Maintain Releases Cocktail 4.5.2

Maintain has announced Cocktail 4.5.1 (Snow Leopard Edition), the latest maintenance update of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. This version fixes many bugs discovered in the previous release. The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition).

Changes in Cocktail 4.5.2 (Snow Leopard Edition):
* Fixed a bug causing high CPU usage on 32-bit Macs
* Improvements on the clear font caches procedure
* Improvements on the clear dynamic link editor's shared caches procedure
* Addresses compatibility issues with QuickTime X
* Addresses compatibility with the latest versions of Camino, Firefox, Flock, OmniWeb, Opera and Shiira web browsers
* Addresses an issue in which Cocktail may report problems with diskutil
* Fixed a bug in which some items in /private/tmp folder were not deleted during clearing of the temporary files
* Addresses an issue in which check of the S.M.A.R.T. status may fail
* Addresses an issue in which two Help menus are displayed
* Fixed miscellaneous issues with the Sparkle software update framework
* Fixed other minor bugs discovered in the previous version

Cocktail 4.5.2 (Snow Leopard Edition) requires Mac OS X / Mac OS X Server 10.6 or later and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS X / Mac OS X Server 10.6.1. Cocktail (Leopard Edition) for Mac OS X 10.5 and Cocktail (Tiger Edition) for Mac OS X 10.4 are available for download from our website.


Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.

The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail's major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.


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