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How to update Screenflick on your Mac

Screenflick is published as the Homebrew cask screenflick. Below is how to run that update yourself, then how Floodtide does it for you, alongside every other app on the Mac. Homebrew describes Screenflick as "Screen recorder with audio".

Update Screenflick by hand

  1. Upgrade the Homebrew cask. If you installed Screenflick with Homebrew, open Terminal and run brew upgrade --cask screenflick. Homebrew downloads the current build, checks it against the checksum it publishes and replaces the app in your Applications folder.
  2. Or download it from araelium.com. Otherwise get the current build from araelium.com, which is the same download Homebrew points at. Quit Screenflick, open the download and put the new Screenflick 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.
brew upgrade --cask screenflick

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 reads the same Homebrew record for Screenflick that the brew command above does, without needing Homebrew installed, to learn which version 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.
  • Screenflick 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.

Every download of Screenflick is checked against the checksum Homebrew publishes before anything is replaced.

If Screenflick 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.

What Floodtide knows about Screenflick

Floodtide reads
the Homebrew cask screenflick
Developer
araelium.com
Version the source named on 18 October 2026
3.3.3
Downloads come from
store.araelium.com
Installed by Floodtide
Yes, in one click, with the rest of your apps.
Each download is checked against
the checksum Homebrew publishes

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

Questions about Screenflick

Does Floodtide update Screenflick?

Yes. Screenflick is in the Homebrew catalog that Floodtide reads, 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 Screenflick?

It downloads the vendor's official build, verifies it against the checksum the catalogue publishes, quits Screenflick if it is running, swaps the bundle, and keeps the previous version for seven days so the update can be undone.

Will updating Screenflick lose my settings?

No. Floodtide replaces the application only. Preferences, licences and documents live outside it and are untouched.