too many updates! How to get them to stop

[AKaough 0]

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 8,384]

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These biweekly updates are so annoying - these days only a greatly outdated software support process makes so frequent application updates.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 1]

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.

[gazumped 11,824]

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 1]

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. 652]

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 8,384]

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 0]

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 8,384]

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 0]

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 2,351]

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 0]

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

[Thorz 94]

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!

[gazumped 11,824]

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? 

[gazumped 11,824]

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.

[gazumped 11,824]

50 minutes ago, WCG-Taskforce said:

Reinstalling has not fixed the issue.

Hi.  Did you use Appcleaner to sanitise your system?

[PJHines 0]

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 8,384]

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.