We last covered Mac Pilot when version 2 dropped several years ago and now Koingo Software is back with a Mac Pilot 3 which adds hundreds of new features bringing the total to over 600. Fully compatible with Leopard, Mac Pilot provides a convenient GUI interface for modifying tons of hidden settings that are generally only available through the terminal.Mac Pilot is $19.95 ($9.95 upgrade) and demo is available.
[via MacNN]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-28-2008 @ 11:21AM
Big John said...
See, now there is a worthwhile piece of software for $19.95. The authors that charge similar prices (or for that reason, any price over $free.99) for just a few little configuration changes. Thanks for passing this along.
Reply
4-28-2008 @ 11:33AM
conigs said...
Does this provide $19.95 worth of modifications that the recently released Secrets does for free?
Reply
4-28-2008 @ 11:41AM
alansky said...
Computers are, by nature, so complex that anything the user can do to simplify is to his (or her) advantage. In my experience, users who install glitzy add-ons like this one end up with System problems that require professional assistance. Pimp your car, not your computer!
Reply
4-28-2008 @ 4:34PM
Big John said...
This isn't exactly APE we're talking about here. They're terminal tweaks that flip a switch from 'on' to 'off' or the opposite.
4-28-2008 @ 12:41PM
Simon Arch said...
All I need to know is this: Can it turn of the @#$*ing annoying tooltips in the Finder? That's all I want. I'd pay $20 to be able to do that.
Reply
4-28-2008 @ 4:35PM
Big John said...
What tooltips are you talking about?
4-28-2008 @ 5:09PM
Simon Arch said...
The ones which pop up over file names in list view. If a file name is too long, the Finder "helpfully" forces the information on you, even if you didn't WANT it.
Come to think of it, I don't like ANY tooltips, EVER, in any application. I'm not new to this game, Apple. I've been using computers since 1979. I *THINK* I can tell what the eject button in iTunes does. Stop treating your users like you think they're brain-damaged idiots.
4-28-2008 @ 10:04PM
Zachary Hinchliffe said...
yes but not everyone has been using computers since 1979, and that's what they are for. an option to turn them off for seasoned users would be nice, though.
4-28-2008 @ 11:01PM
Simon Arch said...
Yes...I believe that's what I wanted. The system should be configurable by the user. You should be able to choose "Babysit me" mode and "Get the hell out of my way and let me get to work" mode, and probably a couple levels in between for good measure.
4-28-2008 @ 1:19PM
Libb said...
I got Mac Pilot way back when as a heist reward in MacHeist. (I believe it was MH1, I kick it old-school.)
It was a pretty good app, although between it, Onyx (freeware utility that covers much of the same functionality), and Cocktail (got it as part of the MacUpdate/MacHeist SkunkWorks bundle, and they even gave me a free upgrade to the Leopard-compatible version), I think I have enough hidden feature tweakers to go around, unless MP3.0 brings some insanely great feature that I've never seen before.
(I'd like to find a way to recover my original side-screen Dock throbbers, I tried out Leopard Dock skinning back when it involved messing around with the Dock.app/Resources folder, and I lost the active app throbber image for when the Dock is on the side of the screen - now I have no idea what is running... Before you say it - my Time Machine is set to exclude System Files, and I'm too lazy to reinstall Leopard, although given how long I've been running this install I should. Maybe I'll just do an Archive and Install over my current install, worked fine for the upgrade from 10.4 to 10.5...)
Reply
4-29-2008 @ 7:24AM
Halopend said...
The application Dock Library, http://www.dativestudios.com/docklibrary/ has the original images backed-up internally so just open it and you can restore the entire Dock to it's default state. Note that if you just want the indicators back they are in a zip file inside the resources of dock library itself.