![]() Q: I receive a message about a 'Quarantine' when launching MacUpdater. Q: Can I use or automate MacUpdater using 'Alfred' or from the command-line? Q: Why does MacUpdater now need 'full disk access'? Q: MacUpdater says one of my apps is malware/spyware/adware and won't be tracked. Q: Why are some apps from the 'Mac App Store' not hidden when I select 'Hide Mac App Store apps'? Q: How can I prevent information about self-made or company-internal apps from being sent to the Database? Q: Where can I download and how can I use the command-line version of MacUpdater? Q: What are the alternatives to a 'full scan'? Q: Why can I not re-scan as often as I want? Q: The 'Release Date' that MacUpdater displays for an app does not seem to be correct. Q: The 'Current Version' that MacUpdater displays for an app does not seem to be correct. Q: The latest version of an app has a bug. Q: Why do I need to launch MacUpdater twice to see its window? Q: Why doesn't MacUpdater have a menu bar or show up in the ⌘-Tab app switcher? Q: What happens when applying an update and the new version of the app has a new name? Q: What about apps that I have installed twice, in an old and a new version? Q: Why is an app shown as 'outdated' although I have the newest version installed too? Q: What if an app shows as 'outdated' only in MacUpdater but not in the 'Mac App Store' or vice versa? Q: Why do some apps not show up in MacUpdater? Q: Can MacUpdater help me to re-install an app? Q: Can MacUpdater help me move my installed apps to a new Mac? Q: Can MacUpdater help me migrate to a new 'Apple Silicon' (ARM) Mac? Microsoft Office apps) before they seem to be available? Q: Why does MacUpdater show me some updates (e.g. Q: What kinds of non-app software does MacUpdater support? Q: Can MacUpdater make Backups of old apps before updating them or Backups of the new app-downloads? Q: Can MacUpdater update apps downloaded from the 'Mac App Store'? ![]() Q: Can MacUpdater hide (Paid) Upgrades or stick to an older major-version of an app? Q: Can MacUpdater update every single (non-'Mac App Store') app to the newest version? Q: Will MacUpdater upgrade paid apps to new major versions that may have an upgrade-fee? Q: Will MacUpdater offer or install updates that do not run on my macOS version? ![]() Q: Will updates to 'Beta'-versions show up in MacUpdater? Q: Why does updating all apps require two separate clicks? Q: Does MacUpdater have accurate version information for all Mac-apps? Q: What about security? Where does MacUpdater download updates from? That is not a good way to do business, and even if it were a solid app, it's hard to support these practices.Q: What will 'MacUpdater' show as the 'Latest Version'? What about upgrades, name-changes, etc? So people who just go to the website to buy pay $89 (or $69 when they get a deal of the day), but when they pay from the nag screen, they only pay $56. Even when trying to close the nag screen by pressing the little X in the corner, the X turns into "Don't leave yet, get your personal discount", which opens the website and gives you even more discount than their "Deal of the day" which is shown after you download the trial. This is clearly done to play on the insecurities of the less-than-tech-savvy users, who might believe that their machine is now in a worse state than before they ran the app, and need to pay now to get a clean system. Especially with an app that is supposed to clean your system, it's really messed up to run an activity only partially, and then ask for money. While it's OK to provide only limited functionality in a trial version, the appsshould be upfront about what the limitation is. Sneaky about trial limitation and prices Trial version only cleans 500 MB, but it does not disclose that limit before one pushes the button to clean after a scan.
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