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title: Automatic updates in Windows and macOS
image: /img/blog/Debug-options_medium.png
date: 2016-11-05T10:51:20+00:00
order: 20161105105120
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# Automatic updates in Windows and macOS

<v-subheader class="blog">Date: 2016-11-05</v-subheader>

QOwnNotes can now do **automatic updates** in **Windows** and **macOS**.

In the update dialog you will see a new **Update** button. If you press it the application will quit after a confirmation and a script will be loaded to **update to the latest version** of QOwnNotes.

After the update QOwnNotes will be started again.

![Debug options](/img/blog/Debug-options_medium.png "Debug options")

Please use the checkbox **_Fake old version number_** in the **Debug options** to trigger an update and click **_Check for updates_** in the _Help_ main menu to **test the update process** and **provide feedback**.

Under **macOS** please use this issue for feedback: [Issue #102](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/102)

Under **Windows** please use this issue for feedback: [Issue #376](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/376)

![QOwnNotes updater](https://www.qownnotes.org/var/bekerle/storage/images/media/images/qownnotes-updater/4266-1-eng-GB/QOwnNotes-updater_reference.png "QOwnNotes updater")
