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1. Hit Rebuild and QT Repair will take the video and audio data from the corrupt file and insert it into the working file to produce a new movie clip The default settings should work for most cases but if the rebuild does not work on the first try adjust the Advanced Settings options to skip some of the integrity checks QT Repair performs allowing you to fix particularly corrupt files Selecting Ignore track counts no longer aborts the rebuild if the number of tracks in the source and working files do not match This can help if tracks have been split up or duplicated as a result of corruption in the source file Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Ignore skipped atoms ignores tracks inside free space or skip atoms which are designed to be ignored by QuickTime Switch this off if important tracks inside your source file have ended up inside one of these atoms Ignore tracks outside movie atom ignores tracks that are outside the moov atom which they shouldn t be Switch this off if your movie atom is corrupt If you don t know the nature of the corruption within your source file try different variations of these settings Tip For best results use a working movie clip that originated from the same camera or encoding software Frequently Asked Questions Q My camera lost power while recording can QT Repair fix the corrupt file A QT Repair needs correct sample tables in order to rebuild corru
2. Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual simultaneously Show audio track when editing Shows audio waveforms in the trim window Show framework versions in About dialog Lists the version numbers of key frameworks in QuickTime s About window This is useful for troubleshooting Title bar always has active appearance When switched on if you click away from the window the title bar does not dim Scale the movie to the screen when opening a movie Automatically scales the movie clip up to fill the entire screen when it is opened Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Streamline System Toolkit i E E ne LI New LL oka ee Mise Streamline Backups Streamline your OS installation by removing unused languages and architectures Detected architecture i386 Detected language en Select All Size A Better Pinder Rename 8 1 99 MB a litectu 400 i385 ppc64 x86 64 ian inguages Enn is Adobe Media Encoder C55 5 Architectures i386 xBb 64 Languages Czech Dutch English French German Italian Japanese Korean Polish Adobe Media Player 81 96 KB Architectures ppc i386 Languages Adobe dod Architectures ppc i386 Language BL igarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish Fr CNN Updater litectures ppc i386 ia ng Bulgarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish Fr Streamline ae M Ar
3. Users Jon Documents Test Files compressed 44100 salvaged mov s Users Jon Documents Test Files photo3 jpg E Users Jon Documents Test Files photo 2 jpg Users Jon Documents Test Files Sizzle Cymbal Crash O1 caf Users Jon Documents Test Files The Premonition Jay s Cut 640360 mov p Users Jon Documents Test Files test Invalid Data Reference mov Once the scan is complete you can use the Action button in the bottom left corner to color Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual code the files in the Finder for easy identification send the files to QT Repair or Media oalvage for repair or quarantine the files by moving them to a separate folder Frequently Asked Questions Q A message pops up saying searching for movie data in file or the movie file cannot be found Without this file the movie cannot play properly A These are QuickTime messages which indicate that the file being scanned is a reference movie linking to files that no longer exist This can happen if you deselect Make Self Contained when exporting from Final Cut Pro and then trash your render files This is nothing to worry about Corrupt Clip Finder will close these error message windows automatically and continue if they do not disappear within a certain amount of time It will then report the clips as corrupt and it is worthwhile moving them to another location or removing them from disk Q Does Corrupt Clip Finder on
4. Group differs on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAU Assistant nib keyedobjects nib should be 0 group is BO Permissions differ on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUAssistant nib keyedobjects nib should be rw r r they are rw rw r Group differs on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUDocument nib keyedobjects nib should be 0 group is BO Permissions differ on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUDocument nib keyedobjects nib should be rw r r they are rw rw r Group differs on Applications Utilities AirPart Utility app Contents Resources pl Ipraj AAU Drives nib keyedobjects nib should be 0 group is BO Permissions differ on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUDrives nib keyedobjects nib should be rw r r they are rw rw r Group differs on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUStatisticsPanel nib keyedobjects nib should be 0 group is 80 Parmiccinnc differ nn Amnliratimmef ItilitimeefAirPnmrt tility amniinmmtenmte RaecenmuirsecinlImrsmis Scan Scans Verify permissions Checks file permissions but does not repair them Repair permissions Repairs file permissions This has been known to fix many issues and is always worth attempting when problems are en
5. M Automatically clean autosaves Autosave Vault Documents Motion Documents Autosave Va C Send to Trash C Delete Immediately 9 Archive Files Ivi Purge autosaves older than 1 days Mi Purge autosaves larger than 10 MB Ivi Purge if total size of autosaves for project exceeds 50 MB Autosave Vault Specify the path to your Autosave Vault here Make sure to update this path if you change the location of your Autosave Vault in the future After specifying an autosave folder choose the action you wish to be automatically performed whenever a new autosave is added to the folder You can choose to send autosaves meeting the necessary criteria to the trash delete them immediately or archive them to a compressed Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual file The options below this allow you to specify the criteria used for performing actions on files You must select at least one of these options Auto Clean Trash Manual Auto Clean Auto Clean Trash M Automatically remove autosaves from Trash 9 Remove all Remove if any of the following criteria is met Autosave is older than 30 days Autosave is larger than 10 MB Number of autosaves in Trash exceeds 20 f Total size of autosaves in Trash exceeds 50 MB Auto Clean Trash will automatically clean your trash as discarded autosaves are moved there This saves you from repeatedly emptying you
6. Macintosh HD LI Color LJ Media Default Render Directory Macintosh HD L3 Color Ll Renders This is a quick and convenient way of organizing your content and user directories It is also possible to set a global parent directory so that all paths are organized by application name inside a central directory This is a quick and simple way of moving your content to another drive Searching Click the Search button in the top left corner of the application to search for paths Search Search complete Select the items you wish to update and click Set Paths LiveType C Content fLibrary Application Support LiveType Motion C Autosave Vault f Users Jon Documents Motion Documents OENE S Cancel Set Paths j Path Manager will display a list of content and user paths for each application Click the check boxes next to each item and hit Set Paths to update the relevant paths If more than one type of path is found such as if you have two separate Motion autosave folders on two different Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual drives you will only be able to select one at a time Locking and Syncing Each item has a lock icon next to it that allows you to lock the path to prevent it being modified within Path Manager Locked paths cannot be edited or reset and do not appear in searches Locked paths are not modified when a parent directory is set which is useful if you do not want to hav
7. Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual 1 Pro Maintenance Tools PRO AP ANS PEE zi User Manual Pro Maintenance Tools formerly Pro Maintenance Tools is a utility pack designed to keep your Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony or Adobe Premiere Pro for Mac running at optimal performance and help resolve problems when they arise The suite contains tools to repair corrupt QuickTime movies locate corrupt clips within a timeline diagnose crash logs manage plugins repair Final Cut Pro projects manage autosaves salvage movie data from corrupt files and much more show stopping problems always seem to occur on a deadline Pro Maintenance Tools is designed to rapidly diagnose and fix common issues ensuring users get back on track as quickly as possible With the Task Scheduler utility maintenance tasks can even be scheduled to run in the background for convenience Pro Maintenance Tools includes Autosave Manager Flexible autosave management offering automatic archival or removal based on criteria including age and file size Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro Compressor Repair Repairs the fragile links between Compressor and Qmaster Supports Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro X Corrupt Clip Finder Automatically locates corrupt clips in a project saving hours of manual Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance T
