Digital Rebellion Pro Maintenance Tools Blog Category

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.3 - macOS 10.15 compatibility, Dark Mode, plugin installer notarizing

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:49:34 +0000

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.3, a major update to our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system.

Catalina support

Pro Maintenance Tools is now compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina. Because Catalina removes 32-bit app support, this required us to transition away from QuickTime and use the more modern AV Foundation framework instead. This comes with numerous benefits, but also the downside that codec support is more limited. As a result, some features were removed or restricted with this release:

Media Salvage no longer supports Apple Intermediate Codec
You can no longer use third-party codecs with Corrupt Clip Finder

Dark Mode

Pro Maintenance Tools has full support for Dark Mode on macOS 10.14 and higher, respecting whichever look you've set under Appearance in System Preferences.

Plugin installer notarization

Plugin Manager now supports notarization, which is a requirement for all apps in order to run on Catalina. Plugin Manager takes care of almost all of the process for you, but it requires you to setup an App-Specific Password for your Apple developer account first. We've written up a tutorial detailing exactly how to notarize here.

Also note that disk images should be notarized too, so Plugin Manager also includes a feature to notarize them under the Tools menu.

We recommend plugin creators utilizing our installers to recreate them with the latest version to make sure users can continue to use them on modern versions of macOS.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an invaluable toolset to help working video professionals get up and running again quickly in the event of a problem. To find out more, see the feature overview, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free 15-day trial.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.6 - Downgrade Adobe Premiere projects and run scripts inside plugin installers

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:53:37 +0000

We recently released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.6 with some great new features.

Downgrade Adobe Premiere projects

Project Repair can now downgrade Adobe Premiere projects so they can be opened in earlier versions of Premiere. After downgrading the project, Premiere will report that it was saved in an earlier version and asks you to save a copy. After doing this, the project will now be openable by Premiere.

If you use Premiere features not supported in earlier versions they will of course not work in the earlier version, so be aware of this as Adobe has recently made major changes to features like the titler.

Run scripts inside plugin installers

Plugin Manager can create installers for plugins. This is not just useful for plugin developers to distribute their plugins but can also be an easy way of backing up your plugins or moving them to another computer.

You can now run scripts both before and after installing the files in order to perform additional tasks like running a licensing step, copying or moving files or launching a web page. You can run Applescripts, Bash scripts or Swift scripts (note that some Swift scripts may not work on earlier versions of macOS). The scripts must return 0 otherwise Plugin Manager will abort the installation, which is useful in situations where you want to stop installation if a license or security check fails.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.1 - salvage ProRes 4444 XQ and manage VST2 and VST3 plugins

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:53:56 +0000

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.1, a minor update to our suite of maintenance, troubleshooting and repair tools for your editing application.

Salvage ProRes 4444 XQ

Media Salvage can now repair files encoded with the ProRes 4444 XQ codec.

Manage VST2 and VST3 plugins

Plugin Manager can now install, remove, enable and disable VST2 and VST3 audio plugins used by popular DAWs.

Other changes

Crash Analyzer - Improved support for Avid
QT Repair - Stability improvements
Plugin Manager - Stability improvements when verifying Audio Units
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
Various other bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2 - manage Quartz Composer plugins, improved Avid support

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 04:34:50 +0000

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2, our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system,Â Â was recently updatedÂ with the following new features.

Manage Quartz Composer plugins

Plugin Manager now supports Quartz Composer plugins, allowing you to boost performance and troubleshoot FCPX issues by disabling orÂ removing errant plugins.

Trash After Effects disk caches not in the default location

Housekeeper can now clear out After Effects disk caches that are set to a custom location. This a great way of freeing up space as the cache by default takes up 10% of your drive space (100 GB on a 1 TB drive).

Improved Crash Analyzer compatibility with Avid Media Composer

RecentÂ versions of Avid have split up the app into different processes for improved stability and performance and Crash Analyzer can now analyze crashes inÂ these extra processes.

Other changes

CS Repair - Fixed an issue that could cause files to be erroneously flagged up
Plugin Manager - Improved plugin installer compatibility with Xcode 8 and macOS Sierra
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.9 - Clear DaVinci Resolve render caches

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:33:32 +0000

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.9 is a minor update to our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing applications.

Clear DaVinci Resolve render caches

Housekeeper can now clear out DaVinci Resolve's render cache either manually or on a schedule via the Task Scheduler app. This can be useful both for troubleshooting and freeing up disk space.

Clear CloudKit cache

System Toolkit can clear out CloudKit metadata caches, which can resolve Finder performance problems in recent versions of OS X.

