{"id":47584,"date":"2025-05-02T14:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47584"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:32:29","slug":"macupdater-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/02\/macupdater-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"MacUpdater for Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corecode.io\/macupdater\/press_release_discontinuation.pdf\">CoreCode<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@lapcatsoftware\/114437571114299192\">Jeff Johnson<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.corecode.io\/macupdater\/press_release_discontinuation.pdf\"><p>CoreCode Ltd., the developer\nbehind the award-winning MacUpdater software, today announced\nthat it will be discontinuing active development of MacUpdater after\nJanuary 1, 2026. With the core technical challenges of the macOS\napp-updating space fully solved, CoreCode is now inviting interested\nparties to either license the underlying technology or acquire the\nentire MacUpdater project.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Over the past 8 years, MacUpdater has become a trusted solution for\ntens of thousands of users, enabling seamless updates for over 6,700\nmacOS applications. However, despite strong user loyalty and\ntechnical excellence, CoreCode has decided to wind down the project\ndue to a lack of sustainable monetization under a non-subscription\nmodel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/05\/bartender-acquired-by-applause-group\/\">Bartender Acquired by Applause Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/08\/macupdater-1-4-15\/\">MacUpdater 1.4.15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macupdater-for-sale-update-2025-05-05\">Update (<a href=\"#macupdater-for-sale-update-2025-05-05\">2025-05-05<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/macapps\/comments\/1kcs73f\/rip_macupdater_01012026\/\">IwuvNikoNiko<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/macapps\/comments\/1kcs73f\/rip_macupdater_01012026\/\"><p>I wish they had charged $1 a month or $10 a year sub. I would&rsquo;ve subscribed easily for the amount of time this app saves me.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Similar thing happened with Windows (SUMo) and there&rsquo;s been no replacement other than using softpedia to get RSS updates for updated software. Unfortunately they don&rsquo;t support Mac apps, so we&rsquo;re screwed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=43874408\">Hacker News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"macupdater-for-sale-update-2025-05-08\">Update (<a href=\"#macupdater-for-sale-update-2025-05-08\">2025-05-08<\/a>): See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/talk.tidbits.com\/t\/the-fate-of-macupdater\/30998\">TidBITS-Talk<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CoreCode (via Jeff Johnson): CoreCode Ltd., the developer behind the award-winning MacUpdater software, today announced that it will be discontinuing active development of MacUpdater after January 1, 2026. With the core technical challenges of the macOS app-updating space fully solved, CoreCode is now inviting interested parties to either license the underlying technology or acquire the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-05-02T18:15:07Z","apple_news_api_id":"5f229638-4587-4fb1-8fae-1a1b65bfe794","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-05-08T14:32:32Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AXyKWOEWHT7GPrhobZb_nlA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[66,1421,101,30,32,2598,1838,1451],"class_list":["post-47584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-acquisition","tag-app-subscriptions","tag-business","tag-mac","tag-macapp","tag-macos-15-sequoia","tag-macupdater","tag-sunset"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47650,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47584\/revisions\/47650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}