8. Creating temporary file Checking file File loaded successfully Filtering invalid characters Checking header tags Checking version tags Updating type creator codes No repair was necessary No critical errors were found in the file E Repair clo Converting to a different XML Interchange version Earlier versions of Final Cut Pro will not read more recent Final Cut Pro XML XMEML files so these must either be exported to an earlier XMEML version within Final Cut Pro s Export XML dialog or else converted with XML Repair This function is disabled on Final Cut Pro X FCPXML files Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Make sure you have a file path set in the File text box of the main dialog then go to Tools gt Convert XML Interchange Version Current XMEML version 5 Final Cut Pro 7 Can be downgraded without changes to version 4 Final Cut Pro 6 Convert to version 5 Final Cut Pro 7 Convert A dialog box will appear listing the current XMEML version of the file and the versions of Final Cut Pro it is compatible with and the minimum version it can be downgraded to without losing information If you choose a version lower than this minimum unsupported tags will be stripped from the file These tags are generally additional metadata so the XML file will work just fine without them however some third party utilities may depend on them It is worthwhile to ensure
9. Jul5 20112 55 27 M Duplicate Corrupt Font gt Final Cut Pro 2011 07 0 Jul 5 20112 55 16 PM MPEG Media gt Final Cut Pro 2011 07 0 Jul5 20112 55 03PM Default Folder X Carbon Patcher Motion 2011 07 05 14 Ju 5 20112 54 51PM MPEG Media Final Cut Pro 2011 07 0 Jul5 2011 2 54 43 PM Default Folder X Carbon Patcher gt Final Cut Pro 2011 07 0 Jul5 2011 2 54 34PM Euphonix Plugin Duplicate Corrupt Font This crash appears to have been caused by a duplicate or corrupt font Suggested Actions e Use Font Book s Resolve Duplicates and Validate Font functions to determine the problematic font then remove it Clear your font cache with System Toolkit Relevant Line Suggested Actions Open Font Book H4 E Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual If you select a log the lower section of the window will display more information about the cause and offer suggestions to solve the issue Some actions can be performed automatically via the Suggested Actions section at the bottom You can also double click the log to view it in a new window This window has the option to view the entire log or just the thread that crashed making it useful for filtering out extra information that may not be essential Show Crashed thread only 0 libobjc A dylib 0x98732b68cobjc msgSend 28 1 com apple CoreFoundation Ox968c46e5 CFArrayCreate 357 2 com apple CoreFoundation x868a0di18 NSPlaceholderA
10. Streamline Appearance Mise Components QuickTime 7 Settings QuickTime X Settings Set as default player for QuickTime movies Set as Default Player Options Ivi Rounded corners on windows Never autoshow controller Never autohide controller Never display the title bar M Autoplay movies Display subtitles automatically Maintain full screen mode if you switch apps V Allow simultaneous recordings M Show audio track when editing V Show framework versions in About dialog Title bar always has active appearance Scale the window to the screen when opening a movie QuickTime X Settings OS X 10 6 and 10 7 only Set as Default Player Sets QuickTime Player X as the default video player for all file types it supports Rounded corners on windows Enables or disables rounded corners on QuickTime windows Never autoshow controller Never shows the controller when you hover over the window Never autohide controller Never hides the controller after a certain time or when you move the mouse out of the window Autoplay movies Automatically plays movie clips when they are opened Display subtitles automatically Automatically shows subtitles if available Maintain full screen mode if you switch apps Keeps the video in full screen if you alt tab to another application Allow simultaneous recordings Allows you to record multiple video or audio sessions
11. Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Validate Audio Units Aud Unit Manufactu rer Status AUVectorPanner OOK DLSMusicDevice Fatal Error AUMixer3D OOK AUMultiChannelMixer OOK AUMatrixMixer O amp O OK AUMixer ok AUConverter OOK AUDeferredRenderer p 6 OK AUMerger OOK AUSplitter 6 OK AUTimePitch OOK AUVarispeed 6 OK AudioDeviceOutput OOK DefaultOutputUnit Q Fatal Error Crash Tester Plugin Manager also includes a tool called Crash Tester If Final Cut Pro is crashing at startup and you suspect it is because of a faulty plugin Crash Tester will try to locate the plugin for you It disables each plugin and then launches Final Cut Pro If Final Cut Pro still crashes it moves on to the next plugin If Final Cut Pro doesn t crash it knows that the last disabled plugin was the cause of the crash Crash Tester requires no user intervention it is best to leave it to run automatically overnight or when the computer is not in use Make sure that no dialog boxes are set to pop up when Final Cut Pro launches disable the no Firewire device connected error in Final Cut Pro User Preferences and use System Toolkit to disable the registration dialog Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual If Final Cut Pro is crashing at startup and a plugin issue is suspected Crash Tester will help you narrow it down It tests each plugin individual
12. Bootable Yes BusProtocal SATA CanBeMadeBootable Ma CanBeMadeBootableRequiresDestroy No Content Apple HFS Deviceldentifier disk0s2 DeviceNode dev disk s2 DeviceTreePath lIODeviceTreeyPCIOmGQO SATAG 1F 2 PRTOGO PMP O Ejectable Mo FilesystemMame Journaled HFS FilesystemType hfs FilesystemUserVisibleName Mac OS Extended Journaled FreeSpace 283 21 GB GlobalPermissionsEnabled Yes lOKitSize 748812400128 Internal Yes JournalOffset 380456860 JournalSize 56 00 MB MediaMame Customer MediaType Generic MountPoint ParentWhoaleDisk diskQ RAIDMaster No RAIDSlIice Na SMARTStatus Verified Info Displays various information about the drive including the file system media type UUID etc Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual eoo System Toolkit a B Li 2 0o IL E Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline Appearance Mise Disks Disk Macintosh HD Info Scans Settings Tools d ELL Scan started This may take a long time D Started verify repair permissions on disk0s2 Macintosh HD Group differs on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUAdvanced nib keyedobjects nib should be 0 group is 80 Permissions differ on Applications Utilities AirPort Utility app Contents Resources pl Iproj AAUAdvanced nib keyedobjects nib should be rw r r they are rw rw r
13. W Avid Media Composer PhraseFind Indexes Ivi Premiere Pro Media Cache Quick Start 1 Launch Housekeeper 2 Choose a preset or select items to trash manually The Basic preset is good for Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual everyday housekeeping and optimization and the Comprehensive preset is a more advanced function designed for fixing problems 3 Click Clean 4 Empty your Trash Tip these tasks can be automated quickly and easily with Task Scheduler Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual MC Repair MC Repair can fix common Avid Media Composer issues It can repair problems where Media Composer won t launch as well as solve permissions issues Quick Start MC Repair MC Repair finds common problems that could prevent Avid Media Composer from working correctly Click Repair to start the repair process Select Trash Unity lock files if you have issues with bins becoming locked after a crash Digital Rebellion LLC accepts no liability for any loss of data or physical damage as a result of using this software Additional Options Trash Unity lock files Launch MC Repair 2 f you are locked out of a bin on a Unity system because the system accessing it crashed select Trash Unity lock files Only do this in emergency situations 3 Click Repair Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Media Salv
14. bit kernel gives the operating system access to more memory but can cause incompatibilities with some software and hardware You do not need to boot into a 64 bit kernel to run 64 bit software Do not boot into 64 bit mode if you are using Avid Media Composer with a dongle based licensing system as it is known to be incompatible If you choose a boot mode that is incompatible with your hardware or operating system OS X will ignore it Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Task Scheduler Task Scheduler allows you to schedule tasks based on time intervals or system events Enabled Run at system startup Enabled Once a month B Repair permissions for startup Enabled Once a month Quick Start 1 Launch Task Scheduler and click New Task 2 Select an application to perform a task for and choose a task from the list Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Repair a x CS Repair FCS Remover Housekeeper A MC Repair Path Manager Plugin Manager Y Housekeeper Task Clean all caches H4 Run At system startup r3 Edit Task 3 Choose an interval or event from the Run dropdown menu Run At specific interval Hj ELM Every 1 Minute Hour Day Weekday Month Important the daily task is set for 7 00am every day the weekly task is set to run at 7 00am every Monday and the monthly task is set for 7 00am on the first day of the month OS X 10
15. damaged files it can combine the movie data of the damaged file with the QuickTime structure of a working file Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro QuickFix Performs common troubleshooting tasks with just one button press allowing you to get back to work quicker than ever This should be your first port of call when things go wrong Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro System Toolkit A wealth of options to tweak and tune up your system including Extra launch and display options for Final Cut Studio applications Tools to manage Final Cut Studio registration scan repair refresh files and remove temp files from disks Adjust system and per application scaling Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual otreamline your applications by removing unused languages and architectures Access many options hidden in OS X Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro XML Repair Repairs invalid Final Cut Pro XML files and can convert XML files to different XMEML versions for compatibility with earlier versions of Final Cut Pro Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro Quick Start After installation a launcher application can be found at Applications Digital Rebellion App Launcher This launcher i
16. nl O Polish pl M Danish da i Russian ru Note the current system lanquage is always preserved Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Appearance moe System Toolkit 3 4 nan ie ee it 3 T Disks lea 3 m ik T 5 MIU ir a J Weg err Cet L LJ in line Annear ee Pe ee in Ar a Mirr Klime streamline Te E iE dum Interface Scaling Ul Responsiveness Misc Global scale 100 p Per application settings Application A Better Finder Rename amp Activity Monitor l Address Book Ld Adobe After Effects C55 Ld Adobe After Effects CS5 5 E Adobe AIR Application Installer EQ Adobe AIR Uninstaller EJ Adobe Audition E Adobe Bridge C55 E Adobe Bridge Cs5 1 lis Adobe Device Central C55 i Adobe Device Central CS5 5 en Adobe Encore C55 E Adobe Encore CS5 1 i Adobe Extension Manager C55 Note You must relaunch any currently running applications in order to see changes ae dk db dk dk dk db dh db odi dbh di dk kb dk Interface Scaling This allows you to scale the interface downward to increase screen real estate or upward to improve text legibility Scaling can be performed on a global or per application basis Note that these options only work on OS X 10 5 and 10 6 Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Ul Responsiveness ER amc bl m Lid i i 3 k 4 mi Final
17. password Switching this on makes QuickFix work with a single button press Tip You can assign keyboard shortcuts for QuickFix by going to the Preferences menu Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual System Toolkit oystem Toolkit offers a wealth of options for tweaking and maintaining your computer including Extra launch and display options for Final Cut Studio applications Scan repair refresh files and remove temp files from disks Streamline your applications by removing unused languages and architectures Access many options hidden in OS X Final Cut Studio 98009 System Toolkit A p XE Final Cut Studio Registration Last Name Chappell Company Digital Rebellion LLC Banish registration dialog i Per Application Settings Application Final Cut Pro B Maximize screen space hides the Dock and menu bar when this app is active Disable minimum requirement check allows you to run the app on an unsupported computer _ Show welcome dialog at startup Final Cut Studio Registration Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual First Name Last Name Company Change the registered owner and company information Banish registration dialog Prevent the registration dialog from appearing Show registration dialog on next run Make sure the registration dialog appears when you next
18. preferences in the View menu so that it sorts applications by their groups rather than alphabetically Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Registration To register Pro Maintenance Tools first visit http www digitalrebellion com promaintenance and click the Buy Now button to purchase the suite Our system will automatically email a license to the email address used to make the purchase To display the registration dialog either go to Help Register Pro Maintenance Tools in the launcher or Help Enter Registration Key in one of the applications Pro Maintenance Tools Registration Your trial has expired You must purchase this software if you wish to continue using it Enter registration information First name oo Last name Company a Product Key E 2 z In the dialog that appears enter the registration information exactly as written in the registration email with no variations For example if it says Alan on the license you must enter Alan and not Al or any other variation The company name field is optional and is set when making the purchase If this field is blank on your license you must leave it blank when registering The product key field is best copied and pasted directly from the email It consists of numbers and capital letters only Click Register to complete registration If no error is reported and the window closes automaticall
19. run a Final Cut Studio application Reset serial Reset your registration information so that it asks for your serial upon the next run Per Application Settings Maximize screen space maximizes screen space by hiding the dock and menu bar they will appear when the mouse is hovered at the top or bottom of the screen respectively Disable minimum requirement check If your computer does not meet the minimum system requirements for a Final Cut Studio application clicking this box forces the application to launch regardless Show welcome dialog at startup restores the welcome dialog for certain applications Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Avid MC General eoe System Toolkit PT il E T Pative SUITE LAS te LL uve SUITE els veral Helper Tools License Reset v Maximize screen space for Media Composer hides the Dock and menu bar when MC is the active app Maximize screen space for Media Composer maximizes screen space by hiding the dock and menu bar they will appear when the mouse is hovered at the top or bottom of the screen respectively Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Helper Tools aoe System Toolkit pee ee ene ae Mr Avid MC Creative Suite Disks A FLND Fiaa SCELERIS LES VE US General Helper Tools License Reset Avid Media Composer runs helper tools in the background to help it manage external hardware If you do no
20. 5 users will need to have the computer switched on at these times but OS X 10 6 users need not as Snow Leopard will automatically run the task the first time you switch it on after this date If these times are inconvenient please use the At specfic interval option to manually schedule the task for a specific time 4 f you selected At specfic interval you will be presented with a series of blank text boxes At least one of these must be filled in If you put a 1 in the Minute box the task will run every hour at minute 01 If you then put a 5 in the Hour box it will run every day at 05 01 and so forth 5 Click Add Task Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Double click a task to edit it and use the Enabled dropdown menu to enable or disable it Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual XML Repair XML Repair verfies and repairs Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X XML files Sometimes third party applications or plugins may output illegal i characters to the XML file rendering it unreadable by Final Cut Pro i mi l7 n XML Repair will remove illegal characters escape corflicting characters check for malformed XML and alert you to missing tags within the file It will also alert you to elements that are not supported in the current Final Cut Pro XML XMEML version eoo Abbeyfield Short Starting repair for file Users Jon Desktop Abbeyfield Short xml
21. Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline interface Scaling UlResponsiveness Mise Optimize for Visual Appearance H4 Sheet display speed Normal e App launch animation App zoom animation WI App background alert animation Get Info animation Snap to Grid animation Window zoom animation J Auto expand save dialogs Auto expand print dialogs Advanced Enable QuartzGL Disable BeamSync Uses QuartzGL system wide not just in apps BeamSync synchronizes your graphics that request it This can significantly boost card to your monitor refresh rate to performance for certain apps but could reduce reduce flickering Switching it off results it for others in faster Ul responsiveness but could result in flickering Sheet display speed This controls the speed at which sheets slide down from the top of an application s window Setting this to Very Fast makes the sheet appear almost instantaneously App launch animation This enables the bouncing effect of the application s icon as it is launched App zoom animation This enables the zoom effect when you double click a file App background alert animation This enables bouncing of the application icon when the application requires your attention Get Info animation Enables animations when clicking the disclosure triangles in the Get Info dialog Snap to Grid animation Enables animation for
22. Screen Captures Boot Mode Format PNG Filename prefix default Save location default M Show shadows on windows Format Change the file format of captured images Filename prefix The text to be added before the image number and file extension Leave this field blank to specify the default Save location The location to save the captured images to Leave this blank to specify the default the user s desktop Save shadows on windows Toggles whether or not to include the window s shadow in the saved image Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Boot Mode eo S System Toolkit 3 O0 IL amp Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline Appearance Misc General Screen Captures Boot Mode 64 bit 32 bit Default Current Boot Mode Mac OS X 10 6 and 10 7 are capable of using either 32 or 64 bit kernels A 64 bit kernel gives the operating system access to more memory but can cause incompatibilities with some software and hardware You do not need to boot into a 64 bit kernel to run 64 bit software Do not boot into 64 bit mode if you are using Avid Media Composer with a dongle based licensing system as it is known to be incompatible If you choose a boot mode that is incompatible with your hardware or operating system OS X will ignore it Mac OS X 10 6 and 10 7 are capable of using either 32 or 64 bit kernels A 64
