection
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniFocus: Print elapsed date controller to console
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniFocus: Include time in date columns
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniFocus: Sync completion sound
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniFocus: Stale client complaint interval
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniFocus: Client stale interval
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniGraffle: Disable scroll wheel zooming
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: OmniGraffle Pro: Disable scroll wheel zooming
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: TheHitList: Beat intensity minimum range
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: TheHitList: Tempo minimum range
  • New Feature: Hyperspaces: Show icon in status bar
  • New Feature: Smultron: Show edited status in tab bar
  • New Feature: Miscellaneous: Perian: Decode all profiles
  • New Feature: Quinn: Enable animation of LCD-style displays
  • New Feature: Quinn: Draw white background on board
  • New Feature: Quinn: Print message to console about piece occurences
  • New Feature: Quinn: Live rotation
  • New Feature: Quinn: Minimum score required to record a highscore
  • New Feature: Quinn: Shadow piece style
  • New Feature: Quinn: Erasing rows animation
  • New Feature: Quinn: Drop rows animation
  • New Feature: Quinn: Preview enimation
  • New Feature: Quinn: Turn off sound when inactive
  • New Feature: Quinn: Animation speed
  • New Feature: Quinn: Quick move delay
  • New Feature: Quinn: Piece disappear effect
  • New Feature: Quinn: Don't ask for highscore player name
  • New Feature: Quinn: Use mulitplayer rules from version 2.0
  • New Feature: Quinn: Block during animations
  • Modification: Dramatically redesigned Disks tab.
  • Bug Fix: Getting disk info then performing a Repair operation no longer destroys the ability to reselect the item in the disk list without refreshing the disk list.
  • Bug Fix: Now live updates disk sleep values in the Disk tab.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed numerous drawing issues with the main window.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem where the commands list would take an abnormal amount of time to load.
  • Bug Fix: Removed erroneous help tags from numerous items.
  • Bug Fix: Keyboard Viewer now opens on Mac OS X 10.6.
  • Bug Fix: Trial window no longer accidentally shows twice.
  • Bug Fix: Browser window can no longer can be resized below the minimum allowed value.
  • Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly reports values which could not be set for disk sleep times (ie. cancelled admin authorization).

New in MacPilot 3.5.6 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Application windows will no longer appear in background-only mode on some systems.

New in MacPilot 3.5.5 (Mar 29, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed numerous typos in feature descriptions.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected an issue where passwords with special characters would fail to authenticate.

New in MacPilot 3.5.4 (Mar 7, 2010)

  • New Feature: Added ability to not auto-hide QuickLook windows when switching applications.
  • Bug Fix: Other small bug fixes and tweaks.

New in MacPilot 3.5.3 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a potential crash in the File Browser if a disk no longer was available while browsing.

New in MacPilot 3.5.2 (Feb 19, 2010)

  • New Feature: iCal Logging.
  • New Feature: iTunes Booklet Authoring Mode.
  • New Feature: iTunes Activation Mode.
  • New Feature: iTunes Genius Mode.
  • New Feature: Mail - suppress address history.
  • New Feature: Skype: enable debugging.
  • New Feature: Skype: show splash screen.
  • New Feature: Screen Sharing: don't send system keys.
  • New Feature: Screen Sharing: Show Debug menu.
  • New Feature: Disable downloaded app warning for new downloads.
  • Bug Fix: Removed some non-Snow Leopard features.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed link to documentation.

New in MacPilot 3.5.1 (Dec 22, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed memory leak when closing windows.

New in MacPilot 3.5 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • New Feature: Enable momentum scrolling for Magic Mouse.
  • Bug Fix: Will no longer prompt to perform actions in the features lists if disabling confirmations is enabled in the Preferences window.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a crash when resizing the information lists (key combos and such).
  • Bug Fix: Corrected an issue with the View menu not including the File Browser, and taking the user to the wrong page when selecting another item.

New in MacPilot 3.4.9 (Nov 28, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed setting the SMS state for drives.

New in MacPilot 3.4.8 (Nov 24, 2009)

  • New Feature: Destroy Mac-related files on Windows disks.
  • Bug Fix: No longer crashes if you choose a disk in the File Browser that is no longer available.
  • Bug Fix: Periodic (cron daily/weekly/monthly/all) now runs as UID 0.
  • Bug Fix: No longer warns about restarting the Dock if you have the option enabled in the Preferences window.

New in MacPilot 3.4.7 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added control/observe quality for Screen Sharing.
  • Bug Fix: Error Code 127 rebuild LS.
  • Bug Fix: Browser crash on 10.4.
  • Bug Fix: Login Items on 10.4.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed kernel boot mode (32/64) if that was the only option set.
  • Note: This is the last version for Mac OS X 10.4.
  • Note: Verified that the Dock does not restart if the option to relaunch it is not checked in Preferences.

