A new version is offered, never forced, and you decide when it installs. Before it does, your data is backed up and checked, and each update is checked before anything is applied.
6 things it does
A new version is offered quietly, and you choose when to install it
In every edition
Will SellyPOS force me to install an update in the middle of my work? A newer version is offered quietly and never during a sale. The Owner or a Manager can install it now, be reminded tomorrow, or skip that version. An update is never forced.
Without it
A new version that pops up in the middle of a sale breaks the flow at the counter. Nobody can stop to install it while customers wait.
With it
The Owner or a Manager chooses to update now, to be reminded tomorrow, or to skip that version. Until then the version you have keeps running.
Updates are not forced, so you can keep working on the version you have. If a download is interrupted, it starts again from the beginning. A warning before a long data upgrade is not built yet.
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postpone a POS software update for a day
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update POS software when it suits the shop
Choose whether SellyPOS looks for new versions by itself each day
In every edition
Does SellyPOS check for a new version by itself, and can I turn that off? SellyPOS checks for a newer version by itself, once a day at most. Turn the check off and the computer makes no request at all, and checking by hand always works.
Without it
Some shops do not want the software to check for anything on its own. A message that appears during a sale also breaks the flow at the counter.
With it
SellyPOS checks once a day at most. With the check off on a computer, that computer makes no request at all, and checking by hand always works.
SellyPOS looks for a newer version by itself, at most once a day, and never during a sale. Switch the automatic check off on a computer and that computer makes no request for updates at all. You can still check for a new version by hand whenever you like. The Owner or a Manager is told when a newer version is ready.
Other ways people ask this
turn off the automatic check for updates
check for a new POS version by hand
POS software looks for updates once a day
Your data is backed up and checked before any update installs
In every edition
Is my shop's data backed up before an update is installed? Before an update installs, the program takes a backup and checks it. If the backup cannot be written, the update does not start. The last three before-update backups are kept.
Without it
An update is a moment when something could go wrong with your records. You want a copy of your data first, and you want to know that copy can be read.
With it
Before an update installs, SellyPOS takes a backup and checks it. If the backup cannot be written, the update does not start, and SellyPOS says why.
The backup is kept in your backup folder, which Setup > Backup lists. If that folder cannot be written, the update does not start, and SellyPOS tells you why.
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Each update is checked before it installs, and a changed one is refused
In every edition
How can I be sure a SellyPOS update is genuine and has not been changed? Every update is checked for its signature and integrity before anything is applied, and a changed update is refused. If the main signing key were ever lost, the next update would be signed with a spare that existing computers already accept.
Without it
Before you install a new version, you want to know it is the real one, and that nobody changed it on the way.
With it
The signature and each part of an update are checked before anything is applied. A changed update is refused, so it is not installed.
SellyPOS checks the signature of each update before it applies anything. It also checks that each part of the update is exactly as it was when it was signed. If a part has changed, the update is refused. The installer itself is not yet signed for Windows, so Windows may show an unknown publisher when you approve it. If the signing ever had to change, the next update would still be one your computers already accept, so nobody reinstalls by hand.
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After an update, you see which version runs and what was checked
In every edition
What does SellyPOS tell me once an update has installed? After an update, SellyPOS says which version is running and what its checks found. The report shows the summary you saw before installing.
Without it
You approve the install, and the window closes. When it opens again, you are not sure which version started or what was checked.
With it
The first start after an update says, in one sentence, which version is running and what its checks found. It also shows the summary you saw before installing.
The first time SellyPOS opens after an update, a short report appears. The checks cover the books, the stock and whether the stored data can be read. The full list of what changed is not shown yet.
Other ways people ask this
check which POS software version is running
summary shown after a POS software update
software update report on first launch
An older SellyPOS will not open data a newer version has written
In every edition
What happens if I open my shop's data in an older version of SellyPOS? An older version of SellyPOS refuses to open data written by a newer version. It offers only installing the newer version or restoring a backup.
Without it
A shop can have a newer and an older copy of SellyPOS on different computers. Nobody wants the older copy to open the newer data.
With it
The older copy stops and does not open the data. It offers only two things (install the newer version, or restore a backup).
An older copy of SellyPOS refuses to open data that a newer version has written, and it says so. It offers two things only (install the newer version, or restore a backup). A restore is recorded in the audit log.