Software Updates

When a new software release is available, it's very easy to use the software update tool to download and install the updates. When using the software update the first time, it must be configured, the next time it requires less effort.

 

Software updates are not available for all versions of the application, they are mainly used for patches or when a smaller part of the application has changed.

 

os apple

Hint for Mac OS X

The software update on Mac OS X must be run as an administrator, otherwise it fails with a permission exception.

  • open a terminal
  • enter:

sudo /Applications/MyTourbook.app/Contents/MacOS/mytourbook

  • after the software update, don't do a restart with the restart dialog
  • close the application
  • close the terminal
  • start the application

 

Update Dialog

  • open the update dialog with File/Software Updates from the menu
  • NEVER use the option Search for updates of the currently installed features,
    SELECT Search for new features to install and then Next

 

Install/Update

 

When the update function is used the first time, an update site must be created:

 
New Update Site

 

  • check MyTourbook Update Site
  • with Finish this update tool looks for a new version on the update site
Install dialog

 

After the search was done, there are two possibilities which can occur:

 

1. new version was not found

 
no updates found

 

2. new version was found and the available packages will be displayed

  • check the entry which should be installed
  • with Next the license dialog will be displayed
MyTourbook Updates

 

  • after confirming the license, with Next the install dialog will be displayed

 
Lizenz

 

 

  • with Finish the installation packages will be downloaded

 
Lizenz

 

  • with Install All all downloaded packages will be installed

 
Feature verification

 

After a successful installation, MyTourbook should be restartet.

 

Application Restart

  • after the software update, a restart dialog is displayed, but a restart with this restart dialog fails mostly on Linux and OS X and you have to kill the application
  • close the application
  • start the application

 
Restart

 

Disadvantages for the Software Update Tool

This update tool does currently not remove older files when a new version is installed. The new files will be copied into the same folder where the older files are located, however the application will use the files with the higher version number.

 

This page is updated for version 12.1