Hedge, the brand behind OffShoot, has released OffShoot 23.3, featuring Health Check for ProGrade digital Cards. This feature adds to the Sanitize feature, also for ProGrade cards, released in the previous version 23.2. OffShoot, the media management platform whose launch we covered at CineD (its name changed from Hedge to OffShoot) has seen a new update with a Health Check feature for Prograde cards. According to Offshoot, this 23.3 update continues to enhance their media-specific integrations, communicating now with ProGrade cards to check and optimize the media’s health and performance. This feature is beneficial in any situation, mainly if we rent cards and want to ensure peace of mind during a shoot. OffShoot 23.3: peace of mind for ProGrade users Sanitizing a card (Secure Erase) is crucial because cards degrade over time, losing their original factory speed. Sanitation erases everything stored on a card, overwriting all the sectors, instead of only flipping the partition table. This process allows the new data written to the card to be grouped without defragmentation, increasing the write and read speed. The Check Health and Sanitize options in the new update – Source: OffShoot Please remember that when OffShoot runs the sanitization process in any ProGrade card, it will delete your data forever, so we suggest backing up before proceeding. The good news is that when you return your cards to the rental house, nobody can access your files. Your media will disappear from the Disk view when running the sanitization process. Don’t freak out...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 6 December, 2023