RIP, MacUpdater

[laptopllama]

The announcement from CoreCode:

CoreCode Ltd., the developer behind the award-winning MacUpdater software, today announced that it will be discontinuing active development of MacUpdater after January 1, 2026.

As promised, all MacUpdater 3 licenses will be supported until 2026-01-01. After that date we will no longer continue to develop or support MacUpdater but we hope to find some other company to continue the product or its technology:

 

[RecentlyConverted]

Very sad to hear this!

 

[Apple_Robert]

It has been a good program. Disappointed to read this news.

 

[RecentlyConverted]

I use this as well -

https://github.com/mangerlahn/Latest

Very good. Both apps miss the odd app. I have made a donation.

 

[gilby101]

Hopefully it won't die. Developer is looking to have it acquired by a person/organisation who would keep it going with (probably) a subscription.

The alternatives (e.g. Latest, Applite) are nowhere near as comprehensive.

 

[Weaselboy]

The alternatives (e.g. Latest, Applite) are nowhere near as comprehensive.

Latest seems to be working fine for me. Is it missing some app updates for you?

 

[gilby101]

Latest seems to be working fine for me. Is it missing some app updates for you?

Latest supports apps from Apple App Store and those that use the Sparkle framework for updates. That leaves lots of my apps not covered - around half the non AppStore apps.

Macupdater has a much broader coverage - hence the effort and cost of maintaining its servers.

 

[tosbsas]

whoow, ok. Hope they got someone that honors licenses.