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FCS Maintenance Pack 1.2.5 released

We recently released an update to FCS Maintenance Pack, bringing it up to version 1.2.5. Here are some of the important changes:

Task Scheduler can now run tasks as root

Task Scheduler can now run certain tasks (such as Compressor Repair) as root, meaning that it will no longer pop up a password dialog when protected tasks run.

To take advantage of this you will need to remove and re-add your scheduled tasks. When you try to add a task that needs to run as root, you will be prompted for an admin password.

More options for Autosave Cleaner

We've added an action button to Autosave Cleaner that can be used to perform cleaning actions manually, such as removing all autosaves older than 7 days. This allows you to perform actions on a per-project basis rather, which is very useful if you finish a project and want to clean things up by removing all except the 5 most recent autosaves, for instance.

When running automatically, Autosave Cleaner can now archive (compress) autosaves that match the specified criteria instead of removing them.

QT Repair now repairs invalid ImageDescription extensions

There's a strange bug in Final Cut Pro where it will crash if an ImageDescription extension is incorrect while QuickTime quite happily ignores the issue and plays the file just fine.

QT Repair can now fix this issue.

Corrupt Clip Finder is faster and more accurate

Corrupt Clip Finder has been improved to be faster at scanning folders and more accurate when scanning Final Cut Pro project files.

Other changes

• Autosave Cleaner - Improved Final Cut Express support
• Compressor Repair - Fixed an issue where multiple clusters would sometimes appear after repairing
• Path Manager - Final Cut Express support
• Preference Manager - Fixed an incompatibility with the Open in Editor function of Final Cut Pro
• QT Repair - Added m4v support
• System Toolkit - Now lists system QuickTime components
• XML Repair - Interface improvements
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

The full list of changes in version 1.2.5 is here. There are also many significant under-the-hood changes in this version that are not listed in the changelog.

FCS Maintenance Pack is an essential tool for any Final Cut Studio user. It is available for $129 and a free 15-day trial and user manual is available here.