MediathekView Shutdown Helper
MediathekView Shutdown Helper is a helper utility that works with MediathekView, a German-language video download manager for public broadcast media. The helper handles system shutdown or sleep actions on macOS after downloads complete. It is a small, lightweight companion tool designed to automate post-download power management — shutting down the Mac or putting it to sleep once a download queue finishes. This is useful for users who want to let long download sessions run unattended without keeping the machine powered on.
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1 suggestionMediathekView Shutdown Helper is not a standalone application — it is a helper utility bundled as part of MediathekView itself. As of MediathekView version 13.7.0, the separate Shutdown Helper has been integrated directly into the main MediathekView application as a built-in feature, and there is no longer a standalone helper binary. The changelog for version 13.7.0 explicitly states "Es wird nun statt MediathekView Shutdown Helper ein neues integriertes Programm genutzt" (A new integrated program is now used instead of MediathekView Shutdown Helper). If you are still seeing the old standalone Shutdown Helper bundle ID, you are running an older version of MediathekView. Update to the latest version of MediathekView from mediathekview.de — the current releases include native Apple Silicon builds ("Eigene Hilfsprogramme sind für Apple Silicon optimiert"), so the latest version will run natively on M-series Macs and the integrated shutdown feature will work without a separate helper. The old helper binary will no longer be needed once you upgrade.
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