Updating LinFIR

LinFIR checks for new releases automatically. How the update is actually applied depends on the platform.

Windows

Windows builds are distributed through the Microsoft Store. Updates are handled entirely by the Store — LinFIR does not check for or install updates itself on Windows. No action is needed: the Store updates the app automatically according to your Windows update settings.

macOS

On macOS, LinFIR checks for new releases in the background and, when one is available, shows a notification window in the bottom-right corner of the screen:

1. Update available: the window reads “Update available — vX.X.X (current: vX.X.X)”, with an Install vX.X.X button.
2. Click Install to download and install the update. A progress bar tracks the download; the app stays fully responsive while it downloads.
3. Once installed, the window switches to “Update vX.X.X installed” with a 🔄 Restart Now button.
4. Click Restart Now to relaunch LinFIR with the update applied. The current instance closes and the updated one starts automatically — no need to quit and reopen manually.

The window can be dismissed (x, top-right of the window) at any point before the download starts. Dismissing only skips it for the current session — it reappears the next time you launch LinFIR, or immediately if a newer release than the one you dismissed becomes available.

⚠️ Do not force-quit LinFIR while an update is downloading or installing (i.e. while the progress bar is showing). Interrupting it partway through — killing the process, a system shutdown, a crash — can leave the application bundle in a corrupted, unusable state, since the update replaces the running executable on disk.

If that happens: download the latest version directly from demaudio.com/linfir/ and reinstall over the corrupted copy. No project data is at risk — your .lnf project files live independently of the application itself and are unaffected either way.