23. age sometimes the headers of movie clips can become corrupt rendering the clip unreadable in spite of the fact that the underlying movie data is lp SS undamaged Even if the data itself is corrupt it is unusual for every single frame to be damaged h Media Salvage extracts valid video and audio data from the file and MEDIA SALVAGE deposits it into a new file ANSG Media Salvage Filename Source Format Output Format Audio Format B Desktop 55F 1 Short pressed 8 bit Frame mov not set not set Mone Desktop 90 8 ProRe Gamma Shift Pixels mov Apple ProR QuickTime 16 bit Lin or Desktop 90 8 _ProRes_Proxy HDV mov not set not set Mone B Desktop 90 8 _ProRes_Proxy mov Apple ProR QuickTime 16 bit Lin Tip If you don t know the correct video and audio settings for a file select it and go to File gt Copy Settings from Similar File This will copy the settings from a working file with the same encoding Salvage 1 Load the application and browse for a damaged movie clip 2 Goto File Copy Settings from Similar File and browse for a working movie clip with the same encoding settings as the corrupt file the same audio and video codec Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual same frame size same frame rate same audio sample rate and the same number of audio and video tracks 3 he settings will be taken from th
24. ave been made to the file and restore any media that has been trimmed providing the media still resides within the file This is useful in situations where media has been accidentally or erroneously trimmed The Renumber Tracks option makes sure that each track in the file has a unique track ID If they do not QuickTime cannot differentiate between them Rebuilding If a repair does not fix the problem you may experience better results by rebuilding the file using data from another file To do this select the Rebuild option and click the Rebuild button A new dialog will appear asking you to browse for a working file with the same encoding settings This could be a file captured by the same camera or exported with the same settings The working file must have the same video codec frame rate audio codec audio an rate and the same number of video audio and timecode tracks as the corrupt movie clip Please select a working QuickTime movie with the same codec frame rate and number of tracks as the damaged movie The media from the damaged movie will then be inserted into the working movie to create a new movie Path to working movie Desktop DFT Corrupt Quicktime Test NON CORRUPT DI Browse Advanced Settings Only adjust these if the rebuild is unsuccessful with the default settings _ ignore track counts may have unexpected results v Ignore skipped atoms _ ignore tracks outside of movie atom Cancel EE
25. chitectures V Create Backups recommended Universal Binaries contain multiple copies of the application perhaps one optimized for PowerPC processors and one optimized for Intel processors or one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit This is useful because developers only need to distribute one Universal Binary and users do not need to worry about which type of processor they have However OS X only uses the copy of the application compatible with your processor the other one is redundant and just takes up space on your hard disk In addition many applications install multiple language resources which the majority of users do not end up using otreamlining strips out this data leaving you with just the binary that is compatible with your processor and only the files that are compatible with your current system language freeing up space on your hard disk Streamlining works for the vast majority of applications however it modifies the executable file which can trip up a few anti piracy systems For this reason backups are created at Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Applications Application Backups current date and time Backups can be restored from the Backups tab oystem Toolkit will preserve the current system language by default but you can preserve additional languages within the Preferences dialog General Streamlir Languages to preserve when streamlining IV English en C Dutch
26. ckly rebuild itself it can still rebuild itself with journaling off but this takes a much longer time It is recommended to have this switched on for your system drive but media and scratch drives are advised to have it switched off as it can impact performance Time Machine support Tells OS X that this volume is compatible with Time Machine This is useful if you want to use Time Machine on an unsupported network volume Exclude this volume from Spotlight indexing This tells Spotlight to ignore the volume from its index Use the Trash Spotlight cache command see below to free up data used by the cache Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual an System Toolkit p Z uio Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline Appearance Misc Disk Macintosh HD Info Scans Settings Tool Force unmount Force unmount a volume if it is refusing to unmount Note this could result in data loss if the volume is being written to at the time Force unmount volume Trash Spotlight cache Trash the Spotlight cache to force Spotlight to reindex the volume or to save space if you have disabled indexing Trash Spotlight cache Mount Lion Recovery Partition Mount Lion s Recovery Partition so you can boot from it This requires an OS X 10 7 system drive to be mounted but does not require the current OS to be Lion Mount Lion Recovery Par
27. countered Verify Disk Verifies the structure of the disk but does not repair it Repair disk Repairs the structure of the disk Do not use this function on your system drive while booted into the OS It is better to boot into Target Disk Mode connect it up to another computer and perform the repair on the drive as if it were an external disk Refresh files Reads every byte on the disk This can be useful to refresh a drive if it has been in storage for a long time Note this takes a very long time and is best done over a period of several days depending on the size of the disk Strip Windows and Mac thumb temp files Both Windows and Mac systems create temporary files that are used to cache thumbnails store folder preferences etc This function goes through each folder on the disk and deletes these files Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual System Toolkit ae G L Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline Appearance Misc Disk lt j Macintosh HD Info Scans Settings Tools Browse Reset Mi Journaling switch off on media drives W Time Machine support Exclude this volume from Spotlight indexing Settings Icon Allows you to set a new icon for the volume by browsing to a icns file on disk or resetting the volume icon to its default Journaling If power fails in the middle of a read or write operation journaling allows the file system to qui
28. d to contact Avid support to unlock your activation This does not affect dongle users Note that this function may also reset licenses for other Avid products in addition to Media Composer Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Creative Suite Soa System Toolkit M 4 ao r mg to ES eee re eee eee ee E T i Final Cut Studio Avid MC C Maximize screen space for Premiere Pro hides the Dock and menu bar when PrPro is the active app Enable hardware acceleration NVIDIA cards only make sure your card is CUDA compatible and has at least 768 MB VRAM Maximize screen space for Premiere Pro maximizes screen space by hiding the dock and menu bar they will appear when the mouse is hovered at the top or bottom of the screen respectively Enable hardware acceleration Adobe has qualified a small number of CUDA compatible NVIDIA cards for use in Premiere Pro This option lets Premiere Pro use the hardware acceleration features of the card even if it is not on Adobe s list of qualified cards The card must be a CUDA compatible NVIDIA card with at least 768 MB of VRAM Using unqualified cards could potentially cause issues so use this feature with caution note these settings apply to all versions of Adobe Premiere Pro installed on the system Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Disks Disk lt j Macintosh HD H4 Info Scans Settings Tools
29. e every folder placed underneath the parent Although Path Manager cannot prevent other applications from modifying locked paths it will notify you if a locked path is modified from outside the application Soundtrack Pro Parent Directory Users Jon Documents Saundtrack Pro Documents e Edited Media fi Jon 8 Documents LJ Soundtrack Pro Documents Edited Media amp Browse Reset 5 Out of sync Users iJon Documents Soundtrack Pro Documents Edited Media Modified paths display an out of sync notification message To resynchronize the path back to the locked state press the Resync button To make the message disappear unlock the path and lock it again or disable out of sync notifications in Preferences Frequently Asked Questions Q Why don t my Final Cut Pro paths update in Path Manager after have changed them in the Final Cut Pro System Settings dialog A Sometimes these changes will not be written to disk until you close Final Cut Pro This doesn t happen every time but if you experience this issue try closing and reopening Final Cut Pro Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Plugin Manager Plugin Manager allows you to quickly and easily organize your editing application plugins You can group them together install new plugins and selectively enable and disable them all without having to worry about where the plugins are physically located on disk Plugins a