New in MacPilot 3.4.6 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Login items will no longer duplicate if you disable them.

New in MacPilot 3.4.5 (Nov 6, 2009)

  • New Feature: Ability to disable Mail.app's option to auto-include names in copied addresses.
  • Bug Fix: Loading login items no longer crashes on some systems.

New in MacPilot 3.4.4 (Nov 2, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added File Browser.
  • Enhancement: Recoded the Login Items pane from the ground up to work much better on 10.5 and 10.6.
  • Note: No longer officially supporting Mac OS X 10.4. Please stay on version 3.4.3.

New in MacPilot 3.4.3 (Oct 27, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed authorization issues on Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.4.11.

New in MacPilot 3.4.1 (Oct 20, 2009)

  • New Feature: Can now specify 5 numbers for limiting the amount of system RAM.
  • New Feature: Added favorites section to the Tools tab.
  • New Feature: Ability to disable showing windows from other Spaces in Expose.
  • New Feature: Ability to set Font Smoothing.
  • New Feature: Now automatically trims whitepsace from custom boot argument names and values.
  • Bug Fix: Setting the boot settings on some machines would previously fail to yield any results. This has been corrected.
  • Bug Fix: Activating manually no longer incorrectly saves the registration data.

New in MacPilot 3.3.9 (Oct 14, 2009)

  • New Feature: Redesigned Startup panel with much more detail on the available features.
  • New Feature: Limit the number of usable CPUs on boot.
  • New Feature: Change the boot mode from 32-bit to 64-bit, or vice-versa.
  • New Feature: Ability to set the idlehalt kernel flag to disable a CPU core if it is idle.
  • New Feature: 13 new kernel debugging features.

New in MacPilot 3.3.8 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added 9 new features for areas like the Finder, iTunes, System, and Miscellaneous. See the New Features section within MacPilot to see what they are!

New in MacPilot 3.3.7 (Oct 1, 2009)

  • New Feature: iTunes Zoom to Window mode.
  • New Feature: Dictionary stay-in-parent-window mode.
  • New Feature: QuickLook advanced folder previews.
  • Bug Fix: Favourites work again.
  • Bug Fix: Window grow box no longer shows for panes that it is not applicable in.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Dock highlight stack feature.
  • Bug Fix: Hiding programs which are not installed works again.
  • Bug Fix: Removed a few features which no longer exist on Snow Leopard that we missed.

New in MacPilot 3.3.6 (Sep 21, 2009)

  • New Feautre: Added ability to change Dock stack menu view.
  • Bug Fix: Update prebinding on Snow Leopard fixed.

New in MacPilot 3.3.5 (Sep 11, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added some QuickTime Player X features.
  • New Feature: Added a Dock (Snow Leopard) feature.
  • Bug Fix: 'Enable/Disable Spotlight' feature removed for Snow Leopard users as it is no longer supported.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed disk sleep time.
  • Bug Fix: 'Finder: alternating row colors' feature removed for Snow Leopard users as it is no longer supported.
  • Bug Fix: 'Help Viewer window does not float' feature removed for Snow Leopard users as it is no longer supported.
  • Bug Fix: 'Disable internal camera' feature removed for Snow Leopard users as it is no longer supported.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed favourites.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the 'Dragging auto-scroll delay' help tag to display the proper units.

New in MacPilot 3.3.4 (Aug 5, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Login and Logout Hook setting/clearing now works again.

New in MacPilot 3.3.2 (Jul 25, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added the ability to set new event duration in iCal.
  • New Feature: Added the search to ports list.
  • New Feature: Added the search to key combos.
  • New Feature: Added the search to errors list.
  • New Feature: Merge folders.
  • Enhancement: Preference loading improved.
  • Enhancement: Visify/invisify file commands are now groped together.
  • Bug Fix: Collections in the main list now sort alphabetically case-insensitive.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed 3 typos for commands in the System collection.
  • Bug Fix: Set Power Event window now closes after an event has been scheduled.

New in MacPilot 3.3.1 (May 16, 2009)

  • New Feature: Popular commands category.
  • New Feature: Favourite commands category.
  • New Feature: New Features commands category.
  • New Feature: Now shows if a command requires the currently logged in user to be an administrator.
  • Bug Fix: Login window setting no longer crashes on some systems.

New in MacPilot 3.3 (May 12, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added 1 Safari feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 Mail feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 HelpViewer feature.
  • New Feature: Added the ability to disable the warning when applications from the internet are being opened locally.
  • Bug Fix: Reorganized some tools options.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed setting/unsetting the login desktop picture on Leopard.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed updating/rebuilding the launch services DB on Leopard.
  • Bug Fix: View menu works again.
  • Bug Fix: iTunes message format type changed to string.
  • Bug Fix: Emptying the Trash no longer results in the Trash no longer accepting new contents until relogin.

