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If TriCaster is connected to the Internet, clicking Update TriCaster will
automatically check for a more recent software version and offer to install it.
This way you can be sure the very latest *release version of the software for
your TriCaster is installed.
Alternatively, you can go to the NewTek web site, click My Account, and use
the login details you provided when registering your TriCaster to access
your personal product page. Click the “my downloads” link at the top of the
page, and check the list shown.
If you find an update, you can install it manually as follows:
1. Locate a suitable update in “downloads” and click on it.
2. At the dialog popup, choose Run.
3. Comply with any onscreen prompts that follow.
* Advance software releases are also sometime posted on the
‘downloads’ page for manual download and installation. These
versions, listed as “Latest” on the web page, will be newer than those
provided by automatic update and (although not yet approved for
final release) might be well worth trying if you encounter an issue.
Hint: If you wish, you can instead access the same webpage from a second
computer connected to the Internet, then transfer update files to TriCaster using
a network connection or perhaps a USB thumb-drive.
 Defragment all Drives
Over the course of lengthy use, data on hard drives devoted to audio and
video storage tends to become fragmented, which degrades playback
performance. Defragmenting will correct this condition.
You could think of your hard drive as being like a shelf in your library. As
time goes along, the shelf fills with books. Some are quite large, others
smaller – just as TriCaster media files may be larger smaller.