Macupdater license how to#
I never used it much, but it’s much better than I remember it: the last time I tried it, I couldn’t figure out how to download any of the software listed.
Tucows: The third of three (that I know of) sites that originally only listed DOS/Windows software also the other other old standard. One nice feature is that, like VT, it lets you filter the list to only freeware. Mac users (at least those who haven’t used Windows recently) see this “100% virus-free” graphic and think “Yeah? Why wouldn’t it be?”. You can tell that they were a Windows site first because of what every developer they list gets: an (unintentionally-)amusing email certifying that the developer’s software is virus-free, along with an icon on the listing page indicating the same certification. Softpedia: A more recent entry (at least on the Mac). Unlike VersionTracker, was for Windows (maybe even DOS) first, then added Mac software later. Thanks to Hoopla for pointing out my error and the freeware view in a comment.ĭ: The other old standard.
Macupdater license update#
UPDATE : VT has mostly done away with ads, and has a freeware view. One handy-though well-hidden-feature is that on the “ Updates by Category” tab, at the bottom, there’s a list of single-license lists, including a freeware-only list. This inspired MacUpdate’s founding principle: fewer (initially no, as I remember it) ads, so that the page would load faster.
VT’s main downside is used to be that it is was a very ad-heavy page. This was the very first Mac-specific software-listing site, and MacUpdate’s primary competition (indeed, MacUpdate exists to compete with it). That said, the order is not strict, so just because site A came after site B doesn’t necessarily mean site A is any better or lesser-known. I’ll start with the ones you probably know and build up to lesser-known sites. You’ll know some of these, but you may not know all of them. If you want to boycott or just casually avoid MacUpdate, whether for that reason or other reasons, this list will help you do that. Following the recent flap about MacUpdate prematurely listing Perian 1.0 before it had really gone 1.0, I think it appropriate to present a list of software-listing sites that are not MacUpdate.
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