Updatest
Updatest is a macOS app that helps you track and install updates for Mac apps from sources such as Homebrew, the Mac App Store, and app-defined updaters.
What is Updatest?
Updatest is a Mac app update manager for macOS. It helps users see which installed apps are out of date and brings multiple update sources into one dashboard, including Homebrew, the Mac App Store, Sparkle-based updaters, GitHub releases, and Electron app update channels. The app is designed for people who want a single place to review app versions instead of checking each app manually. It can also help users move some manually installed apps to Homebrew management when a matching cask is available. Updatest includes app security details in its interface and supports bulk update workflows for compatible apps, making it useful for users who maintain many third-party apps on a Mac.
Key features
- Check installed apps for available updates in one place
- Track updates from Homebrew, the Mac App Store, Sparkle, GitHub Releases, and Electron sources
- Adopt compatible manually installed apps into Homebrew management
- Review app security details such as notarization information
- Update multiple compatible apps from a single dashboard
- Show download links when an app requires a manual update
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Updatest's update-checking and app-management functions are consistent with its purpose, but it may inspect installed applications and can use online sources to look up version information. Its optional network-based update discovery feature shares installed app bundle identifiers and versions anonymously, which some users may prefer to disable. If you use Homebrew adoption, confirm that the suggested app matches the software you intend to manage so you do not replace a separately licensed or App Store version with a different distribution.
Recommendation: Keep Updatest if you use it to manage updates for many Mac apps or want a central update dashboard. If you prefer to update apps manually or only use the Mac App Store, you can remove it without affecting macOS, though you will lose its unified tracking and Homebrew-related update tools.
Common paths
/Applications/Updatest.app
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