

The right-hand side has two panes, the top one listing applications, the bottom one with details from the MacUpdate Desktop web site about the app selected in the top pane. Interface and Interaction The app's interface has a left-hand sidebar with separate icons that let you select applications, widgets, screen savers, preference panes, and plug-ins.

Click on its list of updated apps, and MacUpdate Desktop downloads and-for most but not all apps-installs the update for you. At regular intervals the app scans your disk for apps, widgets, preference panes, screen savers, and plug-ins, and alerts you to any available updates-and it optionally uses OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion's notifications area in addition to its own interface.
#Macupdate desktop install
Anyone can visit and search, download, and install the latest version of an app, but the MacUpdate Desktop app does the whole job automatically, if you pay an annual $20 subscription. How it Works MacUpdate Desktop works with, a website that tracks updates of thousands of Mac apps.
