With MMB 10, you can copy and paste a selection of lines from an Excel spreadsheet into MMB 10. Here is the procedure:

• Open both documents (Your Excel spreadsheet and your MMB10 budget)
•  If you copy and paste a selection of lines at the Detail level of your budget, it’s essential that the order of your columns in both documents (Excel spreadsheet and MMB 10) matches.
• Your Excel spreadsheet may have more columns than your MMB 10 file. Or vice-versa. So, you must make the necessary adjustment before copying and pasting from one document to the other.Once this is done:
• Open your Excel document and select the block of lines you want to copy.
• In your MMB 10 budget, select the first cell of the Description column
• Do a right-click and then select Paste Cells From Excel  

The complete procedure is detailed in this document, Copy-and-Paste-Excel-to-MMB10

For MAC USER

• Open your Finder
• Do: cmd + shift + H
• There, MM Data > MM Scheduling or MM Budgeting
• Delete the file named: movie_magic_budgeting.lock or movie_magic_scheduling.lock
• Relaunch MMS or MMB

FOR WINDOWS USER

• C:/Users/*Username*/MMData/MM Budgeting
•  
  You should be able to see the lock file
• Delete the file named: movie_magic_budgeting.lock or movie_magic_scheduling.lock
• Relaunch MMS or MMB

This means that you are still launching an old version of Movie Magic Scheduling 6 or Budgeting 7.

Simply follow the directions below to uninstall/reinstall your software again and begin working in no time.

1. Open your Finder
2. Go to your Application folder and delete the folders within the MM Budgeting/MM Scheduling folder to uninstall without deactivating. To delete the folder, simply put the folder in the bin.
   The program, when installed, will pick up on the old licensing data and you should be good to continue using Movie Magic.
3. Make sure all icons are removed from the desktop and/or Dock.
4. Please find below the links to download the latest version compatible with Big Sur:
   https://moviesoft.com/moviemagic-download-centre/

Sometimes when odd errors occur during the use of the program, the settings can get corrupted. Simply closing the program and deleting the Settings Folder will resolve this. To delete the Settings Folder:

Close MMB
Go to MM Data > MM Budgeting > Settings Folder

For PC users: C:\users\”yourusername”\MMDATA\MM Budgeting
For Mac users: Open the finder > Cmd + Shift + H or under the “Go” Menu click the house icon.

Once there, click MMDATA\MM Budgeting.
Delete the Settings Folder (put the folder in the bin)
Relaunch MMB and see if it works.

Close MMS
Go to MM Data > MM Scheduling > Settings Folder

For PC users: C:\users\”yourusername”\MMDATA\MM Scheduling
For Mac users: Open the finder > Cmd + Shift + H or under the “Go” Menu click the house icon.

Once there, click MMDATA\MM Scheduling.
Delete the Settings Folder (put the folder in the bin)
Relaunch MMS and see if it works.

• Windows: C:/Users/*Username*/MMData/MM Scheduling/Templates/System Templates
• Mac: Macintosh Hard Drive > Users > *Username* > MMData > Movie Magic Scheduling > Templates > System Templates.
  (alternatively you can hit simultaneously cmd + shift + H)

• Windows: C:/Users/*Username*/MMData/MM Budgeting/Templates/System Templates
• Mac: Macintosh Hard Drive > Users > *Username* > MMData > Movie Magic Budgeting > Templates > System Templates.
  (alternatively you can hit simultaneously cmd + shift + H)

With Movie Magic Budgeting 10, there is an auto-save. So you don’t have to worry about saving your work. 

Movie Magic Scheduling 6 and Budgeting 7 work differently. Both Movie Magic Scheduling 6 and Budgeting 7  regularly create backups of your file in case of a small technical issue such as:

– Lock file Issue
– Application crash
– Power cut

The backup files are located in the Backups Folder:

MM SCHEDULING or BUDGETING

• Windows: C:/Users/*Username*/MMData/MM Scheduling (or Budgeting) /Backups
• Mac: Macintosh Hard Drive > Users > *Username* > MMData > Movie Magic Scheduling (or Budgeting) > Backups

You can check the following tutorial video as well:

To open a Movie Magic file (Scheduling 6 or Budgeting 7), it is recommended you don’t double-click on the file icon but rather, launch the application (MMS or MMB) and then go to File > Open and then open your file.

