Tip: Update MacOS host client app

Juergen Meier
6 days ago
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I found the manual way of updating the ScreenConnect Client.app host agent software poorly documented, so I wrote a small shell script to do it for you:
this script searches for the currently installed app and replaces it with the current version.
Replace "screenconnect.example.com" below with the FQDN or IP of your ScreenConnect server!!!

#!/bin/sh
# Update ScreenConnect Agent Client on MacOS - Run as User
tmpdir=~/Downloads
URL="https://screenconnect.example.com/Bin/ScreenConnect.Client.zip"
zip="ScreenConnect.Client.zip"
# Find current installation
app=$(mdfind kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier="com.screenconnect.client")
base=$(dirname "${app}")
# Remove current version
test -d "${app}" && trash "${app}"
rm -f "${tmpdir}/${zip}"
# Download new version
curl -o "${tmpdir}/${zip}" -J -s -S "${URL}" || exit $?
# Unzip new version into previous install location and restore attributes
unzip -qod "${base:-/Applications/}" "${tmpdir}/${zip}"
dot_clean "${app}"
echo "Done."