PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.11.0-rc.4

Pre-release for testing mass-storage access on macOS 26 (service mode, tweaks, function analysis, firmware, updater).

Fixed

• macOS: the program now takes over the camera's mass storage the way libusb does — capturing the device through IOKit's IOUSBLib and claiming the interface directly — instead of going through IOUSBHost, which could not open the interface on macOS 26. A probe built with real libusb confirmed this path reaches the camera there as root. The IOUSBHost capture stays as a fallback, and the macOS diagnostic probe gained a step that exercises the new path on its own.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS refuses to open the app on first start or calls it damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway (macOS 15 and later no longer offer right-click → Open), or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it. Some virus scanners flag unsigned programs by heuristics; see Signatures.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.11.0-rc.3

Pre-release for testing service mode on macOS 26; replaces rc.2.

Fixed

• macOS: when the camera cannot be taken over, the message names other programs that have the camera open, such as a web browser, and asks to close them. The diagnostic trace shows which program opened each connection.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS refuses to open the app on first start or calls it damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway (macOS 15 and later no longer offer right-click → Open), or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it. Some virus scanners flag unsigned programs by heuristics; see Signatures.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.11.0-rc.2

Pre-release for testing service mode (Tweaks, service shell, function analysis) on macOS 26.

Changed

• The release notes give the current way to open the unsigned macOS app (System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway; right-click → Open no longer works on macOS 15 and later), and the README explains how to tell a virus scanner's false positive from a real problem (#5).
• The README and website pictures show the reorganised window, including the function analysis.

Fixed

• macOS: switching to service mode right after the camera came up in mass storage failed with a USB transfer error. The program now waits until macOS has finished setting up the camera before taking it over, and if the camera still refuses, it resets the camera and tries again up to two more times. Other interfaces that macOS holds are now taken over the same way.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS refuses to open the app on first start or calls it damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway (macOS 15 and later no longer offer right-click → Open), or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it. Some virus scanners flag unsigned programs by heuristics; see Signatures.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.11.0-rc.1

Pre-release for testing a switch that brings back the Application menu on NEX-6, NEX-5R and NEX-5T.

Added

• Show the Application menu on the Tweaks page (tweaks --enable appMenu on the command line). Some region presets of these models hide the menu for installed apps, and with it the option to put an app on the AEL button or soft key B. The switch is offered only on these three models and only while the setting holds one of its two known values. Because the camera marks the setting read-only, it is written through the full backup image. Setup → Initialize on the camera turns it off again. (#7)

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.10.0

The analysis module grew substantially and is now on by default. Beyond finding a property on your own camera, you can now check a known finding against your camera and keep a full backup you can restore. The window was also reorganised so related pages sit together.

Added

• Check a finding on the Analysis page: enter the memory location and the value variants that were observed on another camera, and the program reports whether your own camera holds a matching value there — with an optional, reversible write test that confirms the location responds.
• A Backup page, and backup --save / backup --restore on the command line, to store a complete copy of the camera's writable area and put it back later. Restore only accepts a backup from the same camera, keeps a safety copy of the previous contents, and verifies what it wrote.

Changed

• The analysis module is enabled by default. It can still be turned off in Settings.
• The Analysis page is split into Discover and Check a finding tabs, and the explanatory texts are collapsed until you open them.
• Service shell and firmware updater share one Shell page with tabs, the navigation is grouped into collapsible sections, and GPS has moved to its own page next to Wi-Fi. The Tools page accepts files by drag and drop, and the converters let you choose where the result is written.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.9.0

Flash official firmware, and re-flash the same or an older version. Firmware flashing is now proven on real hardware. Re-flashing a version the camera would otherwise refuse runs in two steps and restores the genuine version afterwards.

Added

• Flash an official Sony firmware image onto the camera, with a read-only check before anything is written and a confirmation that names the exact version transition.
• Re-flash the same or an older firmware version: the image is accepted at a raised version, then the genuine version is written back over service mode, so the camera reports its real version and stays re-flashable. The Re-flash option on the Firmware page, or firmware --reflash.
• Restore or set the reported firmware version by hand, to recover a camera left on a raised version by an interrupted re-flash — on the Firmware page, or with firmware --restore-version and firmware --set-version.

