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FCS Maintenance Pack 1.3.3 released

Today we released FCS Maintenance Pack 1.3.3, a bugfix release for our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting Final Cut Studio.

Version 1.3.2 had a lot of under-the-hood changes which introduced a bug into Corrupt Clip Finder that caused it to randomly flag up non-corrupt files. This has now been fixed. We also changed the way Corrupt Clip Finder displays scanning progress to bring it back to 1.3.1 functionality, based on user feedback.

We also took the time to update Crash Analyzer definitions and fix some other minor issues including Plugin Manager's Crash Tester not working correctly with plugins that need an admin password in order to be disabled.

Please note that when upgrading from version 1.3.1 or earlier, registered users will need to re-enter their registration information. We apologize for the inconvenience and you will only need to do this once.

Since we didn't post a blog entry for version 1.3.2, here are the notable changes since version 1.3.1:

Significantly improved Corrupt Clip Finder scanning times

We've made significant changes to Corrupt Clip Finder to drastically speed up the time it takes to perform a scan. My test project experienced a 300% speed increase and you could theoretically see improvements up to 1200%.

We've also added tooltips to each file in the list so that you can hover over it and see why it was flagged up.

Files trashed by FCS Housekeeper are no longer marked "in use"

Sometimes after performing a Comprehensive clean, the Finder would not let you empty the trash because some files were marked as being in use. The solution was to restart your computer or Secure Empty the trash, neither of which were convenient remedies.

We've now made sure that files in the trash are no longer marked as being in use and they can now be trashed without any error messages or additional steps.

Crash Analyzer printing and emailing

Crash Analyzer can now send logs as attachments to Mail and also print logs and definitions. This is just the start of many log management features we plan to introduce in future versions.

FCS Maintenance Pack is a must-have suite for Final Cut Studio editors. A free 15-day trial is available here.