Find the unfinished job
Print Mover watches the queues already configured on your Mac and calls out held, stopped, offline, or unusually delayed jobs.
A queue-rescue utility for Mac
Move the print job. Not the document.
When a job is stranded on the wrong, paused, or offline printer, move that existing job to another printer already configured on your Mac—without reopening the source file.
Version 0.1 is Developer ID signed. Public download will open as soon as Apple notarization is complete.
Needs Attention
Quarterly Report.pdfOffice Printer · Held · 4 minPrinter appears offline · Job is held
Move…Move toConference Room PrinterIdle and availableMove and Print
Uses the local macOS print system
No document upload
No administrator account required
Three deliberate actions
From stranded to the right queue.
Print Mover stays out of the way until the local scheduler still has a job you can rescue.
Choose another printer
Select an eligible destination on the same Mac. You see its current state before anything moves.
Move, then verify
After you confirm, Print Mover asks the local scheduler to move the existing job and reports only what the scheduler confirms.
A deliberately narrow tool
It moves queue ownership. It does not become your printer.
Print Mover uses the move operation already available in the local CUPS scheduler. It is not a virtual printer, driver, cloud print service, or document recovery system.
What it does
- Shows your unfinished local print jobs
- Moves one job or all eligible jobs from a queue
- Preserves the scheduler’s existing job instead of making an app-level copy
- Reports moved, not moved, and unknown outcomes separately
What it does not do
- Read or upload the document being printed
- Recover jobs already completed or purged
- Move another person’s jobs
- Silently choose a different printer
Compatibility boundary
Built for the print system already on your Mac.
macOSSonoma 14 or later
JobsYour active, unfinished jobs
PrintersQueues on the same local scheduler
AccountNo Print Mover account required
Direct download is next
A signed Mac utility, without a cloud dependency.
The first public build will be available here after Apple notarization and final compatibility checks.