What is INITPicker?

An INIT and cdev manager is a basic power user's tool. As new INITs and cdevs multiply, conflicts become common. If you lack a good manager, Mac usage can degenerate into chaos.

INITPicker is one of the best INIT and cdev managers available. It offers all the basic functionality you'll ever need and lots more. You can drag INITs to the exact position in the loading-order chain you desire.

Bomb Prevention, if enabled, automatically disables any INIT it catches conflicting with another one. There are audible as well as visual warnings and alerts.

INITPicker would be virtually perfect, except that you either have to set it to scan for new INITs every time you restart (a slow process for most people) or remember to manually scan and turn on newly installed INITs. That's a pain. I often forget to do it and then wonder why my new INIT won’t load.

Bobker, Steven. (October 1990). Bobker's Dozen. MacUser. (pg. 49).

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Architecture

Motorola 68K

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II