How Omitly updates work

Omitly keeps itself current the way most desktop apps do: it checks whether a newer version is available and lets you install it.

Getting updates

Omitly checks automatically a few seconds after launch — at most once every 24 hours — and shows a banner if an update is available. You can also check any time from More ▾ → About Omitly → Check for updates. Either way, installing is always a separate, explicit action: Omitly never installs an update without you clicking to confirm it.

If the automatic check fails (a proxy, a locked-down network), it fails silently rather than showing an error — you can always check manually, which also offers a manual-download link if installing in-app doesn’t work. To turn the automatic check off, uncheck Check automatically when Omitly starts in the same More ▾ → About Omitly screen.

Your licence carries over — updating doesn’t require re-activating. Each update is cryptographically signed, and Omitly verifies that signature before installing it — a separate signature from the one on the installer itself, but the same idea: nothing installs unless it’s provably from us.

What the update check sends

The update check asks our servers whether a newer version exists and, if so, fetches the signed release. It never sends your documents, their contents, or their filenames — the only thing travelling is the software itself. This is separate from anything to do with your files; see Where does your PDF go?

Managed deployments

In a firm that deploys software centrally, updates can be distributed through your own deployment tools instead of each machine fetching them directly. Dedicated deployment notes for that setup aren’t published yet — contact support and we’ll help you work through it.