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