desktop: Github Mac Doesn't Update

Github for Mac always tells me there is updates. Unfortunately they never install when I click on the banner. Here’s the error log output:

tail ~/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt/ShipIt_stderr.log

2020-11-18 13:06:09.855 ShipIt[59212:2010163] ShipIt quitting
2020-11-18 13:06:11.891 ShipIt[59215:2010221] Resuming installation attempt 3
2020-11-18 13:06:11.894 ShipIt[59215:2010223] Installation error: Error Domain=SQRLInstallerErrorDomain Code=-1 "Failed to copy bundle file:///Users/ck/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt/update.DjUzfa4/GitHub%20Desktop.app/ to directory file:///var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt.Up2AZQUj/GitHub%20Desktop.app" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Users/ck/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt/update.DjUzfa4/GitHub Desktop.app, NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to copy bundle file:///Users/ck/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt/update.DjUzfa4/GitHub%20Desktop.app/ to directory file:///var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt.Up2AZQUj/GitHub%20Desktop.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fded800f490 {Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “GitHub Desktop.app” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Users/ck/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt/update.DjUzfa4/GitHub Desktop.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fded800f3f0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}}}}
2020-11-18 13:06:11.894 ShipIt[59215:2010223] ShipIt quitting
2020-11-18 13:06:13.923 ShipIt[59219:2010273] Too many attempts to install, aborting update
2020-11-18 13:06:13.924 ShipIt[59219:2010275] ShipIt quitting

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Comments: 18 (7 by maintainers)

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@dxdc, I tried removing ~/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt and, so far, it seems to have fixed the issue. I will report back if the problem reoccurs. Thanks!

Hey @ckizer, sorry but just so that we’re clear, after opening it manually is it updated to the latest version or is still prompting you to update?