too many updates! How to get them to stop

[AKaough 2]

Evernote works fine and I have rarely experienced any major changes in my experience from an update, yet the software has a pop up asking to update every few hours. It's enough to make me want to switch to another platform!

Is there anyway to disable these multiple times a day updates? I don't mind an update every few months, but this is insane.

[PinkElephant 8,835]

There are no multiple times a day updates.

If you have this experience, you have a rotten install that tries to renew, fails and repeats it in a loop.

Remove the existing install using the app AppCleaner, restart the Mac and install freshly.

[iegil 0]

These biweekly updates are so annoying - these days only a greatly outdated software support process makes so frequent application updates. Well managed processes haven't done this for a decade or more! What decade is the software management team from anyway?  Maybe it's time for some fresh thinking.

[BlueBlah 2]

I have around 100 apps on my Mac. There is only one app that updates every couple of days: Evernote. It is ridiculous. The little red alert pops up on the App Store and I roll my eyes, Evernote again? Yep. It literally is the only app that updates seemingly every week and often just days apart. It's way too much. It makes me suspicious and annoyed and though it shouldn't matter I guess, but it makes me want to delete the app. Have some restraint.

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On 2/9/2024 at 2:43 PM, iegil said:

These biweekly updates

 

On 2/9/2024 at 8:44 PM, BlueBlah said:

only one app that updates every couple of days

If you're getting updates more frequently than every couple of weeks you have a local problem that can be solved by uninstalling the app via Appcleaner (Mac) or Revo Uninstaller (Windows),  powering your system off and on again,  and re-downloading  / installing the latest version from Evernote.com.

If the two-weekly process is too much of an imposition,  you may need to seek other software.  It certainly doesn't bother me to have frequent bug-fixes and feature upgrades as they become available.

[BlueBlah 2]

Thank you for the response. I got another update notice today. It's been about 4-5 days since the last one. Bug fixes are fine, but no other app is needing to do bug fixes every two weeks or whatever the frequency is. Are they all writing better code (snark) or is Evernote using the updates as a way to track users or keep drawing attention to the app. It just seems odd to need to fix this often and don't see t be the only one thinking this.

[Paul A. 677]

13 minutes ago, BlueBlah said:

Thank you for the response. I got another update notice today. It's been about 4-5 days since the last one. Bug fixes are fine, but no other app is needing to do bug fixes every two weeks or whatever the frequency is. Are they all writing better code (snark) or is Evernote using the updates as a way to track users or keep drawing attention to the app. It just seems odd to need to fix this often and don't see t be the only one thinking this.

It's in vogue as a software development philosophy. Release small software updates early and often rather than waiting to package up "bigger" releases. 

[PinkElephant 8,835]

2 hours ago, BlueBlah said:

… but no other app is needing to do bug fixes every two weeks or whatever the frequency is. …

Oh, Zoom is pretty close. Teams as well, and others. Maybe all the rest is not trying hard enough ?

They really optimized the update process. It will load in the background, and with a simple tap it will load fast and efficiently. If not, it simply runs with the next program start.

It really is just happening, so where is your problem ?

[JoergHH 1]

Hi,

I will stop my evernote subscription after many years. I use many computer and whenever I start evernote I will install updates, show me new features, it takes my time. And I have no choice to say: Do it allone, don't inform me, no special deals etc.

It doesn't changes - so I quit. 

 

Too bad.

[PinkElephant 8,835]

Your decision - I rather have apps that are under active development.

What’s bugging me about the releases is the lack of basic QA. This often leads to another release to jump fix what the first had broken.

Real updates are fine with me.

[jkbh4 1]

I've been with evernote from the begining and am now looking to replace because of the constant updates.  Does anyone know of a more stable platform to consider?

[s2sailor 2,456]

1 hour ago, jkbh4 said:

I've been with evernote from the begining and am now looking to replace because of the constant updates.  Does anyone know of a more stable platform to consider?

Search on Evernote alternatives in the forum and on the web.  You'll be reading for days.  There is no clear winner.  It depends on what you want and need.

[jkbh4 1]

I agree, it's going to be a challenge.  Thank you s2sailor

[Thorz 125]

Updates work ok here. The frequency that they happen nowadays in EN has indeed increased, I have possibly gotten an update message once every 2 weeks during the last few months, but I prefer this schedule than waiting 2-3 months for a huge update. This new schedule lets us try new features and bug fixes faster and allows the devs to fix things quickly if something breaks.

[JZiegler 0]

I get multiple updates a day.  This Windows app sucks!

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7 minutes ago, JZiegler said:

I get multiple updates a day.

If they're all from Evernote you have a problem.  Evernotes are every couple of weeks,  not multiple times a day.  I'd suggest uninstalling your local copy with Revo uninstaller free and downloading the latest version from Evernote.com.

