Pro Maintenance Tools Changelog

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.4

• Plugin Manager - More user-friendly error messages if notarizing a plugin installer fails
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.3

• Removed opt-in telemetry from all apps in the suite
• Plugin Manager - Support for choosing your team ID from a list when creating a plugin installer
• Plugin Manager - Fixed an issue where plugin names in the format "01.PluginName" would behave incorrectly
• Plugin Manager - Moved plugin installer notarization to new notarytool service
• All apps, including plugin installers, now require at least macOS 10.13
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.2

• Crash Analyzer - Fixed an issue that could cause logs to not appear on recent versions of macOS
• Plugin Manager - Improved reliability of plugin notarization
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.1

• Compressor Repair - Improved permissions checking for Compressor 4.x
• Preference Manager - Improved compatibility with Adobe Creative Cloud 2022
• Plugin Manager - Improved support for creating installers for large plugin bundles
• Media Salvage - Fixed an issue where it was possible to select the wrong codec
• System Toolkit - Fixed an issue where non-movie types could be associated with QuickTime Player
• System Toolkit - Various code modernizations
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4

• Compatibility with M1 Macs and macOS 11 Big Sur
• Autosave Manager - Improved compatibility with recent versions of Adobe Premiere
• Corrupt Clip Finder - Added a column to show the reason a clip was flagged up
• Plugin Manager - Fixed an issue that could cause duplicate folders to appear
• Plugin Manager - Fixed an issue where plugin installer creation could fail if there were a lot of plugins in the installer
• Plugin Manager - Improved the robustness of plugin installer code signing
• Plugin Manager - Shows an option to launch the Apple error log URL in your browser if plugin installer notarization failed
• QT Repair - Fixed several issues where errors could be flagged up for QuickTime movies that were unusual but nonetheless valid
• UI and icon improvements
• Lots of minor tweaks and polish

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.3.1

• Improved compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina
• Plugin Manager Installers - Improved compatibility with Apple's new notarization requirements
• Plugin Manager Installers - Better handling of notarization errors, including the option to easily see the notarization log
• Stability improvements
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.3

• macOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility
• Dark Mode support
• Migrated away from QuickTime to AV Foundation - this means that older/third-party codecs are no longer supported by Corrupt Clip Finder and Media Salvage
• Plugin Manager - Support for notarizing installers for macOS 10.15 Catalina - please recreate your existing installers
• Various bug fixes and code modernizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.7

• Corrupt Clip Finder - Fixed an issue where some files might get erroneously flagged up
• Plugin Manager - Better support for running installer scripts that take a while or require user input
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.6

• Project Repair - Adobe Premiere projects can now be downgraded to open in earlier versions
• Plugin Manager - Support for running scripts inside plugin installers both pre- and post-installation
• Fixed an issue where some apps may not show the Open dialog at startup
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.5

• Housekeeper - Support for clearing the Avid App Manager cache
• Replaced Growl with native Notification Center alerts
• Corrupt Clip Finder - Ignore Large Images defaults to on in prefs
• Corrupt Clip Finder - Fixed an issue where aborting a scan may not work correctly
• Media Salvage - Fixed an issue where aborting a salvage may not work correctly
• Plugin Manager - Fixed an issue where Motion transitions may not be displayed in the list
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.4

• Project Repair can now resolve issues caused by locked FCPX events
• Autosave Manager stability improvements
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.3

• Fixed an issue that could cause an error to appear saying an application was damaged
• Various stability improvements and optimizations

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.2

• Housekeeper - Support for trashing Premiere media caches in custom locations
• Plugin Manager - Improved compatibility with FCPX plugins
• Plugin Manager - Improved Audio Unit validator reliability
• Preference Manager - Disabled preference locking for certain apps due to incompatibility with newer versions of macOS
• Preference Manager - Fixed several issues with how unlockable preferences are displayed in the Lock pane
• FCS Remover - Improved compatibility with macOS 10.11 and higher
• General bug fixes and performance improvements

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2.1

• Media Salvage - Support for salvaging ProRes 4444 XQ
• Plugin Manager - VST2 and VST3 plugin support
• 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

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2

• Housekeeper - Support for trashing After Effects disk caches not in the default location
• Plugin Manager - Support for Quartz Composer plugins
• Crash Analyzer - Improved Avid support
• 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

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.9

• Housekeeper - Support for trashing DaVinci Resolve render caches
• Housekeeper - Support for trashing failed Mac App Store software updates
• System Toolkit - Support for trashing CloudKit caches
• 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

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.8

• Media Salvage - Stability improvements
• Crash Analyzer - Improved support for OS X 10.11 crash logs
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.7

• Pro Maintenance Tools now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
• Plugin Manager - Support for OpenFX plugins (e.g. from DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, etc)
• Plugin Manager - Performance improvements
• Media Salvage - Batch set settings if multiple files are selected
• Corrupt Clip Finder - Improved compatibility with FCPX
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Various other bug fixes and tweaks

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.6

Note: this will be the last version of Pro Maintenance Tools that supports OS X 10.6 and 10.7.

• Housekeeper - Support for trashing Motion 5 font / style caches
• Housekeeper - Support for trashing cached NVIDIA CUDA driver installers
• Housekeeper - Improved support for trashing Adobe font caches
• Housekeeper - Minor UI improvements
• Plugin Manager - Performance optimizations
• Plugin Manager - Fixed an issue where plugins may not be removed from the list after deletion
• Media Salvage - Fixed an issue where it may not take a custom salvage location into account when checking for available disk space
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Various other bug fixes and tweaks

Changes in Pro Maintenance Tools 2.1.5

• OS X 10.11 El Capitan support
• 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