10.15.8 catalina, I don't want to upgrade. When Filebot went to its newest upgrade it just made it so it tries to boot up, bounces a few times and never opens. So I rolled back to an older version to get it back working and when I uninstalled I lost my license key.

FileBot 5.2.3 should restore ...

Q: When will FileBot publish arm64 binaries on the Mac App Store? explains the issue in detail. Please read that first and then point out specific aspects you would like to discuss or find dumb.

We are saying "Apple currently prevents us from uploading a correct version for future versions of ...

The RPM install and post process is typically running as root so writing to /usr/share/filebot is not usually a problem. At this point, the [RPM] Fedora package is used by dnf and zypper. We have never tested with rpm-ostree but could look into it that is what is commonly used nowadays.

FileBot License PX34215387 has been re-sent to your registered email address.

iconoclast wrote: ↑06 Jun 2026, 02:46 It actually worked! I can't believe it was that simple.

Spread the word! Feel free to help others and write a tutorial in your own words.

:idea: SHARE='/volume1/Media' indeed refers to the input file path. You can use Right-Click ➔ Properties in File Station and then copy & paste the file path of the selected folder from the Location text field.

https://i.imgur.com/AapE5dN.png


:idea: If you want to generate thumbnails for ...

Thank you for taking the time to assist me. Your responses make sense and are helpful. I would like to ask though because I'm a little confused. I've read other places that I"m supposed to install FileBot, Java Installer, FFMPEG, JSnode. Is this not the case? Those packages are not needed to ...

So are you saying that I can run this functionality using task scheduler alone?

Yes. Open Task Manager . Create Task. Paste Shell Script as shown in the screenshots above. Maybe modify the first line. That's it.

https://i.imgur.com/BiGfSNR.png https://i.imgur.com/qT8fdWc.png


:idea: You can ...

I see the scripts that have been recommend to be added to facilitate thumbnails but I don't know where or how to put them. Can someone please walk me through the next steps?

You can use Task Scheduler to create and run scripts:

https://i.imgur.com/BiGfSNR.png https://i.imgur.com/qT8fdWc.png ...

The -exec custom post-process commands manual is a good way to get started with custom post-process commands.


e.g.
-exec /path/to/script.sh {f} {historic.f} {json}
{f} is the new file path
{historic.f} is the previous file path
{json} is the xattr metadata


:idea: "ut_title=%N" is notably ...

MAS purchases don’t have a standalone universe license number. See post above.

The MAS edition will notably not be discontinued. The message you see is misleading. It’s a generic message by Apple, not us, and not specifically about FileBot. We will switch the MAS edition to ARM64-only if and when ...

:idea: This post is primarily about the Windows version of FileBot.


:arrow: If you're using the macOS version of FileBot, then you can export / import settings like so: Backup and Restore Settings

https://i.imgur.com/fhvfMMi.png


:arrow: On a more technical level, if you're must restore ...

I kept getting the "Intel Support Ending" message so I went on the Mac app Store to find the ARM version.
The MAS only has the intel version available to me.

I downloaded the ARM version from your website and exported the settings from intel and restored to the arm version. My presets were ...

Can you share file paths as text so that we can see what you can see?

If one is running the Mac App Store Intel version is there any way to transfer that license to the arm64 version or are we all waiting for Apple to tell you to drop x64?

We're waiting for Apple to allow developers to drop x64 support in favour of arm64 support. See [arm64] Apple Silicon Roadmap ...

FileBot r10975 fixes this issue internally as well so the custom code workaround above will no longer be necessary with upcoming releases.

:idea: {tags} does all of the above by default, except evidently not for Imax / IMAX which seems to be a corner case where default normalisation is not applied which then makes deduplication not work.


:arrow: You can fix the issue via your custom format code like so:
{ tags.unique{ it.upper ...

Is there a way to have a preset pre-chosen at launch?

Well, you'd still have to load in files, though that can be pre-configured via Presets . I guess you have to set up a Presets and use "1" as keyboard shortcut. Then you just need to press "1" every time you launch FileBot to load and process ...

You can create a Presets for your preferred use case. That way you can switch rename action / format / language / order / etc with a single keyboard shortcut.

If you mean xattr metadata then you can check that easily via Filter tool. You can also use the Set Attributes menu item which is only there if the file at hand as xattr metadata.

You can verify the integrity of a FileBot package by checking the SHA-256 checksum. If you compute the checksum of the file at hand, and then compare it to the known checksum published on our public GitHub repository, then you can be sure that the file you have is exactly byte-for-byte the file ...

:idea: Nope, that file path by itself works just fine:
$ filebot -rename -r "Superman Collection" --db TheMovieDB --output .
[MOVE] from [Superman Collection/1978 Superman 188/Superman (1978).BLURAY.1080p.FHD.HEVC.10bit.DTS-d3g.[68AC17A3].mkv] to [Superman (1978).mkv]



:arrow: You can create a ...

You could use {tmdb-95057} S01E01 as ID for such purposes. That'd be better at identifying the episode and more human-readable compared to tt11608512 . The numeric TMDB Episode ID is available but again not all that useful, since TMDB itself doesn't even use the Episode ID for lookup purposes ...

Well, the problem with IMDB IDs is that they're a bit useless because IMDB in general is a bit useless, for programs anyway. You'll want TMDB / TVDB IDs because that's where we have APIs that can use those IDs to retrieve episode information.

It's very possible that the server can detect / guess if a human-operated browser is making the request or a robot, and then apply different rate-limiting / anti-abuse measures. The issue could also be completely unrelated. Your browser may also be using a different DNS service, thus connecting to a ...