Movie Magic Budgeting 10
With MMB10, you can easily generate a PDF file fro the Printing & Reports menu:

• Open your budget
• Go to File > Printing & Reports
• Customize your report
• Click Next to either Print on a proper Printer or Generate a PDF file.

Movie Magic Scheduling 6 or Budgeting 7
There is no PDF button in Movie Magic Scheduling 6 or Budgeting 7. To create a PDF, you will need to use the print function.

• Open Movie Magic
• Go to File > Print
• In the Print Window, Select the PDF menu at the bottom left

Movie Magic Budgeting Quick Tips
Movie Magic Budgeting Short Keys

If you have an older version of MM Budgeting 7 or MM Scheduling 6, updating to the latest version often solves the problem of the deactivation option being greyed out. You can download the latest version here.

If that doesn’t work, when installing/reinstalling your software, you will be able to remotely deactivate your license from your old computer/installation. During the license activation, a window containing a list of computers where Movie Magic has already been installed will be prompted. From that window you will be able to request a remote deactivation.

You can request an activation reset (which you will see on the screen at this point). This will send a notification to EP. They will send you a PIN via email, which will allow you to deactivate an old or inaccessible computer. Please note this will only come from EP, not us. If you have any issues during the procedure or do not receive the PIN, please contact EP directly at support@ep.com.

Check out this video for more on this procedure:

If the program is requesting your password, this is the password you use to log into your computer, not your MM license key. This will occur during the installation/reinstallation.

It may also occur if you have recently updated your operating system and may not accept your password. The reason is that you have an older version of the program installed, which may not be compatible with your current operating system. Please click here to download, then install, the latest version.

This error occurs if you have updated your MacOS and are still running an older version of the program. Please click here to download, then install, the current version to resolve this problem

To move a license, simply deactivate the old computer by opening the program and going to Help > Licensing and click Deactivate. Once this is completed, you can install on the new computer and activate. This video will take you through each step of the process if you need more information:

MM Budgeting 7 and Scheduling 6 cannot be installed on a Chromebook or iPad. MM Budgeting 10 cannot be installed on either at this time. This may change in the future. Please keep up to date with all the new features and announcements by signing up for our newsletter.

If your computer’s language is set to a non-English language, the Calendar feature will display in the language to which it is set, although the dates display as in English. For example, in France the date is written as Lundi 6 Avril. MMS displays it as Lundi, Avril 6. To change this to English, change the language setting in your system preferences to English, then restart your computer.

1 – IN THE BREAKDOWN SHEET
Clearly specify the scenes to be shot in main or second unit by using the “Unit” Field in the breakdown sheet.

2 – IN THE CALENDAR MANAGER

Create a second Unit calendar
1 – Click on the New Calendar Icon

2 – In the name field, give a name to the calendar. 2^nd Unit Calendar for example.
3 – By activate the 2^nd Unit shooting days by deactivating the non shooting days. Select the non shooting days, one by one, and click on “Day Off”.

In our example, we kept April 5, 8 13 and 26 as 2^nd Unit shooting date.

3 – IN THE STRIPBOARD MANAGER

1 – Click on the “New Stripboard” Icon

2 – In the “Name” field, give a name to that new board.

3 –Associate the stripboard to the new calendar you just created, by selecting it in the dropdown menu Calendar.

4 – Activate the new stripboard.

4 – IN THE STRIPBOARD WINDOW

1 – open the Boneyard Window by click on its Icon.

2 – Open the Find Advanced window. Edit > Find Advanced.

3 – Click on the Add button

4 – In the Field drop down menu, select “Unit”.

5 – In the Operator drop down menu, select “Equal To”

6 – In the Value drop down menu, select “2^nd Unit”

7 – In the Look In drop down menu, select “ Stripboard”.

8 – Activate the “Move Strips To” Option and select “Beginning Of” in the dropdown menu.

9 – Click on “Find All”

Now the 2^nd Unit scenes are in the new stripboard window. Add your daybreaks which will have the 2^nd Unit Calendar dates.

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