Other Changes

Housekeeper - Support for trashing failed Mac App Store software updates
Housekeeper - Improved loading times
CS Repair - Fixed an issue where Premiere may not automatically close
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
Various other bug fixes and tweaks

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.7 - DaVinci Resolve plugin management and improved FCPX support

Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:08:43 +0000

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.7 is a minor update to our suite of maintenance and troubleshooting tools for video professionals.

OS X 10.8 or higher required

Pro Maintenance Tools now requires OS X 10.8 or higher to run. For users on OS X 10.6 or 10.7, older versions are available here.

OpenFX plugin management

Plugin Manager can now install, remove, enable, and disable OpenFX plugins used by tools like DaVinci Resolve and Nuke.

Improved FCPX integration

We've also improved FCPX integration with all of our tools including Corrupt Clip Finder.

Other changes

Plugin Manager - Performance improvements
Media Salvage - Batch set settings if multiple files are selected
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
Various other bug fixes and tweaks

All Digital Rebellion products now OS X 10.11 El Capitan compatible

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:43:04 +0000

We've released several updates today to make our products OS X 10.11 El Capitan compatible in time for the operating system's public release on Wednesday.

This includes CinePlay 1.2.5, Pro Versioner 2.1.1, Pro Media Tools 1.4.1 and Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.5. All remaining products did not need updates to be OS X 10.11 compatible.

Additionally, we made several other changes in Pro Maintenace Tools 2.1.5:

Redesigned Housekeeper user interface
Media Salvage - Fixed an issue where it may display an error if the source drive doesn't have enough space, even if a custom destination is set
System Toolkit - Removed Verify / Repair Permissions options from the Disk tab due to them being unavailable in OS X 10.11
Various other bug fixes and tweaks

Digital Rebellion products are used every day by studios and freelancers alike. To find out more, see our products page for a full listing.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.4 released - improved FCPX and Adobe Premiere compatibility

Tue, 8 Sep 2015 18:22:35 +0000

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.4, a minor update to our suite of maintenance and repair tools for video professionals.

In this update we've improved compatibility with Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X, including a fix for an issue where FCPX preferences may not be correctly restored from a backup in certain situations.

Other improvements include support for trashing FCPX font caches and Avid Application Manager unfinished downloads, in addition to providing the ability to force Spotlight indexing of network volumes in System Toolkit.

You can view the full list of changes here.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.3 - Adobe CC 2015 support, clean After Effects disk cache

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:41:45 +0000

Earlier this week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.3, a minor update to our suite of maintenance, repair and troubleshooting tools for video professionals.

Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 support

Pro Maintenance Tools is now fully compatible with Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 and we have made Preference Manager more intelligent at detecting future versions of CC.

Clear After Effects disk cache

Have you noticed that you suddenly have very little free disk space available? The culprit is probably After Effects' disk cache, which is set by default to consume up to 10% of your drive space. While that might not sound like much, 10% of a 1 TB drive is 100 GB, which is a lot of space for a temporary file cache that is only useful while AE is open.

Now you can easily clear out this cache with Housekeeper, or even schedule a basic housekeeping clean periodically.

Trash Audition plugin cache

Housekeeper can also trash Adobe Audition plugin caches, which can help to solve launching issues.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an invaluable toolset to help working video professionals get up and running again quickly in the event of a problem. To find out more, see the feature list, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free 15-day trial.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.1 released with improved FCPX repairing

Mon, 6 Apr 2015 17:03:38 +0000

We've just released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.1, a free update to our suite for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system.

Improved FCPX event repair

Several customers have sent us events that can no longer be opened in FCPX due to corrupt stabilization data. Project Repair can now remove all stabilization information to fix such events.

We're planning to expand on this in future updates to strip out other commonly-corrupted parts including third-party effects.

Improved FCPXML repair

Sometimes FCPX will generate corrupt XML that cannot be reimported. XML Repair can now fix the common "Element audio does not carry attribute ref" error.

Other changes

Housekeeper - Support for trashing Avid image caches
Preference Manager - Improved compatibility with OS X's preference caching mechanism
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions

Pro Maintenance Tools is an essential toolkit for media professionals that is used by freelancers and major studios alike. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free 15-day trial.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1 - Plugin crash test improvements, improved Avid support

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:46:15 +0000

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1 is a minor update to our suite of tools to maintain, optimize and troubleshoot Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer.

Plugin Crash Test improvements

The crash tester in Plugin Manager now supports FCPX, the FCPX trial, Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer. This makes it easier to locate a rogue plugin that is crashing your editing application at startup.

Improved Avid support in Housekeeper

Housekeeper can now trash Avid waveform caches and logs, providing easy ways to reduce disk space and troubleshoot problems.

Other changes

Plugin Manager - You can now show video / audio plugins only
Plugin Manager - Various UI improvements
Preference Manager - Minor bug fixes
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
Various bug fixes and tweaks