Coverage chart / Dropzone 4
Keep Dropzone 4 up to date on your Mac
Dropzone 4 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. Dropzone 4 can also update itself, but only once you open it, and only itself.
How Dropzone 4 gets updated
Floodtide reads the Homebrew catalog, a community-maintained index of Mac software, to learn which version of Dropzone 4 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 checksum the catalogue publishes.
- Dropzone 4 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.
If Dropzone 4 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 Dropzone 4
Does Floodtide update Dropzone 4?
Yes. Dropzone 4 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 Dropzone 4 beside everything else and updates the whole set in one pass.
How does Floodtide install a new version of Dropzone 4?
It downloads the vendor's official build, verifies it against the checksum the catalogue publishes, quits Dropzone 4 if it is running, swaps the bundle, and keeps the previous version for seven days so the update can be undone.
Will updating Dropzone 4 lose my settings?
No. Floodtide replaces the application bundle only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.