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2 | 2 | title: Help > Check for Updates ... |
| 3 | +description: Guide on manual and automatic update checks in Portfolio Performance, including update dialogs, relevant links, and settings across platforms. |
| 4 | +changes: |
| 5 | + - date: 2025-06-14 |
| 6 | + author: Nirus2000 |
| 7 | + description: |
| 8 | + - Updated images |
| 9 | + - Fix links |
| 10 | + - Added detailed instructions on manual and automatic update checks |
| 11 | + - Added success confirmation after update installation |
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5 | | -After the first installation, you can either check manually for updates or allow the program to check each time it starts. |
| 14 | +After installation, you can check for updates manually or let the program check automatically on startup. |
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7 | | -## Manual check for updates |
| 16 | +## Manual Check for Updates |
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9 | | -To manually check for updates, navigate to the menu `Help > Check for Updates ...`. Figure 1 will briefly appear. |
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11 | | -Figure: Checking for updates.{class=pp-figure} |
| 18 | +To check manually, select `Help > Check for Updates ...`. A dialog like the one below will briefly appear: |
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| 20 | +Figure: Checking for updates {class="pp-figure"} |
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15 | | -Either no updates are available; indicating that your version is up-to-date or figure 2 will be shown; the correct version will of course be different in the future. |
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17 | | -Figure: Checking for updates.{class=pp-figure} |
| 23 | +If no updates are available, you will see a confirmation that your version is current. Otherwise, an update dialog will appear (the version shown will vary): |
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| 25 | +Figure: Update available {class="pp-figure"} |
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21 | | -To install the most recent version, click `OK`. To cancel the update and stay with the old version, click `Cancel`. |
| 28 | +Click `OK` to install the latest version, or `Cancel` to keep your current version. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +At the top of the update panel, there are three useful links: |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- [New & Noteworthy](https://forum.portfolio-performance.info/t/new-noteworthy/17945/last): Detailed info about the latest and previous releases. |
| 33 | +- [Change Log](https://github.com/portfolio-performance/portfolio/releases): GitHub page listing all releases. |
| 34 | +- [Download](https://www.portfolio-performance.info/): Official homepage with installers for Linux, Windows, and macOS (see [Getting Started > Installation](../../getting-started/installation.md)). |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +Below the links, you’ll find a summary of changes from the last two releases. At the bottom right, you can enable or disable automatic update checks (see next section). |
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23 | | -There are three links at the top of the panel. [New & Noteworthy](https://forum.portfolio-performance.info/t/new-noteworthy/17945/52) provides detailed information about the changes in the latest version but also about *all* previous releases. The [Change Log](https://github.com/portfolio-performance/portfolio/releases) link leads to the Github page of the project where all (previous) releases are described. The [download link](https://www.portfolio-performance.info/) takes you to the homepage; where you can download the program for the different operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS); see [Getting Started > Installation](../../getting-started/installation.md). |
| 38 | +If the update is accepted and installed successfully, a confirmation will appear: |
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25 | | -Below the links, you can find an overview of the changes in the last two releases. At the bottom right, you can enable the automatic check for updates (see below). |
| 40 | +Figure: Install update successful {class="pp-figure"} |
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27 | | -## Automatic check for updates |
| 43 | +## Automatic Check for Updates |
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29 | | -Automatic checking for updates is enabled by default. You can change this setting in the menu `Help > Settings > Updates > Check for updates on start` (see figure 3). |
| 45 | +Automatic update checks are enabled by default. To change this, go to `Help > Settings > Updates` and toggle `Check for updates on start`: |
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31 | | -Figure: Setting for automatic check for updates.{class=pp-figure} |
| 47 | +Figure: Automatic update check setting {class="pp-figure"} |
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