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Updates

The installed app keeps itself up to date. Every update is signed: before the app offers one, it checks the update against the Integrators Resource release key, and it installs the download only if it matches the signed size and checksum exactly. An update that doesn't come from us is never installed.

How you're asked

When a new version is out, a bar at the top of the main window says Obsidian Remote and the new version is available, with what's new. If the window is closed, the tray shows a notification. Choose:

• Install now: the app downloads the update, checks it, and installs it. Windows asks for administrator approval for ObsidianRemote.Host.exe, because the update is the MSI for the whole PC: it copies the installer into a folder only administrators can change, checks it again there and starts Setup. The app closes, the update installs, and the app starts again by itself; the bar then says Updated.
• Postpone: ask again In 1 hour, In 4 hours, Tomorrow, or the Next time Obsidian Remote starts.
• Skip this version: you won't be asked about this version again. You'll still be told about the next one.

The app never installs an update in the middle of a session. If someone is connected to this PC, or you are connected to another, it says The update installs as soon as the remote sessions end. and waits.

If you decline the administrator prompt, nothing is installed and the bar says so, with Try again.

Check now

Settings > About > Check now checks straight away and says whether you have the latest version. If there is a newer one, the bar appears in the main window.

How often it checks

With Check for updates by itself on (Settings > About, on by default), the app checks shortly after it starts and then every 4 hours.

Portable copies

A portable copy doesn't update itself. Check now in a portable copy always says you have the latest version, even when there is a newer one, so compare Settings > About with the latest version your administrator or we give you. To update it, download the new portable zip and unzip it into a new folder, or over the old one once the old copy has stopped (quit the app; the portable host stops when you sign out of Windows). Its settings and ID are kept elsewhere (%LocalAppData%\ObsidianRemote), so the new copy keeps them.

PCs managed by IT

On PCs IT installed with the MSI, IT can also roll out new versions the same way as the first install (see Rolling out to PCs). The PC keeps its ID, key and settings.

The server

The server doesn't update itself. Its administrator installs new versions (see Upgrades, backups and logs). The web viewer is part of the server, so it is updated with it.

Which version you have

Settings > About shows the app's version and the version of this PC's host. The admin console shows each device's version on the Devices page, and the server's version on the dashboard.