How do you properly update Davinci Resolve?

Imamacuser

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I'm on Resolve lite 11.0 and wan't to upgrade to 11.2.1 and am having trouble figuring out the process. I couldn't find an update button in Resolve 11.0, so I downloaded the 11.2.1 update from Blackmagic's site, but it installed as a second version of Resolve, not as an update. So now I have both version 11.0 and 11.2.1 of Resolve on my computer and I'm wondering where I went wrong. I'm on OS X 10.9.5 by the way.
 
That's odd. You do have to go to the site and re-download the new version, but it has always detected and replaced the old version for me (also on a Mac). I just double-checked and I definitely only have the latest version in my Applications folder.
 
Maybe OS X Mavericks is the culprit. I guess my first question is, do you download the update by clicking look for updates somewhere in the Resolve menu; or do you download the update from Blackmagic's site and somehow install it over your current version? I guess I could just delete the old version, but I'm not sure how to transfer my old projects.
 
I am running Mavericks as well, so I don't think that that is the cause. And I'm not sure if there is even an option to update Resolve in the menu; that's why I have been going to the site to download updates. As far as transferring old projects over, aren't all of your old projects automatically populated into the Project Manager panel with each update? I have never had to transfer anything over.
 
The full version of Resolve has an uninstall tool in the Resolve folder, which uninstalls the application but not projects. If the lite version works the same way, you need to uninstall the old version of Resolve before installing the new one.

Kevin
 
QuickHitRecord, did you have to uninstall the old version? I uninstalled ver 11.2.1, rebooted my computer, and reinstalled ver 11.2.1, then rebooted again, but it didn't replace ver 11.0, I still have both versions. kwoff, the Lite ver of 11.0 doesn't have an uninstall folder, but ver 11.2.1 does. I'm afraid if I remove ver 11.0 that I'll lose my projects.
 
I've never had to uninstall previous versions of Resolve; the updates just replace it. Have you tried posting this question over on the BMD Resolve boards?
 
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