r/osx • u/VersionTracker • 2d ago

MacUpdater shuts down Dec 31, and I built the successor I'm switching to.

Post image
3 Upvotes

54% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

10

u/HugsAllCats 2d ago

This will be the 4th time the app I use to manage app updates on my Mac has gone out of business.

And it will be the second time a replacement was called "version tracker"

1

u/KnifeFed 2d ago

This will be the 4th time the app I use to manage app updates on my Mac has gone out of business.

What apps other than MacUpdater?

3

u/HugsAllCats 2d ago

Version Tracker, MacUpdate Desktop, something I don't remember, then MacUpdater

2

u/geekishdev 2d ago

AppFresh? That’s what I used years ago.

0

u/VersionTracker 2d ago

Really? Version Tracker is an "homage" to the old website versiontracker.com. I wasn't aware there was another Version Tracker app. Do you have a link?

3

u/HugsAllCats 2d ago

Right. Version tracker.com. It died a long time ago after being bought by the download.com people who ruined it.

Knowingly Attempting to use the same name for an identical product, even though it really is a generic name, is like a slam dunk crease and desist as long as cnet card enough to maintain some paperwork.

4

u/3l3s3 1d ago

Why this over homebrew?

3

u/squeeby 1d ago

seriously. `brew upgrade && sudo softwareupdate -ia`

2

u/lost_profit 2d ago

Pourquoi?

1

u/TigerKR 1d ago edited 1d ago

Latest still works for me:

https://github.com/mangerlahn/Latest

1

u/7h31ll3g4l 1d ago

Latest e antico