Lion Tweaks is a freeware utility from Fredrik Wiker. This version adds support for Mountain Lion and Gatekeeper. This utility will put back some of the features that were discontinued with Lion.

Features that you can turn on are:

• Show the user Library folder
• Enable the 2D-Dock
• Remove system Window animation
• Remove Mail Window animation
• Remove Reading List icon in Safari
• Disable Spelling Correction
• Get a new Stack (Dock) List View
• Highlight Stack items on mouseover
• Change iCal Leather to Aluminium
• Disable local Time Machine Backup
• Enable color in the Finder-sidebar (Lion only) and comes with warning
• Enable TRIM-support in Lion
• Hide Spotlight-search
• Enable repeating keys
• Enable permanent scrollbars
• Show hidden files
• Disable the Crash Dialog Popup
• Change Addressbook Leather to Aluminum
• Diable resume for a single app
• Enable the hidden FTP-server
• Customize Launchpad folder background
• Enable Airdrop on old hardware
• Enable iTunes Dock animation
• Enable iCal debug-member

There is a button to Reset all to system defaults. Additionally the Default Settings are marked with a bold front. While the download is free, the author, Fredrik Wiker asks for a $3 donation.

Fredrik Wiker is a 17 year old independent developer from Norway.

The free download link

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