Sparkle Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Mac 101: Keep an eye on the trash for auto-updated apps

by Michael Rose (Dec 9th, 2009)

More Mac 101, our series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. This isn't so much an actionable "Here's how to accomplish X" sort of Mac 101 as it is a "Aha, so that's what's going on there" reminder. If you've ever been prompted by one of your favorite applications to download and install ...

WebKit adds some Sparkle

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 13th, 2009)

Sparkle, Andy Matuschak's software update framework for Cocoa applications, is no stranger to TUAW. Now, it's found its way into WebKit, the developmental version of Safari. This feature, often requested on the WebKit mailing lists, allows WebKit to update itself with the click of a button. Sparkle ...

Pixelmator releases 1.3.1

by Mike Schramm (Dec 1st, 2008)

The good folks at Pixelmator have released version 1.3.1 of their lightweight and smooth photo editing software. While the update is mostly "bug fixes and minor improvements" (isn't that exciting, unless maybe you really were waiting for "iSigh support" -- which probably means iSight), but there ...

Sparkle 1.5b1

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 2nd, 2008)

There's a good chance our developer readers will be excited about the release of Sparkle 1.5b1. Among the new features you'll find support for .pkg installations and the ability to update non-.app files. Depending on your platforms, you'll also note the improved garbage collection support and 64-bit ...

Cocoa developer time-saver: SparkleZip 1.1

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 29th, 2007)

Sparkle is an open-source module for Cocoa that allows developers to add that cool "Check for Updates" and auto-install feature with relative ease; it's used by some of our favorite applications. If you already knew that, then you might be part of the small but important group of people who would be ...

AppFresh updated for Leopard

by Michael Rose (Nov 25th, 2007)

For finding updates to all your installed applications, you can go with an annual subscription to VersionTracker Pro or MacUpdate Desktop, or try the free alternative: metaquark's in-development AppFresh (first reviewed here in March). With tight integration to the iusethis application info ...

Do It updated to version 2.5

by David Chartier (May 19th, 2007)

Jim McGowan's Do It is a handy little todo manager we found back in February that is fairly feature-packed and well integrated with Mac OS X. It offers .Mac syncing of todos, an Address Book plug-in, iCal export/import and even a Quicksilver plug-in for quick todo entry. The app has been progressing ...

AppFresh - software update for the rest of your apps

by David Chartier (Mar 27th, 2007)

Apple's Software Update is great and all, but unless you've purchased a membership to MacUpdate or VersionTracker for their software management clients, it might be tough to stay on top of new versions of all your non-Apple software. Sure, more and more developers are building in support for ...

Sparkle

by Scott McNulty (Mar 23rd, 2006)

This one is for all the Cocoa developers in the house (when I say 'Core' you say 'Data'!). Isn't writing your own auto updating procedures for your applications a drag. Yeah, I though so. Luckily, there is Sparkle! Andy Matuschak wrote up this little marvel that will allow you to add intelligent ...

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