Background
A Note on macOS 10.12 Sierra
Upgrading from Checkout v3.6 to Checkout v4
Upgrading from Checkout v3.5 or Earlier to Checkout v4
Upgrading from Checkout v2 to Checkout v4
Upgrading from Checkout v1 to Checkout v4

Background

Checkout v4.0 requires OS X 10.6.1 or later with at least 1GB of RAM. Stores must be upgraded to v3.0.5 or later in order to upgrade to v4.0. Upgrading can take time depending on the size of the store.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not purchased the upgrade to Checkout 4 you are free to trial it for 30 days. The upgrade to Checkout 4 is NOT a free upgrade - after the 30 day trial period expires you will need to purchase Checkout version 4 to continue using it.

A Note on MacOS 10.12 Sierra

Checkout 3 is not compatible and CANNOT run on macOS Sierra. To be able to upgrade to Checkout 4 you need to first do some preparation on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan or earlier.

You can follow one of these two options:

Option 1

Backup your store from a machine running Checkout 3 on an OS X 10.11 or earlier (these instructions will explain how to move your database so that you can Backup from a different machine if needed). If your database is on a machine running any operating system other then Sierra skip to Step 14.

1. Open Finder
2. Choose Go > Go to Folder from the menu bar at the top of the screen
3. Type in: ~/Library/Application Support/Checkout
4. Highlight the Database.checkout file
5. Select Edit > Copy from the menu bar at the top of the screen
6. You've now copied your Checkout database. Paste this onto a flash drive
7. Bring the flash drive to a machine that is running Mac OS X 10.11 or earlier. Install Checkout 3 if it's not already installed
8. Open Finder
9. Choose Go > Go to Folder from the menu bar at the top of the screen
10. Type in: ~/Library/Application Support/Checkout
11. If there is already a Database.checkout file here rename it to be OLDDatabase.checkout
12. Copy your Database from the flash drive into this folder
13. Open Checkout 3
14. Backup your Checkout 3 store
15. Move this backup to a machine running macOS 10.12 Sierra
16. Follow the instructions listed here

Option 2

Upgrade your store to Checkout 4 before upgrading to macOS 10.12 Sierra:

1. Install Checkout 4 before upgrading your machine to macOS 10.12 Sierra
2. Follow these instructions to upgrade to Checkout 4

Upgrading to Checkout 4.0

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not purchased the upgrade to Checkout 4 you are free to trial it for 30 days. The upgrade to Checkout 4 is NOT a free upgrade - after the 30 day trial period expires you will need to purchase Checkout version 4 to continue using it. To be able to upgrade to Checkout 4 you first need to upgrade to at least Checkout 3.6. Once this is complete you can upgrade to Checkout v4:

Upgrade using the same computer:

1. Download Checkout v4 using the current download link.
2. Install Checkout v4 to Applications
3. Launch Checkout v4 from a Finder window
4. Select the option to Import
5. Login to Store

Upgrade on a new computer:

If Checkout v4 is being installed to a different computer than Checkout v3:

1. Create a Backup of your Checkout Store
2. Transfer the backup file to the new computer
3. Download Checkout v4 using the current download link.
4. Install Checkout v4 to Applications
5. Launch Checkout v4 from a Finder window
6. Restore the backup file
7. Login to Store

For information about upgrading templates please see this article.

Upgrading to Checkout 4.0

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not purchased the upgrade to Checkout 4 you are free to trial it for 30 days. The upgrade to Checkout 4 is NOT a free upgrade - after the 30 day trial period expires you will need to purchase Checkout version 4 to continue using it. To upgrade using Checkout v4:

Upgrade using the same computer:

1. Download Checkout v4 using the current download link.
2. Install Checkout v4 to Applications
3. Launch Checkout v4 from a Finder window
4. Select the option to Import
5. Login to Store

Upgrade on a new computer:

If Checkout v4 is being installed to a different computer than Checkout v3:

1. Create a Backup of your Checkout Store
2. Transfer the backup file to the new computer
3. Download Checkout v4 using the current download link.
4. Install Checkout v4 to Applications
5. Launch Checkout v4 from a Finder window
6. Restore the backup file
7. Login to Store

For information about upgrading templates please see this article.

Upgrading from Checkout v3

To upgrade to Checkout v4 from Checkout v3.0 - v3.0.4

Upgrade to Checkout 3.6

1. With Checkout open, select your Checkout dropdown menu
2. Choose Check for Updates to install and relaunch Checkout 3.6
3. Login to your Store

After upgrading to Checkout v3.6, continue to the Upgrading to Checkout v4 instructions.

Should you need to download Checkout v3, please use the Checkout v3 download link

Upgrading from Checkout v2

To upgrade to Checkout v4 from Checkout v2:

Upgrade to Checkout v3

1. Download the latest Checkout v3
2. Install Checkout v3 to Applications
3. Login to your Store

After upgrading to Checkout v3, continue to the Upgrading to Checkout v4 instructions.

Upgrading from Checkout v1

To upgrade to Checkout v4 from Checkout v1:

Upgrade to Checkout v2

1. Download the latest Checkout v2
2. Install Checkout v2 to Applications
3. Login to your Store

After upgrading to Checkout v2, continue to the Upgrading from Checkout v3 instructions.