This tool allows you to manage preference files for Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express. Preference files store information about user preferences, window and toolbar placements, and launch settings. Sometimes these can become corrupted, causing problems. Preference Manager allows you to trash corrupted preferences and keep backups of working preference files in order to quickly restore your settings.

What's new in this version (2.0.4)

• Feature: Final Cut Express support
• Improvement: Snow Leopard compatibility
• Improvement: Improved compatibility with FCS Maintenance Pack

Features

• Works for all applications in Final Cut Studio, not just Final Cut Pro
• Backs up preferences, FCP button bars, keyboard layouts, column layouts, window layouts, track layouts, custom settings, user plugins, Boris text plugin preferences and Compressor settings and destinations
• Unlimited backups
• Completely free
• Lock preference files to prevent modification
• Assign a custom backup location
• Backups are stored in a single file, making it easier to move them to another machine
• Works with Final Cut Pro 3 and above
• Link backups to a particular project so that the backup will be restored when the project is launched, useful for per-project settings such as scratch disks
• Categorize your backups for easy identification

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FAQ

• What are the system requirements for the application?
  It is compatible with both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard. It has not been tested on earlier versions.
• I used an old version of Preference Manager and now the new version has a different file format. What about my saved backups?
  They will be converted automatically the first time you run Preference Manager.

Disclaimer

Use of this software is at the sole risk of the end-user. Digital Rebellion LLC cannot be held responsible for any data loss, physical damage or other consequence arising from the use of this software.