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Updates, announcements, and behind-the-scenes from Seatbelt.

What is ASC MHL?

Your media's history, explained.

Every time footage is copied, from card to drive, drive to NAS, NAS to post, there’s a small chance something goes wrong. A checksum answers one question well: is this copy identical to its source? What it can’t tell you on its own is the rest of the story. How many times has this footage been copied since it left the camera? Is the folder still complete? If a file is damaged, where did it happen?

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Seatbelt is in Beta!

Seatbelt is entering beta, and I’d love your help making it great!

Seatbelt is a blazing-fast file transfer utility built from the ground up for macOS, with secure transfers using hash-verification, start/stop with resume (even between app launches), advanced sequencing of transfers, and extensive logging and scripting support.

After a year of development, I’m looking for beta testers who can take it for a spin, report bugs, suggest features, and ideally throw me a curveball I didn’t see coming. Everyone who participates will receive a discount code when Seatbelt launches later in 2026.

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