Apr
Keep your Mac software updated with the App Update widget
We’re not big fans of widgets here at GUOM. Sure we have the occasional moment when we want to know the weather as we head out the door, but other than that, we don’t use the F12 key much. We’ve even disabled widgets on our eMac to save precious system resources. There just hasn’t been many widgets that capture our attention or provide information that we can’t already locate with a quick google search. That is until we found the extremely useful App Update widget. Here’s what the widget developer has to say about App Update:
App Update is a free Dashboard Widget that can automatically check for updates to your installed software. It supports Apple’s software directory, MacUpdate and Version Tracker. It will present you with a tidy link list of all the updates found, enabling you to read release-notes and download the the updates quickly and painlessly. You can specify the directories in which you keep your applications…You can also specify recursive directory choices, meaning that App Update will not only look into the specified folder, but also into all its sub-folders (which is very convenient if you group your applications this way).
Our favorite feature is Growl support. App Update chugs away in the background looking for updated software and when its done, it gently reminds you that it has found newer versions of your software. It’ll even tell you when App Update has been updated. If you own a Mac and you want to ensure that you have the latest versions of your installed software, this is a must download. It’s our new favorite widget and well worth a minute of our time.
Download the App Update widget.
Know of any widgets that might make us change our minds about widgets? Post your comments and let us know why they are worth a minute of our time.
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This seems to be a great widget, when I get the MacBook back I will give it a try.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:28 pm