2.1

Cubase Preference Utility 2.1

A refreshed, studio-inspired interface makes managing your Cubase settings clearer and easier.

• Modern design: Brighter slate backgrounds, mint accents, clearer typography, and refined controls.
• Sidebar navigation: Dedicated Overview, Settings Folders, Backup History, and Backup Library screens.
• Folder search: Quickly find the settings folders you want to include in backups.
• Snapshot filters: Browse all backups or filter by manual and safety snapshots.
• Persistent backup controls: Access Back Up Now and monitor progress from any screen.
• Refreshed dialogs: Updated Preferences and restore options to match the new design.
• New app icon: A mint waveform icon that matches the studio workspace.

2.0

Full Changelog: v1.0...2.0

Cubase Preference Utility v1.0-Build-5

Added the ability to check if program is running from the Applications folder

Cubase Preference Utility v1.0-Build-4

Fixed an issue where backing up would fail if the User had the application in Downloads folder as opposed to Applications folder. Now an alert shows when not in Applications Folder

Cubase Preference Utility v1.0-Build-3

Added
5 new settings sources — Track Presets, Chord Pads, MIDI Loops, Pattern Banks, and VST Connect are now backed up alongside the original 4 (Steinberg Content, Audio Presets, Audio Steinberg, Cubase 15 Preferences).
Track Presets in particular was a real gap — it holds user-defined and public VST3 presets and was never being captured.
Per-folder contents preview — each Settings Folder card can expand to show what's actually inside it, with friendly Steinberg-documented names (e.g. "Key commands (current)") shown above the raw filename for entries in Cubase 15 Preferences and Track Presets.
Per-folder backup inclusion — checkboxes on each folder card let you exclude specific folders from future backups; the choice is remembered between launches.
Per-folder restore selection with Replace/Merge — the restore flow is now a sheet listing every folder in that backup, each with its own checkbox and a Replace vs. Merge choice. Merge keeps files already on disk and only adds/overwrites what's in the backup — useful when two machines have different presets you want combined rather than one overwriting the other.
Alphabetical ordering for both the Settings Folders grid and the Restore Backup sheet.

Changed
Full visual redesign using colors sampled directly from the app icon (indigo #635BFF → navy #213063): gradient icon tiles replacing flat tinted circles, softer card shadows instead of hard borders, a gradient-washed hero section, and accent capsules on section headings.
Updated the README dashboard screenshot to match the new look.
Fixed
Backward-compatibility regression: manifest validation used to require a backup to list every currently-known source, which would have made your actual pre-existing backups (made with the older 4-source app) fail to restore. Relaxed to accept any valid subset, and bumped the manifest schema to v2 with safe fallback decoding for older backups.
Swift 6 concurrency warnings on the new restore/inclusion toggle closures.

Cubase Preference Utility v1.0-Build-2

Backups now record the source Mac’s computer name (via Host.current().localizedName, with a hostname fallback) in the manifest, the filename, and the backup list UI — makes it easy to tell which computer a backup came from, especially useful since this library can be synced/shared across Macs. Existing older backups remain fully readable since the field is optional.

Cubase Preference Utility v1.0-Build-1

The first public release of Cubase Preference Utility—a native, open-source macOS app for backing up and restoring Cubase 15 settings.

Features
• One-click backup of Cubase settings.
• Restore settings from previous backups.
• Automatic pre-restore safety snapshots.
• Backup history with Restore, Reveal, and Delete actions.
• Support for custom backup locations, including external drives and iCloud Drive.
• Blocks backup and restore operations while Cubase is running.
• No telemetry, analytics, account login, or background network access.

Settings saved:
• Steinberg Content
• Audio Presets
• Audio Steinberg
• Cubase 15 Preferences

Installation

1. Download Cubase-Preference-Utility-1.0.zip.
2. Double-click the ZIP to extract it.
3. Drag Cubase Preference Utility into your Applications folder.
4. Open the app and choose your backup-library location.

Requires macOS 26 or later. Always quit Cubase before creating or restoring a backup.
Disclaimer

Cubase and Steinberg are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. This independent project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.