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How to update Subfolder on your Mac

Subfolder's developer publishes each version on their own page at subfolder.app. Below is how to run that update yourself, then how Floodtide does it for you, alongside every other app on the Mac.

Update Subfolder by hand

  1. Download the current build from subfolder.app. Subfolder's developer publishes each release at subfolder.app. Get the Mac build from there.
  2. Replace the old copy. Quit Subfolder, open the download and put the new Subfolder 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 Subfolder'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.
  • Subfolder is asked to quit politely if it is open, and never forced.

What Floodtide knows about Subfolder

Floodtide reads
the developer's own page at subfolder.app
Developer
subfolder.app
Bundle ID
app.subfolder
Downloads come from
subfolder.app
Needs
macOS 14.0 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 Subfolder

Does Floodtide update Subfolder?

Yes. Subfolder is in Floodtide's signed catalog, which reads Subfolder'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 Subfolder?

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 Subfolder if it is running and puts the new version in place.

Will updating Subfolder lose my settings?

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