I can tell you that the Apple App Store will NOT be providing apps & updates to those applications that they do not approve of, just like the iOS apps in the iTunes store. I don't believe MacUpdate has that limitation.

Also, good luck with getting fast support with App Store. MacUpdate will respond to your email and they sort out issues much quicker.

As for the $20... Well, that's all relative isn't it? If I summed up the time I spent updating every application I had, One-By-One, just once through - I'd be wasting HOURS. MacUpdate did it with just two clicks (but you may need to enter your password for the installer) - download ALL and Install -> confirm. Go and make a coffee and chill-out, come back and enter the passwords the installers that require it (but most don't).

It's the easiest way out there... Love it.

MacUpdate Desktop 5 will find and automatically install updates for over 30,000 Mac apps, screen savers, widgets, pref panes, and plug-ins. Apple's Mac App Store will only show you updates for apps they sell, which by design and virtue does not cover as many apps, and also does not cover non-apps (like pref panes, plug-ins, widgets, etc). You can try out MacUpdate Desktop 5 free for 10 days to see if you like it and fid it useful. The membership fee (about $1.66 a month) is charged to help support our services - we have a staff that updates MacUpdate.com 24/7 and need to cover other expenses like servers and bandwidth - by becoming a member, you show your support for MacUpdate and the Mac software community. If you want to easily keep *all* of your Mac software updated, MacUpdate is your best option. You can find out more about it here: http://www.macupdate.com/desktop/

MUMenu is free, and will show you the last 25 updates posted to MacUpdate.com. You can quickly access the app's page on the website, or download from MUMenu, but it does not auto-install, and does not tell you if an app is one you have installed and if it is out of date. It is basically a convenience to accessing the website. You can accomplish a similar thing using one of the many RSS feeds MacUpdate provides. UpdateMenu is a 3rd party utility similar to MUMenu, which uses the RSS feeds from MacUpdate.com.

Version 2.1.2 is a universal binary. You must be using an older version -- please upgrade.

There was a brief outage due to a DNS switch, but it should be working now for most people.

I have been running all morning with it set to update every 15 minutes. It is not updating at all this morning.

Oops, I meant 30 minute updates. It has not updated throughout the day and even when I manually update it, it does not update.

FYI, Desktop does not seem to be updating the communities either. Could this be a web access issue? While not connected, maybe something is similar. Just speculating.

It only updates when I shutdown MUMenu and restart it. Beyond that, it will not update anymore.

I have been on Snow Leopard since it came out so this did not seem to be an issue with SL.

We're investing this. It's working fine (version 2.1.2) at my end right now and has been throughout the day.

It started working again when the MUD5 got moved to the bottom.

Desktop 5 and MUMenu aren't connected in anyway. None of the resources are shared between the two solutions. I'm currently running MUMenu and Desktop 5 on my Mac without issues.

My guess is that you see MacUpdate Desktop 5 as the top listing and aren't noticing that the new releases are being updated below the top sponsored listing.

Actually Joel, that is partly the case. I see it as the top listing, but the listing below is not updating at all. the list shows up as the same list for over a day. I have stopped running MUMenu today and will try it again tomorrow to see it it changes at all.

Same here, Joel. It's not that the top item (MacUpdate Desktop 5.0) is keeping itself at the top of the list, giving the impression that the list isn't updating. The entire MUMenu list has fallen well behind the updates showing on the MU site. In other words, it isn't updating. Glad you aren't having issues with this, but a number of users suddenly are. Please look into the problem further.

Many seem to be having this problem and no word from MacUpdate.

Yesterday I called this to the attention of the persons in charge of such matters. I use MUMenu too, and have been disappointed that it is not working.

I am told that it is currently being worked on. A fix should be along any time now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks Admin, I really appreciate the speedy response ...and ultimate resolve. Cheers.

It is working again now, at least for me it is, at this moment.

Roger that. I just sent the order to go to 'Code Green' and the troops are returning to base as I type!! Over and out.