brucedwilliams: there are 2 problems:
- auto-update broken, the patch has been mentioned here and this is fixed in 2.13 (so you only have to patch 2.12, then you can forget about it)
- HTTPS update doesn’t work (because of an SSL error): your server doesn’t support SSL, so you have to fix your server (google might be helpful here). We have added a few things in Piwik 2.13 to try and solve the most common issues, but the rest have to be fixed on your server (or ignored if you don’t mind non-secure update).
If updating using HTTPS isn’t supported by your server there is the HTTP (non-secure) update that is still available (this is actually the reason why we kept this option available).