AppFresh

I often come across “Top $x OS X Applications” blog posts. I usually take a quick look, see the usual suspects and move along. Every once in a while I’ll find an application that fills my need. This happens enough times to keep me coming back.

Today I came across Top 100 best open source mac software. The biggest find in this batch was AppFresh.

AppFresh searches your hard drive in all the usual places (unusual places can be added in the preferences) for applications. The application list is compared against the application list at iusethis.com, checking for updates. Each application lists the current version number, the last time it was accessed (doesn’t seem to work that well), the up to date status, and if the version is not current, and its iusethis.com.

The iusethis.com integration allows you to see what is offered in the newer version, how many other people are using this application, plus, if you configure your iusethis.com profile, you can update your profile from within AppFresh.

While most of the software I use does automatically check for updates, it’s not always running, nor do I launch all the software daily or even weekly. Having one central place to check for all application updates is well worth the download.

The software is useful, it is still rough around the edges, but still worth installing.