Koingo Software is shipping a new app for Mac users, Mac Pilot 1.0. Mac Pilot is a utility designed for expanding OS X functionality. The app ships with several features including force empty trash and turning off finder animations. According to Koingo Software:
Weive been busy here at Koingo Software and are now announcing Mac Pilot 1.0! This shareware utility allows you to become a Power User under Mac OS X with the click of a mouse. Here are just a few of the things you can do:
- Force update_prebinding
- Repair disk permissions
- Force run cron.daily/weekly/montly now
- Delete cache/swap files
- Force Empty trash
- Show invisible files in the Finder
- Turn off Finder animations (open file, open window, snap to grid)
- Show the Quit Finder menu item
- Change the number of visible file label lines
- Change dock pinning (end, center, start)
- Activate hidden dock "suck" minimize effect
- View all log files
You can find more information about the Mac Pilot release at the Koingo Software Web site. Mac Pilot is available for US$9.95.