# How to update NotchStar > NotchStar has no automatic updater today. Download the new disk image from this site and drag it over the old app. Your license and settings stay. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/help/update-notchstar/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. NotchStar does not update itself. There is no automatic updater today. To update, download the new disk image from notchstar.com and drag NotchStar over the old copy in Applications. Your license and settings carry over. ## Steps 1. Look at the [changelog](https://www.notchstar.com/changelog/) to see the newest version. The current one is 1.0.5, released 12 October 2026. Compare it with **About NotchStar** in the star menu. 2. Quit NotchStar from the star menu. See [quit NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/quit-notchstar/). 3. Download the new disk image from the [download page](https://www.notchstar.com/download/). 4. Open it and drag NotchStar onto Applications. Choose **Replace** when Finder asks. 5. Open NotchStar again. ## What carries over The license is kept in a small file in your Application Support folder, not inside the app, so replacing the app leaves it alone. Settings live in your preferences and stay as they are. Anything you wrote in Quick Notes stays. Clipboard history was cleared when you quit. ## Check the new download Compare the SHA256 checksum from the install page, as explained in [verify the download](https://www.notchstar.com/help/verify-notchstar-download-spctl/). ## What is not true yet The launch thread mentioned auto updates as a plan. No date exists. Until the app has one, the steps above are the only way. NotchStar also does not tell you a new version exists, so check the changelog now and then. For first time steps see [install from the disk image](https://www.notchstar.com/help/install-notchstar-from-dmg/). The [clipboard tool](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/) starts empty after an update. ## Quick answers. ### Will I lose my license when I update? No. The license is stored outside the app. ## Keep reading. - [How to install NotchStar from the disk image](https://www.notchstar.com/help/install-notchstar-from-dmg/): Download the NotchStar disk image, drag the app to Applications and open it. The star appears in the menu bar and the notch is ready. - [How to quit NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/quit-notchstar/): Click the star in the menu bar and choose Quit NotchStar, or press Command Q while its menu is open. Quitting clears clipboard history and the shelf. - [How to check that NotchStar is notarized with spctl](https://www.notchstar.com/help/verify-notchstar-download-spctl/): Check the NotchStar download with spctl and a SHA256 checksum. Notarized apps report Notarized Developer ID, so macOS can verify who made it. - [Clipboard history that lives in your notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/): Searchable clipboard history in the Mac notch: text, links, images and files. Skips password manager copies. Click any item to copy it again. ## More in Settings. - [How to make NotchStar open on click instead of hover](https://www.notchstar.com/help/open-notchstar-on-click-instead-of-hover/): If the notch opens by accident, set Open notch to On click in Settings, General. You then click to open and click outside to close. - [How to keep the NotchStar notch open](https://www.notchstar.com/help/pin-the-notchstar-notch-open/): Press the pin button in the notch header, labelled Keep open, and the notch stays open when the pointer leaves. Press it again to unpin. - [How to reorder or hide tools in NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-tool-order-and-hidden-tools/): Open Settings, Tools, drag tools into your order and switch off the ones you do not use. At least one tool always stays on. - [How to make NotchStar open at login](https://www.notchstar.com/help/notchstar-launch-at-login/): Switch on Launch at login in NotchStar Settings, General. macOS may ask you to allow it in System Settings, Login Items. - [How to quit NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/quit-notchstar/): Click the star in the menu bar and choose Quit NotchStar, or press Command Q while its menu is open. Quitting clears clipboard history and the shelf. - [How to uninstall NotchStar from your Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/help/uninstall-notchstar/): Quit NotchStar, deactivate the license if you want the slot back, switch off launch at login and drag the app to the Trash.