30. e to open or open with an error message Quick Start 1 Browse to the location of the project file 2 Click Repair 8 0 0 Marker Project3 Unlocking file Setting HFS Type Setting HFS Creator Appending file extension Setting file handler to Final Cut Pro Checking for illegal characters in path Repair complete Suggestion If the project still refuses to open disconnect your media drives to force the media files offline then try opening the project and reconnecting Tip Repairing Final Cut Pro X projects and events also optimizes them so it is useful to repair them even if they are not broken After repairing they should take up less space on disk If your Adobe Premiere project still crashes after the repair try looking in your project folder for a recovery project Sometimes Project Repair will fix the file enough so that Premiere can Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual generate a recovery project and this can then be restored Frequently Asked Questions Q Does it repair corrupt data A No you are recommended to keep regular backups and periodically export to XML to prevent corruption We offer a backup solution called Pro Versioner that we recommend for automatically backing up and archiving projects Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual QT Repair QT Repair is designed to repair the structure of QuickTime movie fil
31. e working file and applied to the corrupt clip in the batch window Correct any settings that are incorrect and then click Salvage 4 Media Salvage will begin going through the batch processing each file one at a time Please note that the trial version of this software is limited to 900 frames 30 seconds at 30 fps per file This limitation does not exist in the registered version of the application Frequently Asked Questions Q What is the Raw option offered for some formats A Some video formats do not need a QuickTime container and the raw data can simply be output to a file Audio will only be supported if the audio data is interleaved with the video data as opposed to being in a separate QuickTime track Choose this option if you have difficulty outputting to a QuickTime movie Q Why is the audio sometimes out of sync A It is impossible for Media Salvage to determine when a particular track starts so it just assumes that all tracks begin at frame 1 For the majority of movie clips this will be fine but if your audio does not begin at frame 1 it will be out of sync To fix this it is simply a case of slipping it back into sync within your editing application Q Why do some formats have no frame size or frame rate listed A Some video formats have a specific frame size and or frame rate as part of the specification which cannot be changed In other cases Media Salvage does not need this information in order to salvage the da
32. es It is intended as an alternative to salvaging the entire file It checks the following Incorrect type creator code Missing invalid file extension Invalid atom sizes Invalid ImageDescription extensions It can also repair invalid CLUT IDs Since QuickTime 7 3 QT has expected CLUT IDs to be 1 by default and it no longer recognizes the previous default of 0 This caused compatibility issues with certain pre QT 7 3 movie clips producing the error message An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie This has caused issues for owners of P2 cameras QT Repair can restore these fields to the correct values to enable the file to be opened successfully Computing offset data This may take a few minutes Verifying mdat atom Mdat atom is valid Verifying moov atom Moov atom is valid Checking CLUT atom Checking for ImageDescription extensions No ImageDescription extensions found Processing complete A repaired file has been created at Users Jon Desktop 90 84 ProRes Proxy repaired mov If the repaired file does not work you will need to use the Rebuild option to rebuild it from a working file Y settings Repair Rebuild Remove edits restores trimmed media if available Renumber tracks ensures all tracks have unique IDs Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual If you select the Remove Edits option QT Repair will remove all edits that h
33. ickTime e xe System Toolkit ma L fs E Streamline Appearance Misc Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks Components QuickTime 7 Settings QuickTime X Settings Component Version Type Architecture Enabled AC3Movielmport 1 7 6 Library 32 bit Power Enabled Apple Pixlet Video 1 2 19 System 32 bit Intel Enabled AppleAVCIntraCodec 2 0 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled AppleHDVCodec 2 0 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled ApplelntermediateCodec 2 0 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled AppleMPEG2 Codec 1 0 2 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled AppleProResCodec 3 0 Library 32 hit Intel Enabled AppleProResDecoder 2 0 System 32 bit Intel Enabled AppleScript 2 1 2 System 64 bit Intel Enabled AppleVAH264HW component 2 0 System 32 bit Intel Enabled AUSpeechSynthesis 3 10 35 System 64 bit Intel Enabled AvidAV1xCodec 2 3 1 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled AvidAVd1Codec 2 3 1 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled AvidAVDICodec 2 3 1 Library 32 bit Intel Enabled Log out and log back in again for changes to take effect Components This lists your system s codecs and allows you to enable disable or remove them at will This is useful if you are experiencing issues with a particular codec Frequently Asked Questions Q Where are disabled QuickTime components located A Disabled components are located at Library Application Support Digital Rebellion Pro Maintenance T
34. ly support QuickTime movies What about Avid MXF files A Avid Bins can be scanned for AMA QuickTime files To scan for MXF files you need a QuickTime MXF Importer such as MXF4Mac or Calibrated Q MXF Import After installing the importer go to Preferences in Corrupt Clip Finder and select Open MXF Files via QuickTime nn Preferences General Global Hotkeys Require administrator password at launch W Open MXF files via QuickTime only choose this if you have an MXF QuickTime import component such as MXF4Mac installed _ Ignore large images choose this if you are not using Final Cut Pro 6 or 7 Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Crash Analyzer When applications crash they produce cryptic error logs that often do not make it clear what the problem is Crash Analyzer scans your crash logs and attempts to provide a diagnosis of the cause and suggest steps to resolve the issue Quick Start When you launch Crash Analyzer it will display a list of your editing application crash logs In the Suspected Cause column it will have attempted to diagnose the issue eoo Crash Analyzer os View Log Open in Console Annotate Error lookup Submit to Digital Rebellion Filename Date v Suspected Cause gt Motion 2011 07 05 14 Jul 20112 56 32PM Corrupt Unsupported Media Final Cut Pro 2011 07 0 Jul 5 2011 2 56 02 PM MPEG Media Motion 2011 07 05 14
35. ly to determine which one is causing the crash Make sure Final Cut Pro is closed and ensure that no dialog boxes will pop up at startup such as the registration or camera connection dialogs then click Run Test It is best to leave the computer alone while the test is running Performing test pass Plugin Installers If you are a plugin developer Plugin Manager can be used to create installers These provide an easy way for end users to install plugins quickly and easily with very little setup required from the developer Installers are completely self contained so end users do not need Pro Maintenance Tools installed To create an installer 1 In the main plugin view select the plugins or groups that you would like to add to the installer You can have more than one plugin in an installer 2 Goto Tools Create Plugin Installer 3 In the window that appears specify a name for the plugin or group or plugins the version number and author Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual I P Create Plugin Installer ettings Code Signing Plugin Name My Great Plugin Plugin Version 1 0 a Author Digital Rebellion Note Plugin installers do not require Pro Maintenance Tools to be installed on the end user s computer 4 he code signing page allows you to sign the installer to show that it hasn t been modified by an unscrupulous third party This is necessary for ru
36. nning the installer on OS X 10 8 or higher Signing is optional for users on OS X 10 7 and below but it is recommended if you have access to a valid certificate Visit http developer apple com for more details on creating and installing a Developer ID certficate Once the certificate is installed select it from the list in the Code Signing tab 5 Click Create Installer and you will be prompted for a location 6 Test the installer by moving the plugins you added to the installer to another location such as the Desktop running the installer and then checking in Plugin Manager to see if the plugins were installed correctly 7 Users can choose the Install button to install plugins to their default location or they can click Send to Plugin Manager to import with more options Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual eO MyCreat Plugin Installer _ mS My Great Plugin by Digital Rebellion 1 0 Installer created with Pro Maintenance Tools by Digital Rebellion Send to Plugin Manager Quit J Frequently Asked Questions Q Where are disabled plugins located A Disabled plugins are located at Library Application Support Digital Rebellion Pro Maintenance Tools Plugin Manager Disabled Plugins Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Project Repair 22m Project Repair can attempt to repair Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere projects and events that refus
