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TMO Quick Tip - Tracking Application Updates in Dashboard

by , 7:30 AM EDT, May 9th, 2008

Keeping track of updates for all of the applications installed on your Mac can be a real pain, but life doesn't have to be that way. One of the handy tools I've found that takes the pain away is a clever little Dashboard widget called App Update. It handles the drudgery of tracking all of the third party apps you've installed, and lets you know if you have the most recent versions for each.

App Update tracks all of the third party apps installed on your Mac, shows the most recent version number for each app, and can even download updates for you. You can set it to check daily or weekly, it displays application release notes, can track updates at VersionTracker and Mac Update, and even displays new updates via Growl.


Track application versions with App Update

Mac OS X's Software Update application handles all of Apple's applications without any problem, and App Update does a great job of handling everything else for me. It's free and available for download at gkaindl.com.


Jeff Gamet is TMO's Morning Editor and Reviews Editor. He lectures, teaches and speaks on Mac OS X and design-related topics, and is the author of The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X from Peachpit Press.

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