Updater Apps

I run several updaters regularly as part of my maintenance routine. It may seem redundant, but even my favorite updater doesn't pick up 100% of what is available at any given time.

The two I use most frequently are

• Mac Updater from Core Code - a buy once (no subscription) app with lots of features including release notes, links to the title's home page, automatic updates for most programs, app store links and more.
• Latest from Max Codes - a free app that catches app updates that Mac Updater sometimes misses.

I occasionally run the app updater in CleanMy Mac X and sure enough, it has found apps that the other two missed.

The Mac App Store is supposed to update apps you purchase there automatically but most find that it sometimes runs days and days behind. Both Mac updater and Latest check Mac App Store Apps so I was really surprised recently when I discovered even they miss some releases. The best way to find these missed apps, is through the CLI for the Mac App Store (MAS), which I run through a great, free tool called Topgrade. Topgrade also updates all my Homebrew packages, runs the update command for the MAS and check for any OS updates.

I now have a weekly reminder in Things 3 to fire up iTerm to run Topgrade.

To double check that no Homebrew updates are still pending, I use the Brew extension in Raycast.