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FCS Maintenance Pack 1.3.1 and Network Admin 1.0.6 released

Last week we released FCS Maintenance Pack 1.3.1 and FCS Maintenance Pack Network Admin 1.0.6, minor updates to our applications for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting Final Cut Studio.

FCS Maintenance Pack is a utility pack designed to keep your Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express machine running at optimal performance and help resolve problems when they arise.

FCS Maintenance Pack Network Admin extends FCS Maintenance Pack to allow tasks to be performed simultaneously over a network. The Network Admin interface gives system administrators all the tools they need to remotely manage, maintain and troubleshoot Final Cut Studio systems on their network.

The most important new feature is Crash Analyzer log consolidation. This allows you to import and analyze crash logs from other local users on your system. This was created at the request of Network Admin users who would log on at the end of the day and wish to see crash logs for all users logged in throughout that day.

To access it from the Crash Analyzer application, go to Tools > Consolidate logs. You will need to enter an administrator password. After processing is complete, the log window will populate with additional logs.



If you find yourself using this feature often, there is also a Consolidate button available for the toolbar which is hidden by default. Ctrl-click on the toolbar and select Customize Toolbar, then drag the Consolidate icon onto the toolbar.



To access this feature from Network Admin, select the Crash Analyzer pane and click the Consolidate button. You will be prompted for an administrator password for each of the computers you wish to view logs for (you can save these passwords in your Keychain to prevent it asking again).



The full list of changes is available on each application's product page. FCS Maintenance Pack Network Admin requires a license of FCS Maintenance Pack on each computer. 15-day trials are available for both.

We take feedback seriously so if you have any suggestions for future versions of the software, please feel free to contact us.