ProPresenter updates are safe: any installed copy counts as running, the newest version opens

- newest_of picks by CFBundleShortVersionString, not file name (ProPresenter.app sorted after ProPresenter 20.1.app)
- mac_start takes newest_of; auto-setup uses it for programs on the Companion Mac
- WS and SC switched over; NA's ProP restart re-rendered (same pick today)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

settings/autoconf.py

@@ -230,9 +230,15 @@ def items(inv, nets):
             continue
         fid = slug("%s_ingest" % a["app"])
         pretty = a["label"].title() if a["app"] not in ("propresenter", "ableton") else {"propresenter": "ProPresenter", "ableton": "Ableton"}[a["app"]]
-        start = {"template": "mac_start", "params": {"host": "ingest", "process": a["process"], "app": app_path},
+        # Any installed copy counts, and the newest opens: an update that installs beside the old one
+        # ("ProPresenter 20.0.1.app" and "ProPresenter.app" at Woonsocket) never reads as stopped.
+        newest = a["open"] if "*" in a.get("open", "") else ""
+        if newest:
+            exe = b.app_match(newest, a["process"])
+        opens = {"app": "$APP", "newest_of": newest} if newest else {"app": app_path}
+        start = {"template": "mac_start", "params": dict({"host": "ingest", "process": a["process"]}, **opens),
                  "label": "start %s on this Mac if it is not running" % pretty, "short": a["label"]}
-        again = {"template": "mac_restart", "params": {"host": "ingest", "process": a["process"], "app": app_path, "wait_seconds": 10, "force": True},
+        again = {"template": "mac_restart", "params": dict({"host": "ingest", "process": a["process"], "wait_seconds": 10, "force": True}, **opens),
                  "label": "restart %s on this Mac (closes it first)" % pretty, "short": a["label"]}
         item = {"ident": "app:ingest|%s" % a["process"], "group": a.get("group") or ("VIDEO" if a["app"] == "arena" else "STREAM" if a["app"] == "obs" else "SHOW"),
                 "label": a["label"], "checks": [{"type": "process", "match": exe, "name": a["label"], "fix": fid}],

settings/builders.py

@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ def mac_quit(process, wait_seconds, force, stop_children=False):
     return s
 
 
+def newest_app(pattern):
+    """APP=... the newest installed copy by its own version number (CFBundleShortVersionString), not by
+    file name: "ProPresenter.app" sorts after "ProPresenter 20.1.app" by name (2026-10-21, before the
+    Southcoast/Woonsocket ProPresenter update)."""
+    return ("APP=$(for a in %s; do [ -d \"$a\" ] && printf '%%s|%%s\\n' \"$(defaults read \"$a/Contents/Info\" "
+            "CFBundleShortVersionString 2>/dev/null)\" \"$a\"; done | sort -t '|' -k1,1V | tail -1 | cut -d '|' -f2-); "
+            % str(pattern).strip())
+
+
+def app_match(pattern, process):
+    """A pgrep -f pattern for the program from any copy matching an /Applications glob (never its helpers)."""
+    import re as _re
+    parts = [_re.escape(x) for x in str(pattern).split("*")]
+    return "[^/]*".join(parts).replace("\\ ", " ") + "/Contents/MacOS/" + _re.escape(process).replace("\\ ", " ") + "$"
+
+
 def mac_open(app, background=False, arg=None):
     """open -a Name / open /path/App.app (+ -g to stay in the background)."""
     app = str(app)
@@ -109,8 +125,10 @@ TEMPLATES = {
         "words": "Start a Mac program if it is not running",
         "os": "mac", "start_only": True,
         "params": [P_HOST, ("process", "Process name", "As pgrep sees it (Activity Monitor's process name).", "str", None),
-                   ("app", "App to open", "Its name, or the full /Applications/... path.", "str", None)],
-        "render": lambda p, cfg: "pgrep -xq %s || %s" % (q(p["process"]), mac_open(p["app"])),
+                   ("app", "App to open", "Its name, the full /Applications/... path, or $APP with 'newest of' below.", "str", None),
+                   ("newest_of", "Newest of", "A pattern like /Applications/ProPresenter*.app: the newest installed version opens.", "str", "")],
+        "render": lambda p, cfg: ("pgrep -xq %s || { %s%s; }" % (q(p["process"]), newest_app(p["newest_of"]), mac_open("$APP"))
+                                  if p.get("newest_of") else "pgrep -xq %s || %s" % (q(p["process"]), mac_open(p["app"]))),
         "suggest": lambda p, cfg: "start %s if it is not running" % p["app"],
     },
     "mac_restart": {
@@ -123,7 +141,7 @@ TEMPLATES = {
                    ("background", "Open it in the background", "No window comes to the front.", "bool", False),
                    ("stop_children", "Also stop everything it started", "Its helper processes (a translation server, say).", "bool", False),
                    ("newest_of", "Newest of", "A pattern like /Applications/ProPresenter*.app: the newest installed version opens.", "str", "")],
-        "render": lambda p, cfg: (("APP=$(ls -d %s | sort -V | tail -1); " % str(p["newest_of"]).strip()) if p.get("newest_of") else "")
+        "render": lambda p, cfg: (newest_app(p["newest_of"]) if p.get("newest_of") else "")
         + mac_quit(p["process"], p.get("wait_seconds", 10), p.get("force", True), p.get("stop_children", False))
         + mac_open("$APP" if p.get("newest_of") else p["app"], p.get("background", False)),
         "suggest": lambda p, cfg: "restart %s" % (p["app"] if not p.get("newest_of") else "%s (newest installed)" % p["process"]),