37. ools System Toolkit Disabled QuickTime Components Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual System Toolkit Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks Fick Streamline Appearance Mi i l Components QuickTime 7 Settings QuickTime X Settings Set as default player for QuickTime movies Set as Default Player Options Show background color on all displays when playing full screen Enable Final Cut Studio color compatibility Show Inspector Show A V controls QuickTime 7 Pro Registration Registered to Organization Product Key QuickTime 7 Settings Set as Default Player Sets QuickTime Player 7 as the default video player for all file types it Supports Show background color on all displays when playing in full screen Hides other displays by painting them with the background color default black Enable Final Cut Studio color compatibility Ignores Colorsync and converts 2 2 gamma media to 1 8 Show Inspector Displays the Inspector window at startup Show A V controls Displays the A V Controls window at startup QuickTime 7 Pro Registration Allows you to manage your QuickTime Pro registration Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual eoe System Toolkit m j Jt scm lis k d x _ aa D af T iva cx Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime hk ce
38. ools User Manual reconnecting Supports Avid MXF with a third party plugin such as MXF4Mac Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro Crash Analyzer Analyzes your editing application crash logs attempts to diagnose the cause of the crash and suggests ways to solve the problem Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro CS Repair Fixes common problems with Adobe Premiere Pro Supports Adobe Premiere Pro Housekeeper Trashes various caches and temporary files to keep your editing application in peak operating condition Housekeeper is even more useful when used in conjunction with Task Scheduler to run these tasks automatically Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro FCS Remover Removes Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Express and Server Can remove the entire suite or individual applications Supports Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro X MC Repair Fixes common problems with Avid Media Composer and Symphony Supports Avid Media Composer and Avid Symphony Media Salvage Extracts video and audio data from corrupt movie clips and places it into a new file Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro Path Manager Manages the locations of user and content directories on
39. or removing them based on a set of criteria You can set a limit on the age size total size and total number of autosave files in the Trash eoo Autosave Manager Name Date File Size be 1280x720 23 98 Cut02 2 Fep Mar 31 2011 7 09 08 PM 2 78 MB pe 1280x720 23 98 Cut02 3 fcp Mar 31 2011 7 09 04 PM 1 73 MB E 1280x720 23 98 Cut02 fcp 03 21 2011 15 03 38 7 70 74 MB v ALE Test May 10 2011 8 54 29 PM 26 03 KB i ALE Test Bin 1 zip May 10 2011 8 54 29 PM 5 05 KB ALE Test Bin 2 zip May 10 2011 8 54 29 PM 5 41 KB ALE Test Bin 3 zip May 10 2011 8 54 29 PM 4 59 KB ALE Test Bin 4 zip May 10 2011 8 54 29 PM 4 58 KB ALE Test Bin 5 zip May 10 2011 8 54 29 PM 6 4 KB amp AMA Test 05 10 2011 12 55 17 12 15 11 KB p 2 Browser Clip Test fcp 01 30 2011 10 54 28 11 2 48 MB b Browser Clip Test2 fcp 02 28 2011 13 29 05 4 70 43 KB Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual 9 Quick Start Manual Manual mode allows you to manually manage autosave files You can send them to their relevant application archive them to a zip file or delete them manually Click the Action button in the bottom right corner to perform manual actions on the files Autosave Manager requires Spotlight searching to be enabled in order to automatically locate autosave paths Paths that cannot be found automatically can be added in Preferences Auto Clean Manual Auto Clean Auto Clean Trash
40. p and down scroll arrows at both ends of the scroll bar Show Expose button on desktop Adds a big blue button to the desktop Clicking the button activates Expos for the selected application Stack highlight effect This highlights Stack items as you hover over them Make hidden app icons transparent in dock Makes application icons semi transparent when you hide the application Striped lines in Finder list view Toggles between alternating blue and white lines and a plain white background in Finder s list view Play window launch animations OS X 10 7 Toggles the window launch zoom effect in Lion Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Restore windows when relaunching an application OS X 10 7 Toggles Lion s Resume feature that restores previously open windows when relaunching an application Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Misc General Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline A L General Screen Captures Boot Mode W Show hidden files and folders in Finder Show path bar in Finder window Show full path in Finder title bar Don t write thumbnail caches to network stores V Verify disk images v Enable Dashboard Dashboard dev mode use widgets on Desktop Mi Enable Crash Reporter Single app mode Allow Time Machine on unsupported drives Activa
41. pt files When the camera is switched off suddenly these tables often don t get written meaning QT Repair won t be able to fix them In such instances Media Salvage is a better choice Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual QuickFix QuickFix performs common troubleshooting tasks with one button press This gives you a single button to press when things go wrong allowing you to get back to work even faster QuickFix should be your first port of call when things go wrong It performs the following tasks Housekeeper Comprehensive clean Backup and trash preferences Repair Compressor if the skip admin tasks checkbox is unselected Repair Adobe Creative Suite if the skip admin tasks checkbox is unselected Repair Avid Media Composer if the skip admin tasks checkbox is unselected Runs all of the takss in the Cleanup Tasks section of System Toolkit if the skip admin tasks checkbox is unselected QuickFix is intended as a convenient way of performing repairs For more control over exactly which files are trashed run the above tasks manually When a problem occurs launch QuickFix and press the Quick Fix button The software will take several seconds to run and will notify you when it has completed its tasks QuickFix Skip tasks that require an admin password Skip tasks that require an admin password makes the process even quicker because it does not have to ask for an admin
42. r Help Troubleshooting View Task Log for tasks started by Task Scheduler Note however that not all applications have this menu Before contacting support remember to visit our support site at http support digitalrebellion com promaintenance to see if your question has already been answered Last updated Aug 18 2014
43. r trash when working on a long project Many of the options in this tab are identical to those in the Auto Clean tab Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Corrupt Clip Finder If you have a corrupt video or audio clip on your timeline your editing application will simply crash with no indication as to which clip is causing the issue Corrupt Clip Finder can scan Final Cut Studio projects Final Cut Pro X events XML files Avid Bins Adobe Premiere projects or a directory of audio and video clips in order to locate the problematic file Quick Start When you launch Corrupt Clip Finder it will prompt you to open a project file or directory containing movie clips Upon selecting a file or folder the software begins scanning Corrupt Clip Finder works by automatically tests each movie clip to see if it can be opened If corrupt or incompatible clips are found they will be added to a list eno _ Test Files Corrupt or incompatible media files lUsers Jon Documents Test Files click off salvaged dv Users Jon Documents Test Files 1B Short ProRes 38A55A9 mov Users Jon Documents Test Files click_off wav Users Jon Documents Test Files Women by Cool Progression mov Users Jon Documents Test Files RUPT DM2C0351 Empty Data MOV i JUsers Jon Documents Test Files rt ProRes Pro alid CLUT mov E Users Jon Documents Test Files MVI 8223 MOV Users Jon Documents Test Files photo2 3 jpg
44. rator password Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Tip Crash Analyzer is not limited to crash logs residing on your computer If you are diagnosing an issue remotely you can paste text from a crash log into the main Crash Analyzer window and it will create a new log on your system and analyze it This is very useful when assisting other people on internet forums Crash Analyzer is also useful when an error message pops up without a crash In this instance click the Error lookup button in the toolbar and you will be presented with a list of error messages search or select the error message you received and a description and suggested actions will be displayed in the box below fh C0 Error lookup Error message Q b ES Error Application Could Not Create File Soundtrack Pro Device Error DVD Studio Pro FlattenMovieDataToDataRef General General Error Final Cut Pro General Error 34 Final Cut Pro Operation not allowed Final Cut Pro General Error 34 Final Cut Pro This error occurs either when your hard disk is full or when there is no media to export Suggested Actions e Make sure you have at least 20 remaining space on your hard drive e Ensure that the sequence you are trying to export is not empty e Make sure you did not accidentally set an in point at the end of the sequence Tip If your error message isn t listed here click the Action button above to submit it to us If
45. re scanned when your editing application starts up so it makes sense to run as few plugins as possible in order to speed up boot times and decrease resource usage Plugin Manager makes it easy to group plugins by project or category and then quickly enable them on demand Installing plugins has long been confusing for users because different types of plugins belong in different folders on the disk Plugin Manager does the work for you just drag in a plugin and it will automatically copy it to the correct location eoo Disable All Users Info Plugin Manager Name MB QuickLooks Limited QuickLooks Limited Mod Delay I Multi Tap Delay Neat Video Normalize Gain J PanZoom Ping Pong Delay RectiFi Reverse DC Removal RGBKeyer i sapphire3 avx fi sapphire3 avx 2 SapphireFxPlug TE NEM Quick Start amp Version 1 3 8 0 0 8 0 0 Meat Video v 8 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 Version 3 041 Version 3 041 Version 5 100 m Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled 71 plugins 71 enabled Type User Group in i Adobe Plugin lat Avid RTAS Avid RTAS Adobe Plugin Avid RTAS Avid AVX a Avid RTAS a Avid RTAS mas a Avid RTAS gt a Avid AVX as Avid AVX Avid AVX2 FxPlug in 1 Launch Plugin Manager Your cur