New in MacPilot 3.2.9 (Apr 20, 2009)

  • New Feature: Added ability to restore login window desktop image.
  • Bug Fix: Setting login window picture to something other than a JPEG now works in Leopard.

New in MacPilot 3.2.8 (Apr 5, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Can now set Leopard login window desktop background again.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue force emptying the trash.
  • Bug Fix: Startup chime bug fixed (please disable, then re-enable).
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue enabling/disabling Spotlight indexes.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed OOB error with spotlight index removal.

New in MacPilot 3.2.7 (Apr 3, 2009)

  • Modification: Turned installing the Mute/Unmute startup chime script into a shell script.
  • Modification: Recoded the authorization framework.
  • Modification: Included note about the Load Progress Style (progress wheel) to disable Toolbar Redesign.

New in MacPilot 3.2.6 (Feb 26, 2009)

  • New Feature: Safari 4: Numerous new features.
  • New Feature: Screen Capture: Disable element shadows.
  • New Feature: OmniWeb 5: Shows a contextual menu item to inspect the clicked on item on the page.
  • New Feature: Enable the multi-touch maps to scroll, zoom, and rotate using a trackpad in iPhoto '09.
  • New Feature: InCrease: FAHlog tail line count.
  • New Feature: InCrease: Use alternating row colors.
  • New Feature: InCrease: Log view font.
  • New Feature: InCrease: Allow contextual menus.
  • New Feature: iTunes: Show the legacy iTunes 'Library' playlist in the main window.
  • New Feature: Added Chax feature: An option ported from Chax 1.5 that saves the window position for each contact that you talk to.
  • New Feature: Added Chax feature: Shows what account you’re using to talk to someone with for those of you who use multiple accounts on the same service.
  • Modification: Removed the ability to change menubar transparency, as this can now be done in Leopard in the Desktop and Screensaver preferences pane.
  • Bug Fix: Mute startup chime corrected so that it no longer resets the volume to 100%.
  • Bug Fix: Mute startup chime no longer uses legacy functions.

New in MacPilot 3.2.5 (Jan 15, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed invisify/visify on Mac OS X 10.4 (it already works on 10.5).

New in MacPilot 3.2.4 (Jan 15, 2009)

  • New Feature: Lock, Unlock, Visify, Invisify and Force Delete are now part of the 'new' tool section.
  • New Feature: Created a new tools list in the Tools tab similar to the features under the first (General) area.
  • New Feature: Now asks you to confirm all choices in the tools area.
  • Modification: Moved tools back into the tools toolbar icon.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed typos in the Xcode section.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed ability to check installed languages when removing localizations.

New in MacPilot 3.2.3 (Dec 30, 2008)

  • New Feature: Added ability to install Disk Images preferences pane.
  • New Feature: Added warning to startup options.
  • New Feature: Created a new Tools section of the General tab.
  • New Feature: Added 3 new Aperture commands.
  • New Feature: Can now stop progress windows.
  • Checked: Adium beta updates do work.
  • Checked: Boot args seem to work properly.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the progress window on numerous administrator-privilege required options.
  • Bug Fix: Moved screenshot format to Screen Capture area instead of Grab.
  • Bug Fix: Launch Services rebuilding works again on Leopard, and is much prettier!
  • Bug Fix: Fixed mute startup chime. Please disable, apply, and then enable this feature to make it work properly again.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected resizing bug on the main window.
  • Bug Fix: If the Archives prefs pane cannot be found in the system, MacPilot now alerts the user instead of just beeping.
  • Bug Fix: Grab category renamed to 'Screen Capture' because these preferences only affect the hotkey actions for taking screenshots, not the Grab application.

New in MacPilot 3.2.1 (Nov 28, 2008)

  • New Feature: Gives the option to continue running if a programming malfunction is encountered (instead of quitting).
  • New Feature: Now reports how many activations are remaining when you activate online.
  • Modification: Now storing license data in the preferences in a new format — this should help avoid strange unlicensing issues. Previous license data should automatically carry over to the new version without any problems unless it was previously stored incorrectly.
  • Bug Fix: Forces Launch Service database to update even if it is already up to date.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the background image in the DMG.
  • Bug Fix: Sparkle now reports when no new versions are available.

New in MacPilot 3.2 (Nov 27, 2008)

  • New Feature: Now uses chflags instead of the legacy SetFile command.
  • New Feature: Added 2 new key combos.
  • Bug Fix: NetNewsWire prefs no longer appear under Misc.
  • Bug Fix: Help works again.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed broken symlink in Sparkle framework.
  • Bug Fix: Disk image background fixed.
  • Bug Fix: Documentation on licenses updated.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed typo in mail settings help.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed typo in font settings help.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed grey line issue.

