Final Cut Pro Installation
A step-by-step guide to installing Jumper for FCP
Why do Jumper need these permissions?
Due to technical limitations in FCP’s native API, Jumper needs to use macOS’s built-in Accessibility API to make things work. More information about why can be found at the bottom of this page
Instructions
Install Jumper from the dmg
Open the .dmg file that has been downloaded from the website.
Drag the Jumper application into your Applications folder.
You can now launch Jumper by double clicking on it within your Applications folder.
Enable Jumper for Final Cut Pro
Tick the Enable Jumper in Final Cut Pro toggle box
You now need to enable all the necessary permissions.
Enable Accessibility Permission
Click the first Accessibility Permissions toggle. You’ll see this alert:
Click OK.
You’ll see this alert:
Click Open System Settings.
Tick the Jumper Accessibility Helper toggle:
You’ll be prompted to enter your system password (or use Touch ID):
After entering your system password, Jumper Accessibility Helper should now be ticked.
Enable Screen Recording Permission
Now go back to Jumper.app and tick the next checkbox. You’ll be presented with:
Click OK.
You’ll see this alert:
Click Open System Settings.
It will look like this:
Click the toggle next to Jumper.
You’ll be prompted to enter your system password (or use Touch ID):
After entering your system password, you’ll be presented with:
Click Later and go back to Jumper.app.
Enable Full Disk Access Permission
Click the Full Disk Access Permission toggle.
You’ll be presented with:
Click OK.
You’ll be presented with:
Click Allow.
In System Settings find Jumper and click the toggle:
You’ll be presented with:
Click Quit & Reopen. This will restart Jumper.app.
Everything should now be ticked in Jumper.app like the below:
Open Jumper in FCP
Click Open Final Cut Pro.
You can now access Jumper from the Workflow Extension toolbar icon:
And from the Window > Extensions > Jumper menu item:
Assign Paste Timecode shortcut
In order for Jumper to work as fast and reliably as possible in Final Cut Pro, you need to make sure you assign the Paste Timecode shortcut within the Final Cut Pro Command Editor to SOMETHING.
It doesn’t matter what keyboard shortcut you use - it just need to be assigned to SOMETHING.
As of Final Cut Pro 11, Final Cut Pro now has a default shortcut key for Paste Timecode.
For those using earlier versions of Final Cut Pro, or who have customised their keyboard shortcuts…
If you click a thumbnail in Jumper without a shortcut key assigned, Jumper will display this notification:
If you hover over the notification, a button will appear (this is terrible UI design, but it’s from Apple, and not something we can control):
When you click it you’ll see a new notification like this:
And the Command Editor will automatically select the Paste Timecode entry:
You can now assign it to whatever you want, save your Command Set, and now Jumper can use it!
About the permissions
Accessibility Permission
Jumper requires Accessibility Permission to trigger commands and menu bar items in Final Cut Pro through macOS’s built-in Accessibility Automation.
This is only required for Final Cut Pro - it is not required if you’re only using Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve or Avid Media Composer.
We use the Accessibility API to programatically “click” on buttons and menu bar items - similar to how Automator, Keyboard Maestro, BetterTouchTool, etc. works.
Screen Recording Permission
Jumper requires the Screen Recording permission to detect things on your screen when using Final Cut Pro.
This is only required for Final Cut Pro - it is not required if you’re only using Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve or Avid Media Composer.
This is a new Security Setting that started in macOS Catalina.
Jumper does not record the screen.
We’re not “recording” the screen as a video like a QuickTime Player or a screen recording application would do - we’re simply using Apple’s APIs to get access to information about the contents of the screen.
We use Apple’s API’s to get the name of windows that are open.
We also use the API’s to help detect when Final Cut Pro is playing and paused, by “looking” at the play/pause button in the Viewer.
Nothing is saved to disk. Nothing is transmitted online.
We simply use Apple’s APIs to access screen information.
We also have the option of OPTIONALLY sending screenshots when you submit feedback.
Lots of other applications like Bartender and BetterTouchTool have this same limitation.
We use the same techniques as the totally open-source CommandPost, so you can always inspect their code to see what’s going on.
Full Disk Access Permission
Jumper requires Full Disk Access to read Final Cut Pro’s Preferences File (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FinalCut.plist) and the current Final Cut Pro Command Set.
This is only required for Final Cut Pro - it is not required if you’re only using Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve or Avid Media Composer.
Due to macOS’s very tight security in recent releases, we need explicit permission to read files inside the user’s Library folder.
We only use this permission to read Final Cut Pro preferences files.
Is Jumper compatible with CommandPost?
Yes! Although Jumper does have a specialised version of CommandPost running under the hood (we called it the Final Cut Pro Automation Engine in Jumper.app and Jumper Accessibility Helper in Activity Monitor), it’s fully compatible with Jumper.