Releases

OffShoot for Mac 25.1 BETA (Mar 18, 2025) - Download New: Cascading Transfers BETA

Copy to your fastest Destinations first, then to slower Destinations, freeing up the Source earlier on.

• Set up a single cascading destination.

• PRO Set up multiple cascading destinations.

• PRO Continue cascading from one next destination, to the next, to the next…

• PRO Create multiple Cascading Groups.

OffShoot for Windows 25.1 (Mar 18, 2025) - Download

New: Cascading Transfers

Copy to your fastest Destinations first, then to slower Destinations, freeing up the Source earlier on.

• Set up a single cascading destination.

• PRO Set up multiple cascading destinations.

• PRO Continue cascading from one next destination, to the next, to the next…

• PRO Create multiple Cascading Groups.

OffShoot for Windows 25.1.1 (Mar 28, 2025) - Download

• The offline license checks could result in an incorrect window.

• Drives formatted as CDFS could incorrectly trigger a “Source Empty” alert.

• OffShoot could crash due to “access denied” or “duplicate disk” errors.

• Adding transfers via the API could crash OffShoot if there was nothing to transfer.

• ASCMHL filenames now include the Source name instead of “ascmhl”.

• Verifying an ASCMHL created on macOS could skip a generation due to stray “._” resource fork files.

OffShoot for Mac 24.3 (July 16, 2024) - Download

• New: In-app (ASC) MHL verification. Just double-click any .mhl file, and OffShoot will verify its contents.

• The Checkpoint verification settings got a makeover! Make sure to check them in the Transfer settings panel.

  • The Scripting event “Checkpoint Issue” has been renamed to “Verification Issue”.

  • The Scripting event “FileCopyCompleted” now mentions “Verification Mode” instead of “Checkpoint Mode”.

• When a transfer stalls, Connect would show “Connection lost”, that’s fixed (Thanks, Josh).

• Fixed a crash that could happen when all files are filtered and there is nothing to transfer.

OffShoot for Mac 24.3.1 (August 27, 2024) - Download

• (ASC)MHL verification logs are no longer saved on Destinations, just locally.

• Fix for a rare crash that could occur when moving disks around, or clicking the Resume button.

• When your system date is set incorrectly, OffShoot will warn you, to prevent license issues.

OffShoot for Mac 24.3.2 (September 16, 2024) - Download

• Support for macOS 15 Sequoia.

• Drops support for macOS 10.15 Catalina

• PRO Support for Codex Device Manager 7.4.

OffShoot for Windows 24.3 (July 16, 2024) - Download

• In-app (ASC) MHL verification. Just double-click any .mhl file, and OffShoot will verify its contents.

• The Checkpoint verification settings got a makeover! Make sure to check them in the Transfer settings panel.

  • The Scripting event “Checkpoint Issue” has been renamed to “Verification Issue”.

  • The Scripting event “FileCopyCompleted” now mentions “Verification Mode” instead of “Checkpoint Mode”.

Fixed

• Fixed a rare issue that caused the date picker to reset itself (Thanks for reporting, San).

OffShoot for Windows 24.3.1 (August 22, 2024) - Download

• The Explorer integration now supports unmapped network drives.

• With Display Scaling enabled, some windows would scale incorrectly. That's fixed.

• OffShoot incorrectly showed the “Disk is empty”-alert for some UDF disks, that's fixed too.

OffShoot for Mac 24.2 (May 14, 2024) - Download

• Have OffShoot treat multiple selected folders as individual Sources rather than a single Collection. Find this option under Settings > General > Source.

• Add multiple Sources to the transfer queue as a batch or one by one. Set your preference via Settings > General > Source.

• Want to move a Source instead of making a copy? Now you can, enable this feature under Settings > Transfers > Transfer.

OffShoot for Mac 24.2.1 (June 27, 2024) - Download

• Official support for Codex Device Manager 7.3.

• Stop & Resume is now supported for Codex HDE Sources.

• Setting multiple items as independent Sources will now add them alphabetically.

• Fixed an issue where the date in a preset did not refresh.

OffShoot for Windows 24.2 (May 14, 2024) - Download

• Have OffShoot treat multiple selected folders as individual Sources rather than a single Collection. Find this option under Settings > General > Source.

• Add multiple Sources to the transfer queue as a batch or one by one. Set your preference via Settings > General > Source.

• Want to move a Source instead of making a copy? Now you can, enable this feature under Settings > Transfers > Transfer.

Fixed

• Network drives didn’t update their Free space, that’s fixed.

OffShoot for Windows 24.2.1 (May 21, 2024) - Download

• Fix for a rare issue that could cause a transfer to fail with a "device missing" error.

OffShoot for Mac 24.1 (March 19, 2024) - Download

• Stop & Resume your transfers, at your leisure. Failed transfers, or transfers that Complete with warnings, can also be resumed.

• Start transcodes automatically with the new EditReady integration.

• Want to set multiple sources instead of a collection? Hold the alt key when dragging in a Collection.

• Pro Support for AWS S3 Transfer acceleration.

• Pro Support for Backblaze B2 connections.

• Pro The generic S3 integration now supports paths too, next to domains.