New in MacPilot 3.1.9 (Nov 18, 2008)

  • New Feature: Search bar to search currently viewed commands for a term.
  • New Feature: Sparkle updates.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed corrupt icns file.
  • Bug Fix: Minor bug fixes.

New in MacPilot 3.1.8 (Oct 29, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: Ensures all resources load on startup before allowing the application to complete setup.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed SubDictKey error when accessing the Mail.app area.

New in MacPilot 3.1.7 (Oct 15, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash if running MacPilot from an account that differs from the one it was installed on.

New in MacPilot 3.1.5 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • New Feature: 4 new iTunes 8 hidden preferences.
  • New Feature: 5 new Remote Desktop preferences.
  • New Feature: 2 new Hyperspaces preferences.
  • New Feature: 3 new Hazel preferences.
  • Bug Fix: No longer assumes all volumes are in /Volumes.
  • Bug Fix: Remove localizations buttons work again.
  • Bug Fix: Logs pane size column now sorts properly.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed some OmniFocus preferences from being shown under MacTelnet.

New in MacPilot 3.1.4 (Sep 29, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: Now remembers the width/height of the first pane in the main window.
  • New Feature: Added the ability to FORCE eject disks.
  • New Feature: Added hidden features for Hazel.
  • Bug Fix: No longer shows the Debug menu in final builds for a brief moment during startup.
  • Bug Fix: Some commands appeared under the wrong headers in the Misc area.
  • Bug Fix: Determining the column clicked in listboxes is now always valid.
  • Bug Fix: Windows should now open on the correct screen for multiple displays.
  • Bug Fix: Now reports errors when writing files to disk.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed typo in the iTunes store links documentation.

New in MacPilot 3.1.3 (Sep 15, 2008)

  • New Feature: Hide genre in iTunes when using the browser.
  • New Feature: Hide/show iTunes store links in iTunes 8.
  • New Feature: Play songs while importing in iTunes 8.
  • New Feature: Keychain->show expired certs.
  • New Feature: Keychain->distinguish legacy ACLs.
  • New Feature: Toggle global spellchecking.
  • New Feature: Cyberduck->Auto-check add to Keychain
  • New Feature: Right click to enable/disable checkbox values directly
  • New Feature: Can now toggle checkboxes with the spacebar in the main list
  • Bug Fix: Fixed time machine backup interval field to be a float

New in MacPilot 3.1.2 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: Check/uncheck all in Preferences Cleaner.
  • New Feature: OmniFocus ExpandRowsByDefault.
  • New Feature: Maximum recent documents, servers, applications setting.
  • New Feature: OmniFocus InstallOmniMailMessageServiceEnabler.
  • New Feature: Mail: UniqueMessagesBeforeRouting.
  • New Feature: BBEdit: auto complete delay.
  • New Feature: BBEdit: auto complete w/escape key.
  • Bug Fix: LaunchAgent no longer warns if Spotlight cannot be launched (syslog).

New in MacPilot 3.1.1 (Aug 21, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: Added a ton of NetNewsWire commands.
  • New Feature: iTunes: disable device backup.
  • New Feature: Mail: disable data detectors.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed possible crash when scanning for the Preferences folder for old files.
  • Bug Fix: Will no longer crash on showing an HTMLViewer when a temporary file cannot be created on the disk.
  • Bug Fix: Will no longer crash if the preferences destination file cannot be found.
  • Bug Fix: Window manager related crashes fixed.
  • Bug Fix: Any/all threads destructors are now fixed from crashes.
  • Bug Fix: Sockets now close properly when windows close.

New in MacPilot 3.1 (Jul 22, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed potential crash during software update.

New in MacPilot 3.0.9 (Jul 8, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the ability to manually activate.

New in MacPilot 3.0.8 (Jun 25, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: New setup assistant.
  • New Feature: No longer requires a license code.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed software update progress bar.
  • Bug Fix: Manual activation now works properly with our site every time.
  • Bug Fix: Manual activation no longer loses activation code on relaunch.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue with disabled features and trial expiry.

New in MacPilot 3.0.6 (Jun 16, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: Safari: Confirm when closing multiple pages.
  • New Feature: Safari: Open new pages in existing window.
  • New Feature: Safari: Minimum fixed font size.
  • New Feature: Safari: Minimum font size.
  • New Feature: Additional few features added here and there.
  • Bug Fix: Expose: Made the PNP mode for Tiger only (does not work in Leopard).