Changed

• Firmware flashing is no longer labelled untested: it has been exercised on real hardware, while remaining the most destructive action in the program.

Fixed

• macOS: a camera in mass-storage mode is reached through Apple's IOUSBHost framework first, and long commands are sent in packet-sized pieces. Only this way carried camera commands on macOS 26.
• macOS: the connection no longer begins with a Bulk-Only reset, after which the camera stopped answering on macOS 26; a plain INQUIRY readies it instead.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.8.1-rc.1

Pre-release for testing on macOS 26. The mass-storage connection takes the way that carried camera commands in the latest macOS test run.

Fixed

• macOS: a camera in mass-storage mode is reached through Apple's IOUSBHost framework first, and long commands are sent in packet-sized pieces. Only this way carried camera commands on macOS 26.
• macOS: the connection no longer begins with a Bulk-Only reset, after which the camera stopped answering on macOS 26; a plain INQUIRY readies it instead.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.8.0

Find app sources from the Apps page. Search GitHub now sits next to the app list and shows only the sources not added yet, the list is called Community apps, and the Linux AppImage can update itself through AppImageUpdate.

Added

• Search GitHub on the Apps page as well, next to Load available apps. It shows only sources not added yet, or says that every repository GitHub knows is already there; an added source's apps join the list at once.
• The Linux AppImage carries update information, and a .zsync file is published beside it, so AppImageUpdate and similar tools can update it in place. They only offer releases marked Latest.

Changed

• The Apps page calls its list Community apps instead of Community app store, since it gathers apps from any number of sources. The note that Sony's own store is gone is plain text now rather than a highlighted notice.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable; the .zsync file is for AppImageUpdate) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.7.1

Only stable app releases. Apps from a GitHub source now come from the release its developer marks as Latest, never from a pre-release, and versions read the same everywhere.

Fixed

• Apps from a GitHub source come from the release marked Latest. Before, the newest release with an APK was taken, a pre-release included.
• Versions in the app list no longer start with a v (v1.11.0 is shown as 1.11.0), so they read the same as the version on the camera.

Security

• zip updated to 9.1.3 (GHSA-m665-v7pm-7grj): archives whose local and central headers disagree could be read differently than they were checked. The program reads apps and plugins with it.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.

PMCA-RE RELOADED v1.7.0

Finding apps and cameras more easily. Camera compatibility has its own page in the navigation, an empty app list offers the community list first and the original project's list second, and apps whose developers have archived their projects are marked as such.

Added

• An app whose GitHub repository its developer has archived is marked archived in the app list. Its details explain that the developer no longer works on it actively and that it may not work fully on every camera.

Changed

• Camera compatibility is a page of its own in the navigation, right below Camera info, instead of a section at the end of that page. The device list is shown at once, without a button to unfold it.
• With no source added yet, the app list first offers this program's community list (masterflai/pmca-community-sources) and then the original project's list, each with its own question. The community list now comes first among the suggestions and is always listed first among the sources; an app offered identically by two sources is shown under it.

Which file do I need?

System	Desktop app	Command line
Windows (x64)	…_x64-setup.exe (installer) · …_x64_en-US.msi · pmca-gui-portable-x86_64-windows.zip (no installation)	pmca-console-x86_64-windows.zip
macOS (Apple silicon and Intel)	…_universal.dmg	pmca-console-aarch64-macos.tar.gz · pmca-console-x86_64-macos.tar.gz
Linux (x64)	….AppImage (portable) · …_amd64.deb	pmca-console-x86_64-linux.tar.gz

Signatures

The Windows downloads of this release are not signed. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning; choose More info → Run anyway.

macOS downloads are not signed. macOS will claim the application is damaged. It is not — the file carries a quarantine flag. Right-click it and choose Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/PMCA-RE RELOADED.app". Linux packages start without complaint.

Each file has a .sha256 beside it. That confirms the download arrived intact, not who produced it.