Alerts from Post-Production applications and macOS sent to the Pushover app on your smart device.

“Is that file done yet?”

Working remotely, in the next room or out for a walk?
Need to know as soon as that export or transcode is finished?
Need to know about applications crashing, power going out or drives failing (or running out of space) while you are away?

Now this and more is possible!

Alerts for:

PostWatch uses the established subscription free service Pushover (for iOS and Android) to create a dedicated, clean and reliable experience for receiving alerts. What It does not do is clutter up your inbox with texts or emails that often get lost or forgotten.

A new feature in v4 allows you to create customizable “Watchers” that can detect background activity for an application and alert you when this activity ends. Great for applications not normally supported by PostWatch, like Premiere Pro and Topaz Video AI.

Download the 30 day free trial!

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How does it work?

PostWatch is a menu bar application that uses a background application to observe application logs, history files, window elements and even Notification Center for clues to the encoding/exporting status for each batch or job.

When PostWatch detects a completed process, it sends an alert to your smart device through the Pushover app. It can also trigger macOS Desktop Notifications, for applications that don’t natively support it, for a clean native macOS experience throughout:

PostWatch also has other tools that monitor systems on the Mac to alert you to important events, like startup/shutdown, power outages (requires connected battery backup device), app crashes / freezes, disconnected / reconnected drives (accidental or a specified drive), low batteries on bluetooth devices, and more.

PostWatch also has a feature that stores alerts when the internet connection is lost, then sends them when the connection is restored.

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The Story

Like most post-production professionals I have had a roller coaster year; between working in the studio, then stuck at home with a makeshift edit bay on my kitchen table, then back to the studio working solo (with other staff at home) It’s been a challenge to say the least. But one thing I was needing, especially when trying to work through remote desktop software, was a way to be alerted when something was finished, crashed or failing.

It started from an idea that came from using the fantastic free Final Cut Pro assistant called CommandPost which has a nice feature that would send a push notification to a mobile phone when a Share was complete. But I wanted more. More apps to be precise. Then through some web searches I came across some AppleScripts that could help me build my own solution.

A few months later and a lot of real life testing I slowly came up with what I’m now calling PostWatch. This is an ongoing project that I use everyday and will continue to develop, add more applications and keep up with new macOS releases.

Now it’s ready to share with you.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge those individuals whose code I used in the making of my application; primarily from code sharing sites like Stackoverflow and Macscripter. Tj Luo, StefanK, JMichaelTX, Christopher Stone and Shane Stanley. Special thanks to Ted Wrigley for direct help.

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