# \[iOS/tvOS\] library update button **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [November 22, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449 "2015-11-22T19:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bakman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@bakman1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bakman1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/1 "2015-11-22T19:14:31Z")
As subject: library update button for both iOS & tvOS app. Currently one has to update the libraries manually from a browser (when you want to watch something that needs scanning). Would be nice to have an option to update the libraries on demand. Unless this already available, I couldn’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bartlomiej_baraniec/32/14531_2.png) [@Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bartlomiej_Baraniec)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/2 "2015-11-22T19:32:26Z")
There are so many options to update library automatically. Have you tried any of those? Many download clients can trigger library update as well. ---
**Author:** ![bakman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@bakman1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bakman1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/3 "2015-11-22T19:44:31Z")
And yet I have to see a working “automatic” option. Folder changes are not detected (in my setup). ---
**Author:** ![lazybones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/lazybones/32/3815_2.png) [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/4 "2015-11-22T23:12:06Z")
If your Plex servers storage is remote the automatic options don’t tent to work accept for the scheduled scans. I think the request is valid. ---
**Author:** ![Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bartlomiej_baraniec/32/14531_2.png) [@Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bartlomiej_Baraniec)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/5 "2015-11-22T23:42:28Z")
Setting library update interval as low as 15 min isn’t good enough? ---
**Author:** ![deepseth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@deepseth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deepseth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/6 "2015-11-23T09:27:29Z")
In the interim, there’s an existing workaround, which is the Library Updater channel, which allows you to initiate a full library or per section update through any Plex client that supports channels (which includes iOS and tvOS). This is what I used to use, combined with scheduled updates, before the automatic updater came into existence. Hope this helps! ---
**Author:** ![bakman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@bakman1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bakman1)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/7 "2015-11-23T10:05:47Z")
> @Bartlomiej Baraniec said: > Setting library update interval as low as 15 min isn’t good enough? too much content to scan so often. > @deepseth said: > In the interim, there’s an existing workaround, which is the Library Updater channel, which allows you to initiate a full library or per section update through any Plex client that supports channels (which includes iOS and tvOS). > > This is what I used to use, combined with scheduled updates, before the automatic updater came into existence. > > Hope this helps! > i will try this, thanks! > edit- cannot find this channel, was part of the unofficial appstore, no longer online. ---
**Author:** ![deepseth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@deepseth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deepseth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/8 "2015-11-23T10:16:19Z")
> @bakman1 said: > edit- cannot find this channel, was part of the unofficial appstore, no longer online. > **[GitHub - mikedm139/LibraryUpdater.bundle](https://github.com/mikedm139/LibraryUpdater.bundle)** > > Contribute to mikedm139/LibraryUpdater.bundle development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![aeonx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/aeonx/32/276390_2.png) [@aeonx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/aeonx)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/9 "2015-11-26T04:30:25Z")
This would be more useful in a decicated server app, but also in the player apps, so +1. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/10 "2021-03-21T23:51:34Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (clients can trigger `Scan library files`) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-tvos-library-update-button/124449/11 "2021-06-10T00:59:42Z")