BROOKHAVEN  Not sure what has changed recently but MacUpdate Desktop has stopped working on my machine keeps crashing everytime I start it up.

Using a MacPro QuadCore Intel with latest OS X 10.6.4.

Any clues as to what is causing this?

A full crash report has been sent.

Briefly I get:

Process: MacUpdate Desktop [8272]

Path: /Applications/MacUpdate Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/MacUpdate Desktop

Identifier: com.macupdate.desktop5

Version: 5.0.4 (5.0.4)

Code Type: X86 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [200]

Date/Time: 2010-08-24 06:24:21.833 +0100

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F569)

Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 115494 sec

Crashes Since Last Report: 2

Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 8 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000270afda1

Crashed Thread: 4 Dispatch queue: Garbage Collection Work Queue

Application Specific Information:

objc[8272]: garbage collection is ON

NSCFDictionary  
(Version 5.0.4)

MARS919  When you search for "AppFresh" you are redirected here?!  
(Version 5.0.4)

RUBAIYAT  Odd considering who the developer is that there is no method of feedback nor a forum for discussion of the software.

1. This crashes regularly on scanning. It will finally complete the scan after a couple of attempts.

2. The keyboard shortcut shown for Menu > Updates > Download Update [shift cmd D], in fact reveals the original software in Finder and does not DL.

3. There is no right mouse click contextual menu item for the above.

4. Can not multiple select items in Update list

5. There are inaccuracies in DLs with the wrong version DLed contrary to what is listed

Wish list:

1. Like to be able to DL all updates in one go without installing

2. Like contextual menu option for DL and not install

3. Like to flag "Need to pay" updates to avoid installing an unregistered version

4. Like a Feedback menu option in the Application menu.

5. Like a version tag on DLs (not all developers are this organised).  
(Version 5.0.4)

FATCAT  Watchlist in my Macupdate Desktop application shows only 15 apps. Watchlist on wesite has 3 times as many. Am I doing something wrong?  
(Version 5.0.4)

PAMENS88  I have Pandora installed (THE INTERNET RADIO PLAYER) but MacUpdate keeps telling me to update because it thinks it is some "Thumbnail" viewer can you please change this? it's kinda annoying...you can find more information about Pandora here >---> http://www.pandora.com/pandora_one  
(Version 5.0.4)

NEGRITUDE  1. Program kept crashing while trying to scan apps under 10.5.8 PPC. This was in a clean admin account.

2. Program would not accept the password that was valid on the MU site. I use random passwords of varying lengths with special characters. The MU site has no problem with these passwords. The MUD program chokes on them.

3. Program fills the system log with lots of this garbage:

4/28/10 9:39:35 PM MacUpdate Desktop[958] MacUpdate Desktop(958,0xf0103000) malloc: free_garbage: garbage ptr = 0x19b1c30, has non-zero refcount = 1

4/28/10 9:39:40 PM MacUpdate Desktop[958] MacUpdate Desktop(958,0xf0103000) malloc: *** error for object 0x11e1ae50: pointer being freed was not allocated

4/28/10 9:39:40 PM MacUpdate Desktop[958] MacUpdate Desktop(958,0xf0103000) malloc: *** error for object 0x13e04770: pointer being freed was not allocated

4/28/10 9:39:35 PM [0x0-0x64064].com.macupdate.desktop5[958] MacUpdate Desktop(958,0xf0103000) malloc: free_garbage: garbage ptr = 0x19b1c30, has non-zero refcount = 1

4/28/10 9:39:40 PM [0x0-0x64064].com.macupdate.desktop5[958] MacUpdate Desktop(958,0xf0103000) malloc: *** error for object 0x11e1ae50: pointer being freed was not allocated

4/28/10 9:39:40 PM [0x0-0x64064].com.macupdate.desktop5[958] MacUpdate Desktop(958,0xf0103000) malloc: *** error for object 0x13e04770: pointer being freed was not allocated   
(Version 5.0.4)

PINNOCHIO  April 24 2010

Again your program missed this updates(like many others):

Google Earth New Version: 5.1.3534.411

Pando -New Version: 2.5.0.14

NetShred X -New Version: 4.4.1

- you need to do something to fix this, or you will lose your customers.

And make it automatic check for the new updates - it's 2010 already!

With regards your long time(unfortunately for now - unsatisfied) customer.  
(Version 5.0.4)

DAVEBARNES  I used VersionTracker Pro for years and never looked at anything else until this last year as CBS completely screwed up the product.

Now that I have used MacUpdate Desktop for over 6 months, I can say that it is better than VT Pro ever was.

I find the support to be quite good.

Is MUD worth the money? Yes, it is.  
(Version 5.0.4)

MUTANT  Macupdate handles some things fine, but completely falls apart on others. It keeps wanting to overwrite my apps like Alfred, and mishandling other apps. I report all of them but never see a fix. You tell it to ignore certain apps, like Python and it never does, it keeps coming up time after time. It doesn't detect that some apps need updating, like Picasa. Overall, I'm not very satisfied with support. I've seen no updates to the software and frustrated with the bugs.  
(Version 5.0.4)

BNZ  I got the MacUpdate Desktop for the lower price with the MU Promo Bundle. Actually, this is one of the apps i like most of the bundle. It's really useful in telling you how up-to-date your Mac applications are and in some cases even provides a one click update. I find that espcially useful for the widgets. So in summary: much more useful than I expected. It doesn't always work perfectly (for example, it replaced my Elgato Turbo.H264 HD app with the Elgato Turbo.264 app (without HD), but in many cases, it works pretty well. If you got it as well with the bundle, give it a try!  
(Version 5.0.4)