---
id: privacy-safety.are-storage-studio-updates-safe
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/are-storage-studio-updates-safe
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "App trust, updates and security"
question: "How does Storage Studio make sure an update is genuine?"
alt_questions:
  - "Is auto-update in Storage Studio safe?"
  - "Could someone push a fake Storage Studio update?"
  - "storage studio update security"
  - "Why didn't my downloaded update install itself?"
  - "Does Storage Studio install updates without asking?"
short_answer: "Storage Studio only updates itself from a genuinely newer version that Apple has verified as coming from us; stale or untrusted images are ignored. Updates are offered with a Download button, not forced."
tags: ["updates", "security", "notarised"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/is-storage-studio-notarised-by-apple"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How does Storage Studio make sure an update is genuine?

When you open a newer version's install disk image while Storage Studio is running, it updates itself in place — but **only** for a genuinely newer version that Apple has verified as coming from us. A stale or untrusted image is ignored.

The app checks for updates on its own and tells you in the License section when one is ready, with a **Download** button. Storage Studio Bridge updates the same way, and a connected Bridge is only ever *told* an update exists — nothing installs by itself. See [Updating](https://storagestudio.us/manual/install).