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Update & uninstall

When to use this

A new version of Orifold is out, or you want to remove the app entirely.

Choose Check for Updates… from the Orifold menu, or open Settings → Updates. If a newer version exists, click Download — Orifold fetches the signed disk image and checks it against the release’s published SHA-256 checksum before it can install. When it’s verified, click Install Update…; Orifold makes sure any open documents are saved first, then opens the disk image so you can drag the new version into Applications.

Automatic checks are off by default. Turning them on lets Orifold look about once a day — only ever a version check. It never downloads or installs anything on its own, and a check never sends anything but a request for the latest version number.

The About Orifold window (in the Orifold menu) also shows, right under the version, whether you’re up to date or an update is waiting — one click there opens the same Software Update window.

When Orifold installs an update, it quietly keeps a verified copy of the version you were on. If a new build ever misbehaves, choose Help → Restore Previous Version…. Orifold confirms first, makes sure your open documents are saved, then closes, checksum- and signature-verifies the saved copy, swaps it back into place, and reopens — your documents untouched. The menu item is greyed out until there’s actually a saved version to go back to.

If the app won’t launch at all, you can do the same from Terminal against the saved archive in ~/Library/Application Support/Orifold/Rollback/:

Terminal window
scripts/install-mac.sh --restore ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orifold/Rollback/Orifold-<version>.zip

Double-click Orifold.command on your Desktop. It checks the latest release before launching, and sweeps up any stray Orifold.app copies (for example, one dragged straight into /Applications) so only one install remains. That’s the entire procedure.

Terminal window
brew update
brew upgrade --cask udhawan97/orifold/orifold

Double-click Uninstall Orifold.command on your Desktop. It removes the app, the Desktop helpers, the installer cache, and app data.

Terminal window
brew uninstall --cask udhawan97/orifold/orifold

To uninstall but keep preferences, caches, and sandbox data:

Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udhawan97/Orifold/main/scripts/uninstall-mac.sh | zsh -s -- --keep-user-data

After updating: the same Desktop helpers, a newer app version. After uninstalling: no Orifold.app, no Desktop helpers, and (unless you kept data) no app data remaining.