46. rently installed plugins will be listed Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual 2 Click the icon to add a new group Categorize the groups however you wish then drag the relevant plugins into the groups 3 Disable all unnecessary groups by selecting them and clicking Disable in the toolbar 4 Use the All Users Current User toggle to make the plugins available to either all users on the computer or just the current user When you wish to use a plugin group enable it on demand before launching your editing application Installing Plugins There are three ways to install plugins either go to File gt Install Plugin drag the file into the Plugin Manager window or ctrl click the file in Finder and select Open With Plugin Manager Plugin Manager will then ask you if you want to make the plugin available to all users or just the currently logged in user Select your option then click Install Would you like to install this plugin for the current user only or make it available to all users e Install for current user C Install for all users Cancel J Audio Unit validation Plugin Manager includes a tool to validate Audio Units When you launch it it will display a list of Audio Units installed on your computer along with an indication of whether each Unit passed or failed the validation process You can click the Inspect button to view the test results in more detail Last updated
47. rray initWithObjects count 424 3 com apple Foundation 0x8181768c NSKeyValueObservationinta initWithObservances count 124 4 com apple Foundation 0x818B678c NSKeyValueObservationInfoCreateByRemoving 652 5 com apple Foundation 0x981886232 NSObject NSKeyValueObserverHegistration removeObserver orProperty 98 6 com apple Foundation 0x919661b4 NSObject NSKeyValueObserverRegistration removeObserver orKeyPath 196 T com apple QuartzComposer x80f84ed4 OC Port removeObserverTtorKeyPath 120 B com apple FinalCutPro 0x0051a755 ParamObserver dealloc 295 8 com apple FinalCutPro Ox0050a000 QC EffectRuntimeDataDestructor vaid Ox00c248ci KGMemoryPtrRelease 125 11 com apple FinalCutPro 0x0012ae09 RefPtr void unsigned char 41 12 com apple FinalCutPro 0x0012e91a KGTypeReleaseValue 58 13 com apple FinalCutPro 0x0001f8b5 FreeAll HashDict 161 If the cause appears as Unknown or you feel that Crash Analyzer has not diagnosed the cause for your crash correctly the Relevant line section at the bottom of the info panel shows which line the software used to reach a conclusion you can select the log and click Send Log to Digital Rebellion in the top right corner of the application window We will then look at the log and update our crash definitions to accommodate it in a future version To import crash logs from other users on the system go to Tools Consolidate logs You will need to enter an administ
48. s provided to make it easier and more convenient to launch the applications in the suite The applications themselves are installed by default to Applications Digital Rebellion Pro Maintenance Tools Last updated Aug 18 2014 Digital Rebellion App Launcher The first application you will see after installing Pro Maintenance Tools is the launcher This can be a useful way of launching the applications but you can still launch them with another launcher such as Spotlight or manually through the Finder if you prefer All Digital Rebellion applications inside your Applications folder will appear in the list To launch an application double click it or press Enter Dig ital Rebellion App Launcher Auto Tractor Automatically transfers file based media to your computer v matacave Mandder Automatically archives or removes a g autosaves according to various criteria Renames multiple files at once with Batch Renamer options including frame renumbering frame padding and more Diagnoses and repairs the fragile links between Compressor and Qmaster WE Compressor Repair F Pro Maintenance Tools Quick Fix The Quick Fix button at the bottom is a fast way of solving problems Press it and it will run a QuickFix repair If you find yourself overwhelmed by the number of applications in the list you can go to View Hide Groups and hide groups that you don t currently need You can also change the sorting
49. snapping files into position Window zoom animation Enables the zoom animation when opening a new folder in the Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Finder Auto expand save dialogs Automatically expands save dialogs saving you from having to press the disclosure button each time Auto expand print dialogs Automatically expands print dialogs saving you from having to press the disclosure button each time Enable QuartzGL QuartzGL accelerates Quartz 2D drawing via the graphics card In some cases it can boost interface performance for example when scrolling within an application but in other cases it can reduce performance Disable BeamSync BeamSync forces application windows to refresh at 60Hz on an LCD screen Disabling BeamSync enables them to refresh more times per second which can boost performance in some cases Flickering can sometimes occur as a side effect though Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual 2 Sim Toolkit Interface Scaling Ul Responsiveness Misc M 3D dock Double scroll arrows Show Expos button on desktop Stack highlight effect Make hidden app icons transparent in Dock Striped lines in Finder list view Ivi Play window launch animations OS X 10 7 vi Restore windows when relaunching an application OS X 10 7 3D Dock Toggles between a 3D and 2D dock Double scroll arrows Places u
50. t use this hardware there is no reason to run the tools and you can disable them to free up memory V Enable DigiDesign Firewire helper Enable Mbox helper You may need to restart your computer for these settings to take effect By default Avid runs helper tools in the background to help it manage external hardware If you do not use this hardware there is no reason to run the tools and you can disable them to free up memory Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual License Reset eoo System Toolkit a Ba 3 2 O L Final Cut Studio Avid MC Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline pesante Misc General Helper Tools License Reset This will make the licensing screen reappear at startup if you are having problems with your Media Composer activation Note if you are using electronic activation you must deactivate your license before doing this or you will be locked out of Media Composer This does not affect dongle licenses This function may also reset licenses for other Avid applications such as Pro Tools Reset License This will make the licensing screen reappear the next time you launch Media Composer It can be useful if you are having problems with your Media Composer license and activation If you are using electronic activation you must deactivate your license before doing this or you will be locked out of Media Composer If this situation arises you will nee
51. ta Media Salvage will only request this information when it actually needs it Note Media Salvage detects whether a DV or DVCPROBO movie is NTSC or PAL and adjusts this data accordingly Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Path Manager Path Manager is a utility to manage the locations of scratch disks and content directories on your system It can inform you if the extra content that ships with Final Cut Studio is missing or invalid and allows you to easily move content around your computer Non existent paths are highlighted red and missing content is highlighted orange Each item has a Browse button next to it that allows you to browse for a location and Reset button that sets the path back to its Global parent directory None Motion Parent Directory Library Content amp Macintosh HD Library Cai Application Support Final Cut Studio gt Motion2 Final Cut Pro Motion 3 Macintosh HD Library Ga Application Support Final Cut Studio B Motion2 Autosave Vault fi jon Documents Motion Documents LiveFont Cache E Macintosh HD Library Gl Caches LiveFonts Optical Flow Retimin not set Soundtrack Pro Parent Directory Users Jon Documents Soundtrack Pro Documents Edited Media Jon i Documents Li Soundtrack Pro Documents L3 Edited Media Out of sync LUST lel yi P TOT Eo 3 1 CA PS e He Legs te a Pro Documents Edited Mediaz Recordings A Jon Doc
52. te advanced disk image formats in Disk Utility Show Screen Lock menu bar item Prevent Dock icons bouncing Hide the user s Library directory Allow key repeating OS X 10 7 Iv Allow Cmd D shortcut for Don t Save in Save panels OS X 10 7 W Automatic spell checking OS X 10 7 Show hidden files and folders in Finder Allows you to see hidden files Show path bar in Finder window Shows a path control bar at the bottom of the window with the full path of the current directory Show full path in Finder title bar Instead of the current folder name Finder shows the entire path in the title bar Don t write thumbnail caches to network stores Disables the writing of DS Store files to network volumes Verify disk images Switching this off speeds up disk image mounting but does not notify you if the disk is corrupt Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Enable Dashboard Enables and disables Dashboard Dashboard dev mode Enables you to drag widgets onto the desktop Enable Crash Reporter Disabling this stops crash dialogs from appearing This is useful if the machine is unattended Single app mode Shows a single application on screen at once all others are hidden Useful to avoid distractions Allow Time Machine on unsupported drives Allows Time Machine to use unsupported volumes such as certain network drives Activate advanced disk image formats in Disk U
