FREE Updates for Your Thayer Birding Software

You get Free Updates by simply opening your birding program and clicking "Check For Updates"

Version 5.1 Update - for Windows 
released October 13, 2011   

Version 4.1 Update - for Windows and Mac
released October 13, 2011 

   
Version 3.9.8.2 Update - for Windows and Mac
released February 4, 2010

Windows Users:
To get this free update, open your birding program and click Help - Check For Updates.
The file will download. You will then click Install. The program will close.
Now open the program and repeat - you have to do this twice. 

The first time updates the update process files. 
The second time updates the application files. This is a much larger file.
Click Help - About eField Guide Viewer to see which version you now have installed.

 

 Mac Users:
To get this free update, open your birding program and click eViewer in the top Menu bar. Then click Check for Updates.
When you see a message saying that updates are available, click Yes. Then when you see a message saying that updates have been downloaded from Thayer Birding Software, click Install. Now close the program.
Open the program and repeat -- you need to do this twice.
(The second download takes much longer than the first. Please be aware that it will seem as if nothing is happening - there is no indication that it is downloading. Please be patient.)  You may need to close the program and then reopen it to see the changes.

User Tip: I think I may have not been waiting long enough for the last update to load, so I employed a Mac trick.  I left the loading in the background and went on to read my email and look at other websites.  A while later, I noticed the eBird bouncing in my Dock, so I clicked on it and the final update had loaded.  Then I just executed it and checked the version.  Perfect! Thanks again for a great system!  - Bob C.