Why Does DIM update so often?
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It seems like almost everytime I buy something from Daz, the Daz Installaltion Manager has to download an update before I can download my new product. Why does it update so often? it seems like this should be a stable piece of software that doesn't need many updates, but it updates much more frequently than any other piece of software I own, and I can't delay the updates until later while still using it. Can the updates be turned off? Or scheduled to be a once-a-month or security-related only? It's a small thing, but it's adds a annoying step to the Daz purchase process. Ironically, buying at other stores, where I have to unzip and manually install—which is more work—is less annoying because it doesn't seem intrusive the way the DIM updates are.
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It does? Mine doesn't update often at all. Maybe once every 6 months...sometimes even less.
Laurie
Maybe it's updating MetaData?
Same for me.
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/142811/daz-install-manager-dim-1-1-0-74-now-available-updated/p1
It updates most times I open it. It updated this morning and a few days ago.
That suggests that soemthing is interring - perhaps your security software is blocking or reversing updates or a system restore is being triggered to roll your version back.
I don't have any special firewall set up, so I'm not sure why that would be happening :(
Which version is it?
Have you explicitly run as admistrator at any time (right-clicked and select "Run as Admistrator")? That would be likely to set file/folder permissions incorrectly, which might be blocking the update.
I don't think so. I always launch it from Alfred, a utility which allows me to launch things by typing the names, or, more commonly, just by clicking the download and install button on Daz after making a purchase.
I would always be suspicious of any such utility if the application was behaving in unexpected ways.
It's a fairly commonly used power app, and doesn't cause any problems I know of. The only thing it does, vis-a-vis app launching/use is launch it as if I were launching it from Terminal instead of clicking on it in the Finder. It's actually the one app I have that comes closest to "can't live without." I wholehearted endorse it for any Mac user: https://www.alfredapp.com.
Since DIM demands updates when it gets launched from the Daz website after a purchase, I'm 99% certain that's not what's causing my issue.
Have you repaired folder permissions, sicne you are on a Mac?