maintenancetool
The maintenancetool is a package installer and software update manager component bundled with ON1 Photo software products. It handles downloading, installing, and managing updates for ON1's photography applications on macOS. ON1 is a photography software vendor best known for photo editing, organization, and batch processing tools used by photographers for RAW development, retouching, and asset management. The maintenancetool itself is not a user-facing application but rather a system component that runs in the background to keep ON1 products up to date.
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1 suggestionThe maintenancetool is an installer and update component bundled inside ON1 Photo applications, not a standalone app. It cannot be updated separately — updating the parent ON1 Photo application updates the maintenancetool automatically. Search results do not provide clear evidence of whether ON1 Photo itself ships a native Apple Silicon build. Contact ON1 directly (support.on1.com) to confirm whether your version of ON1 Photo has a native Apple Silicon build available, or check your installed copy: open ON1 Photo, go to Help menu, look for system information or architecture details. If you are running an Intel-only version, update through ON1's own update mechanism or re-download from on1.com to get a native build if one exists. If ON1 has not yet shipped a native build, note that it will stop working when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), so monitor ON1's release notes and update as soon as a native version becomes available.
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