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MacUpdate Desktop version 5.0.2 released, win a membership from TUAW

TUAW Nov 20 09

Filed under: Software, Cool tools

MacUpdate announced today the release of version 5.0.2 of the MacUpdate Desktop utility, which allows users to manage application and widget software updates on their Mac OS X machines. The new version of the application adds some features and bug fixes as well as support for more languages. MacUpdate Desktop can track software updates for 30,000 Mac applications, and it also provides update support for applications on the iPhone, although iTunes handles that pretty well. Updates can be triggered manually and individually, or set to install automatically when MacUpdate Desktop is open. Full story...

Tagged: bug fixes, bzip2, cool tools, desktop utility, desktop version, detractors, fri, iphone,

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