New in MacPilot 3.0.5 (May 16, 2008)

  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: The main window is now resizable on the first pane.
  • New Feature: Added 2 global features.
  • New Feature: Added 22 kJams features.
  • New Feature: Added 7 Vienna features.
  • New Feature: Added 13 Twitterrific features
  • New Feature: Added 4 TextMate features
  • New Feature: Added 3 Chax features.
  • New Feature: Added 3 Teleport features.
  • New Feature: Added 2 Gmail Notifier features.
  • New Feature: Added 4 Google Desktop features.
  • New Feature: Added 1 DVDpedia feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 Portfolio 8 feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 SuitcaseFusion feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 HoudahSpot feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 MacTelnet feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 OmniFocus feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 OmniOutliner3 feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 Transmission feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 1passwd feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 SQLEditor feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 To Do widget feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 BuddyPop widget feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 FastScripts feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 OmniOutlinerPro3 feature.
  • New Feature: Added 3 OmniWeb5 features.
  • New Feature: Added 2 Tangerine features.
  • New Feature: Added 2 NetNewsWire features.
  • New Feature: Added 2 Hyperspaces features.
  • New Feature: Added a few other new features here and there.
  • Modification: No longer shows application settings for apps which aren't installed by default.
  • Bug Fix: Will no longer crash on launch if cannot find a temporary files folder.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed window resizing bug.

New in MacPilot 3.0.4 (May 8, 2008)

  • Important: Slight name change (no more space) and icon change for legal compliance. We apologize for the frequency of updates lately.
  • WARNING: THIS IS A PAID UPGRADE FOR 1.X/2.X USERS: Free updates for all customers owning the Utility Package, Software CD, or that purchased after October 31, 2007.
  • New Feature: Improved the consistency of the toolbar icons.
  • New Feature: Added 1 ClamXavSentry feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 Doubletake feature.
  • New Feature: Added 1 TiVo Desktop feature.
  • New Feature: Added 2 FileJuicer features.
  • New Feature: Automatically adjusts the column widths for the error codes, ports, and key combos lists.
  • New Feature: Allow access to video sharing features in TiVo Desktop.
  • Modification: Removed unneeded images from source.
  • Bug Fix: No longer prints the wrong header when printing error codes, system information, key combos, etc.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed crash with drawing the collections list of there were very few apps installed.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue with new purchases not registering in 3.0.4.

New in MacPilot 3.0.3 (May 6, 2008)

  • New Feature: Now automatically obtains the most current application information if available.
  • New Feature: Option to only show features for installed software (See preferences).
  • New Feature: Added 5 Cyberduck features.
  • New Feature: Added 14 Smultron features.
  • New Feature: Added 7 Voodoo Pad features.
  • New Feature: Added 7 Voodoo Pad lite features.
  • New Feature: Added 7 Voodoo Pad Pro features.
  • New Feature: Added 4 Acorn features.
  • New Feature: Added 1 FlySketch feature.
  • New Feature: Added 4 Audio Hijack Pro features.
  • New Feature: Request a feature can now be chosen any time.
  • New Feature: Report a bug can now be chosen any time.
  • New Feature: Moved some miscellaneous applications into their own category.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected issue with the rendering of the note when no commands are available for a collection.

New in MacPilot 3.0.2 (May 4, 2008)

  • New Feature: Added option not to automatically relaunch the Finder after changing a setting.
  • New Feature: Added option not to automatically relaunch the Dock after changing a setting.
  • New Feature: Camino: Auto-complete URIs inline.
  • New Feature: Camino: Hide status bar.
  • New Feature: Sandvox: Added over 60 features for Sandvox.
  • New Feature: Curio: Added 7 features.
  • New Feature: Fission: Added 4 features.
  • New Feature: FlySketch: Added 2 features.
  • New Feature: iScrobbler: Added 20 features.
  • New Feature: Overflow: Added 20 features.
  • New Feature: TextMate: Added 8 features.
  • New Feature: Semaja 2: Disable status item.
  • New Feature: MacJournal: Show hidden preferences pane.
  • New Feature: Mail: Change RSS refresh interval.
  • New Feature: Safari: Can now specify a completely custom user agent tag.
  • New Feature: Safari: Maximum number of tabs to open with confirmation.
  • New Feature: Safari: Maximum number of tabs to open without confirmation.
  • New Feature: Safari: Grammar check web forms.
  • New Feature: Safari: Disallow looping of animated GIFs.
  • New Feature: Safari: Disallow animated GIFs.
  • New Feature: Safari: Have Safari automatically scale down the size of stand-alone images to fit within the browser window.
  • Bug Fix: POSIX path option no longer shows in Tiger.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed the ability to ignore warnings.
  • Bug Fix: Will no longer incorrectly launch on Mac OS X 10.3 and lower.

