Updates
Cliqer for Mac updates itself.
| Where | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cliqer > Check for Updates... | Checks right now. |
| Settings > Updates > Version | Shows the version and build, for example 3.0.0. |
| Check for updates automatically | Cliqer checks for a new version about once a day. On by default. |
| Download updates automatically | Downloads a new version without asking. Needs the setting above. Off until you turn it on. |
| Beta updates | Also offers test releases before everyone gets them (caption: "Offer test releases before everyone gets them."). Off until you turn it on. |
| Last checked | The date and time of the last check, or Never. |
| Check Now | Checks right now. Greyed out while a check or install is running. |
Cliqer only installs an update that carries Cliqer's signature. Anything else is ignored.
The daily check runs only while your room is quiet (see Updates never interrupt a show). Check Now always runs when you press it.
If the Updates pane says "Updates are not set up in this build", you are running a build that cannot update itself. Download the current version from cliqer.io/download.
Cliqer for Windows reads the same update feed as the Mac, using your licence, and runs the Windows installer it offers once you agree.
| Where | What it does |
|---|---|
| Settings > Updates > Version | Shows the version, for example 3.0.0. |
| Check for updates automatically | On by default. "Once a day; Cliqer also checks when it starts." |
| Beta updates | Also offers test releases before everyone gets them (caption: "Offer test releases before everyone gets them."). Off until you turn it on. |
| Cliqer updates | Says what is happening: "Cliqer checks when it starts.", "Checking for updates.", "Cliqer is up to date." or "Cliqer |
| Check now | Checks right now. Shown when no check is running and no update is waiting to install. |
| Install and restart | Shown when a version is available. "Downloading and checking the installer." appears while it downloads, then Windows asks for permission and Cliqer restarts. |
If something goes wrong the card reads "The update did not go through:
When Cliqer has found a release and your room is quiet, a Cliqer update available dialog opens with Install and restart and Later. Later keeps the dialog down for that version until you restart Cliqer; Install and restart on the Updates page still works. Windows also offers an older version when the newest release on the feed is older than the one you run (a withdrawn release), so an install can roll back to the feed's newest.
Your licence and versions
Your licence decides which versions of Cliqer you may run. Cliqer only offers updates that your licence covers. If you run a version your licence does not cover you see:
| Where | Message |
|---|---|
| Both | Update Required: "This licence does not cover this version of Cliqer. Update Cliqer or renew the licence." with Update |
| Both | Licence Expired: "This licence has expired. Get a plan or continue with the free plan." with Renew (a lapsed key only), Get a Plan and Continue With the Free Plan |
| Both | Licence No Longer Active: "This licence is no longer active. Get a plan or continue with the free plan." with Get a Plan and Continue With the Free Plan |
| Both | Cliqer |
To fix it, install a version your licence covers, or renew the licence. See Sign in.
Release channel and quiet rule
Cliqer v3 offers published releases only. Turn on Beta updates under Settings > Updates to also get test releases (GitHub pre-releases) before everyone does. It is a host setting, off by default, on both macOS and Windows.
Updates never interrupt a show
Cliqer offers or starts an update only while your room is quiet: nobody presenting, no caller, no live share and no go-live broadcast for five minutes after the room was last busy, or five seconds after launch if it was never busy. Signed out there is no room, so it counts as quiet. On macOS the scheduled check waits for that; on Windows the Cliqer update available dialog waits for it.