Coverage chart / Airfoil Satellite
Keep Airfoil Satellite up to date on your Mac
Airfoil Satellite is covered by Floodtide. It shows up in your update list the moment a newer version ships, and updates in one click along with everything else on this Mac. Airfoil Satellite can also update itself, but only once you open it, and only itself.
How Airfoil Satellite gets updated
Floodtide reads the Homebrew catalog, a community-maintained index of Mac software, to learn which version of Airfoil Satellite is current. When yours is behind, the row appears under Updates with the version it will move to and the download size. Pressing Update, or Update All, does the rest:
- The vendor's own build is downloaded, several apps at a time, with real progress.
- The download is verified against the developer signature of the installed copy; Gatekeeper must accept it before anything is replaced.
- Airfoil Satellite is asked to quit politely if it is open, and never forced.
- The bundle is swapped and the old version kept for seven days, so Undo Last Update always works.
- The replacement's code signature is checked; a build signed worse than the one you had is rolled back automatically.
Airfoil Satellite's publisher does not publish a checksum, so Floodtide verifies each download by requiring the same developer signature as the copy already installed, and Gatekeeper has to accept it before anything is replaced.
If Airfoil Satellite lives in a folder macOS protects, the swap asks for your administrator password once for the whole batch, exactly as the Finder does when you install anything by hand.
Questions about Airfoil Satellite
Does Floodtide update Airfoil Satellite?
Yes. Airfoil Satellite also ships its own updater, so it can keep itself current when you launch it. Floodtide covers it anyway, because a self-updating app only updates when you happen to open it, and it tells you nothing about the other apps on the Mac. Floodtide shows Airfoil Satellite beside everything else and updates the whole set in one pass.
How does Floodtide install a new version of Airfoil Satellite?
It downloads the vendor's official build, verifies it carries the same developer signature as the copy already installed and passes Gatekeeper, quits Airfoil Satellite if it is running, swaps the bundle, and keeps the previous version for seven days so the update can be undone.
Will updating Airfoil Satellite lose my settings?
No. Floodtide replaces the application only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.