New in MacPilot 3.0.1 (Apr 29, 2008)

  • Bug Fix: Corrected an issue with accepting license codes via Online Acitvation.

New in MacPilot 3.0 (Apr 29, 2008)

  • New Feature: Mail: Disable inline attachments
  • New Feature: Mail: Force BCC address
  • New Feature: Mail: Force Reply to
  • New Feature: Mail: Force Read read receipts to
  • New Feature: Mail: Mail sent sound
  • New Feature: Mail: Preferred mail char set
  • New Feature: Mail: Min HTML font size
  • New Feature: Adium: Auto-Confirm External Plugins.
  • New Feature: Adium: XMPP Advanced Features.
  • New Feature: Adium: Show unread count in StatusItem.
  • New Feature: Adium: Use Tab Overflow Menu.
  • New Feature: Adium: Always update to betas.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Show Notices as Direct Chat.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Input Box manually resizes.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Show AppleScript Plugin debug error dialogs.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Disable Growl in favor of internal notifications.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Input History uses arrow-keys (no option key).
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Set Idle time.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Black Sidebar text.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Web interface port.
  • New Feature: Colloquy: Web interface password.
  • New Feature: Address Book: Search Address Book bluetooth phones on launch.
  • New Feature: Address Book: Enable Address Book bluetooth debug.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABSyncVeryVerbose.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABSyncVerbose.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABLogNotifications.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABLogMetadataActions.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABTimeMachineDebug.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABSearchDebug.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABLockDebug.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABImageDebug.
  • New Feature: Address Book: ABDebugLog.
  • New Feature: iChat: Enable auto-away.
  • New Feature: iChat: Set auto-away time.
  • New Feature: iChat: Set idle user ping time.
  • New Feature: iChat: Set iTunes message.
  • New Feature: iChat: Auto accept video chat invitations.
  • New Feature: iChat: Auto accept audio chat invitations.
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Adjustment window opacity.
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Max thumbnail size.
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Show thumbnails in full screen.
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Show large album view.
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Show toolbar in full screen view.
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Slide duration
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Disable slide effect
  • New Feature: iPhoto: Loop slides?
  • New Feature: Quartz Composer: Default movie duration
  • New Feature: Quartz Composer: Default movie width
  • New Feature: Quartz Composer: Default movie height
  • New Feature: Quartz Composer: Show hidden patches
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Admin console entries
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Always request permission
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Syslog.conf logging level
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Do not warn about VNC enc
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Register with Bonjour
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Report cache build settings
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Send only main display
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Show short user name
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Task server entries
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Time between screen updates
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Use multicast for file copies
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Use multicast when not on en0
  • New Feature: Remote Desktop: Change the VNC port
  • New Feature: Human readable XML files for Pages
  • New Feature: XML file compression level Pages
  • New Feature: Human readable XML files for Keynote
  • New Feature: XML file compression level Keynote
  • New Feature: Enable Screen Sharing full toolbar.
  • New Feature: Enable Front Row store access.
  • New Feature: iCal alarm sound.
  • New Feature: Change front row store country.
  • New Feature: Disable Dashboard ripple.
  • New Feature: Postscript printing error logging.
  • New Feature: Metal appearance system wide.
  • New Feature: Trackpad speed multiplier.
  • New Feature: Auto-scroll delay.
  • New Feature: Change Login Hook.
  • New Feature: Change Logout Hook.
  • New Feature: Safari: Links with target open in new tabs
  • New Feature: Add recent applications stack to Dock.
  • New Feature: Backup to Unsupported Time Machine volumes.
  • New Feature: Disable Time Machine animation.
  • New Feature: Window drag in Spaces delay.
  • New Feature: Spaces arrow-key wrap mode.
  • New Feature: Command-tab to switch spaces.
  • New Feature: Disable the internal camera with Photo Booth.
  • New Feature: Hide advanced effects with Photo Booth.
  • New Feature: Xcode: Table font
  • New Feature: Xcode: Snapshot repository path
  • New Feature: Xcode: Table size
  • New Feature: Xcode: NSDragAndDropTextDelay
  • New Feature: Xcode: NSRecentDocumentLimit
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBExtraPlugInFolders
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXCustomTemplateMacroDefinitions
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXDontWarnIfProjectSaveFails
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCAutoClearRunDebugStdIOLogs
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCOpenProjectFilesInsideFolders
  • New Feature: Xcode: Encodings
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXBeepOnNoMatchingBrace
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXEmacsPath
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXIndentOnPaste
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXPipeShellPath
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXXEmacsPath
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeClassDeclarationsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeClassDefinitionsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeDefinesDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeFunctionDeclarationsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeFunctionDefinitionsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeMethodDeclarationsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeMethodDefinitionsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeTypesDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeMarksDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXMethodPopupIncludeWarningsDefault
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXPreservePosixPermissionsOnSave
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCColorUnknownLanguages
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCMatchIndentWithLineAbove
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCScrollToEndOfMatchingBrace
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCSelectToInsideMatchingQuotes
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCShowControlCharacters
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCShowNonBreakingSpace
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCShowUndoPastSaveWarning
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCSmartInsertDeleteEnabled
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCCodeSenseIndexBasePath
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCCodeSenseAllowAutoCompletionInPlainFiles
  • New Feature: Xcode: BuildSystemCacheSizeInMegabytes
  • New Feature: Xcode: BuildSystemCacheMinimumRemovalAgeInHours
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXNumberOfParallelBuildSubtasks
  • New Feature: Xcode: UsePerConfigurationBuildLocations
  • New Feature: Xcode: PredictiveCompilationDelay
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXBuildFalureSound
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXBuildSuccessSound
  • New Feature: Xcode: DistributedBuildsLogLevel
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCDistributedBuildsVerboseLogging
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCMaxNumberOfDistributedTasks
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXGDBPath
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXGDBDebuggerLogToFile
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXGDBDebuggerLogFileName
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCSCMLogSize
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXCVSToolPath
  • New Feature: Xcode: PBXPerforceToolPath
  • New Feature: Xcode: XCSubversionToolPath

