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How to update Refbox on your Mac

Refbox's developer publishes each version through a version feed at app.ref.box. Below is how to run that update yourself, then what Floodtide does about it, alongside every other app on the Mac.

Update Refbox by hand

  1. Download the current build from the developer. Refbox's developer publishes each release on their own site. Get the Mac build from there.
  2. Replace the old copy. Quit Refbox, open the download and put the new Refbox 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.

What Floodtide does about Refbox

Floodtide's own signed catalog lists where Refbox'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 publishes the version but no download Floodtide can check, so Floodtide does not install this one itself. The update comes from Refbox's own updater, or from the developer's site, and Floodtide is what tells you the day it is due.

What Floodtide knows about Refbox

Floodtide reads
a version feed the developer publishes at app.ref.box
Bundle ID
com.refbox.app
Installed by Floodtide
No. Floodtide shows the new version the day it is out; installing it is your call, from the developer.

Read from the source on 18 October 2026. The app reads it live.

Questions about Refbox

Does Floodtide update Refbox?

Floodtide tells you when Refbox has an update. Refbox is in Floodtide's signed catalog, which reads the version its developer publishes, so a new release appears in your update list with no configuration. The developer publishes no download Floodtide can check, so the update itself comes from Refbox's own updater or the developer's site.

How does Floodtide install a new version of Refbox?

It does not install this one itself. It shows you the new version as soon as Refbox's developer publishes it, and you update from Refbox's own updater or the developer's site.