Tusk Mac App Tracks Photo and Video Backups Across Drives
After a two-month beta period, Tusk, a new application designed for Mac users in photography and videography, has officially launched. This tool organizes project files across various storage devices, including those that are not currently connected, utilizing BLAKE3 checksums for verifying transfers. Tusk enables users to transfer footage from SD cards to multiple locations at once and ensures backups are verified before any local deletion occurs. Developed by Niklas Fischer, a software engineer and educator, Tusk categorizes files by project and includes an SD card offload feature that reads once and distributes files simultaneously. It operates on a local SQLite catalog, requires no user account, and does not upload file contents to any servers. Priced at $49 for the initial 100 licenses, it will rise to $79 afterward, and a 14-day free trial is available.
Key facts
- Tusk launched after a two-month beta period.
- Uses BLAKE3 checksums to verify transfers.
- Catalogs files on disconnected drives.
- Copies SD card contents to multiple destinations simultaneously.
- Checks backup copies before allowing local deletion.
- Created by Niklas Fischer, founding engineer at cleverklagen.
- Fischer previously worked at DAZN and FC Barcelona.
- Pricing: $49 for first 100 licenses, then $79.
- 14-day free trial available.
- Apple Silicon supported at launch; Intel version in testing.
Entities
Artists
- Niklas Fischer
Institutions
- cleverklagen
- DAZN
- FC Barcelona
- Udemy
- Packt
- O'Reilly
- Carbon Copy Cloner
- SuperDuper
- Backblaze
- Time Machine
- NeoFinder
- DiskCatalogMaker