Coverage chart / Arduino Cloud Agent
Keep Arduino Cloud Agent up to date on your Mac
Arduino Cloud Agent 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. Arduino Cloud Agent can also update itself, but only once you open it, and only itself.
How Arduino Cloud Agent gets updated
Floodtide's own signed catalog lists where Arduino Cloud Agent's developer publishes each release, and Floodtide reads that source directly to learn which version is current. When yours is behind, the row appears under Updates with the version that is out.
- The developer's own build is downloaded, with real progress.
- It is checked against a checksum where the source publishes one, otherwise against the developer signature of the copy already installed, and Gatekeeper has to accept it before anything is replaced.
- Arduino Cloud Agent is asked to quit politely if it is open, and never forced.
Questions about Arduino Cloud Agent
Does Floodtide update Arduino Cloud Agent?
Yes. Arduino Cloud Agent 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 Arduino Cloud Agent beside everything else and updates the whole set in one pass.
How does Floodtide install a new version of Arduino Cloud Agent?
It downloads the developer's own build and checks it before anything on your Mac changes: against a checksum where the source publishes one, otherwise by requiring the same developer signature as the copy already installed, and Gatekeeper has to accept it. Then it quits Arduino Cloud Agent if it is running and puts the new version in place.
Will updating Arduino Cloud Agent lose my settings?
No. Floodtide replaces the application only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.