Installing BeatMaxing

Step-by-step install for BeatMaxing, the beat-marker plugin for Adobe Premiere on Mac: two clicks, one macOS prompt, and what to do if macOS says “damaged”.

Install it in under a minute.

Two clicks, and macOS asks once. Here is exactly what you'll see.
The whole install is one double-click
Double-click BeatMaxing Helper
It's in this folder, next to this card. It installs itself — nothing to drag anywhere.
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macOS asks once — and the blue button is the right one.

“BeatMaxing Helper” is an app downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?
Apple checked it for malicious software and none was detected.
Cancel Open
✓ Click Open. Give it a few seconds.
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A box from BeatMaxing says it's done.

BeatMaxing Helper
BeatMaxing Helper is installed.
 
It starts by itself from now on - you can delete the download.
 
Next: in Premiere, open Window > UXP Plugins > BeatMaxing, then press Find.
OK
✓ Click OK. That's the whole install.
macOS may also show a small background items notice. That's normal — it means the helper will start with your Mac.

If macOS says the helper is “damaged”

The download didn't arrive whole — it happens, and it's the download, not your Mac and not the app. Delete the download and download it again from beatmaxing.com. The fresh copy installs normally.
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Then, in Premiere:

Window → UXP Plugins → BeatMaxing   (not “Extensions”)  →  click the music clip on your timeline  →  press Find.
Markers land on the drum hits, colored by drum. Too many markers? Untick a drum. A touch early? Nudge them. Moved the drum sensitivity? Press Find again.
Opens as a floating window? That's normal. Drag it into your layout wherever you want — it docks like any other Premiere panel.
BeatMaxing not in that menu? The panel is its own tiny download at beatmaxing.com — double-click it and Creative Cloud installs it.

Creative Cloud asks twice before it installs the panel

That is Adobe, not us — it is what they show for any plugin installed from outside their store. The first box calls the plugin “non-marketplace”. The second lists what plugins are able to do and says you may be asked for your Mac password — on our own tests, on two Macs, it never asked. It also tells you to read the developer’s terms, and ours are real pages: beatmaxing.com/privacy.html and beatmaxing.com/terms.html. When it finishes, Creative Cloud says “BeatMaxing is now installed.”
Questions? Email support@beatmaxing.com — it's read by the person who built this.

The panel says the helper isn't running

BeatMaxing has two parts: the panel in Premiere and a small helper app on your Mac. The helper does the listening on your Mac, so your song is never uploaded. The panel needs it to find the hits.

  1. Look in your Dock. The helper shows there whenever it's running. If it isn't there, open it: in Finder, choose Go > Home, open Applications and double-click BeatMaxing Helper. Then try again.
  2. Not on your Mac? It is a free download. Get it at beatmaxing.com and open it once. It installs itself, and after that it starts itself whenever you need it.
  3. Want it to start with your Mac? Open System Settings, then General, then Login Items, and switch BeatMaxing Helper on.
  4. macOS says it's “damaged”? The download didn't arrive whole. Delete it and download it again from beatmaxing.com. The fresh copy installs normally.

Still stuck? Email support@beatmaxing.com and attach helper_log.txt. To find that file: in Finder, press Cmd+Shift+G, type ~/Library/Application Support/BeatMaxing and press Return. We'll sort it out.

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