Cocktail
Cocktail is a general-purpose system maintenance and optimization utility for macOS that helps users clean, repair and optimize their Macs. It provides tools for cache clearing, log file management, system tweaks, and performance tuning, arranged across five functional categories and accessible through a clean user interface. The app also features an automatic Pilot-mode that can run maintenance tasks without user intervention. Cocktail has been a popular choice among Mac users for decades, with particular appeal to those who want hands-on control over their system's housekeeping.
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1 suggestionCocktail continues to be developed and distributed by Maintain, with edition-specific variants for recent macOS releases (Tahoe, Sequoia, Sonoma). The Tahoe Edition requires macOS 26 and is actively being released. However, the evidence regarding native Apple Silicon support is mixed: the RoaringApps database entry indicates a universal binary build exists, but the listing also flags the app as discontinued and end-of-life with no current compatibility information available. Given the contradictory signals and the fact that the app is still being sold with current editions for recent macOS versions, contact Maintain directly at maintain.se to confirm whether the current Tahoe Edition includes a native Apple Silicon build. If your copy is running under Rosetta 2, upgrading to the latest Tahoe Edition should resolve the issue — the vendor's website at maintain.se/cocktail provides all available editions and download links. If Maintain has not delivered a native build by the time Apple removes Rosetta 2 in September 2028, Cocktail will stop launching entirely on that release, so clarifying the app's Apple Silicon status now is important for your long-term macOS compatibility planning.
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