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How to update Wired Buddy on your Mac

Wired Buddy's developer publishes each version on their own page at github.com. Below is how to run that update yourself, then what Floodtide does about it, alongside every other app on the Mac.

Update Wired Buddy by hand

  1. Download the current build from github.com. Wired Buddy's developer publishes each release at github.com. Get the Mac build from there.
  2. Replace the old copy. Quit Wired Buddy, open the download and put the new Wired Buddy 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 Wired Buddy

Floodtide's own signed catalog lists where Wired Buddy'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 Wired Buddy's own updater, or from the developer's site, and Floodtide is what tells you the day it is due.

What Floodtide knows about Wired Buddy

Floodtide reads
the developer's own page at github.com
Developer
github.com
Bundle ID
de.jkowalewicz.WiredBuddy
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 Wired Buddy

Does Floodtide update Wired Buddy?

Floodtide tells you when Wired Buddy has an update. Wired Buddy 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 Wired Buddy's own updater or the developer's site.

How does Floodtide install a new version of Wired Buddy?

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