Floodtide
Floodtide is a macOS app updater that scans installed apps, finds available updates, and helps you update supported software from one place.
What is Floodtide?
Floodtide is a native macOS utility for checking and installing updates for apps already on your Mac. It is designed for people who want a single place to see which apps are outdated instead of opening each app separately and using different update systems. Floodtide can read several update sources, including Sparkle feeds, Homebrew casks, GitHub releases, Electron update feeds, and Mac App Store listings where supported. It also offers tools that make app maintenance easier, such as updating multiple apps together, scheduling checks, and handling supported updates directly in the app. For Mac users who keep a mix of direct-download and store apps installed, Floodtide helps simplify routine software upkeep.
Key features
- Scan installed apps to find available updates
- Update multiple supported apps from one place
- Check several update sources, including Sparkle, Homebrew, GitHub, Electron feeds, and the App Store
- Schedule automatic update checks
- Set quiet hours for background update activity
- Create backups before replacing supported apps
- Roll back to a previous version after an update
- Work on both Intel and Apple silicon Macs
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Floodtide is used to inspect installed apps and manage updates, so access to application files and related folders is normal for its purpose. Updating software always changes existing app bundles, which means you should review pending updates and keep backups of important work before major version changes. If you rely on older app versions for compatibility, check what will be updated before applying everything at once.
Recommendation: Keep Floodtide if you use it to monitor and update Mac apps from one place. If you do not use it, you can remove it like other third-party apps; doing so only takes away its update-checking and app-management convenience.
Common paths
/Applications/Floodtide.app~/Applications/Floodtide.app
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