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How to update TextCount on your Mac
TextCount's developer publishes each version on their own page at arthursmith.dev. Below is how to run that update yourself, then what Floodtide does about it, alongside every other app on the Mac.
Update TextCount by hand
- Download the current build from arthursmith.dev. TextCount's developer publishes each release at arthursmith.dev. Get the Mac build from there.
- Replace the old copy. Quit TextCount, open the download and put the new TextCount 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 TextCount
Floodtide's own signed catalog lists where TextCount'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 TextCount's own updater, or from the developer's site, and Floodtide is what tells you the day it is due.
What Floodtide knows about TextCount
- Floodtide reads
- the developer's own page at arthursmith.dev
- Developer
- arthursmith.dev
- Bundle ID
- com.arthursmithdev.TextCount
- Needs
- macOS 13.0 or later
- 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 TextCount
Does Floodtide update TextCount?
Floodtide tells you when TextCount has an update. TextCount 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 TextCount's own updater or the developer's site.
How does Floodtide install a new version of TextCount?
It does not install this one itself. It shows you the new version as soon as TextCount's developer publishes it, and you update from TextCount's own updater or the developer's site.
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