From full card to
formatted, safely.

Set up once

1. Install and open

   Drag FrameProof.app from the disk image into Applications. First launch only: right-click the app, choose Open, then Open again — FrameProof is an independent app, not yet notarized with Apple, and macOS wants your say-so once.

2. Add your archive drives

   Click Add Drive in the toolbar (or press ⌘D) and choose the place your backups live — a NAS share like STUDIO-NAS, a photo blade, an external disk. FrameProof indexes it immediately: a fast catalog of every photo and video, no hashing yet, so even millions of files take minutes, not hours. Add as many destinations as you use.

   If indexing reports zero files on a drive that isn't empty, macOS is blocking access: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Files and Folders, allow FrameProof, then press Re-index.

3. Pick your level of proof

   On the Card Check page, choose a verification method. Standard is the recommended default — it compares the actual contents (beginning, middle, and end) of every file and catches renamed copies. Fast only matches names and sizes, for a quick first look. Paranoid reads every byte of both copies — slower, absolute. Your choice sticks until you change it.

Every card after that

1. Insert the card

   The card appears under Connected cards and drives the moment it mounts, tagged MEMORY CARD. Click Check This Source. (You can also press ⌘K and pick any folder to treat as a card.)

2. Let it read

   FrameProof first freshens the index of any destination that changed since the last check — so a shoot you copied over ten minutes ago counts. Then it reads the card and verifies every file against the archive. A progress bar shows exactly where it is; Pause and Stop are always available, and a card check always takes priority over background indexing.

   If a network drive dies mid-check, FrameProof aborts with a clear message instead of hanging. It never guesses: a check that didn't finish is not a verdict.

3. Read the verdict

   Safe to format means every file on the card has a verified copy. The result line shows the card's size, how many files and gigabytes were checked, and Backed up in lists the exact shoot folders holding your copies — one click opens them in Finder. Hit Eject Card right from the result, drop the card back in the camera, format there.

When files aren't backed up

1. See exactly what's at risk

   Missing files appear as a gallery of thumbnails, not a wall of file names. Click to select, shift-click for a range, drag a rubber band across a whole sequence, double-click to enlarge a frame. Right-click any shot for Show in Finder.

2. Back them up from inside the app

   Click Back Up Files. FrameProof suggests the shoot folders that already hold the rest of the card — usually exactly where those files belong — or any folder you choose, optionally into a new subfolder like Card_2. Copies never overwrite anything, and every copy is verified by reading it back from the destination. When all of them land, the verdict flips to Safe to format on its own.

3. Or organize first

   Right-click a selection to group shots into a new folder right on the card — handy for separating the frames you actually want to keep before backing up. Grouped shots get a green folder badge. Nothing is ever deleted.

   Ejecting a card that still has unbacked files takes a deliberate confirmation — FrameProof tells you how many files exist nowhere else before it lets the card go.

What the rest of the app does

Overview

Your archive at a glance — indexed photos, destination drives, shoots, and recent activity, with one-click starts for a card check or a new drive.

Shoot Catalog

Camera dumps like 100CANON roll up into the wedding, engagement, or session they belong to. Browse as icons or an expandable drive-by-drive tree; search by client name, date, or folder.

Destinations

Every indexed drive with its file count and last index time. Re-index on demand — unchanged folders are skipped, so it's near-instant. Drives also refresh themselves hourly in the background.

Archive Review

Files older than two years, surfaced for a deliberate cleanup decision. FrameProof never deletes anything itself.

Activity Log

A permanent audit trail: every index, every check, every backup, every eject, with timestamps.

While you're not looking

FrameProof quietly pre-computes checksums of recently added archive files, so the next card check answers from memory instead of re-reading the NAS while you wait.