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inISO Studio · macOS

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inISO Studio keeps a catalogue of the operating-system images, recovery disks and boot tools on your drives, checks for newer releases and calculates SHA256 checksums. Scans are read-only.

Getting started

  1. Open inISO Studio and press ADD LOCATION (⌘O). Choose a drive or folder that holds your images; it is scanned straight away.
  2. Open All Images in the sidebar. Recognised images show their product, installed version, latest version and status.
  3. Select an image to see it in the Inspector: versions, official links, file details and checksum.
  4. Press Check for Updates (⇧⌘U) to check again, or Scan Location (⌘R) after adding files.
  5. Calculate SHA256 records a hash. Supply a publisher SHA256 or choose a checksum manifest to compare it; Verified means a match, not just a calculated hash.

In-app help: Help → inISO Studio Guide (⇧⌘/).

Common questions

Will inISO Studio change or delete my files?

No. Scans only read your drives and folders. Nothing is moved, renamed or deleted.

Why is an image “Unmatched”?

Recognition uses file names, custom rules and ISO volume labels where available. Add a rule under Rules, or select the image and use Image → Edit Metadata… to set the product and version by hand. Manual corrections are kept on later scans.

Why does an image say “Unchecked”?

A live check has not established its release status. A bundled snapshot is labelled separately and does not confirm that the image is current. Use the publisher link to check by hand; custom Sources entries are browser links, not automatic feeds.

Does the app download new releases?

Not in this version. Get opens the publisher’s official download page in your browser.

What does the app send over the internet?

Manual release checks request public publisher information. Automatic checks and Google favicon requests are optional and off by default; Offline Mode stops both. Bundled distro icons work offline. Your catalogue never leaves your Mac. See the privacy policy.

My drive is unplugged. Why is it still listed?

Unplugged drives stay in the catalogue as unavailable, so you still know what is on them. Right-click a location to remove it.

I moved a folder and the location stopped working

Use Locate Again… in the location’s settings to authorise its new folder. Existing catalogue records stay available.

Contact

For support with inISO Studio, use the contact options on the Inder Studio Contact page.

Please include your macOS version and Mac model, the inISO Studio version from About, the image’s file name if the problem is about one image, and what you expected compared with what happened.