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How to update Playlist XML Librarian on your Mac
Playlist XML Librarian's developer publishes each version on their own page at dougscripts.com. Below is how to run that update yourself, then how Floodtide does it for you, alongside every other app on the Mac.
Update Playlist XML Librarian by hand
- Download the current build from dougscripts.com. Playlist XML Librarian's developer publishes each release at dougscripts.com. Get the Mac build from there.
- Replace the old copy. Quit Playlist XML Librarian, open the download and put the new Playlist XML Librarian in Applications in place of the old one: a disk image is dragged across, an installer package runs its own steps. Your settings and documents live outside the app and are kept.
That is one app. The same walk, through a different menu or page each time, is what every other app on the Mac asks of you, which is where Floodtide comes in.
The shorter route: one click in Floodtide
Floodtide's own signed catalog lists where Playlist XML Librarian'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, next to every other app on the Mac that is behind.
- 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.
- Playlist XML Librarian is asked to quit politely if it is open, and never forced.
What Floodtide knows about Playlist XML Librarian
- Floodtide reads
- the developer's own page at dougscripts.com
- Developer
- dougscripts.com
- Bundle ID
- com.dougscripts.mxplaylistxmllibrarian
- Downloads come from
- dougscripts.com
- Needs
- macOS 15.6 or later
- Installed by Floodtide
- Yes, in one click, with the rest of your apps.
- Each download is checked against
- a checksum where the source publishes one, otherwise the developer signature already on the installed copy, and Gatekeeper
Read from the source on 18 October 2026. The app reads it live.
Questions about Playlist XML Librarian
Does Floodtide update Playlist XML Librarian?
Yes. Playlist XML Librarian is in Floodtide's signed catalog, which reads Playlist XML Librarian's own release source, so it appears in your update list automatically when a newer version is published, with no configuration.
How does Floodtide install a new version of Playlist XML Librarian?
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 Playlist XML Librarian if it is running and puts the new version in place.
Will updating Playlist XML Librarian lose my settings?
No. Floodtide replaces the application only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.
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