Please use our submission system to add and modify listings on MacUpdate. Or create a developer account that has more flexibility.

Typically submissions are reviewed and accepted/denied in a few minutes (if Lon's rockin'!), otherwise within the hour. And for sure within 12-hours.

Reasons for not getting listed are potentially very broad. Typical software that doesn't get accepted on MacUpdate include:

• Dashboard widgets that are simple counters or countdown functions.
• Search widgets that load the browser the instead of loading the results inside the widget itself.
• Static picture or decoration widgets, or any widget that doesn't have functionality.
• Pre-alpha applications that seem very unfinished, as if they were a first build of "hello world."
• Pornographic material
• Spyware
• Viruses
• Commercial applications without a downloadable demo.
• Applications that exist only to duplicate a function already met by the default Mac OS.
• Applications that lack an English translation.

These are a brief representation of some things we don't accept on MacUpdate. The list could be much more complex so if your submission doesn't show up on MacUpdate in a timely manner, feel free to email and inquire why. We only ask that you do this the same day your submit the program, otherwise our memory may fail and we won't remember your submission.

Also, make sure you're using the submission system properly. Use the modication area if your software is already listed on MacUpdate. Don't use the New Listing area for updating an existing product.

Every quality website on the internet has some moderation. MacUpdate is not a catch all site for any software, just like no Mac news site posts every press release sent to them. We've been doing this for 11-years so we hope that you'll trust our decisions for what gets placed on MacUpdate. If we didn't moderate the site, you'd be seeing submissions for:

• Windows software on a Mac site
• Some spyware
• Software created by businesses well known for unethical practices
• 200+ new listings a day of stuff that isn't even software
• Software that crashes your Mac just from double-clicking the application
• Developers would submit new updates to their software for free promotional reasons without actually improving the programs
• Descriptions with spelling and grammatical errors, in about 7-different languages.

So we think that we're doing most people a favor by moderating content on MacUpdate. If you feel otherwise, it's always your decision to not use MacUpdate, but we'd hope you stay faithful and continue to let us help you with your Mac software. Again, there is not a single quality Macintosh site that doesn't moderate content based on their own decisions.

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