New in MacPilot 2.5.8 (Mar 28, 2008)

  • New Feature: Smart Crash Reports.

New in MacPilot 2.5.7 (Mar 5, 2008)

  • New Feature: Sort Numerically in value column in Advanced Network Configuration.
  • Bug Fix: No longer cuts off the header text in the Locate area.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Typo in the Network pane.
  • Bug Fix: Corrected the way the main window was positioned.
  • Bug Fix: Removed Dock top position on Leopard.

New in MacPilot 2.5.6 (Mar 3, 2008)

  • New Feature: Use a circular progress wheel instead of the progress bar when loading in Safari.
  • New Feature: Automatically spell check web forms in Safari.
  • New Feature: Warn before closing tabs with unsubmitted form data in Safari.
  • New Feature: Show an option to quit the Finder from the Dock in Safari.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed compatibility issue with DefaultFolderX.

New in MacPilot 2.5.5 (Feb 22, 2008)

  • New Feature: Disable tiger warning.
  • New Feature: Skip this Version for Software Update.
  • Enhancement: Double buffers utility buttons.
  • Enhancement: Upgraded all utility buttons to new style.
  • Bug Fix: Login items no longer cause a crash if the item is no longer found.
  • Bug Fix: No longer crashes if you cancel printing the system profiler.
  • Bug Fix: No longer shows system repeating scheduled events in the Power manager.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problems visifying/invisifying files and olfers.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an intermittent problem where when comparing file paths, Mac Pilot would get it wrong.

New in MacPilot 2.5.4 (Feb 14, 2008)

  • New Feature: Online activation now uses regular HTTP GET methods to process details (should avoid some issues we had in the past).
  • New Feature: Automatic HTTP proxy support on Mac OS X.
  • New Feature: Koingo Crash Reporter.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issues relating to software update.

New in MacPilot 2.5.3 (Feb 9, 2008)

  • Bug Fix: No longer invalidates folder items accidently.
  • Bug Fix: Always resolves proper LoginItems plist.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed log icon loading times.

New in MacPilot 2.5.2 (Feb 2, 2008)

  • New Feature: Ability to change the global tooltip delay.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a couple more issues with the new registration engine.
  • Bug Fix: Now properly sets the initial font from the field when setting the Font in the System panel.

New in MacPilot 2.5.1 (Jan 31, 2008)

  • Bug Fix: Retains old license information for license window.

New in MacPilot 2.5 (Jan 30, 2008)

