{"id":"getting-started.how-does-storage-studio-update-itself","url":"/faq/getting-started/how-does-storage-studio-update-itself","category":{"id":"getting-started","title":"Getting started"},"subcategory":{"id":"updates","title":"Updates"},"question":"Do I have to quit Storage Studio before installing an update?","alt_questions":["Does Storage Studio update itself?","Storage Studio auto update","How do Storage Studio updates work?","Do I drag the new version to Applications?","Storage Studio replace the app when updating"],"short_answer":"No. Open the newer version's disk image while Storage Studio is running and it updates itself in place and relaunches. It only accepts a genuinely newer, Apple-verified build, so an old copy can't downgrade it.","answer_markdown":"No. If Storage Studio is running when you open the installer disk image for a newer version, it recognises it, updates itself in place and relaunches on the new version — no quitting and no dragging to Applications.\n\nIt only does this for a version that is genuinely newer **and** verified by Apple as coming from us. An older or untrusted disk image is simply ignored, so opening a stale copy can never downgrade or replace your app.\n\nThe companion SS Bridge app updates itself the same way.","answer_html":"

No. If Storage Studio is running when you open the installer disk image for a newer version, it recognises it, updates itself in place and relaunches on the new version — no quitting and no dragging to Applications.

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It only does this for a version that is genuinely newer and verified by Apple as coming from us. An older or untrusted disk image is simply ignored, so opening a stale copy can never downgrade or replace your app.

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The companion SS Bridge app updates itself the same way.

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Getting started · Updates

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Do I have to quit Storage Studio before installing an update?

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Short answer: No. Open the newer version's disk image while Storage Studio is running and it updates itself in place and relaunches. It only accepts a genuinely newer, Apple-verified build, so an old copy can't downgrade it.

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No. If Storage Studio is running when you open the installer disk image for a newer version, it recognises it, updates itself in place and relaunches on the new version — no quitting and no dragging to Applications.

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It only does this for a version that is genuinely newer and verified by Apple as coming from us. An older or untrusted disk image is simply ignored, so opening a stale copy can never downgrade or replace your app.

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The companion SS Bridge app updates itself the same way.

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