Updating CalderaRIP is crucial for accessing new features and improved support. This article outlines essential recommendations for a smooth update, including compatibility checks, licensing requirements, and backup procedures.
1. Compatibility and Licensing
Before proceeding with any update, please review the minimum operating system requirements, as these may change with each software release.
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For macOS users, Apple computers with M1 chips are officially supported by CalderaRIP starting with V14.1, while M2 chips are officially supported from V16.1 onward.
You may be interested in reading: How to check the operating system version of the computer?
Free Updates
Updates within the same CalderaRIP release are free of charge, (e.g., from V13.0 to V13.1, assuming you have a valid version 13 license).
Paid Updates
Updating from an older major version to a recent one (e.g., V11 to V14) requires the purchase of the corresponding license or a CalderaCare contract that covers these major updates.
2. Preparing for Major Updates
For major updates (e.g., from V11 to V14), creating a backup of your current operating system version is highly recommended.
You may be interested in reading: How to do a full system backup?
3. Pre-Update Cleanup
To expedite the update process, cleaning the Spooler and ImageBar is also recommended.
4. Backup CalderaRIP
Backing up is important to prevent the loss of production-critical data if something goes wrong after an operating system or software update.
For CalderaRIP users, production-critical data includes profiles and spot colors, as well as printer settings. Learn more.
Caldera Snapshots (via CalderaDock)
- Saves everything shared between all users on the local machine
- It copies files from
/opt/calderato/opt/caldera_snapshots/XXXX - No need to reinstall drivers, as executables are also copied (that is also why it would not work to reinstall on a different operating system)
Save/Restore Config (via CalderaDock)
- Saves everything specific to the users in their hidden directory
- It can also copy the profiles and driver configuration files as an option (but does not include executables, they need to be reinstalled manually), plus Nexio configuration and cutter-specific files
For more details, please refer to the dedicated article: How to automatically backup CalderaRIP?
For more details, please refer to the dedicated article: How to manually backup each element of CalderaRIP?
Custom ICC Profiles
If a complete backup is not feasible (e.g., when transitioning from Linux to macOS), at a minimum, create a media patch of your custom ICC profiles. Learn more.
5. Update Process
Please refer to the dedicated article.
6. Post-Update Checks
After completing the version update, check for more recent printer drivers. Any driver with a revision (A/B/C/D, etc.) is more recent than what the version update or disk image installs.