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Update krites

Keep the macOS app current from inside the studio — no terminal, no re-downloading the .dmg. krites updates in place to the latest signed release and restarts itself.

Check for and apply an update

  1. Open the studio (double-click Krites, or krites studio).
  2. Click the ⚙ gear in the top bar to open Settings, and pick Updates under System in the left rail.
  3. There you'll see the version you're running and a Check for updates button. Click it.
  4. If you're already on the latest release, it says so and you're done.
  5. If a newer release exists, krites downloads the new signed build, verifies it, replaces itself, and shows a full-screen "Updating krites…" overlay while it restarts. When the new version answers, the page reloads onto the upgraded studio automatically.

Your shoots, verdicts and edits are untouched — updating only replaces the program, and your config is migrated on restart.

macOS app only

In-place self-update is a feature of the packaged macOS app (it's the build that ships as a signed .dmg and knows how to replace itself). A CLI install (krites from a tar.gz) updates with krites update instead, or by re-downloading the archive.

If the restart doesn't come back

The overlay waits for the restarted studio and, if it doesn't answer within a couple of minutes, tells you to reopen Krites. Just double-click Krites again — the launcher reopens the studio (now on the new version).

What "update" actually does

  • Reads the release feed (phpboyscout/krites GitLab Releases), the same source the krites update CLI uses.
  • Downloads the newer signed, notarized build and verifies its signature before applying — a failed download/verify leaves your running app untouched.
  • Replaces the on-disk binary and re-execs itself on the same port, so the studio comes back where it was.

krites never auto-updates: a periodic check may notify you that a new version is available, but applying it is always your choice.

The notifications bell

The 🔔 bell in the top bar (next to the gear) lights up with a gold dot when there's something to know — an available update, or a long-running job that just finished (a cull, an export, an AI review, an object removal) even if you'd moved to another screen while it ran. Click the bell to see the list; opening it clears the dot. The Update available notice links straight to Settings → Updates, so you can review and apply on your terms — the bell only tells you, it never installs anything on its own. The list is per-session (a reload starts fresh) and stays on your machine.