Ardour on macOs connects to AWS initially

Hi there,
I just installed Ardour the first time on a macOS System and encountered, that it initially (on first start) tries to connect to AWS.

Is this intended?
I never got asked by my UFW firewall on my Linux system for a new app. So I wonder, why this happens on macOS.

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Yes, it’s the new version check.

Ardour pings back to ardour.org (which is hosted on AWS) to check if a new version is available, and inform you if that is the case.

You can disable it in various ways. You can pass either the -a or --no-announcements commandline option, change Ardour’s Preferences > General > New Version Check, or compile Ardour with --no-phone-home configuration option.

The request is anonymous, the only data shared is the current Ardour version and the operating system used.

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Hey Robin, thank you so much for this quick and comprehensive answer. :slight_smile:

Now I wonder, why my UFW never did a ping to me. But this is not your business. :woozy_face: