The Cheat

The Cheat is a universal game trainer for macOS that lets users search the memory of a running process and modify values such as strings, integers, and floating‑point numbers in real time. It includes networking support via Bonjour, allowing remote operation from another computer, and can save and load cheat configurations for later use.

The tool is aimed at software developers and experienced gamers who are comfortable with low‑level concepts like bits and bytes. It provides built‑in help documentation and requires a specific kernel setting on Intel Macs to function correctly.

Distributed under the BSD 2‑Clause License, The Cheat is a stable, Intel/PPC binary released in 2010. It supports saving cheats, remote cheating, and variable searches, but its effectiveness depends on whether game memory addresses remain constant between sessions.