Coverage chart / Big Mean Folder Machine 2
Keep Big Mean Folder Machine 2 up to date on your Mac
Big Mean Folder Machine 2 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. Big Mean Folder Machine 2 can also update itself, but only once you open it, and only itself.
How Big Mean Folder Machine 2 gets updated
Floodtide reads the Homebrew catalog, a community-maintained index of Mac software, to learn which version of Big Mean Folder Machine 2 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.
- Big Mean Folder Machine 2 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.
Big Mean Folder Machine 2'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 Big Mean Folder Machine 2 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 Big Mean Folder Machine 2
Does Floodtide update Big Mean Folder Machine 2?
Yes. Big Mean Folder Machine 2 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 Big Mean Folder Machine 2 beside everything else and updates the whole set in one pass.
How does Floodtide install a new version of Big Mean Folder Machine 2?
It downloads the vendor's official build, verifies it carries the same developer signature as the copy already installed and passes Gatekeeper, quits Big Mean Folder Machine 2 if it is running, swaps the bundle, and keeps the previous version for seven days so the update can be undone.
Will updating Big Mean Folder Machine 2 lose my settings?
No. Floodtide replaces the application only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.