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MacUpdate Desktop version 5.0.2 released, win a membership from TUAW

by Casey Johnston Nov 20th 2009 at 2:15PM

MacUpdate announced today the release of version 5.0.2 of the MacUpdate Desktop utility, which allows users to manage application and widget software updates on their Mac OS X machines. The new version of the application adds some features and bug fixes as well as support for more languages.

MacUpdate Desktop can track software updates for 30,000 Mac applications, and it also provides update support for applications on the iPhone, although iTunes handles that pretty well. Updates can be triggered manually and individually, or set to install automatically when MacUpdate Desktop is open. It also provides support for updating screen savers and allows users to sort applications into "watch lists," so they can keep track of programs that are more important to keep current than others.

The update includes improved handling of the software it tracks, such as version and application matching, as well as French, German, and Italian localization. Some of the bugs it fixes are community preferences, registration problems, and issues with extracting tar bzip2 and dmg.zip downloads.

There are several update managers out there for Mac OS X (including AppFresh, LogicielMac, VersionTracker Pro, etc.) with fans and detractors of their own. If you've had great or not-so-great experiences with any of the updater tools, let us know in the comments.

Want to win one of two subscriptions to MacUpdate Desktop, courtesy of MU and TUAW? Read on for details!
To enter the MacUpdate Desktop giveaway, leave a comment on this post telling us what the oldest or most out-of-date app on your Mac is. Two winners will be chosen at random to receive a one-year membership to MacUpdate including MacUpdate Desktop (retail value US $20).

Rules:
  • Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
  • To enter, leave a comment on this post.
  • The comment must be left before MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009, 11:59PM Eastern Time.
  • You may enter only once.
  • Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
  • Prize: One-year membership to MacUpdate including MacUpdate Desktop 5 (value US $20).
  • Click Here for complete Official Rules.


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Jimmy

Hmm... Bought macbook few months ago,,, never used macupdate never knew such software exists. I ll be sure to try it out!!

November 23 2009 at 10:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ward

Since I have a bazillion apps on my Mac, I run MacUpdate Desktop in "recently used Applications" mode. Of the 82 in my list, Chicken of the VNC 2.0b4 (18 Jan 2006) is the oldest.

Just for grins, I asked MUD to scan everything. About 15 minutes later, it declared my oldest app to be Vince 1.0 (12 Oct 2001). There's a whole raft of grayed-out apps it doesn't know about.

Although diskettes don't count because they don't get scanned by MUD, I have the original installation System 6.0.4 diskettes.

November 23 2009 at 9:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sun_rocket

Telnet 2.6 from 1994. It has some very old settings saved in it.

I stopped using VersionTracker Pro as it was forever trying to update apps I did not want updated; not every update is fabulous, so for serious software, I prefer to wait until the yelling has died down before I move along. VTP also seemed not to get what version of some apps I was using. All in all, I spent more time trying to manage VTP than I do updating manually.

I have a new iMac and some major updating to do, so a reliable app that takes care of this automatically would be sweet.




November 23 2009 at 7:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
balls

appfresh is free

November 23 2009 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
marc

Do games played in an emulator count? If so then Choplifter FTW

November 23 2009 at 12:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

Quicken 2006. Although I use quicken online now. Good job, Intuit...

November 23 2009 at 10:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian

disco.app

November 23 2009 at 9:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fellowweb

As I recently did a clean install of Snow Leopard, the oldest third party software I have is Skype 2.8 (September 2009). ;-)

November 23 2009 at 5:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ron

I still have AppleWorks 6 from Feb 2004.

November 23 2009 at 1:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lostboy

The oldest app on my MacBook is TNEF's Enough, an old PowerPC app from 2003 that decodes those annoying mail.dat attachments that I still occasionally receive from certain Outlook users.

November 22 2009 at 9:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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