Updating

New versions are published as GitHub releases, and that is where the app looks for them. The check carries nothing about you. It is one of the few requests ObjectExplorer makes that are not to your own storage — your data stays here lists them all.

In the app

Settings → Check for Updates asks GitHub for the latest release when you open it; nothing is asked before that. When there is a newer version, Update to 0.9.1 downloads it, checks its sha256 against the release's own list, and puts it where the next start finds it. Nothing changes while you work. The button then turns into Restart to finish: the app closes and opens again on the new version, on the same port, and a browser page waits for it and reloads.

How the new version is put in place depends on how you installed this copy:

Installed from	What Update does
the macOS .dmg (the .app)	replaces the app
a .tar.gz, or the Windows .zip	downloads the new binary and puts it in place of this one
npm install -g, or a project	runs npm to install the new version
npx	installs it under ~/.objectexplorer/update, and runs from there
Homebrew	shows the command: brew upgrade objectexplorer, or brew upgrade --cask objectexplorer-app
the Windows .msix	downloads the new .msix; on restart App Installer opens it and replaces this copy
a server	shows the commands: updating a server

A copy that came from none of these is told so, and offered nothing.

The other ways

• npx — npx @knockdata/objectexplorer@latest always runs the latest published version.
• Downloads — the download links always point at the newest build, and every previous build stays on the releases page.

A server

A server that signs people in never updates itself from a window. Its owner updates it on the server, with versions installed side by side so going back is one command:

oe check      # this copy, the version in use, what is installed, the latest
oe upgrade    # install the latest and make it current
oe rollback   # back to the version before

See updating a server.

What changed

Every version's notes are on its release and in the changelog.

Next: where the usage numbers come from.