  • New Feature: Now supports bz2 log files.
  • New Feature: Log viewer now shows actual folder icons.
  • New Feature: Log viewer shows owner.
  • New Feature: Log viewer shows group.
  • New Feature: Log viewer shows permissions.
  • New Feature: Log viewer shows kind.
  • New Feature: Logs folders now stay expanded when emptied/erased.
  • New Feature: Crop Minimize Previews.
  • New Feature: Shows file kind in the log viewer.
  • New Feature: Can now use delete key to remove items from the login items.
  • New Feature: No longer disables the entire app when the trial ends.
  • New Feature: Choose button in the Fonts area spawns a Font Panel for selection.
  • New Feature: Show QT Inspector window on launch (replaces info window on Leopard).
  • New Feature: Default expanded save dialogs.
  • New Feature: Enable iChat Data Detectors.
  • New Feature: Prevent Time Machine backup message for new disks.
  • New Feature: Show Bonjour in ScreenSharing.
  • New Feature: Disable Spotlight DIctionary.
  • New Feature: Disable Spotlight Calculator.
  • New Feature: Disable Spotlight menu.
  • Enhancement: Interfacelift.
  • Enhancement: Disk information list now relies on plist data for more accurate parsing.
  • Modification: Removed umask setting as it is no longer applicable in Leopard.
  • Modification: Only prevents apply button on the trial when it has expired.
  • Modification: Consolidated some features into a single tab.
  • Modification: Updated copyright.
  • Modification: Removed terminal scrollbar option.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a startup chime script bug (must disable, save, reenable mute of startup chime).
  • Bug Fix: If confirmations are disabled in the prefs window, program no longer fails to quit.
  • Bug Fix: Typo for Quit Finder.
  • Bug Fix: Can now load logs with quote-required paths.

New in MacPilot 2.4.9 (Jan 3, 2008)

  • Bug Fix: Force emptying the trash now saves previous permissions.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issues regarding managing the login items.

New in MacPilot 2.4.8 (Dec 27, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Changing settings for UPS Power now works.
  • Bug Fix: Disabling and deleting Safari cache works again with Safari 3.

New in MacPilot 2.4.6 (Dec 20, 2007)

  • Modification: Updated all the icons in the toolbar.
  • Bug Fix: Sync's the login window prefs to allow the login window settings to be modified once again (notably the desktop picture). In addition, new login window desktop pictures are now publicly owned and copied to the Shared Documents directory.
  • Bug Fix: Now properly handles null boot-args.
  • Bug Fix: Preferences now properly sync'd for Disk Utility domain.

New in MacPilot 2.4.5 (Nov 20, 2007)

  • New Feature: !!! Make the Leopard menubar opaque (remove transparency)!
  • New Feature: Show POSIX path in window titles in Finder.
  • New Feature: Show 'Recents' in the Dock as Stack.
  • New Feature: Use expanded print dialog as default.
  • Modification: Text Smoothing moved to the fonts panel.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed permissions on loginwindow plist file (Startup Chime).
  • Bug Fix: Fixed permissions on auto disk mount plist file.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed help in the Misc panel for the sliders.

New in MacPilot 2.4.3 (Nov 10, 2007)

  • New Feature: Install Archives preferences pane.
  • New Feature: Enable spring loaded Dock for all items.
  • New Feature: Enable stacks highlight.
  • Bug Fix: Now changes all network settings, regardless if you modified them or not just to be on the safe side.

New in MacPilot 2.4.2 (Nov 9, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Correctly fixed mute startup chime.
  • Bug Fix: Help Book icon fixed.

New in MacPilot 2.4.1 (Nov 8, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Correctly fixed mute startup chime.
  • Bug Fix: Help Book icon fixed.

New in MacPilot 2.4 (Nov 5, 2007)

  • Important Note: Mac Pilot 2.4 is designed for 10.5, but will continue to run on 10.4 and be supported until October 26, 2009. However, no new 10.4 features will be added and some features appearing in 2.4 and later will have no effect on Tiger (such as Finder list alternating row colors).
  • Bug Fix: Cron scripts work again if run on Tiger.
  • Bug Fix: Rebuild LS Database works again if run on Tiger.
  • Bug Fix: Flushing DNS Cache works again if run on Tiger.

New in MacPilot 2.3.7 (Nov 3, 2007)

  • New Feature: Completely overhauled sharing preferences.
  • New Feature: Show iCal Debug menu.
  • New Feature: Show all partitions in Disk Utility.
  • New Feature: Disable Finder list view stripes.
  • New Feature: Added option to Always Show the Tab Bar in Safari as Apple removed that option in Safari 3.
  • New Feature: Change mail debugging log level.
  • New Feature: Several new mail logging options.
  • New Feature: Disable ability to change default view settings.
  • Enhancement: Insert Mac OS X 10.5 defaults in Network.
  • Modification: Support for Tiger discontinued. Please use version 2.3.6 (no longer updated). Features not working in Leopard have been removed.
  • Bug Fix: Documentation is searchable again.
  • Bug Fix: Login items work again.

New in MacPilot 2.3.6 (Oct 29, 2007)

  • New Feature: Disable 3D Dock appearance.
  • New Feature: Wipe Leopard Access Control lists.
  • New Feature: Enable High Definition trailers in Front Row.
  • Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly reports the man.conf file is missing on Leopard.
  • Bug Fix: More reliably loads the manpaths.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed authorization failure for Spotlight functions.

New in MacPilot 2.3.5 (Sep 14, 2007)

  • Fixed crash getting the system disk list