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Macupdater 2 install#
Macupdater 2 update#

Of course, my Applications folder has been weeded out greatly over the years, from several hundred applications, down to the less than 100 that I use regularly today. I used VersionTracker for years, but it was sold and became CNET, which has had some issue with their downloadable updaters. I like to instal my updates manually myself, rather than rely on having a third-party installer take control of my machine.

Macupdater 2 install#

I DO NOT use MacUpdate's Install Now feature, but rather the Download button.

I use MacUpdate for pretty much all of my third-party updates. I would appreciate getting that information again. Previously, someone (Cory?) had posted information about a site one could go to for obtaining updates to software.

Macupdater 2 update#

I much prefer to have that update file, in case I need to do a re-installation of the application. Yes, I know one can just select "Check for Updates" within an application, but if there is an update available, that process updates the application for you, but does not download the actual update. I am going to continue to follow the advice in that macworld article. This morning there was an update for Onyx listed on MacUpdate, but I went directly to the developer instead to get it. Here is a post on yesterday's site that details this (plus other possible "rogue" sites):

This installer contains some unacceptable "pieces" (like a little noticed (checked) option for using ). Recently, though, that site has become somewhat "rogue", in the sense that when one downloads a file from their site, one now needs to go through a MacUpdate Installer first before one can install the actual update. In fact, that site was extremely helpful for me to get the updates I needed for my third party apps so that I could upgrade to El Capitan, OS 10.11.1. Up until recently, that had been working fine. I have been relying on (and before that, a long, long time for getting updates to the Mac software I use, and especially third party apps like Onyx, SuperDuper!, Quicken, TechTool Pro, Office 2011, etc.