53. the error message you received isn t displayed in the list click the Action button next to the search field to submit your message to Digital Rebellion It will be supported in a future version of the software Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual CS Repair CS Repair can fix common Adobe Premiere Pro issues It can repair problems where Premiere won t launch as well as solve dynamic link failures and permissions issues Quick Start rashing workspaces Terminating processes Trashing dynamic link caches Checking file permissions No file permission errors found Finishing Processing complete No errors were found Additional Options M Trash preferences V Trash workspaces Repair Launch CS Repair 2 f you are experiencing launch issues or problems with windows appearing off screen check Trash preferences and Trash workspaces 3 Click Repair Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Housekeeper Many problems such as slowdowns errors and crashes are a result of invalid cache data Trashing caches is an important part of maintaining your editing system and Housekeeper simplifies this process significantly Comprehensive for troubleshooting Wi Avid Media Composer State pI W Avid Media Composer Site Settings W Avid Media Composer Media Databases 1j Mi Avid Media Composer Search Indexes
54. tility Adds extra disk image formats including ATA HD and SCSI HD Show screen Lock menu bar item Displays a lock icon in your menu bar that allows you to lock the screen for security when leaving the computer Prevent Dock icons bouncing Allows you to prevent Dock icons from bouncing when applications are launching or when an application needs your attention Hide the user s Library directory Hides the current user s Library directory from the Finder This can be useful to prevent tampering with system files Alternatively Lion users can use this option to show their Library directory in the Finder as it is hidden by default in 10 7 Allow key repeating OS X 10 7 Lion displays a popup when you hold down a key that allows you to easily insert accented characters This option toggles this on and off Allow Cmd D shortcut for Don t Save in Save panels OS X 10 7 Toggles between the pre Lion keyboard shortcuts for Save dialogs Save Return Cancel Escape or Cmd period Don t Save Cmd D and the post Lion shortcuts Save Return or Cmd S Cancel Escape or Cmd Period Don t Save Cmd Backspace Automatic spell checking OS X 10 7 Toggles Lion s iOS style automatic spellcheck Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Screen Captures e teu System Toolkit a E Final Cut Studio Tem Creative Suite Disks Cleanup Tasks QuickTime Streamline na Misc General
55. tition Tools Force unmount If a volume refuses to unmount you can use this command to force it to unmount However you run the risk of data loss if the volume is being written to at the time Trash Spotlight cache Trashes Spotlight data for the volume forcing Spotlight to reindex it when it is next mounted Mount Lion Recovery Partition Mac OS X 10 7 Lion boot drives have a hidden partition on them that contains data for restoring the operating system in the event of failure This command mounts the partition so that it can be booted from Do not touch any files on this volume This command will work even if you are running Snow Leopard as long as a Lion boot disk is attached to the computer Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Cleanup Tasks moe System Toolkit a owe al 1 M Trash Audio Component cache M Trash Audio Unit cache M Trash Common Unix Printing Service CUPS cache M Trash Font cache M Trash Kernel cache M Trash Directory Services cache M Trash QuickTime cache v Rebuild LaunchServices Database vi Update Prebinding W Rebuild Spotlight Index Ivi Rebuild Whatis Database vi Update Malware Definitions OS X 10 6 and 10 7 only Trashes and rebuilds various system caches Clearing these out can fix certain issues such as incorrect icons for file types and often improve system performance Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Qu
56. uments L3 Soundtrack Pro Documents J Recordings Out of sync Users jJon Documents Soundtrack Pro Documents RecordingsZ Temporary Files f Jon Documents J Soundtrack Pro Documents J Temporary Files 2 Out of sync Users jon Documents Soundtrack Pro Documents Temporary Files2 Color Parent Directory Default Project Direc e Jon Documents L3 Color Documents Default Media Directory 25 Jon GJ Documents LE Color Documents 3 Media Default Render Direc Jon Documents Li Color Documents L3 Renders DVD Studio Pro Parent Directory Encoding not set Image Encoding not set MPEG Parsing not set Build Format i Jon aa Library Gi Caches L3 DVD Studio Pro Files Stock Palette Content amp Macintosh HD Library onl Application Support Final Cut Studio 3 DVD Studio Pro Custom Palette Content 4 Jon Library Ca Application Support 3 Final Cut Studio L3 DVD Studio Pro Parent directories Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual For convenience it is possible to enter a parent directory for each application so that all content and user paths are stored under the same parent directory for easy organization For instance if you set the Color parent path to Color all subdirectories will be grouped underneath like so Parent Directory ee Default Project Directory amp Macintosh HD Gi Color Projects Default Media Directory
57. y it means your registration information was accepted If an error is reported double check that the information entered exactly matches the contents of the registration Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual 7 email If you have purchased multiple Digital Rebellion products check you are entering the registration information for Pro Maintenance Tools and not another product Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Autosave Manager The basic autosave management in most editing applications limits you to a total number of autosaves but does not make any distinction for the age or size of the files You therefore end up with a lot of hard disk space taken up by autosave files for old or large projects that are no longer necessary Autosave Manager solves this issue by selectively removing autosaves based on criteria such as age file size and total size of files in the directory You could choose to remove all autosaves older than 30 days to flush out old projects or limit the total size of an autosave directory to 300 MB for example You can choose to delete them outright or send them to the Trash Once you hit the limit on the number of autosaves your Trash steadily fills up with discarded files If you are working on a long project you ll end up having to frequently empty the Trash Autosave Manager can solve this problem too by either removing the trashed files immediately
58. you have a backup of the file before you do this To convert select the XMEML version from the drop down box and click Convert If tags need to be stripped from the file you will receive a warning message before the file is converted You cannot downgrade without losing information Unsupported tags will be stripped from the file This cannot be undone so please ensure you have a backup of the file if you will require this information later on Do you wish to continue Cancel Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual FCS Remover Preference Manager and Compressor Repair These applications have individual user manuals accessible from their respective Help menus Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Software Updates By default all applications are set to check for updates at startup This can be disabled by launching Digital Rebellion Software Update in Applications Digital Rebellion and disabling Check for updates whenever a Digital Rebellion application is opened in the Preferences dialog Support Email support can be accessed directly within each application e o report a bug or any other issue go to Help gt Report a Bug e To request a new feature go to Help gt Suggest a Feature When emailing customer support it is helpful to include log files from the relevant application if available To access the logs go to Help Troubleshooting View Log o
59. your system It can inform you if the extra content that ships with Final Cut Studio is missing or invalid and allow you to easily move and synchronize content Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro Last updated Aug 18 2014 Pro Maintenance Tools User Manual Plugin Manager Allows you to quickly and easily organize your editing system plugins You can group them together install new plugins and selectively enable and disable them all without having to worry about where the plugins are physically located on disk Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro Preference Manager Manages Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro preference files Allows you to trash backup lock and restore preferences Can also be corfigured to restore a particular set of preferences before a certain Final Cut Pro project is launched for per project preferences Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X Avid Media Composer Avid Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro Project Repair Attempts to repair non launching Final Cut Pro and FCPX projects and events so that they can be opened again Supports Final Cut Studio Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro QT Repair Verifies repairs and rebuilds the structure of QuickTime movies Also repairs invalid CLUT IDs and optionally restores trimmed or edited media For more heavily

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