AppFresh 0.8.4

AppFresh 0.8.4 is yet another great supporting utility for everyone. It is actually helps you keep all applications, widgets, preference panes and application plug-ins installed on your Mac up to date. All from one place, easy to use and fully integrated into Mac OS X. AppFresh works by checking the excellent osx.iusethis.com for new versions and lets you download and install available updates easily.

How do you keep track of the latest versions for all your installed applications? Apple’s built-in Software Update helps keep software like iTunes and Mac OS X updated, but what about the rest? A lot of applications on your Mac don’t include their own update checker and even if they do, they don’t work from a central place. Updating an application should not be done at the moment you want to use it.

Major Features:

1. Apple Updates - AppFresh integrates native update checking for Apple software and system updates, so you don’t need to run Apple’s Software Update separately.
2. Sparkle Updates - By fully supporting RSS based Sparkle updates a great percentage of self updating applications can be updated using AppFresh.
3. Microsoft AutoUpdate - This program checks for Microsoft AutoUpdate 1 and 2, so you won’t need the update checkers shipped with Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008. (Adobe will be available in AppFresh1.x)
4. Download and Install - AppFresh enables you to download any number of updates and automatically install them if you want. It also helps locating downloads and sends Growl notifications when the jobs is done.
5. Widgets, PrefPanes, Plugins - Update applications as well as widgets, preference panes and plug-ins. Supported plugins include InputManagers, Mail, Addressbook and iPhoto plugins as well as some kernel extensions.
6. Update Information - AppFresh uses osx.iusethis.com to check for updates of all applications that are not natively supported. It also shows information about all applications based on the excellent iusethis database.
7. Profile Management - Using AppFresh it’s possible to create and manage your iusethis profile. Start rating and sharing the applications you use and love with your friends and explore the ones you don’t know yet!
8. Profile Installation - Keeping your profile up to date will enable AppFresh to automatically install your used and loved applications, for example when reinstalling your Mac!
   

Requirements: 

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later