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How to update VirusTotalUploader on your Mac

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

Update VirusTotalUploader by hand

  1. Download the current build from docs.virustotal.com. VirusTotalUploader's developer publishes each release at docs.virustotal.com, with the download itself served from virustotal.com. Get the Mac build from there.
  2. Replace the old copy. Quit VirusTotalUploader, open the download and put the new VirusTotalUploader 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 VirusTotalUploader'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.
  • VirusTotalUploader is asked to quit politely if it is open, and never forced.

What Floodtide knows about VirusTotalUploader

Floodtide reads
the developer's own page at docs.virustotal.com
Developer
docs.virustotal.com
Bundle ID
com.virustotal.VirusTotalUploader
Downloads come from
virustotal.com
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 VirusTotalUploader

Does Floodtide update VirusTotalUploader?

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

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

Will updating VirusTotalUploader lose my settings?

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