MovieTagger 1.4

Fixes automatic updates getting stuck at "Installing…".

If you're updating from 1.3, please read this

Version 1.3 has a bug in its updater, so this one last update may appear to hang at "Installing…" and never reopen the app. If that happens: quit MovieTagger and open it again — the update has already installed correctly. Nothing is lost or damaged. From 1.4 onward updates complete and relaunch on their own.

What was wrong

Accepting an update downloaded, verified, and installed the new version correctly, but the app couldn't quit itself afterwards, so it sat on the "Installing…" screen and never reopened. macOS refuses an app's request to quit while a window like the update panel is still on screen — and the updater was asking from behind exactly that panel.

What's fixed

• The update panel closes before the app quits, so the app now exits and reopens on its own.
• If macOS still declines, the app exits anyway rather than sitting there — the update is already installed at that point.
• The previous version is kept safely on disk until the new one has launched, then cleaned up.
• Updates are refused while metadata is being written to one of your files, so an update can never interrupt a write.
• If the relaunch helper can't start, you get a clear message instead of the app simply disappearing.

Install

Download MovieTagger-1.4.zip below, unzip, and drag MovieTagger.app to your Applications folder. Requires macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later. Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple — no security warnings.