Cocktail
Cocktail is a system maintenance and optimization utility for macOS that provides tools for cleaning, repairing, and optimizing your Mac. The application groups its features into categories for disk management, system tweaks, file cleanup, and automated maintenance tasks. It includes features like disk repair, Launch Services database rebuilding, cron script management, sleep and startup settings, and an automated "Pilot mode" that runs a suite of maintenance operations with a single button press. Cocktail has been installed on hundreds of thousands of Macs worldwide, used by both individual users and organizations.
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1 suggestionCocktail has been discontinued by its developer and is no longer actively supported. While the RoaringApps entry indicates that a Universal Binary version (capable of running natively on Apple Silicon) was released at some point, the application is flagged as end-of-life and no longer receives updates from Maintain. The Intel-only version of Cocktail will stop running entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), so if you depend on Cocktail's maintenance features you should plan to migrate to an actively maintained alternative. Consider CleanMyMac X, AppCleaner, or other system-optimization tools that are under active development and ship native Apple Silicon builds. Before September 2028, if you still need Cocktail's specific maintenance functions, verify whether you have the Universal Binary version (which would run natively), but be aware that this app receives no ongoing support and may not work reliably on future macOS releases.
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