[One more Evernote User 0]

I get nagged by these updates every week it seems like and unless I manually go into the help menu and click check for updates and install right then, the update fails and I get nagged multiple times a day. Maybe that is what some users are talking about and maybe there's an actual issue here that has not been addressed. 

Even if not, these are NOT meaningful updates. How can you possibly have this many security holes or bugs to fix at this point? 

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16 hours ago, One more Evernote User said:

maybe there's an actual issue here that has not been addressed

I mostly get updates because I check and download from the website directly.  With millions of users Evernote staggers the issue of updates over a period of weeks and a random "check for updates" will not usually give you anything immediately.  If that is working for you,  you may benefit from a clean reinstall as suggested above.  As a matter of interest,  what's your device and OS/ Evernote version numbers?

[WCG-Taskforce 1]

I do have the same issue - Evernote on macOS Catalina V10.15.7 is trying to install multiple updates per day. Reinstalling has not fixed the issue.

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50 minutes ago, WCG-Taskforce said:

Reinstalling has not fixed the issue.

Hi.  Did you use Appcleaner to sanitise your system?

[PJHines 1]

I, too, am frustrated that every time I launch Evernote to take notes during a meeting, there is a long delay while the software updates. I'm using a local version on my PC or iPad, and have to wait anxious minutes before I can start taking notes. This is happening in front of clients and prospects, so unacceptable. Can you add a button to say "not now" for the updates? 

[bozat 0]

What I don't understand is why I get a "your ... is outdated" error and can't run the software. Why is there no automatic update button?

I have to go to the website and download the latest build. which obviously detracts me from the immediate task of jotting down a note. I don't even remember what I was going to do half the time.

[PinkElephant 8,835]

AppStore install or direct install from the website ?

AppStore installs get their update notification through the AppStore.

Direct installs get it in the app, in the side bar quite at the top of everything listed. The updates are on a staged rollout, which means that it will take some days until all users were notified.

If you don’t receive update notifications on the direct install, your installation is probably broken. In this case make a full uninstall using AppCleaner, restart the Mac and install fresh.

[chENuser 0]

It seems even more frequently than every two weeks to me; most recently just a few days apart. And the updates that were just a few days apart both just used the boilerplated "we regularly update..." message, revealing nothing as to what the updates do/did or why the updates were needed.

I too am pretty tired of the update frequency of Evernote, to the point of choosing a different solution. Monthly should be the quickest periodicity unless there's a security/privacy issue at hand that requires more immediacy.

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On 7/10/2024 at 9:56 PM, chENuser said:

It seems even more frequently than every two weeks to me

I agree they're frequent at the moment - Evernote seem to be taking the 'move fast and break things' view on development.  I'm losing track of which version I'm on - but am actually glad to see the new features they've introduced,  and I appreciate that if they are aware of a bug they'll move quickly to fix it.  In my experience it takes a couple of minutes to update, and you can (usually) dismiss the reminder if you're in the middle of something.

[NoteTakerOg 0]

It's so true, around two years ago it started and the updates are so aggressive, its out of hand, it really is

[Blackadder 4]

Windows user here.  I agree with everything that's been said.  It seems to me that every time I start Evernote, it has to download/install an update.  

I have asked Evernote Support and all I get is some nonsense about "wanting to ensure the high quality of their product".  Really?  Other software vendors seem to manage to maintain high quality products without constant updates. 

I already use Simplenote as a very effective basic note-taking app, Google Keep is free too, and am looking at Onenote so I can save the money on the Evernote subscription AND save the constant "update frustration".

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11 hours ago, Blackadder said:

It seems to me that every time I start Evernote, it has to download/install an update.

Not my experience,  and when updates happen they appear pretty seamless to me.  You might consider a clean reinstall to ensure that your existing setup isn't contributing to the issue,  but if you prefer to migrate elsewhere...

Sign out of the account / don't save data locally / use Revo Uninstaller Free (Win) or Appcleaner (Mac) to uninstall the app.  Power device off and back on,  then re-download and reinstall from Evernote.com and leave Evernote running to rebuild local data.   New installs are typically a little slow - things get better after a day or so.

[VoyagerD 0]

Could you please stop updating the software for iOS, Mac, and Windows? It is quite annoying to receive constant upgrade requests.

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26 minutes ago, VoyagerD said:

Could you please stop updating

Hi.  We're mostly other users here,  so we're not updating anything.  Upgrading prompts are only occasional,  and updates are usually weekly at worst.  If you're seeing more than that something may be wrong with your installation.  More information and links to Support if you need it are here >

https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061882314-How-Evernote-delivers-app-updates-to-our-customers

[PinkElephant 8,835]

Updates in itself are not the issue for me.

I think that at least half of the updates could be avoided if update quality would be improved.

[LIMBOONKWONG 0]

Pls schedule monthly updates instead of every time we launch the program. It is really annoying.