brew-cask-upgrade
brew-cask-upgrade
is a command-line tool for upgrading every outdated app
installed by Homebrew Cask.
Homebrew Cask extends Homebrew and brings its elegance, simplicity, and speed to the installation and management of GUI macOS applications and large binaries alike.
brew-cask-upgrade
is an external command to replace the native upgrade
by offering interactivity, an improved interface, and higher granularity of what to upgrade.
Installation
brew tap buo/cask-upgrade
Usage
Upgrade outdated apps:
brew cu
Upgrade a specific app:
brew cu [CASK]
While running the brew cu
command without any other further options, the script automatically runs brew update
to get
latest versions of all the installed casks (this can be disabled, see options below).
Apps with auto-update
If the app has the auto update functionality (they ask you themselves, if you want to upgrade them), they are not
upgraded while running brew cu
. If you want to upgrade them, pass --all
option to include also those kind of apps.
Please note, that if you update the apps using their auto-update functionality, that change will not reflect in the
brew cu
script! Tracked version gets only updated, when the app is upgraded through brew cu --all
.
Options
Usage: brew cu [CASK] [options]
-a, --all Include apps that auto-update in the upgrade.
--cleanup Cleans up cached downloads and tracker symlinks after
updating.
-f --force Include apps that are marked as latest
(i.e. force-reinstall them).
--no-brew-update Prevent auto-update of Homebrew, taps, and formulae
before checking outdated apps.
-y, --yes Update all outdated apps; answer yes to updating packages.
-q, --quiet Do not show information about installed apps or current options.
--no-quarantine Pass --no-quarantine option to `brew cask install`.
--pinned Print all pinned apps
--pin CASK Pin the current app version
--unpin CASK Unpin the current app version
Display usage instructions:
brew help cu
Version pinning
Pinned apps will not be updated by brew cu
until they are unpinned.
NB: version pinning in brew cu
will not prevent brew cask upgrade
from updating pinned apps.