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title: "How to Enable Automatic Client Updates"
slug: "how-to-enable-automatic-client-updates"
updated: 2023-11-13T20:09:23Z
published: 2023-11-13T20:10:04Z
canonical: "docs.retrospect.com/how-to-enable-automatic-client-updates"
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# How to Enable Automatic Client Updates

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With Retrospect Backup 16, you can keep your Retrospect clients up-to-date automatically as well as exclude specific clients that you would prefer not to auto-update. Let's walk through the new preferences.

## Windows

In Preferences, select "Updates". You can select "Automatically update clients" to enable the feature for all of your clients.

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You can adjust the global setting on a per-client basis by going to that client's preferences and selecting or unselecting "Automatically update client".

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## Mac

In Preferences, select "Update". You can select "Automatically update clients" to enable the feature for all of your clients.

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You can adjust the global setting on a per-client basis by going to that client's preferences and selecting or unselecting "Automatically update client".

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## Linux

Only 64-bit Linux clients are supported for auto-update.

Last Update: March 5, 2019