OffShoot for Mac 24.1.1 (April 02, 2024) - Download

• OffShoot's EditReady integration no longer reverts to the default preset every time OffShoot is started. It also no longer triggers for S3 Destinations.

• Unhiding a disk would sometimes cause it to show up twice; that's fixed as well.

OffShoot for Mac 24.1.2 (April 30, 2024) - Download

• Fixed a rare crash caused by the EditReady integration.

OffShoot for Windows 24.1 (March 19, 2024) - Download

• Stop & Resume transfers, at your leisure. Failed transfers, or transfers that Complete with warnings, can also be resumed.

• Want to set multiple sources instead of a collection? Hold the alt key when dragging in a Collection.

• Pro Support for AWS S3 Transfer acceleration.

• Pro Support for Backblaze B2 connections.

• Pro The generic S3 integration now supports paths too, next to domains.

OffShoot for Mac 23.3.1 (December 7, 2023) - Download

• Fixed a rare issue causing duplicate files to be copied again.

OffShoot for Mac 23.3 (November 29, 2023) - Download

• Check the lifespan of your ProGrade media with the new Health Check function.

• Try upcoming features before they're released with OffShoot Beta (opt-in via Settings > License > Receive Beta updates).

• Pro - Support for Codex Device Manager 7.2.

OffShoot 23.4 Beta

• Pro - Support for BackBlaze B2 S3 cloud storage.

OffShoot for Mac 23.3 (November 29, 2023) - Download

• Check the lifespan of your ProGrade media with the new Health Check function.

• Try upcoming features before they're released with OffShoot Beta (opt-in via Settings > License > Receive Beta updates).

OffShoot Beta

• Pro Support for BackBlaze B2 S3 cloud storage.

OffShoot for Mac 23.2.4 (November 24, 2023) - Download

• Added size calculation support for UDF Sources.

OffShoot for Mac 23.2.3 (November 16, 2023) - Download

• This update fixes a couple of rare crashes. Thanks for reporting, all!

OffShoot for Mac 23.2.2 (October 24, 2023) - Download

• Codex HDE Sources show the estimated size again.

• Improved the number of Connect update messages that OffShoot sends for each transfer.

• In Beta: Support for Codex 7.2 Beta. Reach out if you are interested.

OffShoot for Mac 23.2.1 (October 18, 2023) - Download

• Official support for Codex Device Manager 7.1.2.

• The MHL per file option is now also supported for S3 transfers.

• The Finder extension is now working on macOS 14.

• Some users reported OffShoot crashing at the beginning or end of the transfer; that’s fixed! Thanks for sending in those crash reports, all 🙏

• Codex HDE Sources show the estimated size again.

OffShoot for Mac 23.2 (October 03, 2023) - Download

We're renaming Hedge, the app, to OffShoot 🎉 New

• A new app name, UI, and app icon ✨

• Support for macOS 14 Sonoma

• A completely new Connect, available at https://connect.hedge.video

• Floating licenses: move your activation to any computer with a single click

• A brand new Pro version:

  • Pro Verified transfers to S3 cloud storage

  • Pro Log in to Connect with a magic link and see all your computers

  • Pro The Codex integration is now a Pro feature, with:

    • Official support for Codex Device Manager 7.0 and Alexa 35

    • Duplicate detection for Codex HDE transfers

  • Pro Scripting is now a Pro feature

    • Supports S3 connection configuration

    • Supports setting S3 connections as Destinations

Fixes

• The “Does not fit alert” would sometimes show up when setting consecutive project folders. That’s fixed.

• Transferring an FCP bundle could cause transfers to fail; that’s now fixed.

Important Changes

• The Hedge Connect iOS and Android app are NOT compatible with OffShoot.

• Codex and Scripting are now Pro features and will NOT work with a standard license.

• No more accidental ejecting of disks; we removed the green eject icon. “Ejecting” can be done via the disk menu (or right-clicking a disk).

• The Disk Menu option “Set Project Folder” is now called “Set Destination Folder”.

• OffShoot runs on macOS 10.15 and newer.

Upgrade to Pro / Floating license?

When running OffShoot for the first time, you’ll be offered to upgrade to Pro, and given the option to convert your license to a Floating License, if applicable. You can also perform these actions anytime you want in the License Manager.

OffShoot for Windows 23.2 (October 03, 2023) - Download

We're renaming Hedge, the app, to OffShoot 🎉 New

• A new app name, UI, and app icon ✨

• A completely new Connect, available at https://connect.hedge.video

• Floating licenses: move your activation to any computer with a single click

• A brand new Pro version:

  • Pro Verified transfers to S3 cloud storage

  • Pro Log in to Connect with a magic link and see all your computers

  • Pro Scripting is now a Pro feature

    • Supports S3 connection configuration

    • Supports setting S3 connections as Destinations

Important Changes

• The Hedge Connect iOS and Android app are NOT compatible with OffShoot.

• Scripting is now a Pro feature and will NOT work with a standard license.

• The Disk Menu option “Set Project Folder” is now called “Set Destination Folder”.

Upgrade to Pro / Floating license?

When running OffShoot for the first time, you’ll be offered to upgrade to Pro, and given the option to convert your license to a Floating License, if applicable. You can also perform these actions anytime you want in the License Manager.