Earwig Sync: how to install it and get your markers into your edit

You marked the moments on set with the Earwig app on your phone. Earwig Sync lives on your computer and puts those markers on your timeline. This sheet takes you from download to markers in the edit.

1. Install on a Mac

  1. Open the file you downloaded. It ends in .pkg.
  2. Follow the installer through. It asks for your Mac password once.
  3. It puts Earwig Sync in your Applications folder and puts the Resolve connector where Resolve looks for it.
  4. If Resolve was open, quit it and open it again.

2. Install on Windows

  1. Run the file you downloaded. It ends in Setup.exe.
  2. Windows may show a blue warning that says the publisher is unknown. Click More info, then Run anyway.
  3. It installs to Program Files and puts the Resolve connector where Resolve looks for it.
  4. If Resolve was open, quit it and open it again.

3. Sign in

Open Earwig Sync and sign in with the same email you use in the Earwig app on your phone. It sends you a six-digit code. Type it in and your shoots appear.

Signed in with Apple on your phone? Your account uses a hidden Apple address. Sync needs that same address. The app shows it in Settings. Signing in with your normal email would start a new, empty account.

4. Get your markers into DaVinci Resolve Studio

  1. In Resolve, go to Workspace, then Workflow Integrations, then Earwig.
  2. Point Sync at your card or the folder your footage is in.
  3. Open your shoot. Sync matches your markers to your clips by timecode and tells you how many clips it found.
  4. Pick the bin you want.
  5. Press Build. Your markers are on the timeline.

5. Using the free version of Resolve

The free version of Resolve does not run plugins. Use the files from your email instead. In Resolve go to Timelines, then Import, then Timeline Markers from EDL, and choose the EDL file from your Earwig email.

6. Get your markers into Premiere Pro

In Premiere, go to Window, then Extensions, then Earwig. Sign in the same way, open your shoot, match your clips, and press Build. Or import the XML file from your Earwig email.

7. If something is not right

0 clips matched. Point Sync at the folder with the original camera files, not a copy with new names. MXF cards need ffmpeg installed. MOV and MP4 do not.

Sync cannot find my shoots. You signed in with a different address. Use the one shown in the Earwig app under Settings.

The email with my markers did not arrive. Open the shoot in the Earwig app and press Send me my markers.

8. Where to ask

Talk to Support in the Earwig app menu, or go to earwig.io/sync. A reply comes from Harry, who built Earwig.

Earwig Sync works on macOS and Windows with DaVinci Resolve Studio and Premiere Pro. The files in your email work with Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut, Avid and CapCut. Copyright 2026 Harry Winteringham. Earwig is a trademark of Harry Winteringham.