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Upgrade all the casks installed via Homebrew Cask

I use Homebrew Cask to install applications on OS X. How do I upgrade all the installed casks?

Solution

  • There is now finally an official upgrade mechanism for Homebrew Cask (see Issue 3396 for the implementation)! To use it, simply run this command:

    brew upgrade --cask

    However this will not update casks that do not have versioning information (version :latest) or applications that have a built-in upgrade mechanism (auto_updates true). To reinstall these casks (and consequently upgrade them if upgrades are available), run the upgrade command with the --greedy flag like this:

    brew upgrade --cask --greedy

    To get outdated:

    brew outdated --cask --greedy --verbose